Mark Weitzman – “Contemporary Antisemitism: New Discourses, New Responses”

Lecture: Contemporary Antisemitism: New Discourses, New Responses Speaker: Mark Weitzman, New York Director, Task Force Against Hate, Simon Wiesenthal Center Date: September 23, 2008 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series
Shaul Mofaz – “The Iranian Regime: Nuclear Ambitions, Ideology and International Challenges”

Speaker: Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz Minister of Transportation and Road Safety Former Minister of Defense and and Chief of Staff of the IDF Lecture: “The Iranian Regime: Nuclear Ambitions, Ideology and International Challenges” Date: April 30, 2008
Understanding the Challenge of Iran – Panel 4

Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 4 Date April 30, 2008 International Law – Terror and Incitement Video Professor Gregory Gordon, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of North Dakota – “From Incitement to Indictment? Prosecuting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Advocating Israel’s Destruction” Professor David Menashri, Director of The Center for Iranian Studies […]
Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 3

Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 3 Date April 30, 2008 Iranian Society and “The Other” Video Professor Saeed Paivandi, Professor of Sociology at Paris-8 University – “Discrimination and Intolerance in Iranian Curriculum” Tom Parker, Executive Director of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center – “Promoting a Culture of Human Rights in Iran” […]
Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 2

Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 2 Date April 30, 2008 The Regime – Ideology, Politics & International Terror Video Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for Research at The Washington Institute for Near Policy in Washington, DC. – “Why Does Iran Want A Nuclear Weapon?” Michael Rubin, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, […]
Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 1

Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 1 Date April 30, 2008 The Iranian Regime and Human Rights Video Professor Hooshang Amirahmadi, Professor of Urban Planning & Policy Development and Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at Rutgers University – “Iran’s Power Structure and Implications for Democratic Change” Mehrangiz Kar, Iranian […]
Roni Stauber – “The Academic and Public Debate over the Meaning of the ‘New Antisemitism'”

Lecture: The Academic and Public Debate over the Meaning of the “New Antisemitism” Speaker: Professor Roni Stauber, Tel Aviv University Date: April 24, 2008 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series
Gert Weisskirchen – “Growing Fears, Mixed Experiences, Weak Hopes, the Fight Against Antisemitism is still Necessary”

Lecture: Growing Fears, Mixed Experiences, Weak Hopes, the Fight Against Antisemitism is still Necessary Speaker: Professor Gert Weisskirchen, Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE on Combating Antisemitism, Spokesman on Foreign Affairs for the SPD Group OSCE Date: April 17, 2008 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series
Abraham Foxman – “The Deadliest Lies: Conspiracy Theories about Jews”

Title: The Deadliest Lies: Conspiracy Theories about Jews Speaker: Abraham Foxman, National Director, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Date: April 16, 2008 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series
Patrick Weil – “Dreyfus, Vichy, de Gaulle, Chirac: Reflections on the French-Jewish Malaise”

Lecture: Dreyfus, Vichy, de Gaulle, Chirac: Reflections on the French-Jewish Malaise Speaker: Professor Patrick Weil, Centre d’histoire sociale du siècle, Universite de Paris 2 Date: April 3, 2008 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series