Category: Highlights

RSVP: ISGAP-Woolf Institute Contemporary Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective International Seminar Series

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As part of ISGAP’s landmark Fellowship Training Programme on Critical Antisemitism Studies, Discrimination and Human Rights at the Woolf Institute, we are pleased to announce the launch of the ISGAP-Woolf Institute Contemporary Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective International Seminar Series. The series will allow ISGAP Visiting Scholars to deliver their latest research to the broader Cambridge community. The programme will […]

ISGAP Quarterly Newsletter – Winter 2021

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ISGAP’s New Webinar Series: Join Here

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ISGAP-Woolf Institute Contemporary Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective International Seminar Series Convened by Chloe Pinto and Dr. Lev Topor Antisemitism in East and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective Convened by Dr. Mary J. Ainslie and Dr. Navras Aafreedi Antisemitism in Latin America in Comparative Perspective Convened by Dr. Judit Bokser Liwerant. Antisemitism in the Middle East […]

Sharansky urges Oberlin College to fire alleged Iran ‘war criminal’

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Sharansky urges Oberlin College to fire alleged Iran ‘war criminal’ By Benjamin Weinthal, Research Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies “The internationally famous freedom and democracy campaigner Natan Sharansky on Wednesday urged Oberlin College in Ohio to fire its scandal-plagued religion professor Mohammad Mahallati because of his alleged role in aiding the Islamic Republic of Iran […]

The Woolf Institute, Cambridge, UK, to Host ISGAP Fellowship Training Programme

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The Woolf Institute, Cambridge (UK) – ISGAP has signed an agreement to create a Fellowship Training Programme at the Woolf Institute, Cambridge, UK. ISGAP Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Charles Asher Small, is being appointed Director of the ISGAP Fellowship Training Programme in Contemporary Antisemitism Studies at the Woolf Institute. As part of the agreement, […]

Antisemitism in Post-Colonial Indian Political Rhetoric – Occasional Paper Series

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Dr. Navras J. Aafreedi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata, India, where he teaches a self-designed course each in Jewish Studies, Genocide Studies, Interfaith Studies, and Minority Studies   Click to read the latest research paper. The Occasional Paper Series is a collection of research papers intended to complement and highlight […]

ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute 2021 Highlights

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ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute for Curriculum Development in Critical Antisemitism Studies Day One Highlights Date: Sunday, August 1, 2021 Natan Sharansky, Chair, ISGAP; 2020 Genesis Prize Laureate; Former Chairman of the Jewish Agency, Jerusalem Israel Joan O’Callaghan, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada “Getting the Message Out: The Basic Principles of […]

Haras Rafiq, ISGAP Interim Managing Director: Why, as a Muslim, I care about antisemitism

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Why should I, as a Muslim, care about mapping, decoding and combating antisemitism? This is a question that has been asked of me on many occasions, in conversations and various contexts. Of course, the usual tropes have been dished out including, “Don’t you care about Palestinians?”, “Why are you selling yourself to the most powerful […]

New ISGAP Publication – Poisoning the Wells: Antisemitism in Contemporary America

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In twenty-first century America, antisemitism is on the rise, especially on the extreme left, the radical right, and within political Islamism. Expressions of this oldest hatred are also increasingly prevalent in popular culture, where they are spread–wittingly or unwittingly–by politicians, entertainers and celebrities, the media, social justice activists, and religious leaders, as well as in […]

ISGAP Scholars Support the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

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The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) recently circulated a letter supporting the Working Definition of Antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).  The letter currently has more than 300 signatures from leading scholars, intellectuals, and professionals throughout the world.  ISGAP’s statement comes in the wake of increasing opposition to […]