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Antisemitism
in Theory and Practice: Legacies in Cultural and Political Thought
London, 28 and 29 April 2008, at the Wiener Library
An international conference organised by the LBI London
and the Wiener Library as a contribution to the European Network for Research
into Historical and Current Antisemitism
The conference will look at theories of antisemitism and
antisemitic legacies in modern cultural and political theories. We will
assess the state of the art in modern theories of antisemitism and examine
problematic legacies that partly fostered these theories; we will also
discuss praxis oriented approaches of dealing with antisemitism in a number
of European countries.
Monday, April 28
10.00am
Opening: Prof. Raphael Gross (LBI London / Fritz
Bauer Institut)/ Ben Barkow (Wiener Library)
10.30-12.00 noon
Panel 1: Frankfurt School & Cultural Studies
Chair: Prof. Michael Wildt (University of Hamburg); lectures: Prof. Anson
Rabinbach (Princeton), The Legacy of the Frankfurt Schools' Theory of
Antisemitism after 1944 / Dr Birgit Erdle (London), The Legacy of Hate
in Current Cultural Theory; commentary Prof. Leonard Olschner (Queen Mary,
University of London)
1.30-3.00pm
Panel 2: Country Reports: Germany, Poland
Chair: Dr Daniel Wildmann (LBI London); lectures: Dr Juliane Wetzel (Center
for Research on Antisemitism, TU Berlin), Teaching on Today's Antisemitism
in Germany: Challenges and Resistance, Dr Michal Bilewicz (University
of Warsaw), Fighting Antisemitism in the Polish Classroom: Methods and
their Effectiveness; commentary Antony Lerman (JPR, London)
3.30-5.00pm
Panel 3: History & Sociology
Chair: Dr Klaus Holz (Evangelisches Studienwerk, Villigst); lectures:
Prof. Shulamit Volkov (Tel Aviv University), Controversies over Antisemitism:
Old and New / Dr Jan Weyand (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg), A
Gap Between Social Theory and Theory of Antisemitism; commentary Prof
Werner Bergmann (Center for Research on Antisemitism, TU Berlin)
Tuesday, April 29
9.00-10.30am
Panel 4: Theology & Philosophy
Chair: Prof Christian Wiese (University of Sussex); lectures: Dr Tanja
Hetzer (Berlin), Antisemitism and "God's Will": The Political
Theology of Paul Althaus / Dr Christopher Clark (St. Catharine's College,
Cambridge); commentary Katharina von Kellenbach (St. Mary's College, Maryland)
11.00-12.30pm
Panel 5: Country Reports: Russia, Hungary
Chair: Prof. Andras Kovacs (CEU, Budapest); lectures: Dr Monika Kovacs
(Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), Cultural, Anti-Bias
and Holocaust Education - Different Approaches in Hungary / Dr Alexander
Verkhovsky (Sova Centre, Moscow), Antisemitism in Putin's Russia; commentary
Dr Stella Rock (University of Sussex)
2.00-3.30pm
Panel 6: Political Theory, Social Theory & Psychoanalysis
Chair: Prof Andreas Gestrich (GHI, London); lectures: Prof. Roger Griffin
(Oxford Brookes University), Differentialist Racism and Aryo-Islamist
Holocaust Denial: Two Case Studies in Modernist Antisemitism / Dr Celine
Surprenant (University of Sussex), Moses and Monotheism: The Recent Reception
of Freud's Book on Antisemitism; commentary DrBrian Klug (St. Benet's
Hall, Oxford)
4.00-5.30pm
Panel 7: Country Reports: France, UK
Chair: Prof Julian Jackson (Queen Mary, University of London); lectures:
Jean-Yves Camus (IRIS, Paris), (Not so) New Judeophobia and Old Stereotypes:
Antisemitism in France After 2000 / Mike Whine (London), Antisemitism
in Britain - a facts-based analysis; commentary Philip Spencer (Kingston
University)
5.30-6.00pm
Closing remarks: Prof. Peter Pulzer (LBI London)
Admission is free, but as space is limited places must be reserved by
contacting Neil Huckstepp: email NHuckstepp@wienerlibrary.co.uk or phone
020 7636 7247.
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