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International Conference “The Legacy of Hans Kohn”
Jerusalem, 11-12 March 2009
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International Conference ‘Antisemitism and the emergence of sociological theory’
University of Manchester, 2-3 November, 2008
Hosted by the Jewish Studies Centre, Manchester University, with
support from the Leo Baeck Institute, London, and the British
Sociological Association Theory Study Group
FilmTalk 2008/2009: Jews: Heroes and Stars
You can download the leaflet here.
A lecture series organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London and The Wiener Library
FilmTalk 2008/9 focused on the theme of Jews: Heroes and Stars.
FilmTalk examined mainstream feature films and art house films from the perspective of contemporary Jewish history. What vision of Jewish masculinity is offered by Paul Newman in Exodus? What kind of Jewishness is played out by Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl and other films that made her a star? And what is so special about a musical set in the borscht-belt, like Dirty Dancing?
Antisemitism in Theory and Practice: Legacies in Cultural and Political Thought
London, 28-29 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 looked at theories of antisemitism and antisemitic legacies in modern cultural and political theories. We assessed the state of the art in modern theories of antisemitism and examined problematic legacies that partly fostered these theories; we also discussed praxis oriented approaches of dealing with antisemitism in a number of European countries.