Featuring Elite Experts Combating Antisemitism

Speaker: Matthias Kuntzel Affiliation: Technical College, Hamburg; Research Fellow, Vidal Sassoon Institute, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Title: Hitler’s Legacy: Islamic Antisemitism in the Middle East (YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series) Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Location: The Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA), Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: November 30, 2006 Description: Matthias Kuntzel examines Islamic antisemitism from a historical perspective and compares the hate speech and antisemitic propaganda of Nazi Germany to that of Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. He questions the reason for this hatred and asks whether it stems from Zionism and Israeli policies or whether Judeophobia is an integral part of Islam and epitomize modern manifestations of antisemitism.

Speaker: Gabriel Schoenfeld Affiliation: Former Senior Editor, Commentary Magazine Title: "The Return of Antisemitism" Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: February 22, 2007 Description: Gabriel Schoenfeld analyzes the "new antisemitism" and explores how the Islamic world is at the center of this virulent brand of Jew hatred.

Speakers: Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez Affiliations: Authors of Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets’ Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War Title: "The Soviets’ Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War" Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: May 31, 2007 Description: Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez speak about their 2008 book, "Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets’ Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War," which illustrates that the 1967 Six-Day War was the result of a joint Soviet-Arab gambit to provoke Israel into a preemptive attack.

Speaker: Dr. Michael Keith Affiliation: Director of the Centre for Urban and Community Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London Title: "Geopolitics on the Street: Transnationalism, the Political Imaginary and a Personal Account of Contemporary London’s Elections" Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: February 15, 2007 Description: Dr. Michael Keith speaks about the roots and forms of intolerance, including antisemitism and other forms of hatred, as well as transnationalism and political imaginary in London.

Speaker: Dr. Irwin Cotler Affiliation: Former Member of Canadian Parliament, Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Professor of Law (on leave), McGill University Title: "Human Rights and the New Anti-Jewishness" Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: October 12, 2006 Description: Dr. Irwin Cotler speaks about human rights and the new anti-Jewishness.

Speaker: James Carroll Affiliation: Historian, journalist, and author of "Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews – A History" Title: The Church and the Jews: The Lessons of History Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: September 28, 2006 Description: James Carroll speaks about Christian antisemitism and the lessons of history.

Speaker: Ron Rosenbaum Affiliation: Essayist, and Author of "Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil" Title: "Thinking about the Unthinkable: The Rhetorical Strategies of Holocaust Deniers and the Prospect of a Second Holocaust" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: March 8, 2007 Description: Ron Rosenbaum speaks about the rhetorical strategies of Holocaust deniers and the prospect of a second Holocaust.

Speaker: Dr. Walter Reich Affiliation: George Washington University Title: "When Holocaust Memory Becomes Diplomatic Tool and a Weapon Against Israel" Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: October 18, 2007 Description: Dr. Walter Reich speaks about how commemoration and memory of the Holocaust has become empty rhetoric, as well as a diplomatic tool and weapon against Israel.

Speaker: Wolfgang Benz Affiliation: Director, Center for Research on Antisemitism, University Technical Berlin Title: "Antisemitism as Phenomenon of Every Day Life in Contemporary Germany" Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Date: April 19, 2007 Description: Wolfgang Benz speaks about antisemitism as a phenomenon of every day life in contemporary Germany.

Title: "Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah: Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial” Berlin Conference – Part 2 Date: March 26, 2009 Speakers and Affiliations: Speaker: Dr. Meir Litvak Affiliation: Associate Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern History, Director of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, and Senior Research Fellow at the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University Speaker: Alexander Ritzmann Affiliation: Political Analyst and Senior Fellow with the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) in Brussels, Belgium Speaker: Dr. Wahied Wahdat-Hagh Affiliation: Senior Fellow, European Foundation for Democracy

Title: “Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah: Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial” Berlin Conference – Part 3 Date: March 26, 2009 Speakers and Affiliations: Speaker: Dr. Meir Litvak Affiliation: Associate Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern History, Director of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, and Senior Research Fellow at the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University Speaker: Dr. David Menashri Affiliation: President, Academic Center of Law and Business, Ramat Gan; Founder and Director, Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University; Dean of Special Programs, Tel Aviv University Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)

Speaker: Yigal Carmon Affiliation: President, Founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) Title: "The Iranian Regime and Genocidal Antisemitism" Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Date: February 8, 2007 Description: Yigal Carmon speaks about the threats posed by the Iranian regime and genocidal antisemitism.

Title: "Social Theory and Contemporary Antisemitism" Date: August 24, 2010 Speakers, Affiliations and Titles: Speaker: Dr. Catherine Chatterley Affiliation: University of Manitoba Title: “The Antisemitic Imagination” Speaker: Dr. Alan Rosenbaum Affiliation: Cleveland State University Title: “Philosophical Reflections on Antisemitism Today” Speaker: Dr. David Seymour Affiliation: Lancaster University Title: “Antisemitism as a State of Exception” Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT

Speaker: Dr. Michel Wieviorka Affiliation: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, Centre for Sociological Analysis and Intervention (CADIS), President of the International Sociological Association Title: Why it is so difficult to Research Antisemitism- Part 2 Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: March 3, 2008 Description: Dr. Michel Wieviorka examines why it is so difficult to research antisemitism.

Title: “Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah: Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial” Berlin Conference – Part 1 Date: March 26, 2009 Speakers and Affiliations: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) and Dr. Matthias Kuntzel, Research Associate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Description: Dr. Charles Asher Small and Dr. Matthias Kuntzel speak about the threats posed by Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as contemporary antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

Speaker: Dr. Michel Wieviorka Affiliation: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, Centre for Sociological Analysis and Intervention (CADIS), President of the International Sociological Association Title: Why it is so difficult to Research Antisemitism- Part 1 Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: March 3, 2008 Description: Dr. Michel Wieviorka examines why it is so difficult to research antisemitism.

Speaker: Dr. Ruth Wisse Affiliation: Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Title: "Why Antisemitism Succeeds" Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: April 12, 2007 Description: Dr. Ruth Wisse examines the phenomenon of antisemitism and why it succeeds.

Title: "Radical Islam and Genocidal Antisemitism" (Part 1) Date: August 23, 2010 Titles, Speakers, and Affiliations: Title: "Arab and Islamic Antisemitism Today" Speaker: Professor Menahem Milson Affiliation: Hebrew University Title: “Conspiracy Theories, Antisemitism and Jews in Turkey Today” Speaker: Rifat Bali Affiliation: Research Associate, Alberto Benveniste Center for Sephardic Studies and Culture, Paris Title: “The Jihad Flotilla to Gaza: Provocative – Antisemitic – Not Humanitarian” Speaker: Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Fighel* Affiliation: The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Herzliya Title: “Nazi Propaganda to the Arab World and Its After-Effects in Postwar Militant Islam” Speaker: Professor Jeffrey Herf** Affiliation: University of Maryland Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Description: This panel discussion is the first in a two-part conference discussing radical Islam and genocidal antisemitism. *Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Fighel’s lecture will continue in Part 2. **You ma

Title: "Christianity and Antisemitism" as part of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA) / International Association for the Study of Antisemitism (IASA) "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity" Conference Date: August 23, 2010 Speakers, Affiliations, and Titles: Speaker: Dr. Hilda Nissimi Affiliation: Bar-Ilan University Title: "Religion, Liberalism, and Empire in Britain: Antisemitism as Lynchpin" Speaker: Dr. Lara Trubowitz Affiliation: University of Iowa Title: "Wyndham Lewis, Christian Theology and the Artfulness of Antisemitism, or Redefining Tolerance in an Era of Refugees" Speaker: Mark Weitzman Affiliation: Simon Wiesenthal Center Title: "The Actor, the Bishop and the Future of Jewish-Catholic Relations" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT

Speaker: David Matas Affiliation: Legal Scholar, University of Manitoba, Co-Chair, Canadian Helsinki Watch Group; Amnesty International: Legal Coordinator Canadian Section; League for Human Rights, B’nai Brith Canada Title: Anti-Zionism at the UN Human Rights Council Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: October 14, 2010 Description: David Matas discusses the prevalence and persistence of anti-Zionism within the UN Human Rights Council.