Featuring Elite Experts Combating Antisemitism

Speaker: Dr. Elhanan Yakira Affiliation: Schulman Professor of Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Title: "Anti-Zionism as an Intellectual Phenomenon" 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 19, 2010 Description: Dr. Elhanan Yakira speaks about anti-Zionism as an intellectual phenomenon.

Title: YIISA Researchers' Seminar - Part #1 Speakers, Affiliations, and Topics: Speakers: Idit Shalev Affiliation: YIISA Post-Doctorate Associate Topic: "How Forms of Power Affect Attitudes Toward Minorities" Speaker: Michelle Sieff Affiliation: YIISA Post-Doctorate Associate Topic: "The Ultimate Betrayal: Human Rights Groups, Genocide and Totalitarianism in the Postwar Era" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: April 21, 2010

Speaker: Michael Whine Affiliation: Director of Government and International Affairs, Community Security Trust; Consultant, European Jewish Congress Title: “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back – Diplomatic Progress in Combating Antisemitism” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Date: April 26, 2010 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series Description: Michael Whine discusses the challenges in combating modern manifestations of antisemitism and the diplomatic progress that has, or has not, been achieved.

Speaker: Berthe Kayitesi Affiliation: PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa Title: “Our World of Contradictions: Antisemitism, Antitutsism and Never Again” Date: March 4, 2010 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series

Title: Yom Hashoah Commemoration (Part 2) Speakers and Affiliations: Speaker: Stella Bengel Affiliation: Shoah Survivor Speaker: Ambassador Hannah Rosenthal Affiliation: Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, State Department, Washington, DC Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Date: April 12, 2010 (Sponsored in part by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven and the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale.)

Speaker: Kenneth Stern Affiliation: Director, Antisemitism and Extremism, American Jewish Committee (AJC) Title: “The New Interdisciplinary Field of Hate Studies and Its Relevance to Understanding and Combating Antisemitism” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Date: April 13, 2010 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series

Title: Yom Hashoah Commemoration Speakers and Affiliations: Speaker: Stella Bengel Affiliation: Shoah Survivor Speaker: Ambassador Hannah Rosenthal Affiliation: Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, State Department Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Date: Monday, April 12, 2010 (Sponsored in part by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven and the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale.)

Title: "Conceptual Approaches to Antisemitism," as part of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA) / International Association for the Study of Global Antisemitism (IASA) "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity" Conference (August 23-25, 2010). Speakers, Affiliations and Topics: Speaker: Nicolas Bechter Affiliation: University of Vienna Topic: "Anticapitalism and Antisemitism in the Current Economic Crisis" Speaker: Heiko Beyer Affiliation: University of Goettingen Topics: "But There Are No Longer Any Antisemites: An Experimental Study on the Communication Latency of Antisemitic Attitudes" Speaker: Robin Stoller Affiliation: International Institute for Education and Research on Antisemitism (IIBSA) Topic: "Modern Capitalist Societies, Impersonal Power and Exploitation Structures, Nation States and Antisemitism" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: August 25, 2010

Title: "Law, Modernity and Antisemitism," as part of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA) / International Association for the Study of Global Antisemitism (IASA) "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity" Conference (August 23-25, 2010). Speakers, Affiliations and Topics: Speaker: Dr. Alexander Tsesis Affiliation: Loyolya University, School of Law Topic: "Internet, New Media, Traditional Stereotypes, Overt Bigotry and the International Regulation of Hate Speech" Speaker: Dr. Stephen Feldman Affiliation: University of Wyoming Topic: "Great Expectations: Antisemitism and the Politics of Free-Speech Jurisprudence" Speaker: Kenneth Lasson Affiliation: University of Baltimore Topic: "Theoretical Basis, Historical Antecedents, Contemporary Manifestations and Legal Dimensions of Modern Campus Antisemiitism" Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Marcus Affiliation: Baruch College, CUNY Topic: "U.S. Civil Rights: Antisemitism and Post Radicalism" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT

Speaker: Professor Robert Wistrich (z"l) Affiliation: Director, The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA) Title: “A Lethal Obsession: Antisemitism From Antiquity to the Global Jihad” Date: January 22, 2010 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series

Speakers: Gerald Barad, Producer/Writer; Eric Forman, Supervising Producer Title: "The Battle of Durban II" (2009) Post-Screening Discussion 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: January 27, 2010

Speaker: Minister Yuli-Yoel Edelstein Affiliation: Minister of Public Affairs and the Diaspora Title: “Demonization and Delegitimization of Israel: A Form of Contemporary Antisemitism” Date: January 28, 2010 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Gregg Rickman Affiliation: Former Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, State Department Title: “The Jews of Yemen: The Last Exodus” Special Lecture followed by film screening of “The Forgotten Refugees” YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series Date: March 3, 2010

Speaker: Ben-Dror Yemini Affiliation: Editor, Maariv Daily Newspaper, Israel Title: “The Industry of Lies: Myths and Facts Regarding the Middle East Conflict” Date: October 22, 2009 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Diana Gregor Affiliation: Journalist; Political Analyst/Researcher Title: “Austria’s Marriage with Iran – Support for Nuclear Program Versus Historic Responsibility?” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Date: February 4, 2010 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series

Speaker: Professor Guang Pan Affiliation: Dean, Center of Jewish Studies Shanghai (CJSS) Title: “Jews in China: Legends, History and New Perspectives” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Date: October 30, 2009 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series

Speaker: Ben-Dror Yemini Affiliation: Editor, Maariv Daily Newspaper, Israel Title: “The Industry of Lies: Myths and Facts Regarding the Middle East Conflict” Date: October 22, 2009 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series

Speaker: Professor Guang Pan Affiliation: Dean, Center of Jewish Studies Shanghai (CJSS) Title: “Jews in China: Legends, History and New Perspectives” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Date: October 30, 2009 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series

Speaker: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury Affiliation: Journalist; Editor and Publisher, Weekly Blitz Newspaper, Bangladesh Title: “Hate Speech and Political Islam: Root Cause of Religious Extremism, Terrorism and Jihad” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009 YIISA/ISGAP Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Seminar Series

Speaker: Cynthia Kamakazi Affiliation: Multilateral Officer, The Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the United Nations of Geneva Title: "Genocide and the Assault on Memory: The Case of Rwanda" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: December 3, 2009