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SUMMER INSTITUTE ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN ANTISEMITISM STUDIES ANTISEMITISM AND POLICY AND ANTISEMITISM WELCOME PACKET 29 JULY - 10 AUGUST 2018 ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL GLOBAL OF STUDY THE FOR INSTITUTE OXFORD INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM AND POLICY Chair Prof. Alan Dershowitz 29 July 2018 Vice-Chair Prof. Ruth Wisse Dear Colleagues, Honorary President It is with great pleasure that I am writing to welcome you to Prof. Elie Wiesel z”l the Summer Institute on Curriculum Development for the Executive Director Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, to be held at St. Dr. Charles Asher Small John’s College, Oxford, beginning Sunday, 29 July. President of the Board Harley Lippman I am certain given your qualifications, experience and commitment to understanding and combating antisemitism, and to scholarship itself, Vice Pres. of Strategic Development that you will add much to the program. The success of the workshop David Prussky is dependent on the contributions you and our colleagues will bring to the seminar room. International Academic Board of Advisors Co-Chair: I am optimistic that the Summer Institute will continue to make Prof. Irwin Cotler inroads into creating a “space” within the university for the study of Co-Chair: contemporary antisemitism as a new academic discipline. In effect, Prof. Alan Dershowitz we are beginning to break a taboo – break the silence. Board of Trustees Kenneth Abramowitz Through our groundbreaking program, we are developing a formal Rabbi Bruce Alpert and informal network of scholars committed to this goal. We hope Dr. Larry Amsel that more professors will teach courses in contemporary antisemitism Maxyne Finkelstein Lloyd Fischler studies and will join our efforts. Your involvement and assistance is Abraham Foxman very welcome. In fact, we hope you will become an Ambassador for Jesse Friedlander these efforts. Zahava Gordon Jeffrey M. Katz Luca Lindner See you in Oxford! Alvin Prusoff Jaime Roskies Yours, Robert Satloff Larry Schiffres Dr. Alan Simon Deborah Simon Ronald Stackler Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld Charles Asher Small Executive Committee of the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute Convener International Academic Board of Advisors Prof. Irving Abella Prof. Boaz Ganor Prof. Dan Michman Prof. Walter Reich Dr. Robert Satloff Prof. Ruth Wisse Director ISGAP Canada Michelle Whiteman ISGAP Israel Dr. Mala Tabory ISGAP Europe Dr. Robert Hassan 165 East 56th Street, second floor•New York, NY 10022•212-230-1840 (phone)•212-230-1842 (fax)•www.isgap.org•[email protected] ISGAP SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN CRITICAL ANTISEMITISM STUDIES ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD 29 JULY – 10 AUGUST 2018 SCHEDULE Sunday, 29 July 2018 – Prestwich 6:30-8:30 P.M. Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Charles Asher Small: “Introduction: Creating Critical Contemporary Antisemitism Studies: Breaking a Taboo” Lecture: Rabbi Akiva Zweig: “A Biblical Perspective on Antisemitism and the Evolution of Humanity” 8:30 P.M. 24 Days: The True Story of the Ilan Halimi Affair Directed by Alexandre Arcady- Film and Discussion Monday, 30 July 2018 – New Seminar Room 8:00 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00-10:30 A.M. Introduction by Dr. Charles Asher Small: “The Importance of Creating Critical Contemporary Antisemitism Studies” 10:30 A.M. Break – Tea 11:00-12:30 P.M. Dr. Carlton Long: “Courage and the Curriculum: Building Powerful Interdisciplinary Syllabi for the Contemporary Study of Antisemitism” 12:30 P.M. Lunch Break 2:00-3:30 P.M. Dr. Barry Kosmin: “The Interdisciplinary Challenge of Teaching and Measuring Antisemitism” 3:30 P.M. Break – Tea 4:00-5:30 P.M. Professor Benny Morris: “Turkey’s Destruction of its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small Tuesday, 31 July 2018 – New Seminar Room 8:00 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00-12:30 P.M. Professor Benny Morris: "A New Look at the 1948 War" 10:30 A.M. Break – Tea 12:30 P.M. Lunch Break 2:00-5:30 P.M. Professor Dr. Bassam Tibi: “Islamist Antisemitism as the ‘New Antisemitism’” 3:30 P.M. Break – Tea 6:00 P.M. Jonathan Arkush: “British Jews under Pressure – is there a Future Here?” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small Wednesday, 1 August 2018 – New Seminar Room 8:00 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00-12:30 P.M. Professor Uzi Rabi: "The Changing Nature of Middle East Geopolitics" 10:30 A.M. Break – Tea 12:30 P.M. Lunch Break 2:00-5:30 P.M. Professor Dr. Bassam Tibi: “Disguised Antisemitism: Antisemitic Israel Bashing as a Critique of Zionism” 3:30 P.M. Break – Tea Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small Thursday, 2 August 2018 – New Seminar Room 8:00 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00-10:30 A.M. Dr. Charles Asher Small: “Globalization and Antisemitism(s): The Contemporary Attack on Jewish Notions of Peoplehood” 10:30 A.M. Break – Tea 11:00-12:30 P.M. Professor Uzi Rabi: “The Middle East and the West – a Maze of Identities” 12:30 P.M. Lunch Break 2:00-5:30 P.M. Professor David Patterson: "Hitler, Hamas and the Reach of the Muslim Brotherhood” 3:30 P.M. Break – Tea Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small Friday, 3 August 2018 – New Seminar Room 8:00 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00-12:30 P.M. Professor Yossi Shain: "The Israelization of Antisemitism: What it means and how we should respond” 10:30 A.M. Break – Tea 12:30 P.M. Lunch Break 2:00-3:30 P.M. Dr. Dina Lisniansky: “Old and New Antisemitism in Islam: Agents of Change in Action” 3:30 P.M. Break – Tea 4:00-5:30 P.M. Laura Prusoff: “Refugee Crisis to Refugee Curriculum” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small Saturday, 4 August 2018 FREE DAY 8:00-9:00 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall Sunday, 5 August 2018 FREE DAY 9:00-9:40 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall Monday, 6 August 2018 7:30 A.M. Coach departs St. John’s College for London. Meet at the Porters’ Lodge. 9:30 A.M. Community Security Trust (CST) 2:00 P.M. Henry Jackson Society 7:00 P.M. Coach returns to St. John’s College Tuesday, 7 August 2018 – Prestwich 8:00 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00-12:30 P.M. Haras Rafiq: “Antisemitism – the Fuel of the Triple Threat” 10:30 A.M. Break – Tea 12:30 P.M. Lunch Break 2:00-3:30 P.M. Dr. Vladimir Khanin: "The ‘Instrumental Antisemitism’ in the Official Propaganda, Public Opinion and Social Media: The Case of Russia and Ukraine" 3:30 P.M. Break – Tea 4:00-5:30 P.M. Dr. Joël Kotek: “Radical Antizionism, the last Avatar of Traditional Antisemitism: The case of Belgium” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small 7:30 P.M. Antisemitism Research Roundtable (Optional) Convener: Ramy Aziz Wednesday, 8 August 2018 – Prestwich 8:00 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00-10:30 A.M. Professor Katya Gibel Mevorach: “Strategic Interventions: Contextualizing and Challenging the New Antisemitism” 10:30 A.M. Break – Tea 11:00-12:30 P.M. Professor David Hirsh: “Contemporary Left Antisemitism” 12:30 P.M. Lunch Break 2:00-3:30 P.M. Professor Dan Michman: “An Antisemitic Idea through a Linguistic-Historical Lense: The ‘Ghetto’ from Venice to the Nazi Era” 3:30 P.M. Break – Tea 4:00-5:00 P.M. Professor Dan Michman: “The Polish ‘Holocaust Law’” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small Thursday, 9 August 2018 – Prestwich 8:00 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00-12:30 P.M. Professor Olufemi Vaughan: “A Critical Analysis of the Documentary, Boko Haram, A Journey From Evil” 10:30 A.M. Break – Tea 12:30 P.M. Lunch Break 2:00-3:30 P.M. Professor Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias: “Fighting Antisemitism with the Tool of Law” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small 3:30 P.M. Break – Tea 3:45-5:30 P.M. Dr. Charles Asher Small and Dr. Carlton Long: “Workshop in Curriculum Development” 6:00-8:00 P.M. Dr. Avraham Neguise, Member of Israeli Knesset Chairman of Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs “Combating Antisemitism and BDS: The Current Reality in the State of Israel” Introductory Remarks: Dr. Mala Tabory 8:00 P.M. Farewell Gala Special Event Friday, 10 August 2018 – Prestwich 8:00 A.M. Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00-3:30 P.M. Presentations of Syllabi 10:30 A.M. Break – Tea 12:30-2:00 P.M. Lunch Break 3:30 P.M. Concluding Remarks by Dr. Charles Asher Small Conferring of Certificates 4:30 P.M. Departures *Seminars on 29 July and 7 to 10 August will take place in Prestwich Seminar Room. *Seminars on 30 July to 3 August will take place in the New Seminar Room. *Please note that break times can vary slightly. *Breakfast is served in the hall at 8:20 A.M. from Monday-Saturday, 9:00 A.M. on Sunday. Lunch is served in the Hall at 12:30 P.M. from Monday-Friday. ISGAP-OXFORD SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN CRITICAL ANTISEMITISM STUDIES 29 July to 10 August 2018 SYLLABUS ISGAP Summer Institute 2018 Syllabus READINGS PREPARED BY ROBERT WISTRICH Z”L FOR THE ISGAP SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN CRITICAL ANTISEMITISM STUDIES SUBJECT ONE: Global Antisemitism Charles Asher Small, Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity (New York, 2014) SUBJECT TWO: From Nazi to Islamic and Arab Antisemitism Robert S. Wistrich, A Lethal Obsession: Antisemitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad (New York, 2010) Jeffrey Herf, Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World (Ann Arbor, 2009) Matthias Küntzel, Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11 (New York, 2007) David G.