Description:
During recent years, and particularly after October 7th 2023, the world has witnessed an upsurge in antisemitic incidents and rhetoric on city streets, in work and domestic spaces and on university campuses in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. How can we define this term, antisemitism, that has been used to denote a range of phenomena that disparage Jews and Judaism, and try to explain how and why it has changed and continues to do so?
This lecture series invites students to think deeply about contemporary discourses of and about antisemitism in the light of their historical precedents and recent resonances.
Instructor
Originally from London, Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller is lecturer of Jewish History in the Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University and at Tel Aviv University. Her areas of expertise include the history of antisemitism, contemporary antisemitism, medieval Jewish history, early modern Jewish-Christian relations and the early modern Papal Inquisition. She is the author of Jews on Trial: The Papal Inquisition in Modena 1598-1638 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2011), the co-editor of The Roman Inquisition: Centre versus Peripheries (Leiden: Brill, 2018) and more recently Christian Images and their Jewish Desecrators: The History of an Allegation (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024) and many articles on the Catholic Inquisition, antisemitism and the Jews of Italy.
Structure
This online lecture series consists of five one-hour Zoom sessions, scheduled for Sundays from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST (6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Israel time).
Please be advised that no lecture will be held on December 1st, as it falls during the Thanksgiving weekend.
Each lecture requires reading by the student beforehand. Each lecture needs to be watched before progressing to the next lecture subject.
All sessions will be recorded for participants’ convenience and accessible at all time through our E-learning platform, Moodle.
View tentative syllabus here
Apply by: November 6, 2024
Program Dates: November 10 – December 15, 2024
Program length: 5 weeks
Application fee (non- refundable): US$ 50
Tuition: US$ 240
Learn more about fees, and paying for the program.
This online lecture series is open to applicants who are either in their final year of high school or have completed high school.
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Fast Facts
Title:
Never Again and Now: A Study of Antisemitism (48990/ SPIS209)
Teaching Faculty:
Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller
Language of Instruction:
English
Program Dates:
November 10 – December 15, 2024
Eligibility:
This online lecture series is open to applicants who are either in their final year of high school or have completed high school.
Application Deadline:
November 6, 2024
Costs:
Application fee (non- refundable): US$ 50
Tuition: US$ 240
