YIISA Symposium:
“Understanding Facets of Contemporary Antisemitism”
Friday, April 3, 2009
Yale University – Davies Auditorium
15 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06520
Conference Schedule
Welcome and Introduction
10:15AM – 10:30AM – Charles Small, YIISA Director - Biography
Keynote Speaker
10:30AM – 10:50AM – Yossi Klein Halevi, Senior Fellow, The Shalem Center
Session #1 (Video #1) (Video #2)
“Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism: The Jew in the European Historical Imagination”
11:00AM – 11:20AM – Anat Plocker, YIISA Post-Doctorate Associate
“Antisemitism as an Academic Topic”
11:20AM – 11:40AM – Ben Herzog, YIISA Graduate Fellow
Panel Discussion
11:40AM – 11:55AM
Lunch Break
12:00PM – 12:50PM
Session #2 (Video #2) (Video #3)
“In/Differences: Antisemitism in Relation to (Other) Racisms in the German Context”
1:00PM – 1:20PM – Annette Seidel-Arpaci, YIISA Post-Doctorate Associate
“The Psychological Mechanisms Underlie the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and their Contribution to Contemporary Manifestations of Antisemitism”
1:20PM – 1:40PM – Idit Shalev, YIISA Post-Doctorate Associate
Panel Discussion
1:40PM – 1:55PM
Refreshment Break
1:55PM – 2:10PM
Session #3 (Video #3) (Video #4)
“Israel-Bashing and Antisemitism”
2:10PM – 2:30PM – Joshua Kaplan, YIISA Post-Doctorate Associate
“Islamic Antisemitism and the Failure of Western Academia”
2:30PM – 2:50PM – Clemens Heni, YIISA Post-Doctorate Associate
“New Avenues on Campus Antisemitism”
2:50PM – 3:10PM – Cosmina Paul, YIISA Post-Graduate Fellow
Panel Discussion
3:10PM – 3:55PM
Closing Remarks
3:55PM – 4:25PM