In this Zoom panel discussion, field leaders will report back from a major international conference on new directions and challenges in research and pedagogy about antisemitism, in response to new needs created by a rapidly changing academic and political environment.

Antisemitism was by no means a neglected topic in Jewish studies prior to October 7, 2023, but in its aftermath, scholars and centers of antisemitism studies found themselves in a completely different and very difficult environment. How to define antisemitism was no longer merely a question debated within scholarly circles: it was now driving conflict both within the university community and in the larger societies of which they are part. Public claims about the state of antisemitism weren’t being vetted or properly questioned. A field that had been largely focused on history was now being asked to address a contemporary phenomenon, requiring new kinds of expertise, and new positions and centers were established that will shape the field for decades to come.

Panelists:
Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto
Steven Weitzman, University of Pennsylvania
Avinoam Patt, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jeffrey Veidlinger, University of Toronto

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