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As part of the series in summer semester 2024 “das ganze Grauen – Psychoanalytische Aufklärung nach dem 7. Oktober” of the student initiative krIPU at the International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Rosine Jozef Perelberg gave a lecture on “The Banalization of Antisemitism”.

Antisemitism is one of the oldest and most persistent forms of collective hatred. It mutates across time and place, taking on new language and symbols — yet remaining rooted in enduring projections of fear, envy, and blame.

Centro Cultural de Belem

Deconstructing Antisemitism:
Some Theoretical Anchors in Chaotic Times

Speakers: Mariano Horenstein, Rosine Perelberg and Shmuel Erlich. Chair: Harvey Schwartz
Thursday 31/7  14.20 to 15.50
Room Fernando Pessoa

Sam Harris speaks with Simon Sebag Montefiore about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the history of the Jews, and the rise of global antisemitism.
Simon Sebag Montefiore is an internationally bestselling author and historian. His books include Catherine the Great and Potemkin, Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, Young Stalin, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, The Romanovs: 1613–1918, The World: A Family History of Humanity, and The Moscow Trilogy of novels: Sashenka, Red Sky at Noon and One Night in Winter.

The Intra-Communal Professorial Group (ICPG) is a network of academics dedicated to researching and combatting antisemitism in UK higher education and improving the environment for Jewish students, academics, professionals, and other staff.

Since 7th October 2023, the date when Hamas perpetrated the worst and most murderous single massacre against Jews since the Holocaust, there has been a surge in antisemitism in UK universities. This report offers a summary of research by the Intra-Community Professorial Group (ICPG) about antisemitism at UK Universities since the 7th October attacks, aimed at understanding and documenting problems on and off campus and proposing evidence-based solutions to address them.

The atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023 plunged the world into a frenzy of antisemitism and extremism. Today, The Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism took out full page ad in the National Post to deliver a strong message.

Soirée de mobilisation organisée par la revue La Règle du Jeu, le 3 juin 2024, au Théâtre Antoine.

Cary Nelson is Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. He is the author or editor of 36 books, including six about antisemitism. Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault on Basic Principles was published this April. He was president of the national AAUP from 2006-2012.

Antisemitism has been part of Judeo-Chrisitan-Islamic culture for centuries, taking various forms and expressions. After its most horrendous and destructive outburst in the 20th-century Holocaust, it gave rise to the collective determination: “Never Again!” Yet recent and current genocidal outcries against Israel and the Jews testify to the enduring power and relentlessness of antisemitism.