BISA at Birkbeck
The Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, University of London is a centre of innovative research and teaching, and contributes to public policy.
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- Tova Benjamin will join us online on 11 February to discuss the place of ‘ethnicity’ in new forms of late 19th century popular violence, and developing shared understandings of Roma and Jewish histories of marginalization in the East European borderlands. Book here: bit.ly/3NOQv8o
- In case you missed it, watch @dmf101.bsky.social on 'Mourning, memory and politics: memorialization of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day' here: bit.ly/4k6OXCF @ihr.bsky.social
- BISA's David Feldman discussing the memorialisation of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day at our annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture in partnership with the Institute for Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social @dmf101.bsky.social
- In case you missed it, watch Pavel Brunssen discuss "The making of "Jew Clubs": performing Jewishness and antisemitism on European football and fan cultures" here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/the-ma...
- Join us online tomorrow at 13:00pm (GMT) to hear Pavel Brunssen on ‘The making of “Jew clubs”: performing Jewishness and antisemitism in European football and fan cultures’. Book here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/the-ma...
- Join us online on 11 February to hear Tova Benjamin discuss “When is Violence ‘Ethnic’? On Jews as Victims and Perpetrators”. Book here: bit.ly/3NOQv8o
- BISA's David Feldman discussing the memorialisation of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day at our annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture in partnership with the Institute for Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social @dmf101.bsky.social
- We're looking forward to hearing BISA's @dmf101.bsky.social on "Mourning, memory and politics: memorialization of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day" this evening. More info: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/mourni...
- There are still tickets left for our annual Holocaust Memorial Day lecture in partnership with @ihr.bsky.social on Monday. Prof. @dmf101.bsky.social will discuss 'Mourning, memory and politics: memorialization of the Holocaust in Britain from the 1940s to the present day'. Book here: bit.ly/3M31Tgr
- BISA’s David Feldman on antisemitism in Britain and what can be done www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
- Join us online tomorrow at 13:00pm (GMT) to hear Pavel Brunssen on ‘The making of “Jew clubs”: performing Jewishness and antisemitism in European football and fan cultures’. Book here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/the-ma...
- BISA has received a major grant of USD$650,000 from Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social to support its work. Director David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social is joined by Brendanmcgeever.bsky.social as Co-Director. Full story www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...
- In case you missed it, you can now watch @dovwaxman.bsky.social's lecture on our website: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/antise...
- Speaking at BISA this evening, @dovwaxman.bsky.social on ‘The moral panic in America about antisemitism on college campuses’
- Join us online tomorrow to hear Diana Popescu speak on 'Jewish refugee artists in Britain: an untold story of visual resistance to fascism, 1930s–40s'. BISA lunchtime seminar, for more information and to register: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/jewish...
- On 9 December, join us online to hear Dr. Diana I. Popescu speak about ‘Jewish refugee artists in Britain: an untold story of visual resistance to fascism, 1930s–40s’. Book here: bit.ly/48zt3Uy
- Speaking at BISA this evening, @dovwaxman.bsky.social on ‘The moral panic in America about antisemitism on college campuses’
- In case you missed it, you can now watch @kenanmalik.bsky.social's lecture, 'How racism reclaimed its identity', here: youtu.be/oNOzOS4ACxo
- @kenanmalik.bsky.social discussing race, identity and antisemitism at BISA this evening.
- BISA's @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social, co-author with David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social and @bengidley.bsky.social, sets out the reasoning behind their recent letter to The Guardian
- Why is support for the @greenparty.org.uk growing among British Jews and how do we understand this? A letter by @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and me for the Guardian. 1/5
- Join us tomorrow to hear Prof. @dovwaxman.bsky.social discuss the problem of antisemitism on US campuses and how it has become a subject for political intervention and controversy. Book here: bit.ly/49Bp4Ia
- The growing political divisions among British Jews - letter in The Guardian from BISA's David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by BISA at Birkbeck📜 Our 2025 bulletin is live! Read a message from our incoming president @bengidley.bsky.social, a report from this year's conference, details of our book prize, the CFP for our 2026 conference @bisa-bkk.bsky.social, reports from institutions & more ➡️ bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/u...
- Join us on 2 December to hear Prof. @dovwaxman.bsky.social on ‘The moral panic in America about antisemitism on college campuses’. Book here: bit.ly/49Bp4Ia
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- @kenanmalik.bsky.social discussing race, identity and antisemitism at BISA this evening.
- Reposted by BISA at BirkbeckTomorrow I’m giving a talk at the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (@bisa-bkk.bsky.social) on “How racism reclaimed its identity”. Do come along bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/how-ra...
- An article by David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social published today.
- More Jewish people in Britain are concerned by general racism than the number who are worried by antisemitism. This is a building block for anti-racist politics, write three Birkbeck experts. @bisa-bkk.bsky.social
- Antisemitism: how to measure it, how to confront it. Read BISA’s David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social in www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/religi...
- Join us online this Wednesday (22 Oct, 13:00 BST) to hear Profs. Devorah Baum and Stephen Frosh discuss the interplay between Jewish Studies and psychoanalysis. Book here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/psycho...
- Check out BISA's autumn 2025 events programme on our website bisa.bbk.ac.uk/whats-on/eve.... We’ll be hearing from Professors Stephen Frosh and Devorah Baum on ‘Psychoanalysis and Jewish Studies’ online on 22 October. Sign up here to join us: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/psycho...
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- A thoughtful post in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social on Diane Abbott, antisemitism and the complex ways in which race is imagined and understood. By three scholars of antisemitism: @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and David Feldman. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/diane-a...
- The challenge of developing an anti-racist politics that is universal and sensitive to the experience of different minorities. Read David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
- Antisemitism is racism. But it “no longer carries the same degree of structural consequences as other racisms in Britain. This is the element of truth contained in Dianne Abbott’s ill-judged letter,” write three @bisa-bkk.bsky.social academics. www.prospectmagazine...
- Diane Abbot, anti-Black racism, antisemitism - read David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/identi...
- Read BISA's David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social in @vashtimedia.bsky.social on how Jewish politics is in flux and why Jewish people and Jewish organisations should build the widest possible anti-racist coalition.
- "We are in a historical moment in which key parts of the Jewish community are shifting: a moment in which the possibility of a politics of horizontal solidarity can be glimpsed." @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social, and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social reply. vashtimedia.com/against-poli...
- Reposted by BISA at Birkbeck"We are in a historical moment in which key parts of the Jewish community are shifting: a moment in which the possibility of a politics of horizontal solidarity can be glimpsed." @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social, and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social reply. vashtimedia.com/against-poli...
- We're looking forward to hearing from Eliana Hadjisavvas tomorrow, discussing Jewish detention and displacement in the British Empire after WWII. If you haven't booked yet, please get in touch to receive a link to join us: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/detent...
- On 10 June, join us online to hear BISA’s Eliana Hadjisavvas explore the complexities of empire, race and migration after the Second World War. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/detent...
- On 10 June, join us online to hear BISA’s Eliana Hadjisavvas explore the complexities of empire, race and migration after the Second World War. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/detent...
- On 10 June, join us online to hear BISA’s Eliana Hadjisavvas discuss Jewish detention and displacement throughout the British Empire in the aftermath of WWII. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/detent...
- On 10 June, join us online to hear BISA’s Eliana Hadjisavvas discuss Jewish detention and displacement throughout the British Empire in the aftermath of WWII. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/detent...
- There’s still time to register to hear BISA’s @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social discuss ‘Pogroms, politics and memory: rethinking anti-Jewish violence from the Harlem Renaissance to October 7th’ online TODAY at 1pm (BST). More info here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/pogrom...
- Join us online on 14 May as BISA’s @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social discusses how we might reframe definitions of the pogrom, drawing on an analysis of race and class developed by Black radicals during the Harlem Renaissance. More info here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/pogrom...
- On 14 May, join us online to hear BISA’s @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social on ‘Pogroms, politics and memory: rethinking anti-Jewish violence from the Harlem Renaissance to October 7th’. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/pogrom...
- Reposted by BISA at BirkbeckCall for papers: FINAL WEEK FOR APPLICATIONS Applications close 31 March 2025 for the 8th International ‘Beyond Camps and Forced Labour’ Conference (7–9 January 2026). www.lbilondon.ac.uk/call-for-pap...
- Join us online tomorrow to hear Prof. Adam Sutcliffe as he charts the increasing emphasis across the West since the 1900s of ‘redemptive anti-antisemitism’ and considers its problematic role in contemporary politics. More information here: bit.ly/3CLwbQp
- In case you missed it, Prof. Samuels' talk on 'The Dreyfus Affair, antisemitism, and the transformation of Jewish identity' is now available to watch online: youtu.be/OlTJkOABGiM
- Join us tomorrow to hear Prof. Maurice Samuels discuss how the antisemitism unleashed during the Dreyfus Affair transformed the nature of Jewish identity, changing how Jews saw their place in the world and their relation to other Jews. Book here: bit.ly/3X3YCQg
- Reposted by BISA at BirkbeckWe’re marking our anniversary with a new short film! Discover our mission, our history, and why our work remains vital today. Watch now: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/lbi-70-video @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social
- Join us tomorrow to hear Prof. Maurice Samuels discuss how the antisemitism unleashed during the Dreyfus Affair transformed the nature of Jewish identity, changing how Jews saw their place in the world and their relation to other Jews. Book here: bit.ly/3X3YCQg
- Applications for the eighth Beyond Camps & Forced Labour Conference are due soon! Deadline: 31st March 2025. Find out more and submit here: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/r... @bcflconference.bsky.social
- 📢 New CFP! 📢 Pleased to announce the 8th Beyond Camps & Forced Labour Conference is now accepting applications. Deadline 31 March 2025. bit.ly/BCFL2026 Pls share widely!
- On 18 March, join us online to hear Prof. Adam Sutcliffe on ‘the politics of redemptive anti-antisemitism’. More information here: bit.ly/3CLwbQp
- Reposted by BISA at BirkbeckNext Social Scientists Against the Hostile Environment webinar is 17 March 5 pm GMT, on antisemitism, with Nira Yuval-Davis, @shabna.bsky.social (@runnymedetrust.bsky.social) and me. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/racism-and... @bisa-bkk.bsky.social
- Join us at Birkbeck on 11 March to hear Prof. Maurice Samuels, Yale University on ‘ The Dreyfus Affair, antisemitism, and the transformation of Jewish identity’. Book here: bit.ly/3X3YCQg
- Watch the launch of ‘Facing antisemitism’, a new report written by BISA’s David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social, Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social and Brendan McGeever @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social, and commissioned by @runnymedetrust.bsky.social youtu.be/4XAcofFr8-Y
- Join our report launch this evening at Birkbeck, University of London👉 ow.ly/T4w650UFjJ9
- In case you missed it, you can now watch a recording of Rebecca Clifford's Holocaust Memorial lecture on 'The making of child Holocaust Survivors' here: youtu.be/oTUhRUmHUG4
- Join us & @bisa-bkk.bsky.social for the Holocaust Memorial Lecture on the 29 January at Birkbeck, University of London. This years lecture 'The making of child Holocaust survivors' will be presented by Rebecca Clifford (Durham University). Register now to attend: www.history.ac.uk/events/holoc...
- Join us tomorrow to hear Matthew Bolton discuss how UK anti-discrimination law has constructed Jewish identity as a mode of ‘ethnicity’ and encouraged the essentialisation or dehistoricisation of Jewish identity. Book here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/antise...
- Join us on 11 February to hear Matthew Bolton on 'Antisemitism, Israel and the limits of anti-discrimination law'. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/antise...
- In case you missed it, you can now hear a recording of Omer Bartov's lecture on 'Israel: what went wrong?' here: youtu.be/TLNf2WG7u08
- Join us on 11 February to hear Matthew Bolton on 'Antisemitism, Israel and the limits of anti-discrimination law'. More information here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/antise...
- Reposted by BISA at BirkbeckAntisemitism is hardwired into UK society, but current methods of tackling it are not working. Our new report, written by colleagues at @bisa-bkk.bsky.social, shows how we can move beyond framing antisemitism in ways that pit communities against one another.
- Reposted by BISA at BirkbeckI wrote a response to the @runnymedetrust.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social report on antisemitism that was published today. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/identi...
- Reposted by BISA at BirkbeckOur report for @runnymedetrust.bsky.social is published today and launched tonight. It’s the first publication on this topic by the Trust for 30 years. Please have a look, share widely and also share your responses and criticisms!
