SICSA
The Vidal Sassoon International Center
for the Study of Antisemitism
New Research
Projects Approved January 1996
Eight new
research projects were approved by the Academic Committee of the Center
during its January 1996 session.
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Jews
and Catholics in the German Empire
Dr.
Olaf Blaschke (Universitaet Bielefeld, Germany)
Proposes
a reevaluation of the nature of relations and conflicts between the German
Catholics and the Jews, approaching the problem in three ways: an exploration
of the issue of Jewish integration; the real reasons for conflict and animosity
between Catholics and Jews; and an examination of the Jewish perception
of Catholic antisemitism
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Vienna's
Antisemitic Legacy: Our Image of Gustav Mahler
Dr.
Kay Knittel (Seton Hall University, New Jersey)
The
early antisemitic reactions to Gustav Mahler (his music and his person)
provide an important case study of the pervasive role that antisemitic
stereotypes played in the culture of late nineteenth- century Vienna.
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Antisemitism
in Fascist Italy: Intellectual Origins of the Racial Laws of 1938
Dr.
Patrick Anthony Cavaliere (York University, Toronto)
The
main goal of the study will be to present an intellectual history of antisemitism
in Fascist Italy by providing a descriptive account of the ideological
vindications and doctrinal justifica-tion of the anti-Jewish laws.
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Arab
Nationalism and Attitude toward Jews in Modern Iraq
Dr.
Nissim Kazaz (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
The
project will cover the period between the 1930s and the mid-1970s, using
primary sources from archives, collections of Iraqi newspapers, as well
as interviews with Jews who emigrated to Israel from Iraq. The investigation
will focus on the peculiar forms of Arab nationalism and the particular
expressions of antisemitism within the Iraqi political culture and mentality.
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The
Image of the Jew in Ukrainian Painting
Dr.
Grigory Ostrovsky (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The
research will focus on popular and professional art, as well as on the
frescoes in the Ukrainian churches, between the fourteenth and nineteenth
centuries, in order to analyze the representation of the Jews, the use
of biblical motifs, and the way anti-Judaic popular or religious stereotypes
penetrated Ukrainian art.
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The
Construction of Antisemitic Discourse in Contemporary Argentina: 1974-1994
Dr.
Nora Strejilevich (Southern Oregon State College, Ashland OR)
An interdisciplinary
research on three historical processes under which antisemitic discourse
in Argentina has been constructed: Peronist popu- lism, state terrorism,
and democratization under Alfons n and Menem. The project will focus on
antisemitism in political and literary discourse.
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Antisemitism
in Contemporary Hungary
Prof.
Andras Kovacs (Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest)
Starting
with an empirical survey and interviews, the study will make a detailed
examination of the present level and main aspects of post-Communist forms
of antisemitism in Hungarian society. It will examine the connection of
present-day anti-Jewish prejudices with the traditional (religious, economic,
cultural) stereotypes.
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Antisemitism
without Jews: Current Perceptions of Jews and Antisemitic Attitudes among
the Japanese
Dr.
Rotem Kowner (Stanford University)
Based
on sociological surveys and interviews, this study aims to examine the
structure of the Japanese image of Jews; attitudes toward self and other
foreign groups and whether this Jewish image is unique to Japan; the extent
to which the exposure to media and antisemitic (or philosemitic) literature
affects attitudes toward Jews.
Felix
Posen Fellowships
(January
1996)
Ph.D.
Students
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Meir Amor
(University of Toronto),
Violent
Ethnocentrism: A Comparative Analysis of Pariahood
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Semyon Goldin
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem),
Russian
Jewry under Czarist Army Rule during the First World War
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Till van
Rahden (Universit taeBielefeld),
Jews
as Established Outsiders? Jewish-Gentile Relations in Breslau, 1870-1918
MA
Students
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David Guibli
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem),
The
Phenomenon of Holocaust Denial: The Case of Paul Rassinier
Additional
Grants for Further Research
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Dr. Vadim
Rossman (University of Texas)
Antisemitic
Trends in Contemporary Russian Socio-Political Thought since Glasnost
Research
Projects Completed
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Prof. Benjamin
Braude (Smith College, Northampton, MA),
The
Image of the Jew in the Literature of Eastern Travel, 1350-1650
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Dr. Gila
Fatran,
Antisemitism
in Slovakia, 1848-1914
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Dr. Nili
Keren, Gila Zelikovich, and Dr. Yair Auron (Teachers' College, Seminar
Ha-Kibbutzim),
Concepts
and Positions of Israeli Junior High School Students Regarding Antisemitism
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Dr. Tamas
Stark,
Hungarian
Antisemitic Writings between 1948 and 1956
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Dr. Anna
Szalai (Hebrew University),
Jewish
Characters in the Hungarian Literature of the Nineteenth Century