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Jews and Muslims in Contemporary Spain: Redefining National Boundaries

April 30, 2019

 

Dr. Martina L. Weisz's forthcoming bookJews and Muslims in Contemporary Spain: Redefining National Boundaries, will be published in The Vidal Sassoon Studies in Antisemitism, Racism, and Prejudice series by De Gruyter Oldenbourg. The book analyses the symbolic and material roles attributed to both Muslims and Jews in contemporary Spain.

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Spain and the Jews: Between the Glory of Empire and the Downfalls of Civil War

December 26, 2018

On Monday, 17th of December, The S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies in Tel-Aviv University held an international conference titled "Spain and the Jews, 1933–1950". Prof. Manuela Consonni, SICSA's director, and Dr. Martina Weisz, research fellow at SICSA, took part in the conference.

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Call for Applicants: Robert Wistrich Prizes 2019

December 18, 2018

The Vidal Sasson International Center for the Study of Antisemitism is honored to announce the awarding of up to four awards in the academic year 2018/19 to young researchers who have shown exceptional excellence, depth and originality in their academic work, and whose research investigates antisemitism, anti-Jewish hostility and the mechanisms of antisemitic prejudice through the ages, including comparative perspectives on other forms of discrimination and racism.

For more information see the attached announcement (in Hebrew):

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The Felix Posen Post-Doctoral / Junior Faculty Fellowship

December 18, 2018

The Felix Posen Post-Doctoral / Junior Faculty Fellowship is intended for scholars from Israel and abroad who have shown exceptional excellence, depth and originality in their academic work, and whose research investigates antisemitism, anti-Jewish hostility and the mechanisms of antisemitic prejudice through the ages, focusing on relations between Jews and non-Jews, particularly in situations of tension and crisis, and may include comparative perspectives on other forms of discrimination and …

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מלגות ומענקי מחקר ע"ש פליקס פוזן לתארים מתקדמים – תש"ף

December 18, 2018

 

המרכז הבינלאומי לחקר האנטישמיות ע"ש וידאל ששון יעניק בשנה האקדמית תש"ף עד ארבע מלגות ע"ש פליקס פוזן לתלמידים לתארים מתקדמים מהאוניברסיטה העברית, אשר הוכיחו מצוינות יוצאת דופן, עומק ומקוריות, ושמחקרם עוסק בתופעת האנטישמיות על היבטיה השונים (גם בהקשרים השוואתיים), במגוון תחומי הידע האקדמיים.

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Research Seminar — 'Also at University there’s Antisemitism': The Challenges of Argentine Sephardi Youth in the 1960s and early 1970s

November 27, 2018

On Monday, 26th of November, SICSA held a research seminar titled: 'Also at University There’s Antisemitism': The Challenges of Argentine Sephardi Youth in the 1960s and early 1970s.

The event was chaird by SICSA's Research Fellow, Dr. Martina Weisz, and featured a lecture by Prof. Adriana M. Brodsky of St. Mary's College of Maryland.

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Workshop — "Jewish Genes": The Study of Population ‘Isolates’ between Eugenics and Human Population Genetics

November 27, 2018

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On Monday, 12 of November, SICSA  held a workshop titled “Jewish Genes”: The Study of Population ‘Isolates’ between Eugenics and Human Population Genetics.