History

A History of Scholarly Excellence

The Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism at Indiana University (ISCA) was established in 2009 by Professor Alvin H. Rosenfeld, under the auspices of the Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program.

ISCA has hosted six major conferences for international scholars at Indiana University:

"Antisemitism in Today's America: Manifestations, Causes, and Consequences" June 19-21 and 26-28, 2021
"A Transatlantic Wave of Antisemitism? Jew-Hatred in Europe and the United States" IU Europe Gateway, June 30, 2019
"Antisemitism Among Refugees in the Context of Rising Xenophobia and Antisemitism, including in the US" IU Europe Gateway, June 27, 2017
"Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, and the Dynamics of Delegitimization" April 2-6, 2016
"Deciphering the ‘New’ Antisemitism" April 5-9, 2014
"Resurgent Antisemitism: Global Perspectives" April 3-5, 2011

Responding to a global upsurge in antisemitic rhetoric and actions in recent decades, Studies in Antisemitism will focus on the intellectual and ideological roots of what has been called the new antisemitism and seek to elucidate the social, cultural, religious, and political forces that nurture such hostility. The volumes in the series will aim to clarify what is new and what has been inherited from the antisemitic lexicons of the past.
Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Professor of English and Jewish Studies, Director of Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies, IU Press Studies in Antisemitism editor

History

A History of Scholarly Excellence

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