The Central European University
Jewish Studies Program
cordially invites you to a lecture by
Alvin H. Rosenfeld
Jewish Studies, Indiana University
Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism
Reflections on the 'New' Antisemitism.
The lecture will review recent manifestations of antisemitism in the United States, Western European countries, and parts of the Muslim world and analyze some of the factors that may explain the upsurge in antisemitic rhetoric and hostile deeds directed against Jews and Jewish institutions. It will also offer reflections on the links between anti-Zionism and antisemitism and identify some of the cultural, ideological, political, and religious dimensions of this hatred.
Tuesday, November 25 at 6 p.m.
In Popper room, Monument building
Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Professor of English and Jewish Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, received his Ph.D. from Brown University in 1967 and has taught at Indiana University since 1968. He holds the Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies and is Director of the university’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. He founded Indiana University's well-regarded Borns Jewish Studies Program and served as its director for 30 years. He has been honored with Indiana University Distinguished Service Award and also the Provost’s Medal “in recognition of sustained academic excellence, vision, and leadership resulting in lasting and widespread impact.” His The Writer Uprooted: Contemporary Jewish Exile Literature appeared with Indiana University Press in 2009. His most recent study, The End of the Holocaust, was published in April, 2011 with Indiana University Press. The book has been published in Hebrew and Hungarian translations and will also appear in German and Polish translations. In recent years, he has been writing about contemporary antisemitism, and some of his articles on this subject have evoked intense debate. Resurgent Antisemitism: Global Perspectives, an edited volume, appeared in spring, 2013. Deciphering the New Antisemitism is slated to be published in 2015. He has lectured widely in America, Europe, and Israel.
A reception will follow
