What is antisemitism? Who gets to define it? What does it have to do with Israel, Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian racism, and American geopolitics?
A panel of experts will tackle this difficult topic, scrutinizing the history of traditional Christian anti-Judaism and modern antisemitism. They will offer an opportunity to demystify ahistorical accounts of antisemitism as an unchanged condition unrelated to Western Christian modernity and the history of White supremacy. They will also interrogate the politics surrounding the definition of antisemitism, illuminate the interlinking between Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism and antisemitism, and raise questions regarding the concept of "Judeo-Christianity," exposing how it serves particular geopolitical and ideological agendas.
Panelists include Atalia Omer, professor of religion, conflict and peace studies; Yousef Munayyer, a senior fellow and the head of the Palestinian/Israel program at Arab Center Washington, D.C.; A. Rashied Omar, associate teaching professor of Islamic studies and peacebuilding; and Perin Gürel, associate professor of American Studies and a Kroc Institute faculty fellow.
This event is the second in a two-day series that will discuss antisemitism and the struggle for justice and peace in Israel/Palestine.
This event is organized by the Contending Modernities research initiative at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, with co-sponsorship from the Initiative for Race and Resilience.
Originally published at raceandresilience.nd.edu.