by The Berlin International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (BICSA) and Verein für Gesellschaftskritik und Antisemitismusforschung e.V.

May 19, 2015, historian and leading scholar in antisemitism, Professor Robert S. Wistrich (1945-2015), Director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA) at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, died in Rome. Robert was a friend, colleague, and ally. We miss him.

To keep the memory of this wonderful person, vibrant public intellectual and outstanding scholar alive and to learn from his scholarship, the Berlin International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (BICSA) and the Verein für Gesellschaftskritik und Antisemitismusforschung e.V. will held the yearly „Robert S. Wistrich Memorial Lecture.“

Thursday, May 19, 2016, the speakers in Berlin have been:

Susanne Wein, Ph.D., Verein für Gesellschaftskritik und Antisemitismusforschung e.V.

Clemens Heni, Ph.D., Director, The Berlin International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (BICSA)

Danielle Wistrich: Robert, The Man I Knew

Prof. David Ohana (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): Wistrich’s Zionist Legacy

Watch the video of the event

Or read the manuscript of theThe Robert S. Wistrich Memorial Lecture 2016 Prof. David Ohana

Roll-Up Wistrich Memorial 2016

vlcsnap-2016-06-05-11h00m07s89

vlcsnap-2016-06-05-11h23m30s73

vlcsnap-2016-06-05-11h24m38s237

vlcsnap-2016-06-05-11h12m50s51

vlcsnap-2016-06-05-11h13m16s55

vlcsnap-2016-06-05-11h13m32s215

 

Supported by:

Edition Critic

editioncriticlogo_schwarz_4.37x1.3@600

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), German Chapter

SPMEVerein für Gesellschaftskritik und Antisemitismusforschung e.V.