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
Supported by:
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), German Chapter
Verein für Gesellschaftskritik und Antisemitismusforschung e.V.