Friday, February 5th, 2021, 4:30 – 8:00 p.m.

The Research Network RN31 “Ethnic Relations, Racism and Antisemitism” of the European Sociological Association (ESA) and the International Institute for Education and Research on Antisemitism (IIBSA) will hold a half-day workshop on “Intersectional Perspectives on Conspiracy Theories, Nationalism, Antisemitism and Racism in Europe” and “Contemporary Debates on Antisemitism and the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism”

The number of participants is limited. Registration is required.

Program

4:30-6:00 p.m. (90 min) 
Intersectional Perspectives on Conspiracy Theories, Nationalism, Antisemitism and Racism in Europe

Mainstream Antisemitism in Poland
Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Law studies, Polish Academy of Sciences

Demystifying Antisemitism: Reflections on the ‘Reservoir Idea’
David Seymour, Law School, City University of London

Conspiracy Thinking and Antisemitism in the Context of Corona in Germany
Annette Seidel-Arpaci, RIAS Bayern

Conspiracy Theories in the Coronavirus-related Antisemitic Discourse in Hungary
Ildikó Barna, Associate Professor of Sociology at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Social Sciences, Budapest

6:00-6:30 p.m. (30 min)
Break

6:30-8:00 p.m. (90 min) 
Contemporary Debates on Antisemitism and the IHRA Working Defintion of Antisemitism

Debates around the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism in France
Yana Grinshpun, Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle University

Contemporary Debates on Antisemitism and the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism in the UK 
Philip Spencer, Emeritus Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Kingston University

International Debates on the IHRA Definition and its Application in Research
Günther Jikeli, Indiana University / IIBSA