Contemporary Antisemitism

Anna Zawadzka is Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Slavic Studies of Polish Academy of Sciences, and a member of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. She is the author of More than a Stereotype: “Jewish Bolshevism” as a Pattern of Polish Culture (2023).David Hirsh is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Academic Director of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. His previous books include Contemporary Left Antisemitism (Routledge, 2018) and The Rebirth of Antisemitism in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2024).

• Record of an Exceptional Time: An Introduction 1. The Genocide Libel Against Israel and Its Functions 2. From Denial to Hatred: How Holocaust Denial Fuels Contemporary Antisemitism 3. On Comparison 4. Holy Cow! Kosher slaughter in the Canadian courts, 1913-2026 5. Antisemitism and the use of Blood Libel in Maternity Care and Birth Work 6. Overwriting History: Antisemitic incidents at Holocaust memorials after 7/10 7. The Battle for Postcolonialism. Maxime Rodinson, Albert Memmi, and the Question of Israel 8.Aryan-myth and Antisemitism in Iranian studies during Nazism. A different Orientalism 9. The Legacy of “Zionism as Racism” 10.An introduction to the history of antisemitism and Irish Cultural Nationalism, 1890-1950 11. A brief critical theory of antisemitism in Latin America 12.The latent antisemitism and the perception of Hitler in contemporary India in pre- and post-October 7 scenarios 13.Conceptualizing antisemitism and Jewish identity in communist Poland: the 1967–68 antizionist campaign as an identification regime 14. We thought we were very safe“: Impacts on the Jewish and Israeli Communities in Germany 15. Partisan games, real stakes: Israel- and antisemitism-related polarization in Trump-era U.S. politics 16. (Non-)Identical: Jewish perspectives as new paradigm in antisemitism-critical education and research 17. Institutional Antisemitism: The Application of a Concept from Racism Studies 18. Understanding Antisemitism: Why Perceiver and Target Perspectives Are Both Essential 19. Victim-oriented perspectives on the police and the legal system in Germany 20. Between continuity and rupture: The understanding of antisemitism among Jews in Germany before and after October 7th 21. Combating Antisemitism: The EU Digital Services Act as a Tool to Regulate Online Hate? 22. The empath-narcissist dynamic and the psycho-social mechanisms of antisemitism 23. The relevance of Pierre Bourdieu's categories for antisemitism analysis 24. Postcolonial antisemitism as regression 25. Critical Theory and the Entanglement of Antisemitism and Misogyny: Unpacking the Ideology of Incels 26. Not standing with Israel, but taking its place: Antisemitism, antizionism, and the German Far Right’s identification with Israel as aggressor, drawing on Anna Freud 27. The Debate on German Guilt since October 7 28. Speaking freely about being silenced: The assertion of a taboo against criticism of Israel as a rhetorical strategy 29. Detabooisation of Antisemitism: A Case Study on Reverse Norm Diffusion 30. Jews and power: Allegations of illegitimacy in contemporary antisemitism (and beyond?) 31. Freedom of Expression, religious hate speech and antisemitism: A Study of Pro-Palestinian Activism through public protests 32. An empirical perspective on discourses about antisemitism in contemporary France 33.The Digital (Re)Ghettoization of Jews 34. Social media companies, antisemitism, and Holocaust education 35. Re-igniting agency: Exploiting GenAI to counter contemporary antisemitism 36. Antisemitism in digital gaming communities 37. How Antisemitic Narratives Are Spread Using Online Video on Social Media 38. Antisemitism Trend Alert: Denial of October 7 Massacre on Social Media Platforms 39. Scholars of the Holocaust and their “Jewish Problem” 40. Toward an Evidence-Based Response to Campus Antisemitism 41. Waves of Hatred: A Comparative Analysis of Antisemitism After the Yom Kippur War (1974) and on U.S. Campuses in 2024 42. How social media have influenced Jewish students’ campus experiences since October 7th 43. Opening space for dialogue at Goldsmiths, University of London 44. Squeegee with toothpaste? Re-burying the 1944 Sonderkommando photos in Gerhard Richter’s 2014 Birkenau paintings 45. Hate-Made Self-Portraits: Reimagining Jewish Golems in Digital Spaces 46. Satirical Subversions in Ils sont partout: Antisemitism in Historical and Contemporary Performing Arts 47. Antisemitism that is not meant to be: Analysing the antisemitism scandal at the German art exhibition documenta fifteen after October 7, 2023 48. Using literature as a springboard for conversation about antisemitism and Jewish identity 49. The Curricular Homelessness of the Topics Middle East Conflict and Israel-related Antisemitism in Germany 50. Reading Anne Frank as a Jewish Girl: Holocaust Pedagogy and Contemporary Antisemitism 51. Spaces of opportunity for antisemitic speech in learning environments of social work 52. Outlines of social work profession critical of antisemitism 53. Managing an Absence: Constructions of the Judaism-Christianity Relationship in Religion and Ethics Textbooks 54. The Islamist War of Religion from the 1930s to the Attack of October 7, 2023 55. Should Christians Host Seder Meals? The Early Church’s Understanding of Judaism and Its Modern Relevance 56. Diaspora Under Influence: Islamist Networks, Digital Propaganda, and Authoritarian Reception in Europe 57. Antisemitism, Sexual Assault and Disavowal 58. Judith Butler’s conception of Jewishness through the prism of post-Soviet Jewish experience 59. From denial to boycott: Antisemitism in the Brazilian left after October 7