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On Numbers and Feelings: Antisemitism in Germany Today
March 26, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Free
Friday, 26 March 2021
2:00–4:00 pm I Zoom Event
NC German Studies series CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS:
On Numbers and Feelings: Antisemitism in Germany Today
STEFANIE SCHÜLER-SPRINGORUM, Director, Center for Research on Antisemitism, Technical University Berlin
Antisemitism seems to be on the rise in Germany and elsewhere. However, the scope of this rise, its reason, its agents and last but not least its meaning, as well as the political consequences to be drawn from it, are fiercely debated. I will discuss the various ways of assessing antisemitism in Germany today: survey and polls, historical and sociological qualitative research, statistics by police and civil society organizations, as well as the media covering of important events. I will pay special attention to the pitfalls of each approach and to the problems of the media discourse. Finally, I will discuss the results of this overview against the backdrop of rising populism, racism and other forms of resentment in Germany, Europe and worldwide.
STEFANIE SCHÜLER-SPRINGORUM, is the Director of the Center for Research on Antisemitism and Co- Director of the Selma-Stern-Center for Jewish Studies, both in in Berlin, and, since 2020, is the Director of the Berlin branch of the Center for Research on Social Cohesion. Her main fields of research are Jewish, German, and Spanish History. Recent publications include Four Years After: Antisemitism and Racism in Trump’s America (edited with N. and M. Zadoff, H. Paul, 2020); The Challenge of Ambivalence: Antisemitism in Germany Today (2018); Perspektiven deutsch-jüdischer Geschichte: Geschlecht und Differenz (2014).
Opening Remarks: RUTH von BERNUTH I Carolina Center for Jewish Studies
Comment: THOMAS PEGELOW-KAPLAN I Appalachian State University, Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies
Moderation: KAREN HAGEMANN I UNC-Chapel Hill, Dept. of History
CONVENERS: Carolina Seminars Series I Duke University: Dept. of German Studies I Dept. of History I The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Carolina Center for Jewish Studies I Center for European Studies I Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Languages & Literatures I Dept. of History
