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Antisemitism Today
November 7, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Please arrive early to guarantee a seat. The event is overbooked, and an overflow room will be provided. The first 200 guests will be seated in the main venue, and any guests beyond that will be directed to the overflow room.
To attend the event, please register using the link below. Doors open at 6:00 PM, and the event will start at 6:30 PM. Please note that entry requires presenting your ticket at the door.
The venue details will be sent via email on the morning of November 7th.
In this lecture ‘today’ means post-7 October 2023. The lecture asks: (1) Did antisemitism change on 7 October? (2) Do the distinctions drawn between ‘antisemitism’ and ‘antizionism’ still address anything real? (3) How should English Jews now lead their lives, given today’s antisemitism?
Speaker: Professor Anthony Julius
Professor Anthony Julius is Chair in Law and Arts in the Faculty of Law, University College London. He is the Deputy Chairman of the law firm Mishcon de Reya and has had a distinguished career in both law and the arts. Anthony is the author of several books, including Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England.
Chair: Professor Shani Orgad
Shani Orgad is Professor of Media and Communications at LSE. Her research focuses on inequality and contemporary culture, gender, feminism and the media, and media representations of suffering and migration. Her latest books include Confidence Culture (with Rosalind Gill, 2022, Duke University Press), and Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality (2019, Columbia University Press).