Antisemitism and the „Crisis“ of Truth:

18:00 – 18:15

Welcome Address

Deidre Berger & Volker Beck (Tikvah Institut)

Video Address

Federal Minister Dorethee Bär (Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space)

18:15 – 18:45

Evening Lecture
Antisemitism as a Threat to Liberal Democracy

Sinan Selen (Director General of the German domestic intelligence services)

18:45 – 19:00

Break

19:00 – 20:30

Evening Discussion
Antisemitism and Hostility towards Israel: Challenges for Education, Academia, and Democracy

Ron Dekel (President Jewish Student Union JSUD)
Prof. Dr. Sabine Döring (University of Tübingen)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Liebig (Free University of Berlin)
Prof. Dr. Friederike Lorenz-Sinai (University of Applied Sciences Potsdam)

Moderation: Anastasia Tikhomirova (Journalist)

afterwards

Evening Snack & Reception

09:45 – 10:00

Introduction & Opening

Volker Beck & Deidre Berger (Tikvah Institut)

10:00 – 11:00

Panel 1:
The Academia Arena as a Field of Research: Antisemitism within Academia Contexts

Prof. Dr. Marc Grimm (University of Wuppertal)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hinz (University of Konstanz)
Dr. Johannes Sosada (Bundeswehr Command and Staff College)

Moderation: Dr. Dani Kranz (Tikvah Institut)

11:00 – 11:30

Break

11:30 – 12:00

Opening Lecture (in English)

Prof. em. Dr. Jeffrey Herf (University of Maryland)

12:00 – 13:15

Panel 2: (partly in English)
Accusations of Genocide in the Middle East Conflict: Justification and Function

Prof. Dr. em. Jeffrey Herf (University of Maryland)
Prof. Dr. Danny Orbach (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Prof. Dr. em. Philip Spencer (Kingston University London)

Moderation: PD Dr. Christoph Hesse (Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research)

13:15 – 14:15

Lunch Break

14:15 – 15:30

Panel 3: (in English)
Holocaust Distortion and Denial after October 7, 2023: Impact on Holocaust Education and Research

Dr. Matthias Heyl (Ravensbrück Memorial Museum)
Prof. Dr. Stephan Lehnstaedt (Touro University Berlin)
Dr. Dave Rich (Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism)
Dr. Stéphanie Share (The Comper Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Racism, University of Haifa, Israel)

Moderation: Prof. Dr. em. Philip Spencer (Kingston University London)

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00

Emerging Scholars Panel 1 (partly in English)

Jakob Schergaut (University of Jena): Gaza as an „Open-Air Concentration Camp“? Historical Revisionist Comparisons in the Digital Discourse on Antisemitism after October 7, 2023
Markus Weiß (Technical University of Berlin): The Strategies of Antisemitism Denial
Fredi Rotman (Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg): The Laboratory of Soviet Anti-Zionism: Foundations of Anti-Zionist Discourse in the Interwar Period (1922-1941)

Moderation: Marc Seul (Initiative Interdisziplinäre Antisemitismusforschung – iia, University of Trier)

17:00 – 18:15

Panel 4:
Psychological Perspectives on Antisemitism as a Mass Phenomenon

Prof. Dr. Anthony Kauders (Keele University)
Prof. Dr. Christine Kirchhoff (International Psychoanalytic University Berlin)
Apl. Prof. Dr. Angela Moré (Leibniz University Hannover)

Moderation: Luise Henckel (University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research /Society for Critical Education)

18:15 – 19:00

Break

19:00 – 20:30

Public Evening Discussion:
The Problem of Judaism’s Younger Siblings

Prof. Dr. Alfred Bodenheimer (University of Basel)
Prof. Dr. Mouhanad Khorchide (University of Münster)

Moderation: Almut Engelien (Journalist)

08:00 – 08:15

Morning Coffee

08:15 – 08:30

Introduction

Deidre Berger (Tikvah Institut)

08:30 – 08:45

Welcoming Remarks

Federal Minister Karin Prien (Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth)

08:45 – 10:30

Panel 5:
Antisemitism and the Law: Legal Challenges in Dealing with Antisemitism in Theory and Practice

Senior Public Prosecutor Andreas Franck (Central Antisemitism Commissioner of the Bavarian Judiciary)
Dr. Nina Keller-Kemmerer (Justus Liebig University Gießen)
Prof. em. Dr. Gerhard Robbers (University of Trier)

Moderation: Frederik Schindler (Author & Journalist)

10:30 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 11:15

Welcoming Remarks

Parliamentary State Secretary Christoph de Vries (Federal Ministry of the Interior)

11:15 – 12:30

Projective Anti-Zionism: Antisemitism against Israel Before and After October 7, 2023

Johanna Bach (University of Passau)
Prof. Dr. Stephan Grigat (Center for Antisemitism and Racism Studies [CARS], katho NRW)
Dr. Alexander Gruber (Mena-Watch Vienna)
Prof. Dr. Karin Stögner (University of Passau)

12:30 – 13:45

Panel 6:
New Research on Israel in the Media

Prof. Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Jonas Hessenauer (Tikvah Institut)
Jonathan Guggenberger (Author and Journalist)

Moderation: Tim Stosberg (University of Passau)

13:45 – 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 – 15:30

Emerging Scholars Panel 2

Sebastian Draxl (University of Vienna): The Bolivarian Ticket and Antisemitism: Nicolás Maduro in the Aftermath of October 7
Dr. Cemal Öztürk (University of Duisburg-Essen) & Jannik Fischer (University of Hamburg): Jenseits des „importierten Antisemitismus“: Ideological Foundations of Antisemitism among Muslims in Germany – Findings from the MiD Study
Dr. Marcus Eisentraut (University of Cologne): Between Antisemitism and Criticism of Israel: Empirical Findings on the ‘Crisis of Differentiation’ after October 7, 2023

Moderation: Marc Seul (Initiative Interdisziplinäre Antisemitismusforschung – iia, Universität Trier)

15:30 – 16:00

Buchvorstellung:
Book Presentation: Jewish Perspectives in Antisemitism Research Using the Example of Recent Empirical Studies After October 7, 2023: Between Hammer and Anvil

Prof. Dr. Julia Bernstein (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences)

Moderation: Dr. Dani Kranz (Tikvah Institut)

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 – 17:45

Panel 7: (partly in English)
Contemporary Research on Jews in Germany: Gaps of Research and Knowledge

Prof. Dr. Julia Bernstein (Network of Jewish University Lecturers & Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences)
Dr. Dani Kranz (Tikvah Institut)
Dr. Daniel Staetsky (Institute for Jewish Policy Research)

Moderation: Richard C. Schneider (Journalist)

17:45 – 18:00

Summary & Outlook