Monday, 16 May 2011
6.00 pm
Welcoming Address
Guido Vergauwen (Rector of the University of Fribourg)
Damir Skenderovic (University of Fribourg)
Christina Späti (University of Fribourg)
Daniel Wildmann (Leo Baeck Institute London, Queen Mary, University of London)
Keynote Lecture
Micha Brumlik (University of Frankfurt):
The Unique Nature of Antisemitism and the Moral Weight Inherent in its Singularity
7.30 pm
Reception (Wine and Cheese)
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
9.00-9.30 am
Registration and Coffee/Tea
Panel I: 9.30-11.30 am
Concepts of Racism, Antisemitism and Islamophobia
Chair: Daniel Wildmann (Leo Baeck Institute London)
David Theo Goldberg (University of California Irvine)
Sander Gilman (Emory University, Atlanta)
Nasar Meer (University of Northumbria, Newcastle)
Discussant: Shulamit Volkov (Tel Aviv University)
12.00 am-1.30 pm
Lunch Break
Panel II: 1.30-3.30 pm
Orientalism, Colonialism and Antisemitism before World War II
Chair: Oliver Krüger (University of Fribourg)
Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch (University of Paris 7)
Nicolas Berg (Simon Dubnow Institute, Leipzig)
Mary Roberts (University of Sydney)
Discussant: Reinhard Schulze (University of Bern)
3.30-4.00 pm
Coffee/Tea
Panel III: 4.00-6.00 pm
Antisemitism, Neo-Racism and Islamophobia in Post-War Europe
Chair: Christina Späti (University of Fribourg)
John Solomos (City University London)
Omar Kamil (Simon Dubnow Institute, Leipzig)
Brian Klug (University of Oxford)
Maleiha Malik (King's College, University of London)
Discussant: Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (Institute for German-Jewish History, Hamburg)
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
9.00-9.30 am
Coffee/Tea
Panel IV: 9.30-11.30 am
Space and Exclusion: Doing Borders
Chair: Anne-Françoise Praz (University of Fribourg)
Michael Keith (University of Oxford)
Hanno Loewy (Jewish Museum Hohenems)
Farid Hafez (University of Vienna)
Discussant: Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka (University of Bielefeld)
12.00 am-1.30 pm
Lunch Break
Panel V: 1.30-3.30 pm
Popular Culture and Exclusion: Literature, Film and Music
Chair: Damir Skenderovic (University of Fribourg)
Anoop Nayak (Newcastle University)
Eva Lezzi (New York University, Berlin)
Carrie Tarr (Kingston University London)
Discussant: Liliane Weissberg (University of Pennsylvania)
3.30-4.00 pm
Coffee/Tea
Roundtable: 4.00-6.00 pm
Politicisation of the Other: Current Debates
Chair: Daniel Binswanger (Paris/Zurich)
Rifa'at Lenzin (Zurich)
Antony Lerman (London)
Marcel Niggli (University of Fribourg)
Alexandra Senfft (Hamburg)
Closing Remarks: 6.00-6.30 pm
Peter Pulzer (University of Oxford)