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Event Date: 10 October 2011 19:00
The Jewish Museum
129 – 131 Albert Street,
London NW1 7NB

 

Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism
in partnership with
the Jewish Museum and Wiener Library
presents:

Fighting Together for a Better Past: the Story of Cable Street

75 years after the event, the Battle of Cable Street maintains its mythical status. Yet it now seems to have a life of its own, interpreted according to social class, political affiliation and cultural background. Was it a Jewish victory? A working class triumph? How was it understood by following generations? And who’s using it now?

Join Professor Tony Kushner and Dr Nadia Valman, co-editors of Remembering Cable Street (Vallentine Mitchell, 2000), and historian David Rosenberg, author of Battle for the East End: Jewish Responses to Fascism in the 1930s (Five Leaves, 2011) as they debate the place Cable Street has taken in our collective memory and its relevance today.

Chaired by Professor David Feldman, Director of the Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism.

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Introduction by Professor David Feldman (Birkbeck)

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David Rosenberg

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Dr Nadia Valman (Queen Mary)

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Professor Tony Kushner (Southampton)

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Event date:  17 February  2011
Room B04, Birkbeck College
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HX

 

PEARS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM

Birkbeck, University of London

Disciplining Antisemitism Series: Interpreting Imaginary Jews

Round-table discussion with:

• Dr Anthony Bale (Birkbeck, University of London)
• Dr Nadia Valman (Queen Mary, University of London)
• Professor John Arnold (Birkbeck, University of London)

Many medieval Christians believed that Jews committed crimes against Christian children and were out to destroy their religion and way of life.  They retaliated with violence of their own, denying Jews theright to religious freedom and peace.  Dr Bale’s new book Feeling
Persecuted: Christians, Jews and Images of Violence in the Middle Ages (Reaktion Books, 2010) exposes how the images of Christian suffering and persecution were central to medieval ideas of love, community and home. By examining poetry, drama, visual culture, theology and philosophy, he reveals the recreational persecution of Jews as a part of medieval life and culture. The book forms the starting point for this round-table discussion.

This event is part of the Disciplining Antisemitism series organised by the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism. The Institute is funded by the Pears Foundation and based at Birkbeck, University of London. It is a centre of innovative researchand teaching, contributing to discussion and policy formation on antisemitism and racism. It is both independent and inclusive. To receive information on future events contact the administrator.

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Introduction by Professor David Feldman .

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Dr Athony Bale

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Professor John Arnold

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Dr Nadia Valman

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