Pernicious Prejudice: Scholarly Approaches to Antisemitism and Islamophobia

This in-person event is organized by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA) and is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Civil Discourse Initiative. It will held in-person and is open to Harvard ID holders. It will also be livestreamed and available for viewing on the WCFIA  Youtube Channel.

The panel will focus on how leading social scientists conceptualize, measure, and study key forms of prejudice in the US context, focusing specifically on antisemitism and Islamophobia. The event will bring together top scholars who are at the forefront of studying these important and pernicious phenomena using rigorous, evidence-based data, methods, and sources. 

Speakers

Jeffrey Kopstein, Director, Center for Jewish Studies; Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine. 
Nazita Lajevardi, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University.
Kassra A.R. Oskooii, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware. 
Sabine von Mering, Director, Center for German and European Studies; Professor of German and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University. 

Chair

Eric Beerbohm, Professor of Government; Director, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University.

Moderator

Melani Cammett, Center Director; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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Sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, cosponsored by the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Center for American Political Studies, and FAS Civil Discourse Initiative.