The DFG funded project “Seeing Antisemitism Through Law” invites researchers working in critical theory, critical race theory, Jewish studies, and law to participate in a workshop on the legal and conceptual challenges posed by antisemitism and Jewish identity in contemporary legal frameworks. The workshop brings together scholars to explore the intersections between law, minority identity, political conflict, and questions of cultural genocide.
Through four panels, participants will examine religion and secular law, Jewish affinity to Israel in discrimination law, and the ways Jewishness both fits within and destabilizes existing categories of antidiscrimination law. Assigned readings will be circulated in advance and are expected to be completed beforehand to support focused discussion. The workshop is designed as a small, discussion-oriented format and aims to provide a safe space for critical and collaborative reflection.
Program
9.30 Coffee & Opening Remarks: Reut Yael Paz
Europa University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
10.00 Panel I: Mareike Riedel (Macquarie Law School, Sydney) on Antisemitism, Jewish Identity, and
Secular Law’s Christian Gaze
11.15 Panel II: Leora Bilsky (Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University) on The Historian as Witness: the Eichmann Trial and the Struggle over Cultural Genocide
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Panel III: Matthew Bolton (Queen Mary University, London) on Meta-politics and the mundane: Jewish affinity to Israel in discrimination law
14.45 Coffee Break
15.15 Panel IV: Diane J. Klein Kemker (School of Law, Loyola University Chicago) on How Jewishness Resists and Destabilizes the
Categories of U.S. Antidiscrimination Law
16.30 Concluding Remarks
When: May 19, 2026, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Europa-University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), HG 104, Große Scharrnstraße 59, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Participation is limited to 30 participants to ensure an intensive, discussion-based format. Please register by May 1, 2026 at: SATL@europa-uni.de.
Places will be confirmed upon registration.