2019-2020 m.m. rudens semestre Vilniaus Universiteto Istorijos fakultete dvi savaites vizituos prof. Amos Morris-Reich iš Tel Avivo Universiteto Izraelyje. Savo vizito metu antisemitizmo istorijos tyrimuose besispecializuojantis profesorius skaitys paskaitas modulyje “Etniniai ir teritoriniai konfliktai Vidurio ir Rytų Europoje” (modulio vadovė: prof. Jurgita Verbickienė), į kurias kaip laisvi klausytojai kviečiami ir visi Vilniaus Universiteto bendruomenės nariai bei kitų akademinių ar edukacinių institucijų atstovai.
Profesoriaus atvykimą remia Jeruzalės Hebrajų universitetas ir Vilniaus universitetas pagal Studijų tarptautiškumo iniciatyvų programą.
Paskaitos vyks VU Istorijos fakultete, 330 auditorijoje. Paskaitos vyks anglų kalba.
Spalio 15 d.
9.00-10.30 val. Central questions in the study of antisemitism. Antisemitism vs. anti-Judaism/whose history is the history of antisemitism?
11.00-12.30 val. Central questions in the study of antisemitism. Religion and science. Semantic history approach vs. political approach. Periodization and the question of continuity.
13.00-14.30 val. Pre-Holocaust (and post-Holocaust) antisemitism from a post-Holocaust perspective
Spalio 17 d.
9.00-10.30 val. From Religion to Science? The reformulation of antisemitism in the 19th and 20th Centuries. The emergence of modern science and the rise of natural sciences/biology and notions of race. Epistemology and politics: Racism and antisemitism.
11.00-12.30 val. The reformulation of antisemitism in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Scientific media: photography as an example.
Spalio 22 d.
9.00-10.30 val. The reformulation of antisemitism in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Culture. Music: the case of Richard Wagner. Gender: examples from the work of Sander Gilman.
11.00-12.30 val. Responses of Jews as an ideological and methodological question: Luftmensch/ Parasite in culture and politics.
13.00-14.30 val. Nazi antisemitism and the Holocaust: a. Hitler's antisemitism. b. The debate over the role of antisemitism in the murder of the Jews.
Spalio 24 d.
9.00-10.30 val. Aspects of ambivalence in antisemitism after 1945. Nostra Aestate (religion) and the UNESCO statement on race (science).
11.00-12.30 val. Survivals of Nazi beliefs and ideology in German science. Criticism of Israel and Zionism.