A conference to be held at Goldsmiths, University of London
15 October 2008, 2.00pm
Venue: Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Welcome from The Warden, Professor Geoff Crossick
Programme
2.15 – 3.45. Panel one
Sarah Lambert, ‘Antisemitism in the crusades: a case of aberrant decoding?’
Ariel Hessayon, ‘Jews and crypto-Jews in sixteenth and seventeenth century England’
Howard Caygill, ‘The Apostate Messiah: Sources for the Life of Sabbatai Zevi’
3.45 – 4.00 Coffee break
4.00 – 5.30. Panel two
Helen Jones, ‘British responses to refugees from the Nazis’
Vic Seidler, ‘Antisemitism after the Holocaust’
David Hirsh, ‘Hostility to Israel and anti-Semitism’
5.30 – 5.45
Concluding round table discussion
