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CEU Library becomes Access Point to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

March 12, 2025
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Eighty-seven years since the ‘Anschluss’ —the incorporation of Austria into the Nazi-German Reich in March 1938 —preserving the memory of these catastrophic events and their impact on Austria and Europe’s Jewish population remains more important than ever.

Antisemitism, Islamophobia and the Politics of Definition

May 22, 2024
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On 16 May, the CEU Nationalism Studies Department and Jewish Studies Programme organised an event on the problems and politics of defining antisemitism, Islamophobia, and racism, bringing together scholars, experts, and practitioners. The burning question of how to combat racism, Islamophobia, and antisemitism is deeply connected with how we understand and define them.

Extended deadline - Holocaust Testimonies and their Afterlives - Summer University

February 22, 2024
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The main aim of the summer course is to examine if, when, and how citizenship regimes are used by authoritarian and illiberal governments as a means of weakening the rights of undesired populations and to include targeted groups to strengthen the legitimacy and the power of the government. In addition to exploring citizenship politics and legislation in times of democratic decline, the course will also investigate the micro-politics of citizenship by looking into how individuals use, respond to, hijack, or ignore these policies.

Roundtable: What is Jewish about Jewish Museums? Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 6:30 pm

January 17, 2024
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Yesterday, CEU and the Jewish Museum Vienna co-organized a round table discussion: "What is Jewish about Jewish Museums," at the Jewish Museum at Dorotheergasse (What is Jewish about Jewish Museums? | CEU Events).