Monday, April 3, 2023, 5:30 – 7pm EDT
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Judeopessimism: Antisemitism, History, and Critical Race Theory Shaul Magid, Dartmouth College Part of the Albert & Vera List Fund for Jewish Studies Lecture Series at the Center for the Study of World Religions Black Studies and Critical Race Theory constitute some of the most theoretically sophisticated conversations in the Humanities today on issues of individual and collective identities. The results have not yet been brought to bear on Jewish Studies, in general, or research on antisemitism, in particular. This talk makes the case that antisemitism can be better theorized through engagement with theories of anti-Blackness, particularly Afropessimism. It focuses on how Jews write about antisemitism, how it is perceived in contemporary America, and how this discussion relates to race and Jewish identity. Shaul Magid is Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University, and the Kogod Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. His most recent books are Piety and Rebellion: Essays in Hasidism (Academic Studies Press, 2019), The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik's Commentary to the New Testament (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019), Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical (Princeton University Press, 2021) and The Necessity of Exile: Essays from a Distance (New York: Ayin Press, 2023). In 2023-2024, he is the Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at Harvard. Learn more at his website, https://jewish.dartmouth.edu/people/shaul-magidHarvard University welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the digital access provided, please contact Hilary Flores-Hebert, the Events & Financial Assistant at cswr@hds.harvard.edu or 617.495.4495 in advance of your participation.