Fascism and the "Defense of Race"
Event Details
FASCISM AND THE “DEFENCE OF RACE” From 1938 Racial Laws to the Present November 4-5, 2018, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rabin Building, Mount Scopus Campus. Visit:
Event Details
FASCISM AND THE “DEFENCE OF RACE”
From 1938 Racial Laws to the Present
November 4-5, 2018, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rabin Building, Mount Scopus Campus. Visit: www.sicsa.huji.ac.il
Saturday, 3 November 2018
Hevrat Yehude Italia BeIsrael, 25 Hillel Street, Jerusalem
Sunday, 4 November 2018
Rabin Building, room 3001, Gatherings 16:00-16:15
Barak Medina
Rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Fabio Ruggirello, Istituo Italiano di Cultura, Tel Aviv
Francesco Cassata, University of Genoa
Manuela Consonni, Head of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism
KEYNOTE LECTURE 16:30-18:00
Chair, Sergio Della Pergola, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Michele Sarfatti, CDEC Foundation, Milan
The Anti-Jewish Legislation in Fascist Italy
Film screening 18:15-19:30
“1938 – Quando scoprimmo di non essere più italiani“ By Pietro Suber
Introduces: Fabio Ruggirello
The Italian Institute of Culture, Tel Aviv
Monday, 5 November 2018
Rabin Building, room 2001
In the presence of Mr. Gianluigi Benedetti, Ambassador of Italy in Israel
FIRST SESSION 9:15-10:45
Chair, Martina Weisz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Aristotle Kallis, Keele University
How Fascism and Anti-semitism became “mainstream”
Angelo Matteo Caglioti, University of California, Berkeley
Racial Science, Italian Colonialism, and the Origins of the 1938 Anti-Semitic Laws
Coffee Break 10:45-11:00
SECOND SESSION 11:00-13:00
Chair, Raanan Rein, Tel Aviv University
Chiara Caradonna, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Myth, Sacred, Allegory: thinking community in the Thirties and today
Manuela Consonni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Antisemitism, Judaism and the Modern Political Myth
Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci, Université Paris 8
State Racism Between History and Politics
Lunch Break 13:00-15:00
THIRD SESSION 15:00-16:30
Chair, Gur Zak, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Silvana Patriarca, Fordham University, NYC
Race-thinking, Racism, and the Construction of ‘Italianness’
Mimmo Cangiano, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Archaeology of a Notion: Conceptualization of Race in Fascist Literature
Coffee Break 16:30-16:45
FOURTH SESSION 16:45-18:00
Chair, Livia Tagliacozzo, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Guri Schwarz, University of Genoa
“Are Italians Racist?” Political and Cultural Debates in the 1980s and 1990s
Francesco Cassata, University of Genoa
Removing “Race” from the Constitution? Reshaping Anti-Racism in the Shadow of 1938
Film screening 18:15-19:30
“If Only I were that warrior“, By Valerio Ciriaci, Awen Film
Introduces: Natalia Indrimi, Centro Primo Levi New York
Concluding remarks:
Francesco Cassata & Manuela Consonni
Presented by:
The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism
& DAFIST, University of Genoa, in cooperation with The Italian Institute of Culture, Tel Aviv, The Italian Embassy in Israel and Centro Primo Levi NY.
With generous support from the Knapp Family Foundation
