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Is Higher Education a Safeguard Against Racism and Antisemitism?

Presentation of a Study followed by Panel Discussion (video recording available, in German)

One common assumption is that prejudice and racist or antisemitic attitudes are found mainly in the less educated social classes. But is this actually true? How prevalent is exclusive thinking in the academic world?

recording available

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The W. M. Blumenthal Academy is marked in green

Where

W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)

Where, when, what?

The results of an empirical study examining views on prejudice and the acceptance of violence against minorities with a focus on anti-Muslim and antisemitic attitudes amongst students at universities in Germany and Canada will be presented and discussed.

The study’s authors will discuss on the panel: Wassilis Kassis (University of Osnabrück) and Charlotte Schallié (University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) with Iman Attia (Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences), Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (Technical University of Berlin), and Andreas Zick (University of Bielefeld). Chaired by Yasemin Shooman, in German

Where, when, what?

  • When20 Feb 2014
  • Where W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
    Klaus Mangold Auditorium
    Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
    (Opposite the Museum)
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