Upcoming Events

Bridging Divides: Understanding and Confronting How to Be Thoughtful About Antisemitism and Islamophobia

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
5:00- 6:30 p.m.
Gerlinger Lounge

While most can agree that anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are harmful and divisive, in the current context of war in the Middle East it seems hard to agree on what they actually mean, what discourses and conduct they describe, and what we should do to try to combat them. Two cutting-edge thinkers, David Schraub (Lewis and Clark Law School) and Hussein Ibish (Arab Gulf States Institute, formerly American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee), will help us think through these terms and how they are framed and amplified in media and public discourse, shaping individual and collective perceptions. In this event, we will be invited to examine and understand these anti-Semitism and Islamophobia historically as well as today in this complicated and confusing moment.

This event will explore the complex issues of antisemitism and Islamophobia by defining these terms and providing some historical context. We will examine the impacts and consequences of these prejudiced attitudes on targeted communities, shedding light on how they are framed and amplified in media, politics, and public discourse, shaping individual and collective perceptions. Through examining how these biases manifest at individual, institutional, and systemic levels, our aim is to cultivate mutual understanding towards creating inclusivity and tolerance in our communities.

Featured Speakers:

Hussein Ibish

Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute

Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He is a regular columnist for The National, The Atlantic and The Daily Beast. He has written numerous books and essays including his recent book What’s Wrong with the One-State Agenda? Why Ending the Occupation and Peace with Israel is Still the Palestinian National Goal (ATFP, 2009). Ibish was included in all three years (2011, 2012, and 2013) of Foreign Policy’s “Twitterati 100,” the magazine’s list of 100 “must-follow” Twitter feeds on foreign policy. 

Ibish previously served as a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine and executive director of the Foundation for Arab-American Leadership. He has a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

 

David Schraub

Assistant Professor of Law, Lewis and Clark Law School

David Schraub is an Assistant Professor of Law at Lewis & Clark Law School, where he teaches constitutional law and anti-discrimination law. He is also a prolific writer on contemporary issues of racism and antisemitism in both the academic and popular press. He is one of the lead drafters of the "Nexus" document on antisemitism, which seeks to parse the relationship of antisemitism as it pertains to discourse on Israel and which was positively referenced in President Biden's 2023 National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. In 2023, he co-convened the 2nd Annual Law vs. Antisemitism Conference, an international event which drew speakers from across America and five countries, and which yielded a dedicated symposium issue in the Lewis & Clark Law Review. His most recent academic work explores dilemmas faced by university administrators regulating campus protests and other free speech controversies. David holds a B.A. from Carleton College, a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.

 

Educating the Educators: Workshop

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Thursday, May 23, 2024
Time and location to be confirmed.