Memorial lecture 2016

Danielle Wistrich: Robert the man I knew

Prof. David Ohana, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: Wistrich's zionist legacy

Susanne Wein, Ph. D., Verein für Gesellschaftskritik und Antisemitismusforschung e. V.

Clemens Heni, Ph. D., Director, The Berlin International Center for Study of Antisemitism (BICSA)

Robert S. Wistrich was the world's most reknowned scholar on antisemitism of our time. He was one of the most famous Israeli researchrs in all of the humanities. The son of Polish-Jewish parents, Wistrich was born on April 7, 1945, in Kazakhstan. He was the Neuburger Professor for Modern Europeanand Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and since 2002 served as Director of the Vidal Sasoon International Center for Study of Antisemitism (SICSA), founded there in 1982, which established a reputation as a unique research institution under his leadership. Robert Solomon Wistrich died of a heart attack in Rome on May 19, 2015, during a lecture tour.

Antisemitism reasearch and public intellectuals supporting Israel have lost a unique source of inspiration and ideas. There will be no more of the inspiring moments that characterized Robert Solomon Wistrich's public and and private appearence. Perhaps it will be the looks and the smiles that we will miss the most, since they expressed as much reflection and criticism as intellektual charm.

The Robert S. Wistrich Memeorial Lectures, organized by the Berlin International Center of the Study of Antisemitism (BICSA), will take place yearly, with changing topics related to his work.

Location: Centrum Juaicum, Oranienburger Str. 28-30, 10117 Berlin

Organizer: The Berlin International Center for Study of Antisemitism (BICSA)