Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism

The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA) is a research center founded in 1982, devoted to the study of antisemitism with "an independent, non-political and critical approach". It is associated with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

History

The center was founded by late Israeli historian and Holocaust survivor Prof. Yehuda Bauer (1926–2024), 



  later led by late historian Prof. Robert Wistrich (1945–2015) between 2002 and 2015. The center is now led by Profs. Manuela Consonni and Alexander Yakobson.

Goals

The center aims to train graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in antisemitism studies in order to build a quality academic platform for comparative studies between antisemitism and other forms of discrimination.

Collaborations

The center works with research institutes worldwide, including the CENTRA (Italy), Centro Primo Levi New York (US), The Knapp Family Foundation (US), the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of the University of Minnesota (US), The Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture (Germany) and the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (Germany).

Analysis of Current Trends in Antisemitism

The center hosts the unit Analysis of Current Trends in Antisemitism (ACTA) to research global political trends in relation to their impact on mass media and public opinion in different countries. It has been publishing issues since January 1, 1993, focusing on analyzing the mechanisms and occurrences of modern antisemitism.

Related pages

 Yad Vashem
 Center for Research on Antisemitism
 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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References

Category:Jewish history
Category:Historical studies
Category:Research institutes
Category:21st-century establishments