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Workshop with Bridge Grant Visiting Scholar Gavin Schaffer (University of Birmingham, UK) - “A Nice Jewish Boy who Believes in Jesus:” Fear, Fury, and the Campaign against Messianic Judaism in Britain

Event Type: Conference/Workshop
Sponsor: Program in Jewish Culture and Society
Location: Room 109, English Building
Date: Dec 12, 2019 12:00 pm
Speaker: Bridge Grant Visiting Scholar Gavin Schaffer (University of Birmingham, UK)
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact: Dara Goldman
E-Mail: degoldma@illinois.edu
Views: 42; The workshop will be led by Bridge Grant Visiting Scholar Gavin Schaffer (University of Birmingham, UK). Schaffer is a specialist in race and immigration history and has a particular interest in racial science, race and the media and the history of racial violence. His present research also focuses on constructions of Jewish history and the treatment of minorities in Britain during the Second World War.

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