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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
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School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Calendar

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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