Through an analysis of several key points of scholarly contention regarding the study of antisemitism, this presentation will highlight some of the central dilemmas that scholars of antisemitism face today and propose one possible avenue for the potential resolution of the intersecting interests and pressures that influence the study and understanding of antisemitism and other contemporary issues that straddle - for better or for worse - the academic and the public realms.
Scott Ury is Associate Professor in Tel Aviv University's Department of Jewish History, Director of the Eva and Marc Besen Institute for the Study of Historical Consciousness, and Senior Editor of the journal History & Memory: Studies in Representation of the Past. His research focuses on Jewish and East European histories in modern times, in particular in Polish lands, with an emphasis on social and political questions including those related to urbanization, nationalism and migration as well as the study of antisemitism and memory.