Entangled Otherings explores the complicated relationships between antisemitism, islamophobia, and other kinds of racism and discrimination.
This multi-year project is a collaboration between the Cambridge Interfaith Programme, the Centre for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University in Berlin, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (London), and the Department of German Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. A one-year extension has permitted activity to run into 2025.
The collaboration is led by CIP Academic Director Professor Esra Özyürek jointly with Stefanie Springorum (TU Berlin), David Feldman (Birkbeck) and Irit Dekel (Indiana). (Read more about Entangled Otherings.)
Call for papers
The convenors explain: For the 2025 Entangled Otherings workshop we wish to focus our work toward publication.
We invite scholars to reflect on: monitoring Antisemitism; the relations between migration status, Antisemitism, religion and citizenship; the shrinking of democratic public sphere by using the discourse on antisemitism, colonialism, and diversity; Anti-antisemitism initiatives and philosemitism; reenactment, simulation, and instrumentalization of trauma discourse. Finally, we are interested in papers that explore new alliances that are forming.
The workshop will take place on June 16–17 2025 in Cambridge in a hybrid form: some participants may participate virtually. Please propose a paper only if you have work you could submit toward a special issue of a journal or an edited volume.
Proposal should be submitted via the form (see below) and must include an abstract of 250–300 words. The deadline is March 1, 2025.
Resources
As part of the Entangled Otherings series, this workshop is supported by a grant from the Cambridge–DAAD Hub for German Studies. It may be possible to claim reimbursement for direct costs such as travel and accommodation, up to a fixed maximum. We will review allocations on the basis of submissions and advise individuals accordingly.