Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism: “The Roots of Antisemitism in Medieval Europe”

Event time: 
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 12:00pm
Location: 
Sterling Memorial Library, Jewish Studies Room, SML335b See map
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06520
Event description: 

The Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism presents

Magda Teter, Professor of History and the Shvidler Chair of Judaic Studies, Fordham University and Ivan Marcus, Frederick P. Rose Professor of Jewish History and Professor of History and of Religious Studies, Yale University: 

“The Roots of Antisemitism in Medieval Europe.”

Professors Teter and Marcus will discuss their recent books on the history of antisemitism in an open conversation.

Magda Teter is the author and co-editor of several books, most recently, Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth (2020), Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism (2023), and Blood Libels, Hostile Archives: Reclaiming Interrupted Jewish Lives (2025).

Ivan Marcus is the author of many books, most recently Sefer Hasidim and the Ashkenazic Book in Medieval Europe (2018) and How the West became Antisemitic (2024), and his translation and edition, A Sefer Hasidim Anthology: The World of Early Ashkenaz, is in press. 

Register here.
 

Admission: 
Free but register in advance
Open to: 
General Public