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Shira Robinson works on the social and cultural history of the Modern Middle East, with an emphasis on colonialism, citizenship, nationalism, and cultures of militarism after World War I. She joined GW in 2007 after two years of teaching at the University of Iowa and one year as Visiting Fellow at the Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University. She received her B.A. in Middle Eastern and North African Studies from the University of Michigan and her M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Stanford University. Dr. Robinson's research has been funded through the Fulbright Institute, the Social Science Research Council, the Mellon Foundation, and the Palestinian American Research Center. She also spent a year at the Center for the Advanced Study of Arabic at the American University in Cairo. In 2006 her dissertation won the Halpern Biennial Dissertation Award from the Association for Israel Studies.Professor Robinson works on the social and cultural history of the Modern Middle East, with an emphasis on colonialism, citizenship, nationalism, and cultures of militarism after World War I.

Interviewed by Bassam Haddad

May 07, 2024

English

As Israel’s genocidal campaign proceeds unabated in Gaza, world public opinion made a sharp turn against the Jewish State. In response, as the Hamas card ran out of steam, Israel and its supporters, notably in the United States and Germany, have resumed/returned to the last and first resort: weaponizing Antisemitism to stifle criticism of Israel. Failing to defend Israel’s action on moral, intellectual, political, or legal grounds, the Antisemitism charge is leveled against critics via political legislation, academic institutions, media outlets, and popular culture in parts of the Western world. We address with our speakers the dangers, harm, and limitations of weaponizing Antisemitism, notably within academic institutions.

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