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Pears Institute For The Study Of Antisemitism
The Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism was launched in 2010, as a centre for research, teaching, and public policy formation relating to antisemitism and racial intolerance. The Institute is based at Birkbeck, University of London, and was established by the Pears Foundation The Pears Family Charitable Foundation is a charitable trust established in 1991 by three brothers, Trevor Pears, David Pears and Mark Pears. Much of the foundation's income is generated by the William Pears Group, a property company established .... The director is David Feldman. References External links Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism Birkbeck, University of London Opposition to antisemitism in the United Kingdom 2010 establishments in England {{UK-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antisemitism has historically been manifested in many ways, ranging from expressions of hatred of or discrimination against individual Jews to organized pogroms by mobs, police forces, or genocide. Although the term did not come into common usage until the 19th century, it is also applied to previous and later anti-Jewish incidents. Notable instances of persecution include the Rhineland massacres preceding the First Crusade in 1096, the Edict of Expulsion from England in 1290, the 1348–1351 persecution of Jews during the Black Death, the massacres of Spanish Jews in 1391, the persecutions of the Spanish Inquisition, the expulsion from Spain in 1492, the Cossack massacres in Ukraine from 1648 to 1657, various anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkbeck College
Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a public university, public research university, located in Bloomsbury, London, England, and a constituent college, member institution of the federal University of London. Established in 1823 as the London Mechanics' Institute by its founder, Sir George Birkbeck, and its supporters, Jeremy Bentham, John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, J. C. Hobhouse and Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Birkbeck is one of the few universities to specialise in evening higher education in the United Kingdom. Birkbeck's main building is based in the area of Bloomsbury in London Borough of Camden in Central London. Birkbeck offers over 200 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all lectures are given in the evening. Birkbeck's academic activities are organised into five constituent faculties which are subdivided into ninete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pears Foundation
The Pears Family Charitable Foundation is a charitable trust established in 1991 by three brothers, Trevor Pears, David Pears and Mark Pears. Much of the foundation's income is generated by the William Pears Group, a property company established by the Pears brothers’ father. The foundation supports a wide variety of causes, including several causes relating to Israel, Judaism and antisemitism, such as: * Jhub * Parliamentary Committee Against Antisemitism Foundation * Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism The Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism was launched in 2010, as a centre for research, teaching, and public policy formation relating to antisemitism and racial intolerance. The Institute is based at Birkbeck, University of London, and ... References Charities based in the United Kingdom {{nonprofit-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Feldman (historian)
David Feldman is a professor at Birkbeck College, University of London. Feldman is director of the Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism. His research relates to the history of minorities and their place in British society from 1600 to the current time. Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism. Retrieved 21 May 2015. Selected publications *''Integration, Disadvantage and Extremism'', Pears Institute/COMPAS, 2014. (co-edited with B. Gidley) *''Post-war Reconstruction in Europe: International Perspectives 1945–1949'' Past and Present Supplement, 6, 2011, |
Birkbeck, University Of London
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Opposition To Antisemitism In The United Kingdom
Opposition may refer to: Arts and media * ''Opposition'' (Altars EP), 2011 EP by Christian metalcore band Altars * The Opposition (band), a London post-punk band * ''The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'', a late-night television series on Comedy Central Politics * Loyal opposition * Parliamentary opposition, a form of political opposition * Opposition (politics), a party with views opposing those of the current government * Leader of the Opposition Opposition parties * Opposition (Australia) * Opposition (Queensland), Australia * Ministerialists and Oppositionists (Western Australia) * Bahraini opposition * Official Opposition (Canada) * Opposition (Croatia) * Opposition Party (Hungary) * Official Opposition (India) * Opposition Front Bench (Ireland) * Opposition (Malaysia) * Opposition (Montenegro) * Official Opposition (New Zealand) * His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (United Kingdom) United States * Opposition Party (Northern U.S.) (1854–1858), a Northern anti-slavery p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
