The Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA) is one of seven institutes in the world dedicated to the scholarly study of antisemitism. Founded in 2010 by Canadian historian
Catherine Chatterley, the Institute is a national organization based in
Winnipeg.
CISA's Annual Shindleman Family Lecture has been delivered by US State Department Special Envoy
Hannah Rosenthal
Hannah Rosenthal (born 1951) in an American Democratic Party political official and Jewish non-profit executive who served as the U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism from 2009 until 2012 during the Obama Administration.
...
,
Deborah Lipstadt,
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (born June 30, 1959) is an American author, and former associate professor of government and social studies at Harvard University. Goldhagen reached international attention and broad criticism as the author of two controve ...
,
Alvin Rosenfeld
Alvin Hirsch Rosenfeld (born 1938) is an American professor and scholar who has written about the Holocaust, and the new antisemitism. He holds the Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies at Indiana University, and is the Director of the Instit ...
,
Jeffrey Herf,
Irwin Cotler,
David Harris, and
James Carroll.
CISA facilitates research, scholarship, and teaching on the nature and history of antisemitism, in both its classical and contemporary forms, and provides public education programming on this subject matter for Canadians. In 2016, CISA established the first academic journal for the study of antisemitism, ''Antisemitism Studies'', published by
Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana. IU Press publishes 140 ...
. The editorial board includes prominent scholars such as
Yehuda Bauer,
David Nirenberg,
Deborah Lipstadt, and the Editor-in-Chief is
Catherine Chatterley.
The organization's website states that it "is a registered Canadian
charity committed to the uprooting of hatred and stereotypes through progressive education and by working cooperatively to build a more humane future for all people."
CISA's Director and Chairman were invited to accompany the Canadian government to Israel as part of its official delegation in January 2014. In 2021,
FAST Fighting Antisemitism Together merged into CISA. Its programs, Voices into Action and Choose your Voice, have been expanded under the banner of CISA's human rights program and are offered free of charge to teachers in over 22,000 Canadian schools.
See also
* Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism,
Indiana University
*
Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Hebrew University
*
Stephen Roth Institute
The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism is a research institute at Tel Aviv University in Israel.
It is a resource for information, provides a forum for academic discussion, and fosters research on issues ...
, Tel Aviv University
* Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, Birkbeck,
University of London
*
Center for Research on Antisemitism, Technische Universität Berlin
*
Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)
External links
Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism(CISA)
Antisemitism Studies
References
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Learned societies of Canada
2010 establishments in Manitoba
Scientific organizations established in 2010
Educational institutions established in 2010
Centers for the study of antisemitism