JST 205 - Antisemitism Past and Present

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR (students beginning prior to Fall 2024): Meets general academic requirements HU and DE.
Jews have long served as a foil for western, and particularly western Christian identities, in ways that continue to resonate in the modern world and in contemporary contexts. This course will consider the role that anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism have played in western culture from the ancient period to the present day. It will pay particular attention to representation of Jews in the West, to both shifting and long-lasting fears and suspicions about Jews, and to the impact of anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism on conceptions of race and difference in western societies.