- Bernard Lewis
Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus,
Princeton University
The New Antisemitism
First Religion, Then Race, Then What?
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
7:30pm Hassenfeld Conference Center
Brandeis University
Inquiries: 781-736-2125
Directions: www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html
Program is free and open to the public
Sponsored by:
The Jacob and Libby Goodman Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel
The Bernard G. and Rhoda G. Sarnat Center for the Study of Anti-Jewishness
Brandeis University
The Dorothy and Julius Koppelman Institute on American Jewish-Israeli Relations,
American Jewish Committee
Chaim Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism
Tel Aviv University
- Literary Responses to Mass Violence
- "Catholics, Jews, and the Prism of Conscience"
was a symposium to coincide with the publication of James Carroll's book: Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews, A History. It was held at Brandeis on Monday, Jan.22, 2001. James Carroll, a member of the Advisory Board for the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life, was be joined by a distinguished group of panelists from a variety of disciplines in this symposium. James Carroll is the author of nine novels and the memoir: An American Requiem, which won the National Book Award. His essays on culture and politics appear weekly in the Boston Globe.
Topics of discussion included:
- Constantine's Sword: The Historians' Perspective
- Between Catholics and Jews
- History as Refracted Conscience
This event was cosponsored by the Ethics Center and the Sarnat Center for the Study of Anti-Jewishness at Brandeis University.
Related resources:
Catholics, Jews, and the Prism of Conscience: Response to James Carroll's Constantine's Sword (pdf) / Preface & table of contents (html)
