In remembrance of Kristallnacht, Professor Ariela Keysar will present “Variations of Anti-Semitism in a Global Perspective: Conceptual and Methodological Issues” as part of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life's Faculty Colloquium Series on November 9 at 1:00pm in the Dodd Research Center, room 162. A kosher lunch will be served.
Later that day, she will present “International Comparisons of Anti-Semitism on Campus: Why Are Women More Likely to Be Targeted?" at 5:00pm in the Class of ’47 Room at Babbidge Library. A reception will follow. Attending this event will count towards Sophomore honors.
Professor Keysar, a demographer, is research professor in public policy and law and the associate director of the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture at Trinity College.
She was the associate director of the landmark Longitudinal Study of American and Canadian Conservative Youth, 1995-2003, and a principal investigator of the Demographic Survey of American Jewish College Students, 2014; the National College Students Survey 2013; the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) 2008; and the Worldviews and Opinions of Scientists: India 2007-08. She was the study director of the American Jewish Identity Survey (AJIS) 2001.
For more information, contact: Aaron Rosman at aaron.rosman@uconn.edu