Announcements

The collective volume edited by Prof. Dr. Frank Becker and Dr. Antonia Gießmann-Konrads is the result of the eponymous conference, which took place in Essen in June 2019. The book contains an article by Clemens Schwender (“Visueller Humor als Kritik und Ausgrenzung am Beispiel der Postkartenserie ‘Der kleine Cohn’ – Entwicklung einer Humortheorie”) which features several postcards from the ALAVA holdings.
View the publication here

The collective volume edited by the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences is the result of the international conference “Visual Antisemitism in Central Europe”, which took place in Prague in October 2019. The book features numerous postcards from the ALAVA holdings and is available in English and Czech.
View the English edition here
View the Czech edition here

In the interview conducted by the Coordination Centre for Scientific University Collections in Germany, our collection director Carl-Eric Linsler speaks, among other things, about the challenges which arise from working with problematic imagery such as anti-Jewish stereotypes and about a set of objects which holds a special significance for him. See the interview here

Several articles in the Yearbook for Research on Antisemitism (2020) address the phenomenon of visual antisemitism and racism. In their essay, Carl-Eric Linsler and Angelika Königseder present the Langerman Collection and the Arthur Langerman Archive for the Study of Visual Antisemitism. You can find a PDF with the article here

Our first publication documents the speeches and the exhibition which framed the ceremony launching the Arthur Langerman Foundation on 20 March 2019. If you are interested, get in touch with us and we will be happy to provide you with a copy. You can find a PDF with the speeches here

We are grateful to graphic artist Chiara Freschi of Brussels for her pro bono creation of the logo and free transfer of the rights of its use.

The Centre Communautaire Laïc Juif in Brussels has named our founder, Arthur Langerman, as “Mensch de l’année 2020” (“Mensch of the Year, 2020”), in recognition of his tireless efforts to preserve the memory of the persecution of Jews and to impart this knowledge to the younger generation. More information here

Since the spring of 2019, plans have been underway for the renovation of the building at Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 104-106, into which the Arthur Langerman Foundation and ALAVA will move together with the Center for Research on Antisemitism. Now, we have the architect’s first planning draft.

With the support of the German Foreign Ministry, the Langerman Collection was securely transferred to Berlin on 25 October 2019.

The Center for Research on Antisemitism dedicates its weekly research colloquium during the 2019/20 winter semester to the theme of “Einschluss/Ausschluss. Zur Bedeutung visueller Medien für die Erforschung von Antisemitismus und Rassismus” (“Inclusion/Exclusion. On the Significance of Visual Media for Research on Antisemitism and Racism”). The events are open to all academically interested persons without registration. View the program here

The Arthur Langerman Archive for the Study of Visual Antisemitism has been expanded to include parts of Klaus W. Praefcke’s collection, “Jews & the Middle East in Caricature.” From 1973 until his death in 2013, Praefcke, professor of organic chemistry at TU Berlin, primarily collected antisemitic cartoons in the press.