Dates

In the framework of the “#FakeImages” exhibition at the United Nations Headquarters, Dr. Jonathan Brent (YIVO), Dr. Pamela Nadell (American University), Dr. Veerle Vanden Daelen (Kazerne Dossin), Dr. Uffa Jensen (TU Berlin) and Dr. Gavriel Rosenfeld (Center for Jewish History) will share their thoughts on antisemitism in the past and on the alarming revival of antisemitism in the contemporary world.
More information about the program and registration here

The Working Group for Historical Research on Belgium organizes the workshop “Belgium, Germany and the ‘Others’. Pictures, Discourses and Practices of Discrimination, Exclusion and Persecution” in cooperation with the Arthur Langerman Archive for the Study of Visual Antisemitism (ALAVA). More information about the program and registration here

The Center for Research on Antisemitism, the German Historical Museum and the Topography of Terror Documentation Center host the workshop “Vorzeigen, Verhüllen, Verschließen – Wie können antisemitische und rassistische Bilder und Objekte ausgestellt werden?“. Registration is requested by September 5th at workshop@topographie.de. See the program here

On 4 May 2022, the journalist Rosine De Dijn will present her book Overleven na de Holocaust. It focuses on the “Hotel Motke” in the Belgian sea resort Knokke, which accommodated many Jewish guests after the Second World War. An accompanying exhibition, which features postcards from the Langerman Collection, shows its history.
See the program here

As part of the presentation of Rosine De Dijn’s book Überleben nach dem Holocaust, the author speaks with Uffa Jensen and Arthur Langerman about the latter’s family history, his collection and antisemitism in Belgium and Germany. The event is accompanied by music from the choir “Gofenberg & Chor“. See the program here

As part of the ENCATE Certificate Program “Current Forms of Antisemitism,” organized by the European Network for Countering Antisemitism through Education (ENCATE), the Kreuzberg Initiative against Antisemitism (KIgA) and the Center for Research on Antisemitism, Carl-Eric Linsler lectures on “Working with Antisemitic Artifacts.” The ENCATE Certificate Program is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. See the program here

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the exhibition #Fake Images: Unmask the Dangers of Stereotypes at the Kazerne Dossin Memorial will be inaugurated in virtual form. The exhibition shows a large selection of images and objects from the holdings of the Arthur Langerman Archive for the Study of Visual Antisemitism. You can watch the ceremony, which will be broadcast in Dutch and French, via this link

As part of the seminar “Antisemitismus in Europa,” which is promoted by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education), Carl-Eric Linsler speaks about “The Langerman Collection at TU Berlin. A Visual Archive of the History of Hostility Towards Jews.“

As part of the international conference on “Visual Antisemitism in Central Europe,” Uffa Jensen addresses the topic of “How Could Images about Jews Be Funny? Antisemitic Postcards in the Early 20th Century.” See the program here

As part of the 14th European Summer School in Ravensbrück, this time focusing on the theme of “Dinge sammeln. Materielle Kulturen in KZ-Gedenkstätten” (“Collecting Objects. Material Cultures in Concentration Camp Memorials”), Uffa Jensen holds an evening discussion with Arthur Langerman about his collection. See the program here