CSA Graduate Student Conference
Join us on October 20, 2025 for our inaugural Graduate Student Conference on "New Media and Antisemitism" with keynote speaker, Yair Rosenberg. More information and schedule to come soon.
Critical Examinations of New Media and Antisemitism | NYU Center for the Study of Antisemitism’s Graduate Student Conference
Scholars of antisemitism have increasingly explored the connections between the emergence of new media and the diffusion of new antisemitic discourses and violent practices. This conference takes this insight as the starting point for a deeper reflection on how antisemitism manifests itself, and how Jews and their allies have fought it. With the emergence of numerous technological advancements and new means of social interaction, research methods and focuses must be adjusted. What does antisemitism look like through these new lenses and how should we as researchers and future innovators of the field of antisemitism studies confront it?
New media has generated a new virtual realm to both disseminate antisemitism and analyze it quantitatively and qualitatively. Giving consideration to historical contexts of antisemitism can provide an access point into its contemporary manifestations. We now face a new reality. Bots have the ability to take part in hate speech, extremism is normalized among online communities, and antisemitism is given a platform to flourish. How do we navigate and respond to antisemitism in this shifting landscape?
The Center for the Study of Antisemitism invites students from across disciplines to participate in the Antisemitism and New Media Graduate Student Conference on October 20, 2025. We are particularly interested in historical contexts of contemporary antisemitism, qualitative and quantitative research, case studies, antisemitism in the online gaming community, and responses to AI, however are open to many well-developed research projects. This conference will be held in person at NYU and is meant to provide students with an opportunity to present and workshop their research on antisemitism and media, gain new perspectives from various fields, and interact with peers studying antisemitism from around the world.
Keynote: Yair Rosenberg is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of its newsletter Deep Shtetl, about the intersection of politics, culture, and religion. Previously a senior writer at Tablet Magazine, he has also written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian, and his work has received recognition from the Religion News Association and the Harvard Center for Jewish Studies.