Professor Bauer will explore the fault lines and distinctions between radical criticism of the Israeli government's policies, anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, touching on the anti-Semitism controversy that has rocked the UK Labour Party in recent months. He will delve into issues related to radical Islam and hate speech more generally, that impacts on Jews and other minorities.  

Yehuda Bauer is a world renowned expert on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, having served as the Founding Chair of the Vidal Sassoon center for the Study of Anti-Semitism and the Chair of the Yad Vashem Research Institute. He has advised countless governments and international institutions on anti-Semitism and Holocaust remembrance. A winner of the Israel Prize, the highest accolade bestowed by the State of Israel, Professor Bauer, who emigrated to what was then Palestine in 1939, is an outspoken patriotic critic of the Israeli government.

Kevin Featherstone is Head of the European Institute, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics at LSE.

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