Combating Antisemitism in the European Union

Holocaust & Genocide Awareness Week (HGAW) 2025:

Combating Antisemitism in the European Union: Opportunities, Tools, and Challenges

Join us for an important event focused on tackling antisemitism in the European Union. This in-person gathering will take place at Florida International University - Green School International Pavilion (SIPA II, Room 102).

This presentation will examine why and how the EU created a policy focusing on antisemitism and some of the policy tools the EU possesses to address it. We will explore specific policies such as the EU’s strategy to combat antisemitism and foster Jewish life as well as other mechanisms not explicitly for antisemitism, but that the EU can utilize to address it.

Guest speaker:

Carolyn M. Dudek, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair Department of Political Science
Director of European Studies
Hofstra University, New York

Moderator:
Markus Thiel, Ph.D.
Professor, Politics & International Relations
Director, Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence

About the guest speaker:

Carolyn M. Dudek, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director of European Studies at Hofstra University in New York. She received her Master and Ph. D. at the University of Pittsburgh. She has written extensively on the EU across various policy sectors. Her current work is focused on EU antidiscrimination policy with a particular focus on antisemitism. She is currently the grant writer and coordinator for an ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Module at Hofstra University, which is focused on EU anti-discrimination and hate crime policy, and she was recently awarded a Jean Monnet Chair to further her research. She is currently writing a monograph about the EU’s antisemitism policy.

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Sponsor:
Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence

Co-sponsors:

• Hillel at FIU
• Holocaust & Genocide Studies Program
• Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU
• Global Jewish Studies Program
• Department of Politics & International Relations
• European & Eurasian Studies Program
• Dorothea Green Lecture Series
• Václav Havel Program for Human Rights & Democracy

Host or Publisher Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence