ARARE

Academic Response to Antisemitism and Racism in Europe
under the auspices of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre - Europe

"The Centennial of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion:
a Paradigm for Contemporary Hate Literature"

an Experts' Seminar organised by

Academic Response to Racism and Antisemitism in Europe (ARARE)
in cooperation with the Italian Historical Studies Centre Olokaustos
under the auspices of UNESCO

Venice, 7-8 December 2003

UNESCO Regional Bureau (ROSTE) - Palazzo Zorzi

Sunday 7 December

10:00 - 11:00 Registration of participants

11:00 - 13:00 ARARE Board meeting; Report by Prof. Eric Moonman, ARARE Chair

13:00 - 13:45 Light lunch

13:45 - 14:15 Opening greetings: Representatives of the Venice Municipality, Olokaustos, Simon Wiesenthal Centre and UNESCO

14:15 - 16:15 Session I: 'The Protocols in History': Moderator Prof. Stanley Henig (ARARE); Speakers: Prof. Claudio Vercelli (Istituto Studi Storici Gaetano Salvemini, Turin); Dr. Michael Berkowitz (University College London, UK); Prof. Cesare G. de Michelis (Tor Vergata University, Rome) – Q&A

16:15 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 18:30 Session II: 'The Protocols in Contemporary Hate Literature': Moderator Dr. Shimon Samuels (Simon Wiesenthal Centre); Speakers: Dr. Goetz Nordbruch (Humboldt University, Berlin); Mr. Mark Weitzman (Simon Wiesenthal Centre, New York); Prof. Paul Weller (University of Derby, UK) – Q&A

20:00 Conference Dinner (brief address by Prof. Francesco Margiotta Broglio, Italian UNESCO Committee)

Monday 8 December

09:30 - 11:30 Session III 'The Protocols: the case of Italy': Moderator Alex Uberti (SWC); Speakers: Carla Cavazzi and Brunella Manotti (Istituto Storico della Resistenza e dell'età Contemporanea, Parma); Luigi Vianelli (Olokaustos Researcher, Venice); Prof. David Meghnagi (International Task Force on Holocaust Education) – Q&A

11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 - 13:00 Session IV 'Applying the Lessons of the Protocols' - one Rapporteur from each session and questions from the floor to speakers and organizations involved

13:00 - 14:00 Light lunch and farewell comments: Prof. Eric Moonman (ARARE); Dr. Giovanni De Martis (Olokaustos); Mr. Graham Morris (Chair, SWC-UK)

14:00 - 16:00 Projection of two short documentaries ("La Guerra di Claudio" by Vera Paggi and "Final Cut" by Vittorio Pavoncello) and/or walking tour in the historical ghetto of Venice

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ARARE contact (c/o Simon Wiesenthal Centre) tel.: +33 1 47237637
(Dr. Samuels): +33 6 09770158; (Mr. Uberti): 339 5057 268
Olokaustos contact (Dr. De Martis) 348 2723 490