Critical Theories of Antisemitism

Concepts, Challenges and Emerging Research Agendas

June 18-20, 2026

ORGANIZATION : ARRAC, Bruno Quélennec, Salima Naït Ahmed, Philippe Mesnard, Solveig Hennebert

Co-Organizators: Mémoires en jeu;  Plateforme Internationale sur le Racisme et l’Antisémitisme (PIRA)

Campus Condorcet (Aubervilliers), Centre des Colloques, Auditorium 250

For several decades, critical theories of society have relegated contemporary antisemitism to the margins. Often regarded as “non-systemic” or “residual,” and associated primarily with the past, antisemitism appears to elude the traditional frameworks of social and political critique. In academic research, efforts to connect the study of antisemitism with analyses of other forms of domination and othering remain limited. This international conference aims to move beyond this situation and to fully reintegrate the question of antisemitism into contemporary critical theory

WITH

Christine Achinger,

Sina Arnold,

Étienne Balibar

Magali Bessone,

Claudia Bruns,

Denis Charbit,

Theo Cohen,

Janis Detert,

Benoît Drouot,

Amir Dziri,

Hamza Esmili,

David Feldman,

Reuven Firestone,

Katia Genel,

Klaus Holz,

Jack Jacobs,

Uffa Jensen,

Jonathan Judaken,

Ethan B. Katz,

Urs Lindner,

Elissa Mailänder,

Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci,

Philippe Mesnard,

Salima Naït Ahmed,

Pap Ndiaye,

Jean-Yves Pranchère,

Ilka Quindeau,

James Renton,

David Schraub,

Stefanie Schüler-Springorum,

Jonas Sibony,

Christina Späti,

Marcel Stoetzler,

Benjamin Stora,

Vincent Tiberj,

Dominique Trimbur,

Danny Trom,

Philipp von Wussow,

Michel Wieviorka,

Eva-Maria Ziege.