Our founding principle is that the study of antisemitism is vital to understanding all forms of racism, prejudice and xenophobia.
We are a centre of innovative research and teaching and contribute to discussion and public policy formation on antisemitism and intolerance.
Based at Birkbeck, University of London, and established by Pears Foundation in 2010, the Pears Institute is both independent and inclusive.
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Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution
The first monograph to analyse the Bolshevik response to antisemitism.
Brendan McGeever
The Real Reason Corbyn's 'Anti-racist' Labour Just Can’t Deal With Antisemitism
Labour can’t address its problems by ejecting ‘a few bad apples.’ Read why.
David Feldman
Jews, Money, Myth exhibition wins Museums Change Lives Award 2019
This cutting-edge exhibition at the Jewish Museum London, developed in partnership with the Pears Institute, was described by the judges as "brave, fascinating and timely".
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The Institute is located within Birkbeck, University of London, a world-class research and teaching institution.
At Birkbeck you can study: antisemitism, ethnicity, immigration, intolerance and identity, multiculturalism, racialization, racism and xenophobia.
Birkbeck's New Course
Facing Antisemitism: Politics, Culture, History
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Jewish Money and the Image of the Jewish Body in the Middle Ages
Professor Sara Lipton
On the Road: Jewish Peddling and the Shaping of Jewish History
Professor Hasia Diner