Collaborative projects under the funding guideline “Current Dynamics and Challenges of Anti-Semitism” (2021–2025)

In 2019, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research launched the framework programme “Understanding Society – Shaping the Future” for the humanities and social sciences, allocating 700 million euros to it for the funding period 2019–2025. The aim of the framework programme is to promote social cohesion through the transfer of knowledge from interdisciplinary research, to strengthen the innovative capacity of the humanities and social sciences at an international level, and to safeguard Germany’s cultural heritage in the long term.

In 2020, the call for proposals ‘Current Dynamics and Challenges of Anti-Semitism’ was published, which led to the funding of ten collaborative projects and one meta-project – the Research Network on Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century (FoNA21) – in 2021.

Antisemitismuserfahrung in der Dritten Generation (AE3G)
Der interdisziplinäre Verbund untersuchte, ob und wie heutige Antisemitismuserfahrungen der Dritten Generation die Verfolgungserfahrungen ihrer Großeltern transgenerational re-aktualisieren.

Antisemitism in the European Classroom (AIES)
The project investigates how to engage with antisemitism in the classroom and develops digital teaching materials to help prevent antisemitism across a range of disciplines.

Turning Object into Subject (Everyday Culture)
The first phase of the research project investigates the extent to which experiencing or anticipating hostility affects Jews’ religious practice. The second phase facilitates education and training through workshops and online videos.

ASJust
How does the judiciary deal with antisemitism? The project will address this question through a systematic survey of judicial practice. It takes into account the findings of antisemitism research as well as the perspectives of those affected in order to identify lacunae and develop possible courses of action alongside and for the judiciary.

Christian Signatures of Contemporary Antisemitism (ChriSzA)
This collaborative project is dedicated to identifying and analyzing Christian elements of antisemitism in its historical and contemporary manifestations. We understand the communication of knowledge in a broad sense, and thus the results of our research will feed back into the scholarly community, schools, and adult education.

EMPATHIA³ ()
EMPATHIA³ focuses on prospective police officers and teachers in confronting antisemitism. This project will develop, evaluate, and implement a core curriculum, a standardized test, and an intervention.

Net Olam
The collaborative project Net Olam conducts comprehensive data collection on the heretofore under-researched attacks on Jewish cemeteries; develops strategies to prevent these attacks; and establishes a network that promotes the communication of research findings and works to protect Jewish cemeteries.

RelcoDiff - Antisemitism in Pedagogical Contexts (RelcoDiff)
The interdisciplinary collaborative project traces religious constructions of difference in children of preschool and elementary school age in order to study and counteract antisemitic attitudes.

RESPOND! NO to Antisemitic Hate Speech Online! (RESPOND!)
The collaborative project RESPOND! works to provide young people with the tools to speak out against antisemitic hate speech on the German-language web.

Jewish Reactions to Antisemitism (Ritual Practice)
The first phase of the research project investigates the extent to which experiencing or anticipating hostility affects Jews’ religious practice. The second phase facilitates education and training through workshops and online videos.

AE3G

Der interdisziplinäre Verbund untersuchte, ob und wie heutige Antisemitismuserfahrungen der Dritten Generation die Verfolgungserfahrungen ihrer Großeltern transgenerational re-aktualisieren.

AIES

The project investigates how to engage with antisemitism in the classroom and develops digital teaching materials to help prevent antisemitism across a range of disciplines.

Everyday Culture

The first phase of the research project investigates the extent to which experiencing or anticipating hostility affects Jews’ religious practice. The second phase facilitates education and training through workshops and online videos.

ASJust

How does the judiciary deal with antisemitism? The project will address this question through a systematic survey of judicial practice. It takes into account the findings of antisemitism research as well as the perspectives of those affected in order to identify lacunae and develop possible courses of action alongside and for the judiciary.

ChriSzA

This collaborative project is dedicated to identifying and analyzing Christian elements of antisemitism in its historical and contemporary manifestations. We understand the communication of knowledge in a broad sense, and thus the results of our research will feed back into the scholarly community, schools, and adult education.

EMPATHIA³

EMPATHIA³ focuses on prospective police officers and teachers in confronting antisemitism. This project will develop, evaluate, and implement a core curriculum, a standardized test, and an intervention.

Net Olam

The collaborative project Net Olam conducts comprehensive data collection on the heretofore under-researched attacks on Jewish cemeteries; develops strategies to prevent these attacks; and establishes a network that promotes the communication of research findings and works to protect Jewish cemeteries.

RelcoDiff

The interdisciplinary collaborative project traces religious constructions of difference in children of preschool and elementary school age in order to study and counteract antisemitic attitudes.

RESPOND!

The collaborative project RESPOND! works to provide young people with the tools to speak out against antisemitic hate speech on the German-language web.