CEU Jewish Studies

Huge congratulations to Jewish Studies graduate Dania Lemmer for winning the “Mária M. Kovács Best Thesis Award” of the CEU Nationalism Studies Program!

Yesterday evening, at the Jüdisches Museum Wien, Lisa Silverman presented her groundbreaking new book, "The Postwar Antisemite: Culture and Complicity after the Holocaust," in conversation with Éva Kovács (Wiener Wiesenthal Institut für Holocaust Studien - VWI) and Michael L. Miller (CEU). Examining postwar trials, films and texts, Lisa brilliantly showed how Austrians, Germans, and others used the figure of the Antisemite as a way to come to terms with their altered circumstances and to shape new national self-understandings.

Do not miss today's book presentation by Lisa Silverman, "The Postwar Antisemite. Culture and Complicity after the Holocaust," taking place at Jewish Museum Vienna at 6:30.

For full information, please see below:

Lisa Silverman, "The Postwar Antisemite. Culture and Complicity after the Holocaust" Book Launch Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Speaker Lisa Silverman At a glance: With: Lisa Silverman, Éva Kovács, Michael L. Miller.  The event will be held in English. To register, please follow this link. Free admission Doors open at 6 p.m.In cooperation with the Vienna Wiesenth...

Our anniversary conference concluded with discussions on the politics of memory in East-Central Europe, Communism’s ‘Jewish Question’, a wonderful, thought-provoking keynote by Marcin Wodziński on the state and future of the field, and an inspiring discussion about the future of Jewish Studies.

We were so happy that we could welcome so many amazing scholars, alumni and friends, and to celebrate our 25 Years as CEU Jewish Studies together!

We are very grateful to the European Association for Jewish Studies, the City of Vienna, and the Knapp Family and the Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Foundations for their generous support for this conference.

We are looking forward to the next 25 years!

On the second day of our 25-year-anniversary conference, we discussed the future of Jewish Museums and philanthropies, Jewish migration, and the legacies of empire, and welcomed Pieter Judson who delivered a wonderful keynote address.

We are so happy to welcome back to CEU some of our amazing Jewish Studies alumni!!

Our conference marking the 25th anniversary of the CEU Jewish Studies Program kicked off yesterday with a discussion on the turning point of 1989 and its impact on the study of the Jewish experience. We are excited to welcome so many scholars, alumni, students, and friends to celebrate with us and discuss the future of our field!

We were very excited to welcome Prof. Marcin Wodziński (Judaistyka – Uniwersytet Wrocławski) to CEU Jewish Studies, where he taught a short course on Hasidism. Our students truly enjoyed learning from one of the leading scholars in the field and we got a fascinating tour of Hasidic Vienna by Eidel Malowicki.