Special Events


Past Events

Special Conference
Understanding the Challenge of Iran
Starting 9:00 AM, Wednesday, April 30
Linsly Chittenden Hall, Room 101
63 HIgh Street, New Haven, CT

Panel #1: The Iranian Regime and Human Rights Video

Hooshang Amirahmadi - “Iran’s Power Structure and Implications for Democratic Change”
Mehrangiz Kar - “Human Rights Situation in Iran”
Andrew Apostolou - “The State of Civil Society in Iran”

Panel #2: The Regime - Ideology, Politics & International Terror Video

Patrick Clawson - “Why Does Iran Want A Nuclear Weapon?”
Michael Rubin - “Countering Iran’s Geopolitical Designs”
Meir Litvak - “Holocaust Denial in Iran and the Arab World”
Liora Hendelman-Baavur - “Iranian Use of Internet for Propaganda and Holocaust Denial”

Panel #3: Iranian Society and "The Other" Video

Saeed Paivandi - “Discrimination and Intolerance in Iranian Curriculum”
Tom Parker - “Promoting a Culture of Human Rights in Iran”
Roya Boroumand - “The Excluded Muslims:  Institutionalized Discrimination Against Muslims in the Islamic Republic of Iran”

Panel #4: International Law - Terror and Incitement Video

Gregory Gordon
“From Incitement to Indictment?  Prosecuting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Advocating Israel’s Destruction”
David Menashri
Charles Small


Special Event
Israel's Deputy Prime Minister
Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz
7:45 PM Wednesday, April 30
Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall (SSS), Room 114
1 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT
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Professor Michel Wieviorka, "Why Is It So Difficult to Research Antisemitism?"
President, International Sociological Association (ISA); Professor (Directeur d'etudes) Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris; Director, Centre for Sociological Analysis and Intervention (CADIS).
Monday, March 3rd at 4:00pm
Luce Auditorium (34 Hillhouse Avenue)
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Abraham H. Foxman, National Director, Anti-Defamation League
April 16, 7PM, Location: Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale University, Sylvia Slifka Chapel

Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Orgnizations
September 23, 7PM, Location: Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale University, Sylvia Slifka Chapel

Mark Weitzman, Director, Simon Wiesenthal Center's Task Force Against Hate and Terrorism
Date & Time - TBA, Location: Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale University, Sylvia Slifka Chapel

Lunchtime Talk
Tuesday, October 16, 12 noon

Dr. Grahame Davies
University of Wales, Cardiff, and Goodenough College, London
Author: The Chosen People: Wales and the Jews
"From Philo-Semitic to Anti-Semitic:
Shifts in Attitude towards the Jewish People among a Western European Minority Community"

ISPS / 77 Prospect St., Rm. B012
Space is limited!
Lunch will be served | RSVP Required: (203) 432-5239