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In a collaboration with AJHS, we present:

• Antisemitism in Australia Through Colonial Times to the Opening Years of the 20th Century (Speaker: Dr Hilary Rubinstein)

• The Two World Wars and Expressions of Antisemitism in Australia (Speaker: Professor Emeritus Paul Bartrop)

• From the 1950s to the Present: The diverse and changing sources of antisemitism in Australia (Speaker: Professor Philip Mendes)

Dr Hilary Rubinstein OAM PhD, FRHistS (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society) authored three books on Australian Jewish history, including the first full-length study of the subject. A former Research Fellow in History at the University of Melbourne and honorary Research Fellow at Monash University, she has contributed chapters and articles on aspects of modern Jewish history to peer-reviewed academic books and periodicals, here and overseas, and edits the November issues of the twice-yearly Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal. Hilary is also the co-author of a history of modern Jewry since 1750 and of another on philosemitism in the English-speaking world from 1840 to 1939.

Professor Emeritus Paul Bartrop PhD, FRHistS is a prolific multi-award-winning scholar of the Holocaust. After tertiary level teaching in Gippsland and South Australia, Paul became head of History at Bialik College, Melbourne, where he taught Jewish Studies among other courses. A doctoral graduate of Monash University and a former president of the Australian Association for Jewish Studies, he established an international reputation as a researcher in the fields of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, He retired in 2020 as Professor Emeritus of Florida Gulf University, where he taught from 2012. He is an honorary Principal Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne.

Professor Philip Mendes PhD, FASSA is Professor of Social Work at Monash University. With a prodigious output of legendary proportions, Philip has authored fourteen books and numerous articles in a wide variety of publications. Much published in his professional field, he is also the prolific and prominent author of numerous works on antisemitism and on Jewish political themes. is particularly known as a specialist in the history and politics of the Jewish Left, especially regarding Australia. He blogs at The Times of Israel, and is on the editorial committee of the Australian Jewish Historical Society’s November-published Journal.

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