EMPIRICAL
STUDIES
Symposium on Antisemitism
Brock University | S. Catharines, Ontario
October 14–15, 2026
Empirical research on contemporary antisemitism is a growing and increasingly consequential field. Scholars across the social sciences, law, public health, and policy are producing rigorous work that is reshaping how antisemitism is understood, measured, and addressed.
The Symposium on Antisemitism: Empirical Studies exists to bring this emerging community of researchers into direct dialogue—to learn from one another's work, to identify shared frameworks and complementary findings, and to build a network of scholarship that is greater than the sum of its parts.
the 2026 symposium is jointly organized by the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, the Gratz College Antisemitism Studies Program, and the Elizabeth and Tony Comper Center for the Study of Antisemitism at the University of Haifa, and will be hosted at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. The format is intentionally intimate: the goal is not breadth of coverage but depth of exchange. Researchers present their work and encounter others working on adjacent questions (methodological, theoretical, and empirical) such that the network of scholarship crystallizes and compounds rather than simply accumulates.
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
2026 Schedule
Symposium on Antisemitism: Empirical Studies
October 14–15, 2026
Brock University in Niagara, Canada
Registration Fee: $195 before September 23rd
$250 after September 23rd.
Student concession tickets available for grad students and post docs without institutional support for $125
All meals included
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2026 Abstracts
Submissions are now closed for 2026
Check back soon for details about 2026 presentations
Scope and Themes of 2026 Abstracts
Abstracts will address contemporary questions related to antisemitism, with a particular emphasis on empirical research from a range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives, including quantitative, qualitative, computational, legal, historical, and theoretically informed scholarship including:
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Measurement and definition of antisemitism (scale development, survey methodology, content analysis)
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Antisemitism in educational and campus contexts
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Online and social media antisemitism (computational text analysis, platform studies)
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Antisemitism and political ideology, populism, or extremism
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Health and psychological impacts of antisemitism on Jewish communities
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Legal and policy frameworks for addressing antisemitism
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Comparative and cross-national studies of antisemitism
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Antisemitism and intersecting forms of prejudice or discrimination
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Intervention, bystander, and prejudice-reduction research
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Antisemitism and antizionism: empirical data
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Discrimination minimization and the social psychology of antisemitism reporting
Inquiries
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