Mercator Fellows
2. Phase
Professor Anthony Kauders
Modern History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Keele University, UK
Anthony D. Kauders is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at Keele University. He has published widely on German-Jewish history, antisemitism, and the history of psychology (psychoanalysis, social psychology, hypnosis). He is currently co-editing a volume (together with Karl Figlio of Essex University) on History and Psychoanalysis: Interdisciplinary Dialogues and writing a book on the psychology of antisemitism. His most recent publications on the latter subject include: ‘Speculating About Society, Analyzing the Individual: Where Freudian Accounts of Antisemitism Go Wrong’, in: Jahrbuch für Antisemitismusforschung 30 (2021); ‘From Particularism to Mass Murder: Nazi Morality, Antisemitism, and Cognitive Dissonance’, in: Holocaust and Genocide Studies 36 (2022); ‘From Realistic Conflict to Relative Deprivation: Rethinking the Psychology of Modern Antisemitism, in: Antisemitism Studies 6 (2022); ‘Enmity Explained: The History of Emotions and the Psychology of Antisemitism’, in: Jahrbuch für Antisemitismusforschung 33 (2024); and ‘The “Longest Hatred” Explained: Confirmation Bias and the Persistence of Antisemitism’, in: Antisemitism Studies 9 (2025).
Within the framework of the priority program, the projects are accompanied by international experts (Mercator Fellows). These researchers will support the research projects with their advisory capacity. In addition, they will be at the site for several months and conduct workshops. The contact will continue after the end of the stay, which is intended to stimulate a long-term exchange with researchers from Germany and abroad.
1. Phase
Asst. Prof. Dr. Jessica Roda
Center for Jewish Civilization in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA
Prof. Dr. Gunnar Lehmann
Department of Bible Studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
