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==Involvement in public debates==
==Involvement in public debates==
Chatterley has been involved in the public debate over the place of a permanent Holocaust gallery proposed for the [[Canadian Museum for Human Rights]] (CMHR), scheduled to open in Winnipeg in 2014.<ref name=opposition>[http://defendinghistory.com/catherine-chatterley-leads-opposition-to-holocaust-obfuscationists-campaign-in-canada/14065 Catherine Chatterley leads Opposition to Holocaust Obfuscation campaign in Canada]. Defending History, 7 April 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.</ref> In an editorial criticizing the attempt to remove the proposed Holocaust gallery from the museum, she stated, "the problem with the CMHR is it is mired in the politics of Canadian ethnic identity rather than rooted in the scholarly study of genocide, Holocaust, and human rights. Subjective feelings are influencing content and design choices rather than objective historical and legal reality and this does not bode well for the international reputation of this institution." This article also described the offensive postcard campaign using Orwellian imagery to target supporters of the Holocaust gallery, depicting them as pigs. Chatterley stated unequivocally, "the fact that this kind of postcard was distributed in Canada in 2011, without shame or conscience, by an organization that claims to protect civil liberties, is astonishing. This alone demonstrates the clear need for this museum, its permanent Holocaust gallery, and for the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism." <ref name=opposition /><ref>{{cite news|last=Chatterley|first=Catherine|title=The War Against the Holocaust|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/the-war-against-the-holocaust-119110699.html|accessdate=December 30, 2011|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=April 2, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Moses|first=Dirk|title=The Canadian Museum for Human Rights: the ‘uniqueness of the Holocaust’ and the question of genocide|journal=Journal of Genocide Research|year=2012|month=May|volume=14|issue=2|pages=215–238|accessdate=May 22, 2012}}</ref>
Chatterley has been involved in the public debate over the place of a permanent Holocaust gallery proposed for the [[Canadian Museum for Human Rights]] (CMHR), scheduled to open in Winnipeg in 2014.<ref name=opposition>[http://defendinghistory.com/catherine-chatterley-leads-opposition-to-holocaust-obfuscationists-campaign-in-canada/14065 Catherine Chatterley leads Opposition to Holocaust Obfuscation campaign in Canada]. Defending History, 7 April 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.</ref> In an editorial criticizing the attempt to remove the proposed Holocaust gallery from the museum, she stated, "the problem with the CMHR is it is mired in the politics of Canadian ethnic identity rather than rooted in the scholarly study of genocide, Holocaust, and human rights. Subjective feelings are influencing content and design choices rather than objective historical and legal reality and this does not bode well for the international reputation of this institution." This article also described a postcard campaign using Orwellian imagery to target supporters of the Holocaust gallery, depicting them as pigs. Chatterley stated, "the fact that this kind of postcard was distributed in Canada in 2011, without shame or conscience, by an organization that claims to protect civil liberties, is astonishing. This alone demonstrates the clear need for this museum, its permanent Holocaust gallery, and for the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism." <ref name=opposition /><ref>{{cite news|last=Chatterley|first=Catherine|title=The War Against the Holocaust|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/the-war-against-the-holocaust-119110699.html|accessdate=December 30, 2011|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=April 2, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Moses|first=Dirk|title=The Canadian Museum for Human Rights: the ‘uniqueness of the Holocaust’ and the question of genocide|journal=Journal of Genocide Research|year=2012|month=May|volume=14|issue=2|pages=215–238|accessdate=May 22, 2012}}</ref>


Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) has been another current cultural controversy she has addressed in the media. In Canada's ''[[National Post]]'', she said that IAW is a Canadian invention, established at the [[University of Toronto]] in 2005, and "while the event is new, the ideology at the heart of IAW is not. The accusation that Zionism is racist and imperialist by nature is as old as Israel. The Soviet Union was a leading proponent of this conception of Zionism; and it drew on the long history of leftist antisemitism, identifying Jewish nationalism and capitalist imperialism with Judaism and the Jewish bourgeoisie." <ref>{{cite news|last=Chatterley|first=Catherine|title=A History of Israel Apartheid Week|url=http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/03/03/catherine-chatterley-a-history-of-israeli-apartheid-week/|accessdate=December 30, 2011|newspaper=The National Post|date=March 3, 2011}}</ref> In the same month that Chatterley expressed her concerns about IAW, the president of the [[University of Winnipeg]], [[Lloyd Axworthy]], addressed the one-sidedness of IAW, by ensuring that during the first appearance of IAW at that university campus, both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and of wider Middle East issues could be presented and debated in a series of dialogues and talks organized by the university administration. Chatterley expressed her hope that an "intelligent and responsible scholarly approach" such as this would set an example for other university administrations in Canada and worldwide.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?ID=212031&R=R1 Winnipeg university head fights Israel Apartheid Week]. ''The Jerusalem Post'', 14 March 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.</ref>
Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) has been another current cultural controversy she has addressed in the media. In Canada's ''[[National Post]]'', she said that IAW is a Canadian invention, established at the [[University of Toronto]] in 2005, and "while the event is new, the ideology at the heart of IAW is not. The accusation that Zionism is racist and imperialist by nature is as old as Israel. The Soviet Union was a leading proponent of this conception of Zionism; and it drew on the long history of leftist antisemitism, identifying Jewish nationalism and capitalist imperialism with Judaism and the Jewish bourgeoisie." <ref>{{cite news|last=Chatterley|first=Catherine|title=A History of Israel Apartheid Week|url=http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/03/03/catherine-chatterley-a-history-of-israeli-apartheid-week/|accessdate=December 30, 2011|newspaper=The National Post|date=March 3, 2011}}</ref> In the same month that Chatterley expressed her concerns about IAW, the president of the [[University of Winnipeg]], [[Lloyd Axworthy]], addressed the one-sidedness of IAW, by ensuring that during the first appearance of IAW at that university campus, both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and of wider Middle East issues could be presented and debated in a series of dialogues and talks organized by the university administration. Chatterley expressed her hope that an "intelligent and responsible scholarly approach" such as this would set an example for other university administrations in Canada and worldwide.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?ID=212031&R=R1 Winnipeg university head fights Israel Apartheid Week]. ''The Jerusalem Post'', 14 March 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.</ref>

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Catherine D. Chatterley (born in Winnipeg, MB, Canada) is an historian, specializing in research on anti-semitism,[1] and the founding director of the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA). Chatterley was appointed Vice President of the International Association for the Study of Antisemitism (IASA), and was also chosen as one of three founding editors of the International Journal for the Study of Antisemitism, a journal on the study of contemporary antisemitism.[2][3] Chatterley appeared in the documentary called "Unmasked: Judeophobia" (2011), where she was one of the scholars interviewed.[2][4]

Chatterley is currently a Research Affiliate and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Manitoba. Her post-graduate studies included European Intellectual history and Modern Jewish history at the University of Manitoba and Concordia University (Montreal), followed by a doctorate, which she completed at The University of Chicago.[5]

Founding of CISA

Chatterley created the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA) in the summer of 2010 to "help facilitate the scholarly study of antisemitism and to educate Canadians about the phenomenon in its classical and contemporary forms." [6] Headed by Nobel Laureate and Professor Elie Wiesel, CISA is the first national academic institution in Canada dedicated to the scholarly study of a subject that is usually addressed by political advocacy organizations. It is the only such institution in the world founded by a non-Jewish scholar.[7][8][9]

Involvement in public debates

Chatterley has been involved in the public debate over the place of a permanent Holocaust gallery proposed for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), scheduled to open in Winnipeg in 2014.[10] In an editorial criticizing the attempt to remove the proposed Holocaust gallery from the museum, she stated, "the problem with the CMHR is it is mired in the politics of Canadian ethnic identity rather than rooted in the scholarly study of genocide, Holocaust, and human rights. Subjective feelings are influencing content and design choices rather than objective historical and legal reality and this does not bode well for the international reputation of this institution." This article also described a postcard campaign using Orwellian imagery to target supporters of the Holocaust gallery, depicting them as pigs. Chatterley stated, "the fact that this kind of postcard was distributed in Canada in 2011, without shame or conscience, by an organization that claims to protect civil liberties, is astonishing. This alone demonstrates the clear need for this museum, its permanent Holocaust gallery, and for the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism." [10][11][12]

Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) has been another current cultural controversy she has addressed in the media. In Canada's National Post, she said that IAW is a Canadian invention, established at the University of Toronto in 2005, and "while the event is new, the ideology at the heart of IAW is not. The accusation that Zionism is racist and imperialist by nature is as old as Israel. The Soviet Union was a leading proponent of this conception of Zionism; and it drew on the long history of leftist antisemitism, identifying Jewish nationalism and capitalist imperialism with Judaism and the Jewish bourgeoisie." [13] In the same month that Chatterley expressed her concerns about IAW, the president of the University of Winnipeg, Lloyd Axworthy, addressed the one-sidedness of IAW, by ensuring that during the first appearance of IAW at that university campus, both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and of wider Middle East issues could be presented and debated in a series of dialogues and talks organized by the university administration. Chatterley expressed her hope that an "intelligent and responsible scholarly approach" such as this would set an example for other university administrations in Canada and worldwide.[14]

Publications

  • Disenchantment: The Meaning of Western Civilization After Auschwitz (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2011)
  • "Language, Humanity, and the Holocaust: The Steinerian Triad," in The Wounds of Possibility: Essays on George Steiner, edited by Ricardo Gil Soeiro (UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012)
  • "We Come After: The Holocaust in Steinerian Thought, 1952-1971," in O Pensamento Tornado Danca. Estudos em Torno do Pensamento de George Steiner, edited by Ricardo Gil Soeiro (Lisbon: Roma Editora, 2009): 96-113.
  • "Germany as a Culture of Remembrance: Promises and Limits of Writing History," The Hedgehog Review (Summer 2007): 75-78.

Her book, Disenchantment: George Steiner and the Meaning of Western Civilization After Auschwitz, is an intellectual biography of the literary critic.[15] It focuses on his neglected writings on the Holocaust and antisemitism, and tries to explain how and when the Holocaust enters Western consciousness in the decades after World War II. Disenchantment is a 2011 National Jewish Book Award Finalist.[16][17][18][19]

References

  1. ^ Academics dissect modern antisemitism. The Canadian Jewish News, 24 May 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b Featured Commentator: Catherine Chatterley, PhD. Unmasked: Judeophobia. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ^ International Journal for the Study of Antisemitism. International Association for the Study of Antisemitism. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. ^ Unmasking Rising Global Antisemitism: CISA's Screening of Gloria Greenfield's Unmasked:Judeophobia and the Threat to Civilization. Winnipeg Jewish Review, 23 January 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  5. ^ Catherine Chatterley. University of Manitoba, Faculty of Arts - History. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  6. ^ Rhonda, Spivak (October 2, 2011). "CISA Announces Its First Academic Year of Programming". Winnipeg Jewish Review. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  7. ^ Spivak, Rhonda (December 23, 2010). "Wiesel to act as honorary chair of antisemitism institute". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  8. ^ Chisvin, Sharon (March 26, 2011). "Local Institute to Combat Antisemitism". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  9. ^ Hepburn, Ben (May 9, 2012). "Canadian Antisemitism Institute Aims to Fill Worldwide Void". Toronto Star. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  10. ^ a b Catherine Chatterley leads Opposition to Holocaust Obfuscation campaign in Canada. Defending History, 7 April 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  11. ^ Chatterley, Catherine (April 2, 2011). "The War Against the Holocaust". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  12. ^ Moses, Dirk (2012). "The Canadian Museum for Human Rights: the 'uniqueness of the Holocaust' and the question of genocide". Journal of Genocide Research. 14 (2): 215–238. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  13. ^ Chatterley, Catherine (March 3, 2011). "A History of Israel Apartheid Week". The National Post. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  14. ^ Winnipeg university head fights Israel Apartheid Week. The Jerusalem Post, 14 March 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  15. ^ Disenchantment - George Steiner and the Meaning of Western Civilization after Auschwitz. Syracuse University Press. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  16. ^ "Jewish Book Council". 2011 National Jewish Book Awards. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  17. ^ Bamberger, W. C. "Review of Disenchantment George Steiner and the Meaning of Western Civilization after Auschwitz". Raintaxi Review of Books. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  18. ^ Spicer, Kevin P. (2012). "SOME BUILT IT; ALMOST ALL LET IT BE: Review of Chatterley and Lipstadt". The Review of Politics. 74 (1): 158–164. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  19. ^ Steiman, Lionel. "Review of Disenchantment". Retrieved May 22, 2012.

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