Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism
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The Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism (YPSA) is an interdisciplinary center at Yale University devoted to the academic study of historical and contemporary antisemitism. Housed within the Whitney Humanities Center, YPSA sponsors lectures and conferences, produces videos, and provides research grants to Yale faculty and students. YPSA was founded in 2011 following the controversial closure of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism. The current director of YPSA is Maurice Samuels, Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French at Yale University.
History
After a review by a faculty committee, then Provost of Yale University Peter Salovey announced in June 2011 the closing of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA). Salovey cited insufficient scholarly activity as the main reason for the closing of the center.
After outcry over the closing of YIISA, a small group of Yale faculty met with Salovey and then-President Richard Levin to ask that a new center be created. On June 19, 2011, the university announced the creation of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism (YPSA), with Professor Maurice Samuels, director of graduate studies for the French department and an expert on French Jews, as the inaugural director. According to Samuels, the YPSA would focus on research and not policy work to bring a renewed scholarly focus to antisemitism studies. Samuels' appointment was praised by Jeffrey Alexander, sociology professor and member of the YIISA's governance committee, who noted Samuels' "impeccable" academic credentials.
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