Faces of hostility towards Jews

The Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies is participating in the art and education project "Invisible in the middle of society? Showing your face against anti-Semitism!", which will take place from November 20, 2025 to January 27, 2026 in cooperation with the Schwetzingen Adult Education Center and is generously funded by the Baden-Württemberg State Government Commissioner against Anti-Semitism and for Jewish Life.

In addition to the exhibition in the vhs-Galerie Schwetzingen, various lectures with academics from the HfJS Heidelberg and a film screening followed by a discussion are planned. The topics range from left-wing and socio-political forms of anti-Semitism to historical and current hostility towards Jews.

Lecture as part of the exhibition "Invisible - in the middle of society? Show your face against anti-Semitism!"

Faces of hostility towards Jews - Prof. Dr. Johannes Heil

As a counterpoint to the theme of "Showing your face against anti-Semitism", the lecture first uses selected examples to demonstrate how anti-Semitic messages have been conveyed through the drawing of faces in a long line of tradition since the Middle Ages. In the second step, he shows how and where elements of this canon of images are still present today.

To register

All information on the events can be found here.