HADLEY FREEMAN, SIMON SCHAMA

CHAIR: JULIA NEUBERGER

During the course of the pandemic – when the benefits of cooperative pursuit of knowledge have been so obvious – ignorance-based hatred and prejudice have seen a rapid rate of infection. Simon Schama explores how ‘viral prejudice’ has been an enduring plague for the Jewish people, examining the relationship between antisemitism and scientific scepticism – the rejection of knowledge. Turning to the hatred that overwhelmed the 20^th century, Hadley Freeman explores the memoirs of Esther Safran Foer and Arianna Neumann, presenting an engaging investigation of testimony and the generational shifts in memory. In a conversation chaired by Julia Neuberger, these three leading writers and thinkers look to the past for insight into the present, and lessons for the future.

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