About CSLA

The Center for the Study of Law and Antisemitism (CSLA) is an independent academic center devoted to research, teaching, and scholarly exchange concerning the relationship between law and Jews, Jewishness, and antisemitism.

Law and Antisemitism is an emerging interdisciplinary field that examines how legal systems have classified, regulated, protected, excluded, and marginalized Jews across history and jurisdictions, and how Jews and their allies have used law to pursue equality, security, and flourishing. The field explores how antisemitism challenges conventional legal understandings of race, religion, ethnicity, equality, citizenship, and free expression, while examining the role of law in shaping both Jewish vulnerability and Jewish inclusion.

CSLA promotes the study of Law and Antisemitism through scholarship, teaching, conferences, publications, and scholarly collaboration. Its activities include:

• supporting research and writing concerning law and antisemitism;
• organizing conferences, lectures, and workshops;
• developing teaching materials and curricula;
• fostering collaboration among scholars, lawyers, students, and policymakers; and
• advancing the study of Law and Antisemitism as an emerging field of scholarly inquiry and professional education.

Founded by Professor Robert Katz of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, CSLA seeks to advance the study of law and antisemitism as a distinct area of scholarly inquiry and professional education.

Contact

Center for the Study of Law and Antisemitism 

Robert Katz, Founding Director

530 West New York Street, Room 349
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

rokatz@iu.edu