Antisemitism in Austria has a long history going back to the early Middle Ages, having had a presence in civic life throughout the centuries, culminating in the Holocaust. After WW2 antisemitism ensued with revised vigor (Wodak, 2011), even though Austria no longer has a Jewish population of any significance ("antisemitism without Jews": Benzl & Marin, 1983) and antisemitism was partially outlawed and officially frowned upon ("antisemitism without antisemites": Marin, 1980). Antisemitism manifests itself in the popular culture and in personal attitudes, in local and national politics and in the media - targeting a community numbering at most 15,000. The latest Anti-Defamation League survey suggests that over a third of the Austrian adult population believes that "Jews have too much power in the business world" and nearly half the adult population agrees that "Jews have too much power in international financial markets" (ADL, 2015). Contrary to common belief, anti-Jewish sentiment is widespread, not confined to class, occupation, age or gender; and manifests itself in everyday language (Schwarz-Friesel and Reinharz, 2013). All available evidence suggests that antisemitic expressions are on the rise (EUFR, 2015) with figures nearly doubling year on year (Moore, 2016).

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Students are graded on the basis of:- Rating of the seminar paper (50%) and presentation (35%) (both of these are group work); and written course reflection (15%) (individual assessment)