Pears Foundation gets £1.4 million for work ‘understanding anti-Semitism’
The only centre in the UK dedicated to promoting understanding of anti-Semitism has been boosted by a £1.4 million grant.
The Pears Foundation announced funding to enable the growth of the Birkbeck-based Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism from 2015-2020.
A new post for a social sciences lecturer will be created while the successful Pears Institute Early Career Fellowship scheme will continue.
Trevor Pears, executive chairman of Pears Foundation, said: “The Institute has become an important bridge between academic research and public policy.”
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