David Hirsh

London, UK

David Hirsh is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is interested in antisemitism, right and left populism, totalitarianism and anti-democratic movements. He has written on antizionism and its associated antisemitism. His book 'Law against Genocide: Cosmpolitan Trials' won a prize for the best first book in Sociology in 2003. He published 'Contemporary Left Antisemitism' in 2018. He is currently editing a book to be published in 2022 on the 20th anniversary of the 'call for an academic boycott of Israel', written by scholars who were active in opposing that call.