Philosophers and social scientists such as Sigmund Freud (1939), Talcott Parsons (1942), Jean Paul Sartre (1945), Ernst Simmel (1946), Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno (1947) were the main protagonists of this early wave of antisemitism research.
While Freud, Sartre, and Simmels focused mainly on psycho-analytical assumptions, Parsons and Horkheimer and Adorno embedded their psychological studies within comprehensive theories of society.
[12] Gratz College debuted a master's degree in antisemitism studies in February 2024, the first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary graduate program in the United States.
[17] In November 2023, New York University announced The Center for the Study of Antisemitism to open in the fall of 2024.
The center would convene scholars from a range of academic disciplines, including social sciences, Judaic studies, history, social work, public policy, psychology, and law, and would produce research on both "classicial" antisemitism and New Antisemitism and its links to anti-Zionism.
The center would work closely with NYU's Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.
[18] Amidst a rise of antisemitism after the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, the University of Michigan established the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in December 2023.
The center, named for Raoul Wallenberg, would use research and scholarship on antisemitism to combat the phenomenon.
The fund would support research and advance public understanding, according to scholar Steven Weitzman.