Catherine Chatterley is a Canadian historian, specializing in the study of modern European history, the Holocaust, and research on antisemitism,[1] and is the Founding Director of the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA). Chatterley is Founding Editor-in-Chief of Antisemitism Studies, the first scholarly journal devoted to the study of antisemitism. It is published by Indiana University Press.[2][3] Chatterley appeared in the documentary called "Unmasked: Judeophobia" (2011), where she was one of the scholars interviewed.[4][5] That same year, she was invited as an expert scholar to participate in the Canadian All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism, which produced the Ottawa Protocol.
Her undergraduate studies included European history and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at the University of Manitoba, European Intellectual History at Concordia University (Montreal), followed by a doctorate in Modern European and Jewish History, and German-Jewish Literature, which she completed at The University of Chicago under the direction of Moishe Postone and Michael Geyer.
Syracuse University Press published her first book, Disenchantment: George Steiner and the Meaning of Western Civilization After Auschwitz, in their series on Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust, edited by Steven T. Katz. Disenchantment was named a 2011 National Jewish Book Award Finalist in the category of Modern Jewish Thought and Experience. Alongside Juan Asensio in France and Ricardo Gil Soeiro in Portugal, Chatterley is recognized as a leading scholar of George Steiner, an internationally renowned cultural critic, and has published two chapters in international collections about his work, both edited by Ricardo Gil Soeiro. Steiner died on February 3, 2020, and Chatterley wrote an obituary for the Times of Israel.[6]
As the Founding Director of CISA, Catherine Chatterley was invited to be a member of the official government delegation to Israel in January 2014.[7] From 2002 to 2008 Chatterley taught history at the University of Winnipeg and from 2007 to 2018 at the University of Manitoba.[8]
- ^ Academics dissect modern antisemitism. The Canadian Jewish News, 24 May 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Cohen, Simone (17 September 2020). "Doctor Chatterley's Passion". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ Bradshaw, James (2 August 2020). "Former BMO CEO Tony Comper revamps charity focused on anti-Semitism". The Globe & Mail. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ Featured Commentator: Catherine Chatterley, PhD. Unmasked: Judeophobia. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ Unmasking Rising Global Antisemitism: CISA's Screening of Gloria Greenfield's Unmasked:Judeophobia and the Threat to Civilization Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine. Winnipeg Jewish Review, 23 January 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ Chatterley, Catherine. "George Steiner: Remembrancer". Times of Israel. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Spivak, Rhonda. "Jerusalem Vignettes". Winnipeg Jewish Review. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ Catherine Chatterley. University of Manitoba, Faculty of Arts - History. Retrieved 22 August 2012.