Pavel Brunssen, "The Making of 'Jew Clubs': Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football and Fan Cultures": Tuesday, March 10, 12-1:30 p.m., MLB 3308

In this talk, Brunssen explores why non-Jewish football fans adopt Jewish-associated identities and symbols, examining how clubs such as FC Bayern Munich, Ajax Amsterdam, Austria Vienna, and Tottenham Hotspur came to be labeled “Jew Clubs.” Drawing on fan practices, media narratives, and club histories, the talk highlights how football cultures serve as unexpected spaces for negotiating memory, identity, and historical trauma in Europe.