Carolyn M Dudek
Carolyn M. Dudek, Ph.D. is Professor of Political Science, Director of European Studies, and an ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Chair at Hofstra University in New York. An internationally recognized scholar on European Union politics, Professor Dudek specializes in EU policy, with a particular focus on the EU’s response to antisemitism. Her research critically examines the intersection of European integration, national politics, and the growing challenge of antisemitism across member states.
She is the author of EU Accession and Spanish Regional Development: Winners and Losers and co-editor and contributor of the forthcoming volume The Future of European Policy: Challenges, Trends and Opportunities. Her scholarship includes numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on EU governance and various EU policies including anti-discrimination, trade, immigration, agriculture, regional development and combating antisemitism.
Professor Dudek’s academic work has been supported by prestigious awards, including Fulbright Scholarships to Spain and Argentina. She has held fellowships at Columbia University’s European Studies Institute, the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, Harris Manchester College at Oxford University, and participated in ISGAP’s Summer Institute on Curriculum Development in Critical Contemporary Antisemitism at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, and has received EU grants including an ERASMUS+ Module and a Jean Monnet Chair.
As a Jean Monnet Chair, she leads research on EU antisemitism policy, exploring both national strategies and supranational frameworks aimed at combating antisemitism, including regulation
of online hate.
Professor Dudek brings her research into the classroom through innovative teaching. She designed and teaches an undergraduate course entitled The Politics of Antisemitism and the Policy to Address it in the US and EU, bridging scholarly inquiry with contemporary policy debates. As a Fellow at the London Centre for the Study of Antisemitism, she continues to advance critical scholarship on the evolving challenges of antisemitism in Europe.
