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Lesley Klaff is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Sheffield Institute of Law and Justice, part of the College of Social Sciences and Arts at Sheffield Hallam University. She specializes in contemporary antisemitism, particularly Holocaust inversion and its intersections with legal frameworks. Klaff has led modules in Contract Law, Tort Law, and Legal Theory since 1993 and currently oversees an annual student study tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau. She serves as Jewish Faith Advisor at the University's Multi-Faith Chaplaincy and academic lead for Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations. Klaff is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism and a research fellow at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. She has been recognized for contributions to combating antisemitism, including shortlisting for the Pete Newbon Award (2024) and inclusion in The Algemeiner’s Top 100 Influencers (2018).
Her research focuses on legal constructions of Jewish identity, campus antisemitism, and the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Collaborations include projects on hate speech targeting Jewish/Muslim women (with Nottingham Trent University) and Holocaust inversion analysis. Klaff has published extensively in law and sociology journals, contributed to books such as Unity and Diversity in Contemporary Antisemitism, and presented at international conferences including the European Sociological Association’s Racism & Antisemitism conferences. She actively engages in public discourse through media appearances and keynote speeches on Holocaust education and antisemitism.
Grants include funding from the Office for Students (2018–2020) for addressing antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice. Klaff’s work bridges legal scholarship with social justice, emphasizing the role of law in combating prejudice while addressing modern manifestations of antisemitism in politics and academia.
