Kenneth S. Stern

Kenneth S. Stern is a prominent American attorney and author, specializing in the field of history. He has held various notable positions, including director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, a program under the Human Rights Project at Bard College. Prior to this, Stern served as the executive director of the Justus & Karin Rosenberg Foundation from 2014 to 2018. His extensive experience also includes a 25-year tenure as the director of antisemitism, hate studies, and extremism for the American Jewish Committee, a role he held from 1989 to 2014.

Stern's expertise has been sought in significant cases, such as the David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt trial, where he acted as a special advisor to the defense in 2000. As an author, he has made valuable contributions to the field of history, including his 2020 book, The Conflict Over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate. This work examines the attempts by partisans on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict to censor each other, and the subsequent damage this inflicts on academic institutions. Through his work, Stern continues to provide insightful perspectives on complex historical issues.