Conveners: Alissa Symon (University of Oxford), Alban Dafa (University of Oxford), Dr David Borabeck (University of Oxford), Dr Yair Berlin (University of Cambridge)
Speakers: Professor Yaacov Yadgar, Professor Yaron Peleg (University of Cambridge), Professor Derek Penslar (Harvard)
Prof. Penslar, Prof. Yadgar, and Prof. Peleg will discuss some fundamental themes in Israel Studies through their recently published books:
Professor Derek Penslar, Zionism: An Emotional State (Key Words in Jewish Studies), New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 2023
Professor Yaacov Yadgar, To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism, New York, NYU Press, 2024
Professor Yaron Peleg, New Hebrews: Making National Culture in Zion, Cambridge University Press, 2025
This new books event is part of the joint Harvard, Cambridge, and Oxford workshop “Transnational Belonging, Identity and Emotion: Current Themes in Israel Studies”.
Please register for this event.
