Event

New Books in Israel Studies

Date
25 Jun 2025
Time
17:30 UK time
Speakers
Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Professor Yaron Peleg
Professor Derek Penslar
Where
St Antony's College, The Pavilion Room, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Organiser contact
Audience
Public
Booking
Required
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".