Name: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Events this person is speaking at:

Tuesday 9 October 2018

Israel Studies Seminar: The Nation-State bill and the meaning of Israel’s Jewish identity
Date: 9 October 2018, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (University of Oxford)

The Nation-State bill and the meaning of Israel’s Jewish identity
Date: 9 October 2018, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Boardroom (Middle East Centre)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 18 May 2023

Towards a Post Middle East international politics?
Date: 18 May 2023, 11:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Professor Yaacov Yadgar, Professor Louise Fawcett (University of Oxford ), Thomas Hegghammer (University of Oxford)
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Amersi Room
Organiser: Andrea Ruggeri (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 March 2025

To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism, by Yaacov Yadgar. Book launch event: Prof. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin (Ben Gurion University) in conversation with the author
Date: 4 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Professor Yaacov Yadgar, Professor Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin (Ben Gurion University, Israel)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 9
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 June 2025

New Books in Israel Studies
Date: 25 June 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker s: Professor Yaacov Yadgar, Professor Yaron Peleg (University of Cambridge), Professor Derek Penslar (Harvard)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Pavilion Room
Organisers: Alissa Symon (University of Oxford), Alban Dafa (University of Oxford), Dr David Borabeck (University of Oxford), Dr Yair Berlin (University of Cambridge)
Host: Dr David Borabeck (University of Oxford)

Events this person is hosting:

Tuesday 26 January 2021

Light Unto the Nations: The Idea of Jewish Purpose and the Emergence of Zionism
Date: 26 January 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Adam Sutcliffe (King’s College London)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MmM3OTc4OTctYjU3OC00OWUyLWI0ZGYtMzYwYzI1ODM4YWYy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 2 February 2021

Connecting Ethnicity and Space: The New Russian-Mizrahi-Mediterranean Pop Culture in Israel’s Periphery
Date: 2 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Anna Prashizky (Western Galilee College)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2UwOWYxYTktN2FkNy00OTEyLWI5MTMtMzlhMjgwODZiMDNj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 9 February 2021

Between Exclusion and Intersection: Heidegger’s Philosophy and Jewish Volkism
Date: 9 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Daniel Herskowitz (Wolfson College, Oxford)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWFlMmRkNTktYWNiYy00MjM3LTgzMTItZjAzNmFlZjg2NmUw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 16 February 2021

IHRA: The Politics of a Definition
Date: 16 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Jamie Stern-Weiner (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MmI4YWJlNWMtYTMxZi00MTQ0LTg1MjktMTllOGU4MDc2M2Vh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 23 February 2021

The Pragmatism of Proto-Zionism: Tracing Jewish Nation-building through a Cultural Sociological Framework
Date: 23 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Maja Gildin Zuckerman (Copenhagen Business School)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTk1MDRiZTEtODZjNC00NTNlLWJiNGEtY2E0MmU5YWUyNmZm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 2 March 2021

Living Emergency: Israel's Permit Regime in the Occupied West Bank
Date: 2 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Yael Berda (Hebrew University)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZmE1YTA5NDQtNTA0MC00OGEwLWE0ZDQtMmYyOGIyOGYwMzJj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 9 March 2021

Berta Zuckerkandl and Her Circle: Austrian Nationalism and Zionism in Viennese Modernism
Date: 9 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Elana Shapira (University of the Applied Arts, Vienna)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NjVjZjVjN2UtZGY5My00YTAxLTljNjUtZmMzNzg3YjQ0MTBk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 12 October 2021

Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War 
Date: 12 October 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Prof Shay Hazkani (University of Maryland)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 19 October 2021

Pathways toward a Jewish Israeli restorative ethics
Date: 19 October 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Prof Atalia Omer (University of Notre Dame)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 26 October 2021

A road towards atonement? Why only West Germany came to “atone” for the Nazi crimes.
Date: 26 October 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Kathrin Bachleitner (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 2 November 2021

Supporting Denial: Israel’s Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide
Date: 2 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Eldad Ben Aharon (University of Groningen)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 16 November 2021

Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War
Date: 16 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Amnon Aran (City University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 23 November 2021

The Colonizing Self (Or: Home and Homelessness in Israel/Palestine)
Date: 23 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Hagar Kotef (SOAS)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 30 November 2021

The Social Life of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel: A Global History
Date: 30 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Haggai Ram (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
Venue Details: This event will now take place online via Zoom
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 3 May 2022

Ma'abarot - Not Just the Name of a Kibbutz: Portrayal of the Ma'abarot in the Israeli Culture, 1950-2015
Date: 3 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Mr Matan Flum (UCL)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 10 May 2022

Hollywood and Israel: A History
Date: 10 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker s: Professor Tony Shaw (University of Hertfordshire), Dr Giora Goodman (Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 17 May 2022

Is Zionism a “Left-Wing Melancholy”?
Date: 17 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Nitzan Lebovic ((Lehigh))
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 24 May 2022

The Fear of Judaism in Israeli Culture
Date: 24 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Gideon Katz (Ben Gurion University)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 7 June 2022

Religion, Change and Continuity in History - The Case Study of Modern Jewish History
Date: 7 June 2022, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Ronny Miron (Bar-Ilan University)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Wednesday 17 May 2023

The Asymmetry of Obstacles to Peace in Israel and Palestine
Date: 17 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Prof. James Friedberg (West Virginia University)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 15 October 2024

Buber and Gandhi on land and resistance: Reading the Buber-Gandhi correspondence after October 7
Date: 15 October 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Yemima Hadad (University of Leipzig)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 9 (Ruth Deech Building)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 22 October 2024

The Image of Herod in Modern Israel
Date: 22 October 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Martin Goodman
Venue Details: Seminar Room 10 (Tim Gardam Building/New Library)
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 29 October 2024

'You cannot really live (or die) here’: ongoing struggles over cemeteries and housing in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 1957-2020
Date: 29 October 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Michal Huss (University of Manchester)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7 (Ruth Deech Building)
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 5 November 2024

New & Jew, Zionism and the Quest for National Culture
Date: 5 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Yaron Peleg (University of Cambridge)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 12 November 2024

To Ensure the Jewish Character of the Town Through the Establishment of a Central Synagogue: Synagogues in Israeli Urban Internal Frontiers as Symbols of Sovereignty
Date: 12 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 19 November 2024

Abraham and Moses as Entrepreneurs: Educating for the Future with Narratives of the Past
Date: 19 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Sari Alfi-Nissan (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 26 November 2024

Trade Networks Bridging Yemen, Israel, and Ethiopia: The Ḥibshūsh Family and Jewish-Muslim Commercial Relations in the 20th Century
Date: 26 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Menashe Anzi (Ben Gurion University)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 3 December 2024

'Last child of the Risorgimento'? Zionism and the legacies of 1848”
Date: 3 December 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Abigail Green
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 9 October 2018

The Nation-State bill and the meaning of Israel’s Jewish identity
Date: 9 October 2018, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Boardroom (Middle East Centre)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 October 2018

The Israeli language: Modern Hebrew or a Semito-European hybrid?
Date: 16 October 2018, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Ghil‘ad Zuckermann (University of Adelaide)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Boardroom (Middle East Centre)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Israel Studies Seminar: The Israeli language: Modern Hebrew or a Semito-European hybrid?
Date: 16 October 2018, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Ghil’ad Zuckermann (Adelaide)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Board Room, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 23 October 2018

Israel Studies Seminar:Israel -The Russian connection
Date: 23 October 2018, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Yakov Rabkin (Montreal)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (University of Oxford)

Israel: The Russian connection
Date: 23 October 2018, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Yakov Rabkin (Montreal)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Boardroom (Middle East Centre)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 30 October 2018

The making of alliance: The making and history of US-Israel relationships
Date: 30 October 2018, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : David Tal (Sussex)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Boardroom (Middle East Centre)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Israel Studies Seminar: The making of alliance- The making and history of US-Israel relationships
Date: 30 October 2018, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : David Tal (Sussex)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre,
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 November 2018

Event cancelled -Israel Studies Seminar: Zionism- An emotional state
Date: 6 November 2018, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Derek Penslar (Harvard)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Zionism: An emotional state
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 6 November 2018, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Derek Penslar (Harvard)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Boardroom (Middle East Centre)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 November 2018

Israel Studies Seminar: A gift from Sinai- Translation and nation-building
Date: 13 November 2018, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Adriana X. Jacobs (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

A gift from Sinai: Translation and nation-building
Date: 13 November 2018, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Adriana X. Jacobs (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Boardroom (Middle East Centre)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 November 2018

Gendered citizenship: The case of Women Breaking the Silence
Date: 20 November 2018, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Orna Sasson-Levy (Bar-Ilan)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Boardroom (Middle East Centre)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Israel Studies Seminar: Gendered citizenship- The case of Women Breaking the Silence
Date: 20 November 2018, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Orna Sasson-Levy (Bar-Ilan)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organisers: Professor Yaacov Yadgar, Professor Eugene Rogan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 November 2018

Defining antisemitism, demonizing Zionism- The current controversy over the left and the Jews
Date: 27 November 2018, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Brian Klug (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organisers: Professor Yaacov Yadgar, Professor Eugene Rogan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Defining antisemitism, demonizing Zionism: The current controversy over the left and the Jews
Date: 27 November 2018, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Brian Klug (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Boardroom (Middle East Centre)
Organisers: Professor Yaacov Yadgar, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 January 2019

Israel Studies Seminar - When Climate Takes Command: Jewish-Zionist Scientific Approaches to Climate in Palestine
Date: 15 January 2019, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Ms. Netta Cohen ((Oxford))
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)

When Climate Takes Command: Jewish-Zionist Scientific Approaches to Climate in Palestine
Date: 15 January 2019, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Neta Cohen (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Boardroom (Middle East Centre)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 22 January 2019

Israel Studies Seminar - Putting Israel on the couch: A Palestinian contestation of the modern sovereignty paradigm
Date: 22 January 2019, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr. Khaled Furani (Tel-Aviv)
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 29 January 2019

Israel Studies Seminar - Fire in the Camp: Committed Arabic Literature and Mizrahi Aesthetics in Israel/Palestine
Date: 29 January 2019, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr. Chana Morgenstern (Cambridge)
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 February 2019

Israel Studies Seminar - Abbas Leadership in a State Postponed
Date: 5 February 2019, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Menachem Klein (Bar-Ilan)
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Tuesday 12 February 2019

Israel Studies Seminar - Rising Powers and the Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1947
Date: 12 February 2019, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Guy Burton (Vesalius College)
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Tuesday 19 February 2019

Israel Studies Seminar - The emerging notion of sovereignty in contemporary Israel
Date: 19 February 2019, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Eyal Chowers (Tel-Aviv)
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Tuesday 26 February 2019

Israel Studies Seminar - Identity, Conflict perception and Reconciliation in the shadow of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Date: 26 February 2019, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr. Ibrahim Khatib (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Tuesday 5 March 2019

Israel Studies Seminar - Quality of Life and Well-being in Israel Today
Date: 5 March 2019, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Avner Offer (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Tuesday 10 November 2020

Governing the Sacred: Political Toleration in Five Contested Sacred Sites
Date: 10 November 2020, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker s: Dr Yuval Jobani (Tel Aviv University), Dr Nahshon Perez (Bar Ilan University)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_N2RiYjgyNjYtYjNmOC00ZWQ1LWEzMzktNmJiNTY5ZjliYmI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 November 2020

Guns and Moses: Jewish anti-British Resistance during the Mandate for Palestine
Date: 24 November 2020, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Peter Bergamin (Mansfield College)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGNlMTgwYTgtMzE1ZS00MDk3LTliODMtYjIxNmU0Nzk5NjI3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 19 January 2021

The emergence of melancholic citizenship at the urban periphery: The case of south Tel Aviv protest against global migration
Date: 19 January 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Tal Shamur (University of Cambridge)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzNhZDNiNzktMDI4MS00OTY3LTg1OGYtNjhlMTVlY2U2NDhh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 26 January 2021

Light Unto the Nations: The Idea of Jewish Purpose and the Emergence of Zionism
Date: 26 January 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Adam Sutcliffe (King’s College London)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MmM3OTc4OTctYjU3OC00OWUyLWI0ZGYtMzYwYzI1ODM4YWYy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 9 February 2021

Between Exclusion and Intersection: Heidegger’s Philosophy and Jewish Volkism
Date: 9 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Daniel Herskowitz (Wolfson College, Oxford)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWFlMmRkNTktYWNiYy00MjM3LTgzMTItZjAzNmFlZjg2NmUw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 23 February 2021

The Pragmatism of Proto-Zionism: Tracing Jewish Nation-building through a Cultural Sociological Framework
Date: 23 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Maja Gildin Zuckerman (Copenhagen Business School)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTk1MDRiZTEtODZjNC00NTNlLWJiNGEtY2E0MmU5YWUyNmZm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 2 March 2021

Living Emergency: Israel's Permit Regime in the Occupied West Bank
Date: 2 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Yael Berda (Hebrew University)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZmE1YTA5NDQtNTA0MC00OGEwLWE0ZDQtMmYyOGIyOGYwMzJj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 9 March 2021

Berta Zuckerkandl and Her Circle: Austrian Nationalism and Zionism in Viennese Modernism
Date: 9 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Elana Shapira (University of the Applied Arts, Vienna)
Venue Details: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NjVjZjVjN2UtZGY5My00YTAxLTljNjUtZmMzNzg3YjQ0MTBk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fe478fec-7dd9-41c6-ae4e-13a1401ae3f3%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 27 April 2021

“Jews, open your eyes, wait, why hurry?” Public health and the cultural politics of protection in Jerusalem
Date: 27 April 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Ben Kasstan (University of Bristol)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92898163373?pwd=Ym90S2pmMGRNdVppZnZLcEhNV2kyUT09
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 May 2021

The Road Not Taken: The Sephardi Vision of Jewish-Arab Co-Existence in Palestine
Date: 4 May 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Aron Shai (Tel Aviv University)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92898163373?pwd=Ym90S2pmMGRNdVppZnZLcEhNV2kyUT09
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 May 2021

Holocaust Memory and the Rehabilitation of the Ultraorthodox Society in Israel
Date: 11 May 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Michal Shaul (Herzog College)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92898163373?pwd=Ym90S2pmMGRNdVppZnZLcEhNV2kyUT09
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 May 2021

Between Exclusion and Intersection: Heidegger’s Philosophy and Jewish Volkism
Date: 18 May 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Daniel Herskowitz (Wolfson College, Oxford)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92898163373?pwd=Ym90S2pmMGRNdVppZnZLcEhNV2kyUT09
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 May 2021

The "Third" Side of the Coin: a Bottom-Up History of Israel's War of Independence
Date: 25 May 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Paula Kabalo (Ben Gurion University)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92898163373?pwd=Ym90S2pmMGRNdVppZnZLcEhNV2kyUT09
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 8 June 2021

“A Foreign and Grating Language”? Yiddish In Israel – A History
Date: 8 June 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Rachel Rojanski (Brown University)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92898163373?pwd=Ym90S2pmMGRNdVppZnZLcEhNV2kyUT09
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 June 2021

Lederhosen, Dirndl and a Sense of Belonging: Jews and Trachten in pre-1938 Austria
Date: 15 June 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Jonathan C Kaplan (University of Technology, Sydney)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92898163373?pwd=Ym90S2pmMGRNdVppZnZLcEhNV2kyUT09
Organisers: Dr Peter Bergamin, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 November 2021

Supporting Denial: Israel’s Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide
Date: 2 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Eldad Ben Aharon (University of Groningen)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 9 November 2021

Religion and State among the Palestinian-Arabs in Israel: A Multicultural Entrapment
Date: 9 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Michael Karayanni (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 November 2021

Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War
Date: 16 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Amnon Aran (City University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 3 May 2022

Ma'abarot - Not Just the Name of a Kibbutz: Portrayal of the Ma'abarot in the Israeli Culture, 1950-2015
Date: 3 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Mr Matan Flum (UCL)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 17 May 2022

Is Zionism a “Left-Wing Melancholy”?
Date: 17 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Nitzan Lebovic ((Lehigh))
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 24 May 2022

The Fear of Judaism in Israeli Culture
Date: 24 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Gideon Katz (Ben Gurion University)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 7 February 2023

The Fusion of Zionism and Science: The First Two Decades—And the Present Day?
Date: 7 February 2023, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Professor Amos Morris- Reich (Tel Aviv)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: Alissa Symon, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 February 2023

The Political Fairy Tale: The Case of Little Red Riding Hood in Palestine
Date: 14 February 2023, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Loaay Wattad (Tel Aviv)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: Alissa Symon, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 February 2023

Rituals of Loyalty: When Israeli Journalists Face Digital Hate
Date: 28 February 2023, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker : Ayala Panievsky (Cambridge)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: Alissa Symon, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 May 2023

Book launch: Good Governance in Nigeria
Date: 2 May 2023, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker s: Doris Okenwa (University of Oxford), Dr Robin Harding (University of Oxford), Portia Roelofs
Venue Details: In 48 Woodstock Rd, entrance via the Main College entrance
Organisers: Portia Roelofs, Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 10 May 2023

Globalizing the 1948 War
Date: 10 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Derek Penslar (Harvard)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 6 (at 27 Banbury Road; access from the Lodge)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 17 May 2023

The Asymmetry of Obstacles to Peace in Israel and Palestine
Date: 17 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Prof. James Friedberg (West Virginia University)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Thursday 8 June 2023

Zionism: An Emotional State by Derek Penslar: Book launch event
Date: 8 June 2023, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Derek Penslar (Harvard University)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 8
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 October 2024

Buber and Gandhi on land and resistance: Reading the Buber-Gandhi correspondence after October 7
Date: 15 October 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Yemima Hadad (University of Leipzig)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 9 (Ruth Deech Building)
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 22 October 2024

The Image of Herod in Modern Israel
Date: 22 October 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Martin Goodman
Venue Details: Seminar Room 10 (Tim Gardam Building/New Library)
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 29 October 2024

'You cannot really live (or die) here’: ongoing struggles over cemeteries and housing in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 1957-2020
Date: 29 October 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Michal Huss (University of Manchester)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7 (Ruth Deech Building)
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 5 November 2024

New & Jew, Zionism and the Quest for National Culture
Date: 5 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Yaron Peleg (University of Cambridge)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 12 November 2024

To Ensure the Jewish Character of the Town Through the Establishment of a Central Synagogue: Synagogues in Israeli Urban Internal Frontiers as Symbols of Sovereignty
Date: 12 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 19 November 2024

Abraham and Moses as Entrepreneurs: Educating for the Future with Narratives of the Past
Date: 19 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Sari Alfi-Nissan (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 26 November 2024

Trade Networks Bridging Yemen, Israel, and Ethiopia: The Ḥibshūsh Family and Jewish-Muslim Commercial Relations in the 20th Century
Date: 26 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Menashe Anzi (Ben Gurion University)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 3 December 2024

'Last child of the Risorgimento'? Zionism and the legacies of 1848”
Date: 3 December 2024, 14:15 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Abigail Green
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Tuesday 4 March 2025

To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism, by Yaacov Yadgar. Book launch event: Prof. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin (Ben Gurion University) in conversation with the author
Date: 4 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Professor Yaacov Yadgar, Professor Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin (Ben Gurion University, Israel)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 9
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 May 2025

Love, Pride, Fear, and Happiness: Zionism as a Case Study for 'National Emotions'
Date: 6 May 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Dr Yair Berlin (University of Cambridge)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 5
Organisers: Dr David Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Dr David Borabeck (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 13 May 2025

Steiner in Zion: The Reception of Anthroposophy in Israel
Date: 13 May 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Professor Boaz Huss (Ben-Gurion University)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: Dr David Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Dr David Borabeck (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 May 2025

"A Man Learns Only from What His Heart Desires": Hebrew Textbooks Reimagined
Date: 20 May 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Speaker : Rakefet Anzi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: Dr David Borabeck (University of Oxford), Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Host: Dr David Borabeck (University of Oxford)