Name: Professor Yaacov Yadgar

Events this person is speaking at:

Tuesday 9 October 2018 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Israel Studies Seminar: The Nation-State bill and the meaning of Israel’s Jewish identity
Date: 9 October 2018, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Towards a Post Middle East international politics?
Date: 18 May 2023, 11:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2023)
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

Events this person is hosting:

Tuesday 26 January 2021 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Light Unto the Nations: The Idea of Jewish Purpose and the Emergence of Zionism
Date: 26 January 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2021)
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 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Connecting Ethnicity and Space: The New Russian-Mizrahi-Mediterranean Pop Culture in Israel’s Periphery
Date: 2 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2021)
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 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Between Exclusion and Intersection: Heidegger’s Philosophy and Jewish Volkism
Date: 9 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2021)
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 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

IHRA: The Politics of a Definition
Date: 16 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2021)
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 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

The Pragmatism of Proto-Zionism: Tracing Jewish Nation-building through a Cultural Sociological Framework
Date: 23 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2021)
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 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Living Emergency: Israel's Permit Regime in the Occupied West Bank
Date: 2 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2021)
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 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Berta Zuckerkandl and Her Circle: Austrian Nationalism and Zionism in Viennese Modernism
Date: 9 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Hilary 2021)
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 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War 
Date: 12 October 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2021)
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 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Pathways toward a Jewish Israeli restorative ethics
Date: 19 October 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2021)
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 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

A road towards atonement? Why only West Germany came to “atone” for the Nazi crimes.
Date: 26 October 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2021)
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 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Supporting Denial: Israel’s Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide
Date: 2 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2021)
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 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War
Date: 16 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2021)
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 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Colonizing Self (Or: Home and Homelessness in Israel/Palestine)
Date: 23 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2021)
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 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Social Life of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel: A Global History
Date: 30 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2021)
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 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

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 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2022)
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 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Hollywood and Israel: A History
Date: 10 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2022)
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 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Is Zionism a “Left-Wing Melancholy”?
Date: 17 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2022)
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 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

The Fear of Judaism in Israeli Culture
Date: 24 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2022)
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 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Religion, Change and Continuity in History - The Case Study of Modern Jewish History
Date: 7 June 2022, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2022)
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 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

The Asymmetry of Obstacles to Peace in Israel and Palestine
Date: 17 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2023)
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

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 9 October 2018 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Nation-State bill and the meaning of Israel’s Jewish identity
Date: 9 October 2018, 14:15 - 15:15 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Israeli language: Modern Hebrew or a Semito-European hybrid?
Date: 16 October 2018, 14:15 - 15:15 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Israel Studies Seminar:Israel -The Russian connection
Date: 23 October 2018, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The making of alliance: The making and history of US-Israel relationships
Date: 30 October 2018, 14:15 - 15:15 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Event cancelled -Israel Studies Seminar: Zionism- An emotional state
Date: 6 November 2018, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Israel Studies Seminar: A gift from Sinai- Translation and nation-building
Date: 13 November 2018, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Gendered citizenship: The case of Women Breaking the Silence
Date: 20 November 2018, 14:15 - 15:15 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Defining antisemitism, demonizing Zionism- The current controversy over the left and the Jews
Date: 27 November 2018, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2018)
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 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

When Climate Takes Command: Jewish-Zionist Scientific Approaches to Climate in Palestine
Date: 15 January 2019, 14:15 - 15:15 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2019)
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

Israel Studies Seminar - When Climate Takes Command: Jewish-Zionist Scientific Approaches to Climate in Palestine
Date: 15 January 2019, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2019)
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)

Tuesday 22 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Israel Studies Seminar - Putting Israel on the couch: A Palestinian contestation of the modern sovereignty paradigm
Date: 22 January 2019, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2019)
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 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Israel Studies Seminar - Fire in the Camp: Committed Arabic Literature and Mizrahi Aesthetics in Israel/Palestine
Date: 29 January 2019, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr. Chana Morgenstern (Cambridge)
Venue Details: Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 February 2019 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Israel Studies Seminar - Abbas Leadership in a State Postponed
Date: 5 February 2019, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2019)
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 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Israel Studies Seminar - Rising Powers and the Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1947
Date: 12 February 2019, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
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 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Israel Studies Seminar - The emerging notion of sovereignty in contemporary Israel
Date: 19 February 2019, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2019)
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 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Israel Studies Seminar - Identity, Conflict perception and Reconciliation in the shadow of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Date: 26 February 2019, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2019)
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 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Israel Studies Seminar - Quality of Life and Well-being in Israel Today
Date: 5 March 2019, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Hilary 2019)
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 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Governing the Sacred: Political Toleration in Five Contested Sacred Sites
Date: 10 November 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2020)
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 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Guns and Moses: Jewish anti-British Resistance during the Mandate for Palestine
Date: 24 November 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2020)
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 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

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 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2021)
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 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Light Unto the Nations: The Idea of Jewish Purpose and the Emergence of Zionism
Date: 26 January 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2021)
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 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Between Exclusion and Intersection: Heidegger’s Philosophy and Jewish Volkism
Date: 9 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2021)
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 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

The Pragmatism of Proto-Zionism: Tracing Jewish Nation-building through a Cultural Sociological Framework
Date: 23 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2021)
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 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Living Emergency: Israel's Permit Regime in the Occupied West Bank
Date: 2 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2021)
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 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Berta Zuckerkandl and Her Circle: Austrian Nationalism and Zionism in Viennese Modernism
Date: 9 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Hilary 2021)
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 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

“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 (Tuesday, 1st week, Trinity 2021)
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 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

The Road Not Taken: The Sephardi Vision of Jewish-Arab Co-Existence in Palestine
Date: 4 May 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2021)
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 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Holocaust Memory and the Rehabilitation of the Ultraorthodox Society in Israel
Date: 11 May 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2021)
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 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Between Exclusion and Intersection: Heidegger’s Philosophy and Jewish Volkism
Date: 18 May 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2021)
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 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

The "Third" Side of the Coin: a Bottom-Up History of Israel's War of Independence
Date: 25 May 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2021)
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 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

“A Foreign and Grating Language”? Yiddish In Israel – A History
Date: 8 June 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2021)
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 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Lederhosen, Dirndl and a Sense of Belonging: Jews and Trachten in pre-1938 Austria
Date: 15 June 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Trinity 2021)
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 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Supporting Denial: Israel’s Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide
Date: 2 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2021)
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 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Religion and State among the Palestinian-Arabs in Israel: A Multicultural Entrapment
Date: 9 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2021)
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 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War
Date: 16 November 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2021)
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 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

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 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2022)
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 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Is Zionism a “Left-Wing Melancholy”?
Date: 17 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2022)
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 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

The Fear of Judaism in Israeli Culture
Date: 24 May 2022, 14:15 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2022)
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 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

The Fusion of Zionism and Science: The First Two Decades—And the Present Day?
Date: 7 February 2023, 14:15 - 15:15 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2023)
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 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

The Political Fairy Tale: The Case of Little Red Riding Hood in Palestine
Date: 14 February 2023, 14:15 - 15:15 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2023)
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 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Rituals of Loyalty: When Israeli Journalists Face Digital Hate
Date: 28 February 2023, 14:15 - 15:15 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2023)
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 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Book launch: Good Governance in Nigeria
Date: 2 May 2023, 15:30 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2023)
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 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Globalizing the 1948 War
Date: 10 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2023)
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 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

The Asymmetry of Obstacles to Peace in Israel and Palestine
Date: 17 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2023)
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 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Zionism: An Emotional State by Derek Penslar: Book launch event
Date: 8 June 2023, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
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