# Derek Penslar
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Derek Jonathan Penslar, (born 1958) is an American-Canadian comparative historian with interests in the relationship between modern Israel and diaspora Jewish societies, global nationalist movements, European colonialism, and post-colonial states.
He was raised in Los Angeles, attended Stanford University for his first degree, and then took his graduate degrees at the University of California at Berkeley. Penslar taught at Indiana University in Bloomington from 1987 to 1998, when he moved to Toronto to assume the Samuel J. Zacks Chair in Jewish History at the University of Toronto (U of T).
Derek J. Penslar, "Zionism: An Emotional State" (Rutgers UP, 2023)
Emotion lies at the heart of all national movements, and Zionism is no exception. For those who identify as Zionist, the word connotes liberation and redemption, uniqueness and vulnerability. Yet for many, Zionism is a source of distaste if not disgust, and those who reject it are no less passion...
2. Mapping the Generation Gap
As Violet Barron goes silent, Romy Neumark turns to Professors Derek Penslar and Yael Sternhell to ask why Israel provokes such strong reactions in America. Sternhell places today’s campus protests in the broader history of American social movements, while Penslar traces shifting perceptions of Z...
An Interview with Professor Derek Penslar
In this episode, Host, Tristan Martinez '28, converses with Harvard Professor Derek Penslar about the history of Israel/Palestine and its current political situation. Can historical injustices be rectified? Is this really an “age old” conflict? Is there a clear path forward? Tune in to hear some ...
Peter Bergamin (Oxford): Guns and Moses: Jewish anti-British Resistance during the Mandate for Palestine
Peter Bergamin presents some findings and conclusions from his recent research on the British Mandate for Palestine, focusin on the phenomena of Jewish illegal immigration and anti-British terrorism, and their role in Britain’s eventual abandonment of the Abstract:
In this seminar Dr Bergamin pr...
Ep. 15: The History: The Nakba as History and Trauma (Prof. Dr. Adel Manna – Van Leer Jerusalem Institute)
Guest: Professor Adel Manna – Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Hosts: Yusuf & Mert
Bio: Professor Adel Manna is a leading scholar of modern Palestinian history, combining archival research with Palestinian oral histories and family narratives. He authored Nakba and Survival (2016; English: 2022) an...
Ep. 12: The History: The Holocaust and the Founding of the State of Israel (Prof. Dr. Derek Penslar – Harvard University)
Guest: Professor Derek Penslar, William Lee Frost Chair of Jewish History, Harvard University
Hosts: Alexandria, Mert, Yusuf
Bio: Professor Derek Penslar is a world-leading historian of Zionism and Jewish history. His research explores the political, social, and emotional dimensions of Zionism,...
Ep. 6: The History: Palestine: A Prehistory (Prof. Dr. Simon W. Fuchs – Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Guest: Professor Simon W. Fuchs – Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hosts: Alexandria & Efe
Bio: Professor Simon W. Fuchs is a historian specializing in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. He earned his PhD at Princeton University in 2015. He has h...
Weatherhead Forum / The War in Israel/Palestine Series / Part 1: A Primer with Derek Penslar
Speaker
Derek Penslar, Faculty Associate. William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Department of History; Director, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University.
Chair
Melani Cammett, Weatherhead Center Director. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of G...
Modern Judaism - The Essentials EP 1. Theodor Herzl "Altneuland”: Derek Penslar
“Modern Judaism - The Essentials”, is an interview series produced by the Department for Modern Jewish History and Culture and the Institute for Israel Studies at the Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich. In this podcast, we speak with scholars about texts, we think are essential for Jewish mo...
