Event FinderSeeing Through a Mirror: The 1948 War in the Eyes of the World
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- Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
About This Event
Annual Diller Lecture The 1948 Arab-Israeli War attracted attention from the highest levels of international society, state governments, transnational NGOs, journalism, and public opinion. Palestine and the emerging state of Israel functioned as both a mirror and a magnifier. Israel's establishment and the Palestinian Nakba were interpreted through countries' specific interests, histories, and cultures. These events also elicited tremendous passion. Palestine's mirroring and magnifying effects did not originate in 1948, but the events of that year drastically augmented them, and the patterns of global reaction remain with us to this day. To register for this event, please click this link. (https://forms.gle/e1v2ubg7fkEif56n8)Derek Penslar is the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History and the Director of the Center for Jewish Studies (https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/) at Harvard University. Derek previously taught at Indiana University, the University of Toronto, and the University of Oxford, where he was the inaugural holder of the Stanley Lewis Chair in Modern Israel Studies. Derek has published a dozen books, including Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader (2020) and Zionism: An EmotionalState (2023). He is currently writing a book titled The War for Palestine, 1947-1949: A Global History. Derek is a past president of the American Academy for Jewish Research, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and an Honorary Fellow of St. Anne's College, Oxford. – If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in these events, please contact Jennifer Lipscomb at jlipscomb@berkeley.edu (mailto:jlipscomb@berkeley.edu?subject=Accommodation%20Needed%20for%20CJS%20Event) with as much advance notice as possible. Thank you.