Global Reactions to the Partition of Palestine and the 1948 War | 2024 Max Ticktin Memorial Lecture
Please register to attend this year’s Max Ticktin Memorial Lecture, delivered by Prof. Derek Penslar, who will speak about his new research project, Global Reactions to the Partition of Palestine and the 1948 War.
This year’s lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 4 pm and will take place in the Teamsters Hall, Room 702, on the 7th floor of Gelman Library, 2130 H Street NW, Washington DC, 20052.
Guests who are not affiliated with GWU should register no later than April 14 to ensure access to Gelman Library.
Launched in 2017, the annual lecture is named after Rabbi and Professor Max Ticktin included former ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer, Prof. Max Waxman, Prof. Mira Sucharov, the novelist Ruby Namdar, and Prof. Shaul Magid.
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Prof. Derek J. Penslar is the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History and the Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University. His books include Jews and the Military: A History (2013), Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader (2020; German ed. 2022); and Zionism: An Emotional State (2023). He is currently writing a book titled The War for Palestine, 1947-1949: A Global History. He is a past president of the American Society for Jewish Research, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and an Honorary Fellow of St. Anne’s College, Oxford.