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Wednesday 10 September
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Steven J. Zipperstein will immerse us in the rich universe of twentieth century Jewish literature, taking us through the great authors, and explaining the significance, context and the essence of their works.
Zipperstein is the head of Jewish studies at Stanford University, and editor of the Yale series, Jewish Lives. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, New Republic and Jewish Review of Books – and he’s the author of eight books himself. Explore currents of Jewish writing with the insight of an international literary authority.
Featuring
Steven J. Zipperstein
Steven J. Zipperstein is the Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford University, and the author and editor of eight books including, most recently, Rosenfeld’s Lives: Fame, Oblivion, and the Furies of Writing.
He has won the National Jewish Book Award, the Leviant Prize of the Modern Language Association, and the Judah Magnes Gold Medal from the American Friends of the Hebrew University.
Zipperstein is currently finishing a cultural history of Russian Jewry in the beginning of the 20th century. He has worked at universities in France, Poland, and Russia, and taught at Oxford for six years.
His essays have appeared in the New York Times, New Republic, Dissent, the New England Review, and many other publications.