Steven J. Zipperstein
Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford University and inaugural Cronhill Visiting Scholar at YIVO; historian and author specializing in modern Russian and East European Jewish history, delivering the keynote lecture on the Kishinev pogrom.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 1h 16min
Rethinking Kishinev: How a Riot Changed 20th Century Jewish History
Steve Zipperstein, Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford, reconsiders the 1903 Kishinev pogrom and its global reverberations. He traces how location, press coverage, and dubious documents amplified its reach. The talk probes networks, relief campaigns, and the contested origins of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Mar 13, 2026 • 1h 7min
An Evening with Philip Roth: A Conversation with Bernard Avishai, Igor Webb, and Steven Zipperstein
Philip Roth, celebrated novelist, reads closing passages from Nemesis. Steven Zipperstein, historian of Jewish culture, probes community and solitude. Igor Webb, literature scholar, examines narrative voice and plague-literature links. Bernard Avishai, moral philosopher and commentator, compares Nemesis to classic plague narratives and philosophical dilemmas. They discuss fate, duty, and the novel’s place in Roth’s later work.
Mar 13, 2026 • 1h 7min
An Evening with Philip Roth: A Conversation with Bernard Avishai, Igor Webb, and Steven Zipperstein
Philip Roth, celebrated novelist, reads from Nemesis with powerful closing passages. Steven Zipperstein, historian, situates the novel among plague narratives and themes of fate. Igor Webb, literary scholar, probes Jewish identity and narrative invention. Bernard Avishai, academic commentator, explores moral choice, duty, and tragic dignity. Multiple short conversations illuminate the book’s ethical and communal tensions.
