Liora Halperin

Liora Halperin publishes article "Majority and Minority Language in the Middle East: The Case of Hebrew in Mandate Palestine"

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:33:43 +0000

Liora Halperin publishes article "Majority and Minority Language in the Middle East: The Case of Hebrew in Mandate Palestine" Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/10/2017 - 09:33

Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies, publishes article "Majority and Minority Language in the Middle East: The Case of Hebrew in Mandate Palestine," in Laura Robson (ed.) Minorities in the Modern Arab World: New Perspectives (Syracuse University Press, 2016).

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Liora Halperin Presents at Oxford, Middlebury College, and Colombia University

Anonymous — Tue, 31 May 2016 19:59:42 +0000

Liora Halperin Presents at Oxford, Middlebury College, and Colombia University Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 05/31/2016 - 13:59

Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, and Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies, gave lectures about her book, Babel in Zion: Jews, Language, and Nationalism in Palestine, 1920-1948 at Middlebury College (VT) and the University of Oxford. While in Oxford, Prof. Halperin also worked with archival collections at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies related to the early history of Zionist settlement in late 19th century Palestine. In April, Prof. Halperin presented new research at Columbia University's Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies workshop series. During the 2016-2017 academic year Prof. Halperin will be on leave from �鶹��Ѱ��to be a fellow at the University of Michigan's Frankel Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, participating in thematic seminar on "Israeli Histories, Cultures, and Societies: Comparative Approaches" and working on a project entitled "Furrows of Memory: Narratives of Violence, Victimhood, and Heroism in Palestine’s Early Zionist Colonies"

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Liora Halperin gives "Israel Studies Today" Lecture at University of Washington

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:05:20 +0000

Liora Halperin gives "Israel Studies Today" Lecture at University of Washington Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 03/21/2016 - 13:05

Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, spoke about her research at the University of Washington in Seattle on January 25, 2016 as part of a new series at the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at UW called "Beyond the Binary: Israel Studies Today," which features new approaches in the field of Israel Studies. Halperin's talk, “Beyond Hebrew: Zionism and the Politics of Language Diversity in Palestine and Israel” reflects the theme of the lecture series by going beyond standard divisions in the field of Israel Studies to articulate new perspectives on the history of the region. Halperin aso gave presentations drawing from her recent book Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1928-1948 at UCLA and UC Santa Barabara.

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Liora Halperin Publishes Article in Journal of Social History, Gives Invited Talks

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:11:17 +0000

Liora Halperin Publishes Article in Journal of Social History, Gives Invited Talks Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 12/08/2015 - 11:11

Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, published an article, "A Murder in the Grove: Conceptions of Justice in an Early Zionist Colony" in the Winter 2015 issue of the Journal of Social History.

Prof. Halperin gave an invited talk at Colorado College on December 4 about the newly inaugurated Israel/Palestine Studies Professorship at CU, entitled "Israel/Palestine Studies: Crafting a New Vision for Teaching and Studying a Difficult Place."

Prof. Halperin also gave invited talks this fall about her book, Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948, at the University of Southern California's Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life; the University of California, San Diego; and the San Francisco Jewish Community Library.

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Liora Halperin Teaches for Wexner Heritage Program

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:42:26 +0000

Liora Halperin Teaches for Wexner Heritage Program Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 08/27/2015 - 11:42

This past summer Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, taught two community classes, a 5-part intensive Modern Jewish History course for Denver Jewish community leaders through the Wexner Heritage Program, and a week-long course at the National Havurah Institute in New Hampshire called "Which Land is Your Land, Which Land is My Land: Jewish Discussions about Israel and Palestine, Past and Present."

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Liora Halperin Awarded Shapiro Award for Best Book in Israel Studies

Anonymous — Tue, 26 May 2015 22:47:20 +0000

Liora Halperin Awarded Shapiro Award for Best Book in Israel Studies Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 05/26/2015 - 16:47

Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History, was awarded the Shapiro Award for best book in Israel Studies from the Association for Israel Studies, for her book Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948.

Prof. Halperin also taught an intensive 5-session course in modern Jewish history, through the Wexner Heritage Program, to a group of Jewish community leaders in the Denver/Boulder area.

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Liora Halperin to give special author talk on Babel in Zion

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 22:57:39 +0000

Liora Halperin to give special author talk on Babel in Zion Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 03/06/2015 - 15:57

Join us for a special book talk by Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, on her recent publication, Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948, presented as part of the �鶹��Ѱ��at the Boulder JCC: A Scholars Series.

Special Closing Event for �鶹��Ѱ��at the JCC: A Scholars Series

“Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948”

Author talk with Professor Liora Halperin

Sunday, April 26, 7 pm

At the Boulder JCC

Tickets: $12 on line, $15 at the door

Free for CU-Boulder students with a valid student ID

Reservations: boulderjcc.org

Books will be available for purchase

The story of language in Jewish Palestine is a fascinating tale of shifting power relationships, both locally and globally. Liora Halperin’s absorbing new study questions the accepted scholarly narrative of a Zionist move away from multilingualism and explores the promotion and vernacularization of Hebrew - traditionally a language of Jewish liturgy and study - as a central accomplishment of the Zionist movement in Palestine in the years following World War I.

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Liora Halperin awarded research grant

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:56:52 +0000

Liora Halperin awarded research grant Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/06/2015 - 17:56

Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, recently received a grant from the Hadassah Brandeis Institute to support her research on the murder of a Zionist migrant, presumably by a local Christian Arab, in Ottoman Palestine.

Congratulations Professor Halperin!

Check out Prof. Halperin's recent book, Babel in Zion

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Liora Halperin Publishes First Book, Babel in Zion

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:54:16 +0000

Liora Halperin Publishes First Book, Babel in Zion Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 11/20/2014 - 16:54

We are excited to announce that Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, has recently published her first book, Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism, andLanguage Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948.

The promotion and vernacularization of Hebrew, traditionally a language of Jewish liturgy and study, was a central accomplishment of the Zionist movement in Palestine in the years following World War I. Viewing twentieth-century history through the lens of language, author Liora Halperin questions the accepted scholarly narrative of a Zionist move away from multilingualism, demonstrating how Jews in Palestine remained connected linguistically by both preference and necessity to a world outside the boundaries of the pro-Hebrew community even as it promoted Hebrew and achieved that language’s dominance. The story of language encounters in Jewish Palestine is a fascinating tale of shifting power relationships, both locally and globally. Halperin’s absorbing study explores how a young national community was compelled to modify the dictates of Hebrew exclusivity as it negotiated its relationships with its Jewish population, Palestinian Arabs, the British, and others outside the margins of the national project and ultimately came to terms with the limitations of its hegemony in an interconnected world.

Purchase this book on Amazon

Also check out Halperin's recent article in Tablet, "Letters From Multilingual Tel Aviv Show the Early Limits of Hebrew."

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Prof. Halperin publishes in The Forward: "The Irony of Erasing Arabic"

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:56:10 +0000

Prof. Halperin publishes in The Forward: "The Irony of Erasing Arabic" Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 11/03/2014 - 09:56

Read Professor Liora Halperin's recent article, "The Irony of Erasing Arabic," which was recently published in The Forward.

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