Dr. Steven Zipperstein

Biography

Steven Zipperstein is the Daniel E. Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture History at Stanford University. He has taught at universities across Russia, Poland, France, and Israel, and he spent six years at Oxford University. Zipperstein served for sixteen years as the Director of the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford. He has authored and edited nine significant books, including "Jews Odessa: Cultural History," "Elusive Prophet: Ahad Ha’am and the Origins of Zionism," and "Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History," which was published in 2018. His scholarly work has been translated into Russian, Hebrew, and French and has garnered multiple awards, including the National Jewish Book Award. Zipperstein’s editorials and reviews have appeared in renowned publications like the New York Sunday Book Review, Washington Post, and New Republic. For two decades, he has served as the editor of the journal Jewish Social Studies. His contributions have been recognized by several prestigious awards, and he has held fellowships from notable institutions including the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University and the Institute for Advanced Studies at Hebrew University. He is also an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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