Professor Derek Penslar to join department as the first Stanley Lewis professor of Israel studies
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Oxford University has appointed its first chair of Israel studies to research the economics, society and politics of the Jewish state, following a 3m benefaction by a charitable foundation.
The Department will be welcoming Derek Penslar, professor of Jewish history at Toronto university, who will take up the post next year as a fellow of St Annes College. He said he regarded himself as under an obligation to strive for political neutrality and would study Israel within a global context. Penslar will be the first Stanley Lewis professor of Israel studies, a chair created with a 3m benefaction from the Stanley and Zea Lewis family foundation. He is jointly appointed by the School of Interdisciplinary Area studies, as well as the Department of Politics and International Relations.
An article in The Guardian on this appointment can be read here.
