Events

Dr. Prof. Johannes Becke joins IIJS to discuss Zionism in the wake of October 7th. This lecture will be held virtually via Zoom on Monday, October 20, at 11:15 a.m. ET, and is open to all.

Johannes Becke serves as Ben Gurion Professor for Israel and Middle East Studies at the Heidelberg University for Jewish Studies, where he specializes in exploring Israel in a Middle Eastern context. His latest publications include "The Land Beyond the Border: State Formation and Territorial Expansion in Syria, Morocco, and Israel" (SUNY 2021) and "It ain't Europe here: How Israel became a Middle Eastern society" (Wallstein 2025, in German).