2023 Fall

HISTORY 175E 001 - LEC 001

History of Modern Israel: From the Emergence of Zionism to Our Time

Eran Kaplan

Aug 23, 2023 - Dec 08, 2023

Mo, We, Fr

11:00 am - 11:59 am

Dwinelle 219

Class #:32857

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through History

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 15

Enrolled: 20

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 35

Waitlist Max: 10

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 0 to 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

The class explores the history of the Zionist movement and the State of Israel in all its complexity and contradictions. What is Zionism? What are its roots? Is it a liberation movement? A religious cause? A colonial ideology? A set of state policies? And what is the relationship between Zionism and the modern State of Israel? How do Zionism and Israel look different when considered from the standpoint of Jewish, Palestinian, European, or Middle Eastern history? Exploring Zionism and Israel from its roots in the nineteenth century to the present, this class offers in-depth knowledge and discussion on all of these topics and more.

Class Description

Instructor Bio: Eran Kaplan is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in Israel Studies at San Francisco State University. Previously he taught at Princeton, Cincinnati and Toronto. He is the author of several books on Israeli history and culture; the latest, from 2020, is Projecting the Nation: History and Ideology on the Israeli Screen.