PRESS NEWS: For immediate release
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
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New York, NY 10011
Contact: Suzanne Leon, Director of Development
sleon@yivo.cjh.org
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NEW YORK, NY (September 17, 2013) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is pleased to announce the appointment of the first Jacob Kronhill Visiting Scholar, Dr. Steven Zipperstein, Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford University.
The Jacob Kronhill Visiting Scholar will conduct a graduate-level seminar in East European Jewish history, lead a professional development workshop for YIVO fellows and other young scholars in the field, deliver a series of public lectures, and play a leading intellectual role in other YIVO projects in research, education, and publications.
Dr. Zipperstein, who will begin visiting regularly in January and take up residence in March, is a widely published scholar of modern Jewish history.