Conferences, media appearances and honors
Recent Seminar/Conference Participation
Derek Penslar delivered the 2013 Sherman Lectures in Judaic Studies at the University of Manchester:
http://www.manchesterjewishstudies.org/sherman-lectures-2013/
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsF5hz8JZitDsXMkGs6JcpZuy4ZNxX8sQ
Derek Penslar offered summary observations at a June 19-21 conference at Birkbeck College on the BDS movement in comparative and historical perspective:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/please-leave-your-brickbats-outside/2005511.article
Other media appearances
Several years ago the CBC produced a thoughtful two-part documentary on Zionism featuring Professors Ruth Wisse (Harvard), Susannah Heschel (Darmouth), and Gadi Taub (Hebrew University): "Zionism From Within" (October 2011, produced by Frank Faulk)
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2011/10/25/zionism-from-within-part-2/
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2011/10/24/zionism-from-within-part-1/
Derek Penslar has appeared several times on TVO’s excellent public affairs program "The Agenda." The episodes have dealt with Israel affairs, antisemitism and the Holocaust, and Jewish history and culture.
http://ww3.tvo.org/guest/156101/derek-penslar
Honors
Derek Penslar is a fellow of the American Academy of Jewish Research
http://www.aajr.org
and of the Royal Society of Canada
https://rsc-src.ca/