D Gershon Lewental, PhD—News

Stack of newspapers.
Stack of newspapers. [Source: BrewerETC.]

Below, please find mentions about my work in the news and other sources.

Table of contents

Interviews

Press reports

Olivová, Jana. ‘Kde můžeme hledat příčiny a kořeny radikalizace islámu [Where can we look for the causes and roots of the radicalisation of Islam?]’, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic website, 10 October 2018; online: https://www.avcr.cz/cs/o-nas/aktuality/Kde-muzeme-hledat-priciny-a-koreny-radikalizace-islamu. [Czech]

Keith, Emma. ‘OU faculty members discuss Jewish and Syrian refugee crises on Holocaust Remembrance Day’, The Oklahoma Daily, 04 May 2016; online: https://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-faculty-members-discuss-jewish-and-syrian-refugee-crises-on/article_9e86a8fa-1233-11e6-b2e0-fbac5be0827c.html.

Rey, Olivier. ‘Radical Islam: A Reaction to Western supremacy’, Red Dirt Report, 06 April 2016; online: https://www.reddirtreport.com/red-dirt-news/radical-islam-reaction-western-supremacy.

Hampton, Joy. ‘Turning points in history show the rise of radical Islam’, Norman Transcript, 02 April 2016, A1, A3; online: https://www.normantranscript.com/news/government/turning-points-in-history-show-the-rise-of-radical-islam/article_0677506e-ce8a-59e3-86b4-7ed930ad3caf.html.

Free lecture slated on radical Islam’, Norman Transcript, 01 April 2016.

”What makes radical Islam so radical?” Cornbread and Beans lecture’, Norman Transcript, 15 March 2016; online: https://www.normantranscript.com/news/government/what-makes-radical-islam-so-radical-cornbread-and-beans-lecture/article_4d95b277-4215-573f-b7ef-7f378b93aa59.html.

Kellogg, Elizabeth. ‘Professor Spotlight: Gershon Lewental’, The Osher Lifelong Learnng Institute (OLLI) News, Spring 2016; online: https://www.ou.edu/outreach/olli/newsletters/fall-2016/gershon-lewental.html.

Library briefs’, Norman Transcript, 18 March 2014; online: https://www.normantranscript.com/local/x1387870969/Library-briefs.

Visiting professor to give Israel-related lecture’, Edmond Sun, 11 November 2013; online: https://www.edmondsun.com/features/x135004653/Visiting-professor-to-give-Israel-related-lecture.

Angier, Terri. ‘Baha’i holy day celebration and talk by Israeli professor at the Edmond Baha’i Center’, NewsOK.com, 07 November 2013; online: https://newsok.com/article/3902042.

Lewental to speak tonight’, Norman Transcript, 17 October 2013; online: https://www.normantranscript.com/religion/x1909743971/Lewental-to-speak-tonight.

Reviews

Stillman, Norman A. Review of Yaron Harel, Zionism in Damascus: Ideology and activity in the Jewish community at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, trans. D Gershon Lewental (London: I B Tauris, 2015). In Textual transmission in contemporary Jewish cultures, ed. Avriel Bar-Levav and Uzi Rebhun, 325–328. New York City: Oxford University Press, 2020; online: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197516485.003.0046.

Samuel, Annie Tracy. ‘The Memory of al-Qadisiyyah & its uses’. Dissertation Reviews, 24 May 2013; online: http://dissertationreviews.org/the-memory-and-uses-of-al-qadisiyyah/.

Upcoming talks and lectures

Please note that not all of these events are open to the general audience; please check with the organisers to confirm.
  • 20 February 2026, 08.10—‘Le-galot et ʿolam ha-Islam [Discovering the world of Islam]’ (Parents’ campus lectures, ha-Ḥiṭṭah State School): Derekh Aharon 4, Zikhron Yaʿaqov, Israel.
  • 12 March 2026, 18.00—‘Iran be-reʾi ha-mahpekhot—Mi-mered ha-ṭabbaq we-ʿad ha-nahpekhah ha-Islamit [Iran in the age of revolutions—From the Tobacco Protest to the Islamic Revolution]’: L A Mayer Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • 08 May 2026, 10.00—‘ha-Islam shel ha-hamonim be-Iran: Heybeṭim datiyyim we-etniyyim [Islam of the masses in Iran: Religious and ethnic aspects]’ (Baer Forum panel discussion): Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel (online).
  • 15–17 June 2026—‘Kāveh the Blacksmith and his banner of revolt as recurring symbols in modern Iran’ (Society and state in Iran, 1925–present, an international conference of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Tel-Aviv University): Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
  • 23 June 2026, 12.00—‘The Evangelical Episcopal Church’s rôle in the official Israeli recognition of the Bahāʾī faith’ (1st gathering of the Israeli Forum for the Study of the Bahāʾī faith): Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beʾer-Shevaʿ, Israel.
  • 05–08 August 2026—‘Reforging myth: The After-lives of Kāveh the Blacksmith in Iranian, Kurdish, and Tajik nationalisms’ (15th biennial conference of the Association for Iranian Studies): Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Past events ► click to expand