Lectures & Talks
Past Talks & Lectures
View recorded lectures, webinars, and talks on ICSZ’s YouTube Channel
2026 Speaker Series
Talks on new work in Critical Zionism Studies, by academic and community-based researchers. To view a full list of 2026 talks, see here.
Speaker Series
Click here to view all past & future talks from the 2026 Speaker Series.
Upcoming Talks:
- Zionism’s Contagious Anti-Democracy & Sudanese Revolt
- Mohamed Khougali with Emmaia Gelman, Friday Nov. 6 at 11amET/5pmCEST
- The Judas Class: Black Elite Zionism and Political Betrayal
- Joshua Briond with Alana Lentin, Wednesday Nov. 11 at 3pmET/6pmPST
- Zionism’s Brownface & Anti-Blackness
- Emmaia Gelman & Stephen Sheehi with Amira Jarmakani, Friday Dec. 4 at 3pmET/6pmPST
- Counterinsurgency and Knowledge Production in Times of Genocide
- Jairo Funez Flores with Dylan Rodríguez, Friday Dec. 18 at 3pmET/6pmPST
- Tracking the Zionist/Right-Wing “Civility Industry”
- Mohan J. Dutta & Lauren Lassabe Shepherd (Uncivil Collective) with Alana Lentin, Monday Oct. 19 at 5pmET
- More details soon
Watch recorded talks from 2026
Podcasts
Produced by the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism, this podcast features conversations with scholars, activists, and artists on Critical Zionism Studies — the study of Zionism as a power structure, and of anti-Zionist resistance. Unpacking Zionism is a process and long-term commitment that we make to the Palestinian liberation struggle, and the struggles of all people affected by Zionism.
The Unpacking Zionism Podcast Stream is split into the following series/mini-series:
Coming soon: Recalibrations
COMING SOON.
Recalibrations
Empire’s Laboratory
Empire’s Laboratory is a mini-series co-hosted by ICSZ founding collective member Lara Sheehi and advisory board member Alex Aviña. Our co-hosts will interview thinkers, colleagues, and comrades, helping us unpack the texture of Zionist presence, ideological interference, and agitation in Latin America.
From Above
From Above, an Unpacking Zionism mini-series, looks at the Zionist institutions that have been smearing, doxxing, and fueling ICE abductions and deportations in their efforts to shut down criticism of the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide of Palestinians.
The Trouble with White Feminism
The Trouble with White Feminism, an Unpacking Zionism mini-series, is presented by writer, professor, and ICSZ founding collective member Jessie Daniels. Across five episodes, Daniels and colleagues discuss the ways white feminism overlaps and intersects with Zionism. This series helps make sense of the use of fabricated reports of sexual assault to justify Zionist genocidal violence.
Battling the IHRA Definition
“The IHRA definition of antisemitism” refers to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The IHRA definition is used to assert that criticism of Israel and Zionism is antisemitic and discriminatory.
Keywords for the Critical Study of Zionism
The Keywords podcast mini-series explores keywords for the Critical Study of Zionism, in conversation with scholars and researchers.
Click here to see a list of All Episodes.