Memory, Madness, Messianism: Thinking with My Father, the Messiah
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 6:00pm-8:00pm
Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall
Columbia University
Join us for a panel discussion with Judith Butler (UC Berkeley), Emily Raboteau (CCNY), and Alisa Solomon (Columbia University) with opening remarks from Hamid Dabashi (Columbia University) and moderated by Debashree Mukherjee (Columbia University), celebrating the release of Gil Z. Hochberg’s memoir, My Father, the Messiah (Duke 2025.)
Presented by the Arts & Sciences Dean of Humanities, the Department of MESAAS, the Institute for Israeli and Jewish Studies, the Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender, Columbia Journalism School, the Middle East Institute, and the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University.
Registration required Tickets open on March 13 at noon EST.
Seating is limited. First come, first seated. Ticket holders should arrive ten minutes prior to the start. Non-affiliate ticket holders must email issg@columbia.edu by April 6 for campus access.
This event will not be recorded.