Gil Z. Hochberg

Gil Z. Hochberg is a writer and scholar whose work bridges the political and art. Trained in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, she is now a Professor of Comparative Literature and Middle East studies at Columbia University in New York. Her research and writing engage literature, cinema, visual art, and photography, exploring how images, stories, and archives both shape and challenge the forces of colonialism, nationalism, and patriarchy. She is the author of three acclaimed books on Palestinian and Israeli literature, cinema, and art, and the editor of several art catalogues, photography collections, and queer and feminist publications—including a special issue of GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, titled “Queer Politics and the Question of Palestine/Israel.” Her new book is a memoir entitled My Father, the Messiah. It is her first work of creative nonfiction.