Lipika Pelham is a historian, journalist, filmmaker and the author of “Passing: An Alternative History of Identity” (2021), “Jerusalem on the Amstel: The Quest for Zion in the Dutch Republic” (2019), “Conversations Across Place” (2021), and “The Unlikely Settler” (2014).

She works as a producer/reporter/regional editor in the BBC World Service Newsroom, frequently appearing on air commenting on South Asian and Arab-Israeli affairs. She also makes long-form documentaries for the BBC, including for the flagship programmes: Assignment and Heart & Soul.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Lipika reported for the BBC from the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and made several award-winning documentary films, including “Deadly Honour”, about honour killing in Israel.

Her essays and reports have appeared in The New York Times, BBC Online, The Guardian, Daily Beast, Tikkun magazine, Haaretz, The Times of Israel.

Lipika is currently a postgraduate researcher at The University of Westminster, London, completing a commentary on her book, “Jerusalem on the Amstel: The Quest for Zion in the Dutch Republic”, which has been selected for a History PhD by Published Work.