The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS) of Jerusalem is a national institution devoted to academic research. Located at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on the Edmond J. Safra campus at Givat Ram, the IIAS is a self-governing body, both in its administrative function as well as its academic pursuit.
The primary function of the Institute is to encourage and support collaborative research. Along with collaborative Research Groups, the Institute annually hosts six Advanced Schools as well as many conferences.
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OPEN CALLS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-24
The Open Calls have now been published for Research Groups and Individual Fellowships at the IIAS for 2023-24.
Click here for the Open Call for Research Groups, and information on the application process.
Click here for the Open Call for Individual Fellowships, and information on the application process.
Agi Mishol was recently published in Haaretz newspaper, and the poems featured are a sample of the work Agi has produced so far as IIAS Artist in Residence.
Here is a translation of the first poem, "The Poem – A Love Story":
It starts out like a blind date, but after a few lines everyday routine is just something from which to return to that sheet of paper, if only to take a peek and make sure it’s really there, the secret I’m circling that has become the center. It’s all erotic, I copy it again and again to feel how its ink body is absorbed into the paper, I change a word, I erase a comma. I want to tell a friend about it, to look at it together, for her to say what she really thinks. But really. For us to read it aloud and listen to it. I can still quit, but only until the climax of the poem, the metaphor. At the spasm, I am already controlling emotions with the muscles of technique.
