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Joseph Stern
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University of Chicago
Josef Stern is William H. Colvin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and was the Inaugural Director of the Chicago Center for Jewish Studies (2009-14).
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His research focuses on the contemporary philosophy of language and medieval philosophy, especially Jewish and Arabic philosophy.
2018-2019 Fellow: The Reception and Impact of Aristotelian Logic in Medieval Jewish Culture
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Eran Ofek
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Weizmann Institute of Science
Eran Ofek is a researcher at the Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the Weizmann Instiute of Science.
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His research includes a broad range of astrophysical topics including the panchromatic transient sky, gravitational lensing, small bodies in the solar system, diffraction-limited imaging, instrumentation, and methods.
2018-2019 Fellow: Big Data and Planets
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Eric Ford
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Penn State University
Eric Ford is a professor in astrophysics and an expert on how planets are formed at the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, at Penn State University.
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He combines theoretical research with observation to improve understanding of our solar system and beyond. His research centers around planet formation, the dynamical evolution of planetary systems, & extrasolar planets.
2018-2019 Fellow: Big Data and Planets
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Gad Freudenthal
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CNRS
Gad Freudenthal is Senior Research Fellow Emeritus with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. He has written on the reception of science and philosophy in Jewish cultures, mainly in the Middle Ages and in the eighteenth century, and has focused his research on Greek philosophies of matter.
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He is the editor of the journal Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism.
2018-2019 Fellow: The Reception and Impact of Aristotelian Logic in Medieval Jewish Culture
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George Quinn
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Australian National University
George Quinn is a professor at the School of Culture, History & Language at the Australian National University.
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His research focuses on the literature and popular culture of contemporary Java; patterns and sites of pilgrimmage in Java and Madura; and the Catholic Church in East Timor.
2018-2019 Fellow: New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
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Hannah Kasher
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Bar-Ilan University
Hannah Kasher is a Professor Emerita at the Department of Jewish Thought, at Bar-Ilan University.
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She holds the Alter and Chaya Shneeweiss Chair in Jewish Philosophy and Ethics.
2018-2019 Fellow: The Reception and Impact of Aristotelian Logic in Medieval Jewish Culture
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Charles Manekin
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The University of Maryland
Charles Manekin is Professor of Philosophy at the Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland.
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He specializes in the history of philosophy, specifically medieval Jewish and Islamic philosophy. He is also interested in the history of science among Muslims and Jews. The focus of Manekin's research has been Aristotelian and humanist logic in Hebrew, the philosophy of Levi Gersonides, and the free will problem in Jewish philosophy.
2018-2019 Organizer: The Reception and Impact of Aristotelian Logic in Medieval Jewish Culture
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Tsevi Mazeh
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Tel Aviv University
Tsevi Mazeh is Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Tel Aviv University.
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Throughout his career, he has functioned as both theorist and observer, and is a popular writer and public speaker on Astronomy, History of Science, and Science and Religion. Currently, Mazeh is leading an international effort to detect planets and brown-dwarfs by novel relativistic effects.
2018-2019 Organizer:Big Data and Planets
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