The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies congratulates Prof. Yitzhak Hen, Academic Director of the IIAS, on his election as a fellow of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH), one of the world’s leading institutions for the study of the European Middle Ages.
Three IIAS former fellows collaborated to organize an international workshop titled "Displacement, Forced Migration and Reparation: Comparisons and Controversies" at the University of Sussex, UK. This event was co-hosted by the Jacob Robinson Institute for the History of Individual and Collective Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex, and the IIAS.
The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2024 Michael Bruno Memorial Award, recognizing exceptional young Israeli scholars who exemplify academic excellence and leadership with the potential to shape the future of research in Israel.
This year’s laureates are:
Dr. Dalit Rom-Shiloni, a past fellow of the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies and a member of the research group "Convergence and Divergence in Pentateuchal Theory: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Israel, North America, and Europe," has been closely involved in a project that will make ancient manuscripts from the Ethiopian Jewish community, Beta Israel, accessible to the public.
Gideon Shelach-Lavi, a past fellow of the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies and a member of the "Animals and Human Society in the Sinitic World" research group, recently commented on a remarkable archaeological find in China—a 5,000-year-old jade artifact in the shape of a “dragon,” discovered in a tomb belonging to the ancient Hongshan culture.
The IIAS is pleased to feature a recent publication by former fellow Daniel Neuhauser, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA. Neuhauser, who was part of two IIAS research groups — Computer Simulation Methods in Chemical Physics and Molecular Electronics — has co-authored a new paper on the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) method. The study, titled "No More Gap-Shifting: Stochastic Many-Body-Theory Based TDHF for Accurate Theory of Polymethine Cyanine Dyes," was published in The Journal of Chemical Physics.
Achim Lichtenberger, a past member of the "Contextualizing the Cult of the Southern Levant in the Greco-Roman Period: Monotheism and Polytheism between Continuity and Change" research group at IIAS, is co-curating an exciting new exhibition at the University of Münster.
Photo courtesy: University of Toronto
Jennifer Nagel, a past fellow of the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies and a member of the research group "Practical and Theoretical Rationality: A Comparative Study," has recently shared insights into one of philosophy of language's most enduring puzzles, the Gettier Problem, in an interview with The New Statesman.
Daniel R. Schwartz of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Landau Prize for Science and Arts, granted by the National Lottery, in the field of Jewish history.
This award recognizes his unparalleled and extensive contributions to the study of Jewish history during the Hellenistic-Roman period.
Professor Uzi Leibner, a past fellow of the IIAS and a key member of the "Variety and Variability: Mapping the Cultural and Social Diversity of the Southern Levant in the Hellenistic Period" research group, is leading a new archaeological excavation at the Ophel, offering a fascinating glimpse into Jerusalem's rich history.
The prestigious 2024 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences will be awarded in Hong Kong on November 12. Among the recipients is Peter Sarnak, General Director of the Advanced School in Mathematics at IIAS, recognized for his groundbreaking work on the arithmetic theory of thin groups and the affine sieve.
Dennis Gaitsgory, along with a team of mathematicians, has proved the geometric Langlands conjecture, a major milestone in modern mathematics. This achievement, which spans over 800 pages in five papers, resolves a crucial part of the Langlands program, a framework connecting number theory, geometry, and function fields.
We are delighted to share the news that Irit Dveer Dinur and Elon Lindenstrauss have been appointed as permanent faculty members at IAS Princeton.
Dinur and Lindenstrauss have a long-standing association with the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, where their potential was recognized early on with the Michael Bruno Memorial Award. Dinur received the Bruno Award in 2007, and Lindenstrauss in 2008. Both scholars have also taught, organized, and led several Advanced School in Mathematics at IIAS, enriching the IIAS academic community with their expertise and leadership.
The IIAS is proud to announce that Noga Alon has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Wolf Prize in Mathematics. Alon shares the Wolf Prize with Adi Shamir of the Weizmann Institute of Science for their pioneering contributions to mathematical cryptography, combinatorics, and the theory of computer science.
Brown widow spiders, scientifically known as *Latrodectus geometricus*, are swarming Israel. Recent research reveals that 86% of these spiders carry a strain of Rhabdochlamydia, a bacterium related to Chlamydia. However, it's important to note that bites from these spiders do not transmit Chlamydia.
