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Ancient Beta Israel Texts to be Digitized and Made Public

Ancient Beta Israel Texts to be Digitized and Made Public

28 October, 2024
Chief Kes Berko Tegegne reads from the Orit, written in the Ge’ez language. (photo credit: Michael Zekri and the Jerusalem Post)

 

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.

5,000-Year-Old Jade 'Dragon' Discovery Sheds Light on Neolithic Rituals

5,000-Year-Old Jade 'Dragon' Discovery Sheds Light on Neolithic Rituals

28 October, 2024
Image courtesy of Xinhua
 

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.

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IIAS Fellow Daniel Neuhauser’s New Breakthrough in Nanophotonics

14 October, 2024

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.

Jennifer Nagel Interview on The Gettier Problem in 'New Statesman'

Jennifer Nagel Interview on The Gettier Problem in 'New Statesman'

1 October, 2024

 

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.