This week's Featured Fellow is Tamar Keasar, a professor in the Department of Biology and the Environment at the University of Haifa, and co-organizer of our Research Group, "Mathematical Modelling of Biological Control Interaction to Support Agriculture and Conservation". We spoke to Tamar about agricultural pests, the benefits of models, and the similarities between humans and bees...
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This week's Featured Fellow is Simha Goldin, Director of the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center at Tel Aviv University, and an Individual Fellow at the IIAS. We spoke to Simha about liturgical poetry, conversion, and 13th century feminism…
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IIAS wishes warm congratulations to Prof. Hermona Soreq on being awarded the 2022 EMET Prize for her work in the field of Brain Sciences. Prof. Soreq is a member of the IIAS Academic Committee for Natural Sciences, has co-directed previous Advanced Schools in Life Science, and was the co-organizer of a Research Group in 2002. Read more about Congratulations to Prof. Hermona Soreq on being awarded the EMET Prize!
IIAS wishes warm congratulations to Prof. Gidi Shelach-Lavi (IIAS Fellow 2020-2021) from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who has been awarded the 2022 EMET Prize. Prof. Shelach-Lavi is an archeologist specializing in north-east Asia, with a focus on the Neolithic and Bronze Age in China.
The EMET Prize is an Israeli prize awarded annually for excellence in academic and professional achievements that have far-reaching influence and make an important contribution to society, and this prize expresses the significance of Prof. Shelach-Lavi's work. Read more about Congratulations to Prof. Gidi Shelach-Lavi on being awarded the EMET Prize!
We are now accepting nominations for the 2022 Bruno Award.
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We wish a warm welcome to our newest Research Group: "Mathematical Modelling of Biological Control Interaction to Support Agriculture and Conservation". The group is led by Tamar Keasar (University of Haifa) and Eric Wajnberg (INRA), and will be at the IIAS from 1 February – 30 June 2022. Read more about Welcome to our newest Research Group!
This week’s Featured Fellow is Miriam Jacobson, a professor of English at the University of Georgia, and a member of our Research Group, "Sensing the Truth: Changing Conceptions of the Perceptual in Early Modern and Enlightenment Europe". We spoke to Miriam about the Renaissance, love tokens, and mummies…
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This week’s Featured Fellow is Eric Fournier, a professor of History at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and a member of our Research Group, “Purity and Pollution in Late Antique and Early Medieval Culture and Society”. We spoke to Eric about martyrs, heretics, and skiing…
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This week's Featured Fellow is Emilie Murphy, a lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of York, and a member of our Research Group, "Sensing the Truth: Changing Conceptions of the Perceptual in Early Modern and Enlightenment Europe". We spoke to Emilie about sound, life in Jerusalem, and TV appearances...
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This week's Featured Fellow is Yaniv Fox, a senior lecturer in General History at Bar-Ilan University and the organizer of our Research Group, "Purity and Pollution in Late Antique and Early Medieval Culture and Society". We found out about medieval heretics, rebaptism, and 3D printing…
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