2018-2019
Physics - Upcoming School: 2018-2019
December 29, 2019-January 9, 2020
Organizer: David Gross (UCSB, KITP)
Rethinking Early Modern Jewish Legal Culture: New Sources, Methodologies and Paradigms
Rethinking Early Modern Jewish Legal Culture: New Sources, Methodologies and Paradigms
September 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019
Jay Berkovitz (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Arye Edrei (Tel Aviv University)
Alon Eizenberg - The Hebrew University
Email: aloneiz@mscc.huji.ac.il
Topics: The analysis of regulation
The 30th Jerusalem Advanced School of Economics 2018-2019
General Director: Eric Maskin (Harvard University)
Co-directors: Elchanan Ben-Porath,Codirector (The Hebrew University); Jose Scheinkman (Columbia University)
Finance is the lifeblood of a modern economy. Without it, investment would grind to a halt, firms would miss payrolls, and consumers could not buy homes. In this summer school, we will explore a variety of current research issues, including speculation, long-run risk, cryptocurrency, credit cycles, and macrofinance, among others.
Speakers:
Jaroslav Borovicka, New York University
Darrell Duffie, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Ben Hebert, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Gur Huberman, Columbia Business School
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Princeton University
Peter Kondor, London School of Economics and Political Science
Ilan Kremer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yueran Ma, The University of Chicago
Yuliy Sannikov, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Jose Scheinkman, Columbia University
Vikrant Vig, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Research Group: Big Data and Planets
[RG # 157] Big Data and Planets
May 1, 2019 – July 31, 2019
Organizer:
Tsevi Mazeh (Tel Aviv University)
Astronomy is in the midst of a transformation brought on by exponentially progressing technological advances in the information age. New detector capabilities and faster computation have created a new era in which the use of advanced data mining and inference methods could bring new answers to long-standing scientific questions. The proposed research group, which includes leading figures in data analysis of exo-planets will
• prepare algorithms for analysis of data from the forthcoming TESS space mission,
• apply Gaussian Processes and machine learning algorithms to model stellar variability in transit and radial-velocity studies of exo-planets, and
• study exo-planetary system architectures by developing population models and confront them with the accumulating data, using new statistical tools.
We expect the research group to provide a better understanding of the exo-planetary population via advanced statistical tools — a giant leap in one of the most exciting fields of present science.
Research Group: The Reception and Impact of Aristotelian Logic in Medieval Jewish Culture
[RG # 156] The Reception and Impact of Aristotelian Logic in Medieval Jewish Culture
Sept. 1, 2018 - July 1, 2019
Organizers:
Charles Manekin (University of Maryland),
Yehuda Halper (Bar-Ilan University)
The purpose of the research group is to investigate: the reception, followed by the naturalization, of Aristotelian logic into medieval Jewish cultures in Europe; and the repercussions of the introduction of logic into the Jewish intellectual matrix in numerous other areas of Jewish thought, beyond the field of logic itself. The proposed group will bring together scholars from various corners of medieval intellectual history: two historians of logic (specializing in the history of logic in Hebrew and Arabic); historians of medieval science, medicine, and philosophy; and scholars who study medieval religious polemic and Biblical exegesis, with an emphasis on the use of logic therein. Among the questions to be considered will be: What was the place of logic in the overall transfer of rationalist philosophical/scientific culture to European Jews in the Middle Ages (12th-15th centuries)? How did the study of logic affect intellectual activity in various areas, including traditional Jewish subjects (e.g. religious polemics; medicine; biblical exegesis; Talmud study).
By highlighting the interdisciplinary importance of medieval logic in Hebrew, we anticipate that the impact of this group will extend beyond the history of medieval philosophy, into the fields of general European medieval culture and history, Christian intellectual history, history of philosophy and logic, history of medicine, kabbalah, etc. We hope to bring to the attention of scholars of Jewish intellectual history and historians of logic just how widespread the study of logic by Jews in the Middle Ages was, and how it impacted their other intellectual endeavors.
Research Group: New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
[RG # 155] New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
September 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019
Organizer:
Ronit Ricci (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Javanese literature is among the world’s richest and most unusual literary traditions yet it is currently little known outside of Java, Indonesia. The vast majority of Javanese texts, in manuscript and print form, remain untouched by scholars.
The Javanese are the largest Muslim ethno-linguistic group in the world and the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, with their language spoken today by approximately 100 million people. Beginning in the ninth century and into the present they have produced a complex, diverse and intricate literary corpus that is a gateway to understanding Javanese writing practices, approaches to language, poetics, and translation strategies. Through its narrative histories, theological and legal treatises and interlinear translations from Arabic to Javanese, this literature also offers insights on Java’s remarkable transition to Islam, half a world away - geographically, culturally and linguistically - from Islam’s birthplace in the Middle East.
The study of Javanese in western universities has declined dramatically and it is currently on the verge of disappearance. The research group aims to revitalize this important humanistic field by:
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creating a rare opportunity for scholars to read, study and discuss Javanese texts collaboratively
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examining and analyzing yet unstudied Javanese works, thus broadening the basis of Javanese texts on which to generalize and theorize
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exploring anew previously studied texts, employing innovative methodological and theoretical perspectives from Comparative Literature, Islamic Studies, Cultural Studies and Performance Studies, and
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in light of the above, reconceptualizing and remapping major dimensions of the field of Javanese literature including periodization, contextualization, literary categorizations, and interpretive methods.
Mindful of the newness of Indonesian and Javanese Studies within Israeli academia, group members also aim to contribute (individually and collectively) to the expansion and strengthening of these fields in Israel.