Jonathan Haslam, George F. Kennan
Professor in the School of Historical Studies, explores the
unpredictable nature of international relations between Russia and
the United States. Read more http://ow.ly/9d0R302ES4z.
Peter Sarnak, Professor in the
School of Mathematics, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the
University of St. Andrews. Sarnak received the award in recognition
of his ground-breaking work on analytic number theory.
The fifteenth annual Prospects in Theoretical
Physics program will convene more than 100 graduate
students and postdoctoral scholars from around the world at the
Institute for Advanced Study from July 18 to 29 to explore
“Computational Plasma...
Societies have developed various ways of dealing with crime and
more generally violations of their laws. Punishment is a common,
albeit neither universal nor systematic, response that has long
received much attention from moral philosophers and...
Didier Fassin, James D.
Wolfensohn Professor in the School of Social Science, discusses
ethnography and theory with Harry Kreisler, host of the
Conversations with History series at UC Berkeley. View the
talk at https://youtu.be/pNsG5wDWmhw.
Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann
Professor in the School of Mathematics, was awarded the 2016
Antonio Feltrinelli International Prize for Mathematics by the
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Additionally,
Bruno Coppi, former Member in
the School of...
Edward Witten, Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of
Natural Sciences, has been awarded the Albert Einstein World Award
of Science 2016 from the World Cultural Council. Witten received this
award for his visionary research across physics and...
Why did the victorious Mongol army suddenly retreat from Central
Europe in 1242? Using data analysis of tree rings and historical
documents, a study by Nicola Di
Cosmo, Luce Foundation Professor in East Asian Studies in the
School of Historical...
Patrick Geary, Professor in the School of Historical Studies,
discusses with Nature how historians will be left behind
if they fail to incorporate genetics into their research. This
week, Geary will lead a workshop that will gather 20 or so
early...
Yve-Alain Bois, Professor in the
School of Historical Studies, speaks with Scott Rothkopf, Deputy
Director for Programs and Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief
Curator, on the occasion of the publication of the first volume of
the Ellsworth Kelly...
