Marion Fourcade is Visiting Professor in the School of Social
Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. A professor at the
University of California, Berkeley, she is studying new forms of
social stratification...
Myles W. Jackson, Professor in the School of Historical Studies
at the Institute for Advanced Study, is a historian of science who
explores the intersection between science, technology, music,
history, and society. His...
Cord Whitaker, Friends of
the Institute for Advanced Study Member in the School of Historical
Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, is researching
nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American
medievalism...
Didier Fassin is James D.
Wolfensohn Professor in the School of Social Science at the
Institute for Advanced Study. An anthropologist and sociologist, he
was trained as a physician in internal medicine and public...
Distinguished Visiting Professor Karen Uhlenbeck, a founder of modern geometric analysis, spoke with Joanne Lipman about her Abel Prize win, the barriers that she has overcome in her career, and how elevating the role of math in society would help solve problems such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sanjeev Arora is
Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Mathematics at
the Institute for Advanced Study. Specializing in the theory of
deep learning, with an interest in natural language processing
and...
David Lang, Artist-in-Residence at the Institute for Advanced
Study, is a Pulitzer Prize–winning contemporary classical composer.
He is the curator of the Institute’s Edward T. Cone Concert Series,
and for Teatime at Home...
Angelos Chaniotis is Professor of Ancient History and Classics
in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute of Advanced
Study. His research encompasses the social, cultural, religious,
and economic history of...
Nicola Di Cosmo is Luce
Foundation Professor in East Asian Studies in the School of
Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study. A scholar
of China and inner Asia from prehistory to the present, he
most...
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a
professor of History and Italian Studies at NYU, while a Member in
the School of Historical Studies this spring, has been working on a
book entitled Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present...
