Faculty

Pandemic Exposures

Edited by Didier Fassin and Marion Fourcade

Pandemic Exposures: Economy and Society in the Time of Coronavirus, a collection of essays on the COVID-19 pandemic and its reverberations, edited by James D. Wolfensohn Professor Didier Fassin and Visiting Professor Marion Fourcade (2019-20).

Historical Studies

Ellsworth Kelly: Volume Two, 1954-1958

A book by Yve-Alain Bois

Yve-Alain Bois, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, has completed volume two of his catalogue raisonné of American painter Ellsworth Kelly. Working with the artist’s estate, Bois has produced a thorough catalogue of the artist’s paintings, sculptures, and reliefs between the years 1954 and 1958, including high-quality reproductions of the art, history of ownership and exhibition, and bibliographic notes.

Press Release

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and Institute for Advanced Study Partner to Digitize Arabic Manuscripts, Enhancing Access and Study of Historic Texts

September 12, 2018

The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome is collaborating with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, to provide open access to approximately 5,000 digitized Zaydi manuscripts from Yemen and neighboring countries that are held...

In the Media

Loneliness in Time: Freeman Dyson on Immigration

August 08, 2018

In her reflection on immigration and the importance of the past, Brain Pickings' Maria Popova recalls a letter written by Professor Emeritus Freeman Dyson, dated January 2, 1948, a piece of which she excerpts from his epistolary memoir Maker of...

In the Media

Aussie Genius Who Started University at 12 Wins 'Nobel Prize of Maths'

August 02, 2018

Michael Giudici and Akshay Venkatesh became friends in their second-year studies, when Giudici was 18. Venkatesh was 12. He is believed to be the youngest person to enroll at the University of Western Australia.

“And he was much better than all the...

In the Media

Freeman Dyson on Scientific Breakthroughs, Scientific Rockstars, and Curiosity

August 02, 2018

"The whole point about science is that anything important always comes as a surprise," says Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus in the School of Natural Sciences, in an interview with the Arik Korman Show.

Hear more from Dyson on breakthroughs...

In the Media

A Number Theorist Who Bridges Math and Time

August 01, 2018

Akshay Venkatesh, a world-leading mathematician and recent appointee to the Faculty of the Institute, has been awarded a 2018 Fields Medal for his “profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics.” Quanta's Erica...

In the Media

Fields Medals Awarded to 4 Mathematicians

August 01, 2018

“He truly is a universal mathematician,” said mathematician Jordan Ellenberg of Akshay Venkatesh, 2018 Fields medalist and recent appointee to the Faculty of the Institute's School of Mathematics. “His work has gone in a lot of different directions...

In the Media

Stephen Adler on Modifying Quantum Mechanics

July 23, 2018

Stephen Adler, Professor Emeritus in the School of Natural Sciences, spoke to science writers contributing to Scientific American and New Scientist about testing models that seek to explain quantum measurement by subtly modifying quantum mechanics–...

In the Media

The Ecosystem That Controls a Galaxy’s Future is Coming Into Focus

July 12, 2018

Of the Hubble Space Telescope, John Norris Bahcall, former Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, and colleagues wrote, “What is at stake is not only a piece of stellar technology but our commitment to the most fundamental human quest...