Is the Qur’an an exclusively Islamic text? In this talk,
Angelika Neuwirth, a Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin and
a Member in the School of Historical Studies, contends that it is
both Islamic and late antique. Before the Qur’an was...
Barry O'Neill, Leon Levy Foundation Member, School of Social
Science. Many of the world’s societies function by codes of honor.
Violence between ethnic groups or countries often follows the rules
of honor among individuals, in particular among...
Solving societal problems involves changing people’s behavior –
inducing them to drink less, exercise more, turn down the heat,
stay in school, and so on. Interventions designed to change these
behaviors have met with limited success. School of...
Session 8, Round Table: The Jewish Political Tradition Noam
Zohar, Bar Ilan University, Chair Pierre
Birnbaum, Columbia University Institute for Israel and Jewish
Studies David
Novak, University of Toronto Leon
Wieseltier, The New Republic
Session 4: Multiculturalism, Civil Society, and the Politics of
Recognition Daniel
Statman, University of Haifa, Chair Jacob
T. Levy, McGill University Charles
Taylor, McGill University, Commentator
The work of Michael Walzer,
one of America's foremost political thinkers, was recognized at a
three-day conference on the Institute campus. Professor Emeritus in
the School of Social Science, Walzer was
celebrated for his contributions to the...
