David Nirenberg Named 10th Director of the Institute for Advanced Study
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PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed David Nirenberg
(https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3342707-1&h=579620848&u=https%3A%2F%2Fhistory.uchicago.edu%2Fdirectory%2Fdavid-nirenberg&a=David+Nirenberg) as its 10th Director and Leon Levy Professor, effective July 1, 2022.
Currently dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago and
professor of medieval history, Nirenberg will assume leadership of one of the
world's preeminent centers for theoretical research in the sciences and
humanities.
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At UChicago, Nirenberg was also founding director of the Neubauer Collegium for
Culture and Society, Dean of the Social Sciences, and Executive Vice Provost.
"David's administrative accomplishments, like the Institute itself, transcend
cultural and disciplinary boundaries, providing new frameworks of knowledge to
understand society and to realize the power of collective curiosity," said
Nancy Peretsman, IAS Board Vice Chair and Chair of the director search
committee.
"The appointment of a humanities scholar is a bold choice, which departs from
several decades of directors trained in science and mathematics, but reaffirms
in the strongest sense the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration,"
said Charles Simonyi, IAS Board Chair. "An energetic and astute leader, David
understands that the Institute is a public good in service of society."
Nirenberg's scholarship on Christians, Jews, and Muslims of medieval Europe and
the Mediterranean provides deep insights into present-day challenges of racism,
Anti-Semitism, hate speech, and inequality.
Nirenberg has also held positions at Rice University and Johns Hopkins
University, where he founded the Stulman Center for Jewish Studies. As founding
director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at UChicago,
Nirenberg championed collaborations across every division, school, and
affiliated laboratory at the university. Earlier, Nirenberg spent a year as a
Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study.
"Since the Institute's creation in 1930, discoveries by its faculty have
transformed fields from mathematics and physics to anthropology and art
history. The Institute has also served the nation and the world through the
constant performance of its founding values: that discriminations by gender and
race are inimical to excellence, that scholars and ideas must move freely if
fundamental knowledge is to flourish, and that when knowledge flourishes,
humanity benefits," said Nirenberg.
Nirenberg has served on the Board of the Argonne National Laboratory and the
National Opinion Research Center. He is an elected member of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, History and Philosophy/Religion sections.
Nirenberg is married to Sofía Torallas Tovar, a professor of Classics and Near
Eastern Languages and Civilizations and member of the Oriental Institute at the
University of Chicago.
Read more at www.ias.edu/news/david-nirenberg-director
About the Institute
The Institute for Advanced Study is one of the world's foremost centers for
theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. From founding IAS Professor
Albert Einstein to the foremost thinkers of today, the IAS enables bold,
curiosity-driven innovation to enrich society in unexpected ways. Each year,
the Institute welcomes more than 200 of the world's most promising
post-doctoral researchers and scholars. Among present and past Faculty and
Members there have been 35 Nobel Laureates, 42 of the 60 Fields Medalists, and
21 of the 24 Abel Prize Laureates, as well as many MacArthur Fellows and Wolf
Prize winners.
CONTACT: Lee Sandberg
lsandberg@ias.edu
+1 (609) 455-4398
SOURCE: Institute for Advanced Study
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