David Nirenberg pens an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal discussing how, after helping invent the atomic bomb, past IAS Director J. Robert Oppenheimer spent decades thinking about how to preserve civilization from technological dangers, offering crucial lessons for the age of AI.
Read more at the Wall Street Journal.
Book Talk with David Nirenberg:
“In my book, Antijudaïsme (Labor et Fides, 2023), I proposed that we should understand the long history of Anti-Judaism not merely as the history of a prejudice, but also as the history of our Western religions (such as Christianity and Islam), philosophies (such as Idealism and Marxism), ethics and ideals. If this is true, then how can we be sure that our critical thought is truly critical? And how can we write history that helps us achieve the capacity to critique Anti-Judaism in the present, rather than reproducing it?”
Watch at Collège de France.
By David Nirenberg:
"What counts as antisemitism? Is it on the rise, and if so, who’s to blame—the left or the right, Christians or Muslims? Or is it “the Jews” and their actions that are at fault, as some maintain. These questions may feel new, but the resurgence of antisemitism didn’t begin in 2022, and it’s not only happening in the U.S."
Read more at the Wall Street Journal.
By David Nirenberg:
"Unlike his much more famous colleague Albert Einstein, John von Neumann is not a household name these days, but his discoveries shape the possibilities of life for every creature on this planet."
Read more at The Nation.
"This past September, 281 new and returning scholars and Faculty gathered for a new term welcome at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton… Among this diverse group of thinkers from 36 countries representing more than 100 academic institutions worldwide was another newcomer: David Nirenberg, who was named the Leon Levy Professor, and the IAS’s 10th director, in February 2022."
Read more at Princeton Magazine.
