Institute for Advanced Study

The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS ) is a private research institute in Princeton, New Jersey. The IAS is not part of the university system, even if the spatial proximity to Princeton University leads to close informal connections and collaborations. It is particularly known as the last place of activity of Albert Einstein.

1930 enabled Louis Bamberger ( 1855-1944 ), a businessman and philanthropist from Newark (New Jersey), and his twin sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld with a donation of five million dollars founding of the Institute. This donation was initially intended for the creation of a training center for dentists, but a fellow educator, Abraham Flexner, persuaded her to send the money for basic research. Flexner was the founding officers and first director of the IAS from 1930 until 1939.

There are four departments, the School of Historical Studies, the School of Mathematics, the School of Natural Sciences and the School of Social Science. Laboratories or facilities for experiments, however, are not present. Currently, four schools are run by a total of 26 permanent members. The Institute awards each year nearly 200 grants to visiting scholars from around the world.

Directors

List of permanent members of the IAS

Permanent members of the IAS were or are:

  • Stephen L. Adler, physicist (1969-2010; Emeritus 2010 - )
  • James W. Alexander, mathematician (1933-1951)
  • Andreas Alfoldi, historian (1956-1965; Emeritus 1965-1981)
  • Danielle Allen, a political scientist (2007 -)
  • Michael Atiyah, mathematician (1969-1972)
  • Nima Arkani - Hamed, physicist (2008 -)
  • John N. Bahcall, physicist (1971-2005)
  • Arne Beurling, mathematician (1954-1973, Emeritus 1973-1986)
  • Yve -Alain Bois, art historian (2005 -)
  • Enrico Bombieri, mathematician (1977 - )
  • Armand Borel, mathematician (1957-1993; Emeritus 1993-2003)
  • Jean Bourgain, mathematician (1994 - )
  • Glen Bowersock, historian (1980-2006; Emeritus 2006 -)
  • Caroline Walker Bynum, historian (2003 -)
  • Luis Caffarelli, mathematician (1986-1996)
  • Angelos Hanioti, historian (2010 -)
  • Harold Cherniss, philosopher (1948-1974; Emeritus 1974-1987)
  • Marshall Clagett, historian (1964-1986; Emeritus 1986-2005)
  • Giles Constable, historian (1985-2003; Emeritus 2003 -)
  • Patricia Crone, a historian (1997 - )
  • José Cutileiro, historian and diplomat (2001-2004)
  • Roger Dashen, physicist (1969-1987)
  • Pierre Deligne, Mathematician (1984-2007; Emeritus 2008 -)
  • Nicola di Cosmo, historian (2003 -)
  • Freeman Dyson, a physicist and mathematician (1953-1994; Emeritus 1994 - )
  • Edward M. Earle, political and military scientist (1934-1954)
  • Albert Einstein, physicist (1933-1946; Emeritus 1946-1955)
  • John Huxtable Elliott, historian (1973-1990)
  • Didier Fassin, anthropologist (2009 -)
  • Clifford Geertz, an anthropologist (1970-2000; Emeritus 2000-2006)
  • Felix Gilbert, historian (1962-1975; Emeritus 1975-1991)
  • James Frank Gilliam, historian (1965-1985; Emeritus 1985-1990)
  • Peter Goddard, physicist (Director 2004 -)
  • Kurt Gödel, mathematician (1946-1976; Emeritus 1976-1978)
  • Hetty Goldman, archaeologist (1936-1947; Emeritus, 1947-1972)
  • Peter Goldreich, physicist ( 2004-09; Emeritus 2009 -)
  • Oleg Grabar, Historian ( 1990-98; Emeritus 1998-2011 )
  • Phillip Griffiths, mathematician (Director 1991-2003; Professor 2004-2009 Emeritus 2009 -)
  • Christian Habicht, historian (1973-1998; Emeritus 1998 -)
  • Harish - Chandra, mathematician (1968-1983)
  • Ernst Herzfeld, archaeologist and Iranologe (1936-1944)
  • Albert O. Hirschman, a political scientist (1974-1985; Emeritus 1985 - )
  • Helmut Hofer, mathematician (2009 -)
  • Lars Hörmander, mathematician (1964-1968)
  • Piet Hut, physicist (1985 - )
  • Jonathan Israel, historian (2001 -)
  • Ernst H. Kantorowicz, historian (1951-1963)
  • Carl Kaysen, economist (Director 1966-1976 )
  • George F. Kennan, historian (1953-1974; Emeritus 1974-2005)
  • Robert Langlands, mathematician (1972-2007; Emeritus 2007 -)
  • Irving Lavin, art historian (1973-2001; Emeritus 2001 -)
  • T. D. Lee, physicist (1960-1962)
  • Stanislas Leibler, physicist and biologist (2009 -)
  • Arnold J. Levine, biologist (2004 -)
  • Elias Avery Lowe, paleograph (1936-1945; Emeritus 1945-1969)
  • Juan Maldacena, physicist (2002 -)
  • Eric Maskin, economist (2000 -)
  • Jack F. Matlock, Jr., historian (1996-2001)
  • Millard Meiss, art historian (1958-1974; Emeritus 1974-1975)
  • Benjamin Dean Meritt, historian (1935-1969; Emeritus 1969-1989)
  • John Milnor, mathematician (1970-1990)
  • David Mitrany, a political scientist (1933-1953)
  • Deane Montgomery, mathematician (1951-1980; Emeritus 1980-1992)
  • Marston Morse, mathematician (1935-1962; Emeritus 1962-1977)
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist (Director 1947-1966 )
  • Abraham Pais, physicist (1950-1963)
  • Erwin Panofsky, art historian (1935-1962; Emeritus 1962-1968)
  • Peter Paret, historian (1986-1997; Emeritus 1997 - )
  • Tullio Regge, physicist (1965-1981)
  • Winfield W. Riefler, economist (1935-1949)
  • Marshall Rosenbluth, physicist (1967-1982)
  • Peter Sarnak, a mathematician (2007 -)
  • Joan Wallach Scott, historian (1985 - )
  • Nathan Seiberg, physicist (1997 - )
  • Atle Selberg, mathematician (1951-1987; Emeritus 1987-2007)
  • Kenneth M. Setton, historian (1968-1984; Emeritus 1984-1995)
  • Carl Ludwig Siegel, mathematician (1945-1951)
  • Thomas C. Spencer, mathematician (1986 - )
  • Walter W. Stewart, economist (1938-1950; Emeritus 1950-1958)
  • Bengt Strömgren, physicist (1957-1967)
  • Richard Taylor, mathematician (2012 - )
  • Homer A. Thompson, Classical archaeologist (1947-1977; Emeritus 1977-2000)
  • Scott Tremaine, physicist (2007 -)
  • Kirk Varnedoe, art historian (2002-2003)
  • Oswald Veblen, mathematician (1932-1950; Emeritus 1950-1960)
  • Vladimir Voevodsky, mathematician (2002 -)
  • John von Neumann, mathematician (1933-1957)
  • Heinrich von Staden, historian (1998-2010; Emeritus 2010 - )
  • Michael Walzer, philosopher (1980-2007; Emeritus 2007 -)
  • Robert B. Warren, economist (1939-1950)
  • André Weil, mathematician (1958-1976; Emeritus 1976-1998)
  • Hermann Weyl, mathematician (1933-1951; Emeritus 1951-1955)
  • Morton White, philosopher (1970-1987; Emeritus, 1987 - )
  • Hassler Whitney, mathematician ( 1952-77; Emeritus, 1977-1989 )
  • Avi Wigderson, mathematician (1999 -)
  • Frank Wilczek, a physicist (1989-2000)
  • Edward Witten, a physicist (1987 -)
  • Ernest Llewellyn Woodward, historian (1951-1960; Emeritus 1961-1971)
  • C. N. Yang, physicist (1955-1966)
  • Shing -Tung Yau, mathematician (1980-1984)
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