Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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📚 Diplomat and historian George F. Kennan, past Faculty in the Institute's School of Historical Studies, is the subject of a new biography written by Frank Costigliola, past IAS Member and Director's Visitor, and published by @PrincetonUPress. Read more: https://t.co/yzQBasdgD6

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📚 NEW BOOK 📚 Ed Cohen (@RutgersU) has published “On Learning to Heal or, What Medicine Doesn't Know” with @DukePress. The volume was written during Cohen's time as a Member in the Institute’s School of Social Science (2019–20). Read more: https://t.co/J29ys0y0be https://t.co/88HUcMQnob

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Past Member Kristen Ghodsee talks with @PublishersWkly about her new @simonschuster book Everyday Utopia, a survey of 2,000 years of thinkers and movements who reenvisioned the home and community living: https://t.co/fGcaA2Gnna https://t.co/Mir4e62GOt

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Animating the Antique: Sculptural Encounter in the Age of Aesthetic Theory @PSUPress, a pioneering work of eighteenth and nineteenth century art history by past Member Sarah Betzer, offers a new account of the distinctively modern allure of the antique: https://t.co/o7U9k9YStw

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New book by past Social Science Member Darrel Moellendorf on climate change and global poverty ⬇️ https://t.co/8IIzcOg1T5

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The Hidden Stories project @UofT, co-led by Suzanne Conklin Akbari, will examine physical and biological properties—from fungal growth to trade routes—of centuries-old books to understand the systems, peoples, and cultures that make a book. https://t.co/QXPoNebtze https://t.co/zioKk6ClPz

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And check out Dunbar-Hester's related book, just released from @UChicagoPress, Oil Beach: How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles and Beyond: https://t.co/enOjxJuwwh https://t.co/eIejXLOQLM

Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)

📚 Diplomat and historian George F. Kennan, past Faculty in the Institute's School of Historical Studies, is the subject of a new biography written by Frank Costigliola, past IAS Member and Director's Visitor, and published by @PrincetonUPress. Read more: https://t.co/yzQBasdgD6

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🎨 Why the Museum Matters: On March 23, Daniel H. Weiss, @metmuseum president and chief executive officer, will join IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor David Nirenberg to discuss his latest book and the wider significance of culture and higher education: https://t.co/nkzMUh6wCJ https://t.co/MCJ2I8celB

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🏆 “Exceptionally prolific mathematician” Luis Caffarelli, past Faculty (1986–96) and Member (2009) in the Institute’s School of Math, has been awarded the 2023 @abel_prize for his field-shaping work on nonlinear partial differential equations. Read more: https://t.co/BJwR5UrPt4