WHO WE ARE
The Dan David Prize, endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University, was founded in 2001 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Dan David.
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THE FOUNDER
Dan David lived through Nazi and Communist persecution in his native Romania before becoming a global business leader and philanthropist. He was passionate about history, archaeology and the study of the past and believed profoundly in the power of knowledge, scholarship and the exchange of ideas to benefit our world.
THE DAN DAVID FOUNDATION
The Dan David Foundation supports research and breakthrough achievements in the humanities and sciences. While the Foundation’s main initiative is the Dan David Prize, it also supports several projects in archaeological and historical research, conservation, anthropology and paleontology, environmental protection and higher education.
THE DAN DAVID FOUNDATION
The Dan David Foundation supports research and breakthrough achievements in the humanities and sciences. While the Foundation’s main initiative is the Dan David Prize, it also supports several projects in archaeological and historical research, conservation, anthropology and paleontology, environmental protection and higher education.
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The Board
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Full Professor of Prehistory at the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Barcelona
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Director Emerita, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
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Dan David Foundation Board Member
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President & CEO, The J. Paul Getty Trust
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Former Head of the Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies at Tel Aviv University and President of the Ruppin Academic Center
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Distinguished Professor & Senior Advisor to the Chancellor, Washington University
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President, Tel Aviv University Alain Poher Professor of Law at Tel Aviv University. Chairperson, Dan David Prize Board
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The Yona and Dina Ettinger Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History, Tel Aviv University. Chair, Dan David Foundation
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CEO of PIMCO
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Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History Queen Mary University of London
The Staff
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Professor of Social History
University of Bristol, UK
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Phone: +972-3-640-6614/5
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Phone: +972-3-640-6614/5
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