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    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.

    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.

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    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 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

    Prof. Rocio Da Riva

    Full Professor of Prehistory at the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Barcelona

    Prof. Lorraine Daston

    Director Emerita, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

    Ariel David
    Mr. Ariel David

    Dan David Foundation Board Member

    KATHERINE E. FLEMING
    Prof. Katherine E. Fleming

    Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization and Provost of New York University

    AVIAD KLEINBERG
    Prof. Aviad Kleinberg

    Former Head of the Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies at Tel Aviv University and President of the Ruppin Academic Center

    DWIGHT A. MCBRIDE
    Dr. Dwight A. McBride

    President of The New School

    Prof. Ariel Porat

    President, Tel Aviv University Alain Poher Professor of Law at Tel Aviv University. Chairperson, Dan David Prize Board

    ITAMAR RABINOVICH
    Prof. Itamar Rabinovich

    The Yona and Dina Ettinger Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History, Tel Aviv University. Chair, Dan David Foundation

    EMMANUEL ROMAN
    Mr. Emmanuel Roman

    CEO of PIMCO

    Miri Rubin
    Prof. Miri Rubin

    Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History Queen Mary University of London

    The Staff

    Charlotte Hallé
    Director, Dan David Prize

    Phone: +972-3-640-6615
    Email: [email protected]

    Prof. Tim Cole
    Academic Advisor

    Professor of Social History
    University of Bristol, UK
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    Dr. Daphna Oren-Magidor
    Program Manager

    Phone: +972-3-640-6614/5
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    Helena Vowles-Shorrock
    Communications Lead

    Phone: +972-3-640-6614/5
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    Tami Noam
    Project Coordinator

    Phone: +972-3-640-6614/5
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    Avital Shiner
    Project Coordinator

    Phone: +972-3-640-5978
    Email: [email protected]

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