Event Details
Thu 2nd Nov 2023 @ 7:30pm - 8:30pm
JW3 341-351 Finchley Rd, London NW3
£15.00
Due to the tragic events taking place in Israel, the event has been postponed to Tuesday 12 March at 7.30pm. JW3 has moved tickets to the new date, however if this does not suit you, please contact JW3.
With Daniel Libeskind, world-renowned architect of the new Einstein building at the Hebrew University and Prof Hanoch Gutfreund, director of the Einstein Centre at the Hebrew University
Albert Einstein along with other luminaries including Freud, Buber and Weizmann were founders of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, now Israel’s foremost centre of advanced learning and research, ranked in the top ½% of universities worldwide.
Einstein remained a committed supporter; when he died in 1955, a professor at Princeton, he bequeathed his entire collection of personal and academic papers to the Hebrew University. That archive is located on campus. The University is the guardian of this treasure and includes among many other unique documents, the original theory of relativity. It also owns the IP relating to Einstein, e.g. commercial use of his image etc.
This year, 2023, marks the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s sole visit to Jerusalem and the Hebrew University when he lectured on the Theory of Relativity.
Moderated by writer and broadcaster Julia Hobsbawm.
In partnership with the British Friends of Hebrew University (BFHU).
Who Will You See There?
Daniel Libeskind is an internationally prominent Polish-American architect, a major figure in architecture and urban design, informed by a deep commitment to music, philosophy, and literature. He aims to create architecture that is resonant, original, and sustainable.
Hanoch Gutfreund is Professor of theoretical physics, former President and Rector of the Hebrew University and custodian of the archive, He is regarded as a leading expert on the life and work of Einstein and has written and published widely. He travels extensively lecturing about Einstein to both lay and academic audiences, while searching for new material to add to the archive, currently 82,000 items. He is currently overseeing a landmark construction project – a new home for Einstein’s archive
Julia Hobsbawm is the award-winning writer, commentator and broadcaster whose latest book The Nowhere Office: Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future and has been featured in over 100 global media including Forbes, Fortune, BBC, Times, Sunday Times, Washington Post, Sky News, and Bloomberg, which hired Julia in the Autumn of 2022 to become their lead commentator on the future of work, writing a column called ‘Working Assumptions’ for their new section Work Shift. Julia also presents The Nowhere Office podcast which is now in its fourth series.
Einstein: A New Home in Jerusalem – Rescheduled
£15.00