פרופ׳ דפנה לנגוט | בגנו של המלך – שחזור גני פאר במזרח הקדום | מחקר רב־תחומי במדעי הרוח

Lecture by Prof. Dafna Langut, Tel Aviv University | In the King's Garden – Reconstructing Gardens of Splendor in the Ancient Near East. The lecture was part of the fourth seminar in the series of seminars of the Israel National Academy of Sciences on the topic of "Infrastructures in the Humanities": "Did Two (or More) Walk Together? Multidisciplinary Research in the Humanities" held on June 3, 2026 at the Academy House in Jerusalem. More in the event program: Welcome: Prof. David Harel, President of the Academy Introductory remarks: Prof. Israel Bartel, Member of the Academy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Session One: Interdisciplinary Israeli Research: When Research Worlds Meet Chair: Prof. Nili Cohen, Former President of the Academy, Tel Aviv University Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Sigal, Young Academy Graduate, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Exploring Networks Between Christians and Jews in the Babylonian Talmud: Or What Happens When a Bat Researcher and a Talmudist Meet Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef, Member of the Young Academy, Tel Aviv University | Did the Two Walk Together? Twenty Years of Interdisciplinary Archaeomagnetic Research Prof. Yuval Rotman, Tel Aviv University | The “Black Box” of the Scientific Discovery Process – Subjectivity in Zoological Research Session Two: Double and Split Identity – “Scientific” Humanities or “Spiritual” Natural Sciences? Chair: Prof. Ehud Lam, Tel Aviv University Prof. Dafna Langut, Tel Aviv University | In the King’s Garden – Reconstructing Magnificent Gardens in the Ancient Near East Prof. Hila Jacobson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Awareness and the Interface Between Philosophy and Science Prof. Orly Shenkar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Science and Philosophy: Two Cultures, but One World Session Three: Boundaries Destined to Be Broken Chair: Prof. Yadin Dudai, Academy Member, Weizmann Institute of Science Prof. Miri Yemini, Young Academy Member, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology | Encouraging and Funding Interdisciplinary Research – Important Issues, Challenges and Opportunities Prof. Yonatan Ben-Dov, Young Academy Graduate, Tel Aviv University | Did Two Go Together? Methodological Thoughts on the Encounter Between Text Scholars and Computer Scientists Prof. Ehud Ahishar, Weizmann Institute of Science | And Man Became a Living Soul: On the Encounter Between Spirit and Matter in the Human Brain A discussion between the lecturers led by the session chairman For more details: https://www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry... #IsraeliSciences #Humanities #InterdisciplinaryResearch