Sarah Stroumsa
Sarah Stroumsa | |
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שרה סטרומזה | |
Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Haifa, Israel |
Spouse | Guy Stroumsa |
Academic background | |
Education | B.A., PhD., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Thesis | דאוד אבן מרואן אלמקמץ וחיבורו ״עשרון מקאלה״ (1983) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Website | pluto |
Sarah Stroumsa (1950) is the Alice and Jack Ormut Professor of Arabic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Career
After earning her B.A, Stroumsa joined the faculty at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1977.[1] By 1999, she was appointed to Full professor and later sat as Vice-Rector of the University from 2003 until 2006.[2]
In 2003, she was named the Alice and Jack Ormut Professor Emerita of Arabic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[3] A few years later, she became the first woman to serve as Rector of the Hebrew University.[4] The year after her promotion, Stroumsa was the recipient of the Italian Solidarity Award.[5] During her tenure as Rector, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem jumped from 72nd to 57th on the World Universities Ranking list.[6] She also helped establish the University's first Muslim prayer room.[7]
After ending her tenure as Rector, she was the recipient of a Research Grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for a Research Project at Freie Universität Berlin.[3] In 2018, Stroumsa and her husband earned the 2018 Leopold Lucas Prize.[8]
Personal life
Stroumsa is married to Professor Guy Stroumsa and they have two daughters together.[9]
References
- ^ "New Hebrew University rector aims for out of the box thinking". israel21c.org. ISRAEL21c. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "האישה הראשונה בתפקיד הרקטור" (in Hebrew). Makor Rishon. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Israeli Professor of Arabic Studies, Sarah Stroumsa, Receives Research Grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for a Research Project at Freie Universität Berlin". fu-berlin.de. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Diana Guy Nir (7 July 2008). "לראשונה: מונתה רקטורית באוניברסיטה העברית". globes.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "הנשיא האיטלקי העניק את עיטור הסולידריות האיטלקי לרקטור האוניברסיטה פרופ' שרה סטרומזה ולפרופ' שלמה אבינרי". huji.ac.il (in Hebrew). July 7, 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ ""שרה סטרומזה, האוניברסיטה העברית עלתה בדירוג רק בזכות מדליית פילדס?"" (in Hebrew). Haaretz. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Allman, Roy (23 December 2010). "מסגד נחנך באוניברסיטה העברית" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "2018 Leopold Lucas Prize for Guy and Sarah Stroumsa". idw-online.de. 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Rocker, Simon (May 27, 2010). "The Israeli who's taken Abraham to Oxford". thejc.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.