The FAS Global Distinguished Professorship was created in order to bring the world's leading scholars to the Faculty of Arts and Science. By attracting internationally acclaimed academics whose home institution is outside of the United States, we are taking advantage of the international character of scholarship while also enhancing the global reputation of NYU.
Each year, on a recurring basis, Global Distinguished Professors spend six to eight weeks with an FAS department or program as fully involved teachers and researchers. Indeed, they become part of our extended permanent faculty.
We are especially interested in attracting as Global Distinguished Faculty scholars whose work complements the strengths that already exist in our programs. Our goal is to create powerful constellations of the world's leading scholars on a particular topic or in a specific field.
FAS Global Distinguished Professors:
Lina Bolzoni
Global Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies
Breyten Breytenbach
Global Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing
Elisabeth Bronfen
Global Distinguished Professor of German
Jorge Castaneda
Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American and Carribbean Studies
Yadin Dudai
Albert and Blanche Willner Family Global Distinguished Professor of Neural Science
Thráinn Eggertsson
Global Distinguished Professor of Politics
Diamela Eltit
Global Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Ernst Fehr
Global Distinguished Professor of Economics
Sophia Kalantzakos
Global Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Public Policy
Elias Khoury
Global Distinguished Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Lars Ljungqvist
Global Distinguished Professor of Economics
Anthony Mohlo
Global Distinguished Professor of European Studies
Antonio Molino
Global DIstinguised Professor of Spanish and Portugese
Mick Moloney
Global Distinguished Professor of Music and Irish Studies
Derek Parfit
Global Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Pasquale Pasquino
Global Distinguished Professor of Politics
Itamar Rabinovich
Global Distinguished Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies
Nikolaus Rajewsky
Global Distinguished Professor of Biology
Jacques Revel
Global Distinguished Professor of History and the Institute of French Studies
Philippe Roger
Global Distinguished Professor of French
Philippe Schlenker
Global Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Sylvia Serfaty
Global Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
Global Distinguished Professor of English
Slavoj Žižek
Global Distinguished Professor of German
In Memoriam
Jacques Derrida
Global Distinguished Professor of English, French and German
Tanya Reinhart
Global Distinguished Professor of Linguistics