Eva Illouz is a professor of sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris as well as at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen.
12 Facts About Eva Illouz
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Eva Illouz was the first woman president of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.
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Eva Illouz was born in Fes, Morocco, and moved to France at the age of ten with her parents.
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Eva Illouz has served as a visiting professor at Northwestern University, Princeton University, and as a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin.
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In 2006, Eva Illouz joined the Center for the Study of Rationality.
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In 2022, Eva Illouz was ranked as the eighth most influential woman in sociology worldwide.
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Eva Illouz has held the Rose Isaac Chair in Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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In 2016, Eva Illouz was the Hedi Fritz Niggli Guest Professor at Zurich University.
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Eva Illouz is a regular contributor to Ha'aretz, Le Monde, Die Zeit and der Freitag.
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Eva Illouz's research is at the junction of the sociology of emotions, of culture and of capitalism.
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Eva Illouz extends this insight to the emotional realm and studies the various mechanisms through which in modernity choice of a mate have changed and have transformed the emotions active in the will of partners who meet in a market situation.
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Eva Illouz is the author of 16 books and numerous articles that have been translated into 25 languages.