Research Fields

Harari originally specialized in world, medieval and military history.

His current research focuses on macro-historical questions such as:

• What is the relationship between history and biology?
• What is the essential difference between Homo sapiens and other animals?
• Is there justice in history?
• Does history have a direction?
• Did people become happier as history unfolded?
• What ethical questions do science and technology raise in the 21st century?

About

Born in Israel in 1976, Prof. Harari received his PhD from the University of Oxford in 2002. In 2019, following the international success of his books, Yuval Noah Harari and Itzik Yahav co-founded Sapienship, a social impact company with projects in the fields of entertainment and education. Sapienship’s main goal is to make the public conversation focus on the most important global challenges facing the world today

 

Selected Publications

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Sapiens: A Graphic History (Series)

 

Selected Awards

Honorary doctorate from VUB (the Free University of Brussels (2019)

 Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality (2012 and 2009)

The Society for Military History’s Moncado Award for outstanding articles on military history (2011)

 

Teaching

Technology and the Future of Humanity

The Laws of History

A Guide for Data Revolutionists

The Crusades and the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Humans and Other Animals

The History of the Future        

History for the Masses

The Medieval World    

Identities: Looking for Meaning

The World of Medieval People 

The Future of Humankind