Almut Hintze , FBA (born 7 June 1957) is an academic, philologist, linguist and scholar of Indo-Iranian studies and Zoroastrianism . Since 2010, she has been Zartoshty Brothers Professor of Zoroastrianism at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London .
23-511: Hintze is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Almut Hintze (born 1957), philologist, linguist and scholar of Indo-Iranian studies Carl Hintze (1851–1916), German mineralogist and crystallographer Christian Ide Hintze (1953–2012), Austrian poet and performance artist Johannes Hintze (born 1999), German swimmer Michael Hintze (born 1953), British-Australian businessman, philanthropist and Conservative Party patron, based in
46-687: A house for the President, and twenty apartments for visiting fellows. A neighbouring house, Elmside in Grange Road , provided rooms for the relatively small number of graduate students. Sir Eric Ashby, then Master of Clare College and Vice-Chancellor of the University , formally opened Clare Hall in September 1969. Brian Pippard , the first President of Clare Hall, had already moved into the President's house with his family; twelve research students were living on
69-580: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hintze&oldid=1249507636 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Almut Hintze Born in West Germany on 7 June 1957, Almut Hintze completed her undergraduate degree in classics at
92-480: Is a single society for all social functions and in the use of the various college common rooms and other facilities. This encourages interaction between graduate students, distinguished visiting fellows and other senior members, aided also by the wide variety of national backgrounds and research interests of the members. The interaction between members of Clare Hall is encouraged also by college seminars, lunchtime discussions and formal lecture series. The latter includes
115-401: Is about five minutes' walk from the college at the western end of Herschel Road . It was renamed Clare Hall West Court and, after conversion and some major building works, now provides public rooms, studies, apartments, study bedrooms, a fitness centre and a swimming pool. Unlike other colleges in the university, Clare Hall does not have a High Table at meals or a Senior Common Room , and it
138-579: Is the Professor of Architecture of the University of Cambridge. The late Lord Ashby was elected as the first honorary fellow of Clare Hall in 1975, on his retirement from the Mastership of Clare College. Present honorary fellows include two former visiting fellows, Kim Dae-Jung , former President of the Republic of Korea and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2000, and Lee Bollinger , who later became President of
161-651: The Australian National University ; Dame Gillian Beer (1994–2001), King Edward VII Professor of English Literature ; Ekhard Salje (2001–08), Head of the Department of Earth Sciences; Sir Martin Harris (2008–13), former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester ; and David Ibbetson , Regius Professor of Civil Law . Professor C. Alan Short became the ninth President of Clare Hall from 1 August 2020. He
184-619: The Heidelberg University in 1984. She then studied for a Master of Philosophy degree at the University of Oxford , which was awarded in 1986, before she completed her doctorate ( Dr phil .) in Indo-Iranian studies at the University of Erlangen in 1990. The Free University of Berlin awarded her habilitation (Dr hab.) in 1997 for a study of the semantics of "reward" in Avestan and Vedic Sanskrit literature. She spent three years as
207-523: The University of Michigan and Columbia University . They also include the retired presidents of the College, together with Ralph Erskine , architect of the early buildings, and Richard Eden , one of the founding fellows. Clare Hall has a strong tradition in theoretical physics. Brian Pippard , its first President, was Cavendish Professor of Physics . Notable current fellows include Michael Green , former Lucasian Professor of Mathematics ; John D. Barrow ,
230-474: The tutorial system . Clare Hall was founded by Clare College (which had previously been known as "Clare Hall" from 1338 to 1856) as an Institute for Advanced Study. The intention was to become a social group of men and women, with accommodation for their families. The proposal was directed at graduate students studying for higher degrees in the university, research fellows working at post-doctoral level, permanent fellows holding faculty or research posts in
253-598: The Heisenberg Junior Research Professor at the University of Cambridge until 2000, and simultaneously as a Research Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge (where she remained for another year). In 2001, she joined the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) as the Zartoshty Lecturer. She was promoted to senior lecturer in 2005, then three years later to a readership. In 2010, she
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#1732852448001276-616: The Michael Stoker and Brian Pippard Buildings to be built in the college grounds, providing further student rooms. The Anthony Low Building in the garden of Elmside was completed in 2000, providing further common rooms and the Garden Bar for the graduates on the main college site. In the summer of 1996, the college purchased a substantial property, formerly the Cambridge family home of Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild (1910–1990), which
299-570: The Socialist Left Party Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro (1849–1907), Portuguese politician, statesman Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse , a 2001 bridge collapse in Portugal that killed 59 people References [ edit ] ^ "Hintze" . Forebears.io . Retrieved 2017-06-02 . [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Hintze . If an internal link intending to refer to
322-614: The United Kingdom Otto Hintze (1861–1940), German historian of public administration Peter Hintze (1950–2016), German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and from 2013 one of the six Vice Presidents of the Bundestag Paul von Hintze (1864–1941), German naval officer, diplomat and politician See also [ edit ] Christian Hintze Holm (born 1964), Norwegian politician for
345-484: The annual series of lectures relating to human values, given by a distinguished international scholar and sponsored by the Tanner Foundation. They also include the annual Ashby lecture, given by a visiting fellow, and the more frequent ASH seminar (arts, social sciences and history) that were initiated by some of the visiting life members. Other events include art exhibitions, films and small concerts which supplement
368-524: The college site in Elmside and a number of visiting fellows with their families were living in the newly built college apartments. Among the early visiting fellows was Ivar Giaever , who was awarded a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973. Joseph Brodsky , a visiting fellow and poet in residence at Clare Hall in 1977, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987. William Nordhaus , a visiting fellow in 1970,
391-452: The humanities and social sciences. Hintze is married to Eugenio Biagini , a Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Cambridge University. The couple have a son. Clare Hall, Cambridge Clare Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge . Founded in 1966 by Clare College , Clare Hall is a college for advanced study, admitting only postgraduate students alongside postdoctoral researchers and fellows. It
414-412: The mid-19th century. Clare Hall maintains close ties with Clare College, sharing some facilities and annual events. The Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Bologna is so far the only institution abroad explicitly modelled upon Clare Hall. The architect Ralph Erskine was appointed to design the buildings for Clare Hall, which were to include common rooms, offices and dining facilities,
437-550: The university, and visiting fellows on leave from universities around the world. After Clare College decided to establish this new centre in January 1964, the initial planning was carried through by a small group of fellows of the college chaired by the Master, Sir Eric Ashby . It was soon agreed that the new centre would be called Clare Hall, the ancient name by which the college itself had been known for more than five hundred years until
460-522: The wealth of music available in the university. The President's term of office is fixed at seven years. Previous presidents include Brian Pippard (1966–73), Robert Honeycombe , Goldsmiths Professor and Head of the Department of Metallurgy (1973–80); Sir Michael Stoker (1980–87), former director of the Imperial Cancer Research Laboratories; Anthony Low (1987–94), Professor of Commonwealth History and formerly Vice-Chancellor of
483-546: Was appointed Zartoshty Brothers Professor of Zoroastrianism at SOAS. According to her British Academy profile, Hintze's research focuses on "the languages, religions and history of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia with special attention to Zoroastrianism" and "Ancient and Middle Iranian philology and linguistics". In 2015, Hintze was elected a Fellow of the British Academy , the United Kingdom's national academy for
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#1732852448001506-458: Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2018. Other facilities on the college grounds include a sports complex with a multi-gym, swimming pool and tennis court. It also has a dining room which is used for formal halls . The university athletics track is a short run from the main college buildings. In 1978 a second neighbouring house, now called Leslie Barnett House, was obtained for graduate student accommodation. This purchase also allowed
529-530: Was established to serve as an Institute of Advanced Studies and has slowly grown and developed into a full constituent college. It is a registered charity . Clare Hall is one of the smallest colleges with around 250 graduate students, but around 125 fellows , making it the highest ratio of fellows to students at Cambridge University. Notwithstanding its small size, the college is also notable for its high number of Nobel Laureate affiliates. Clare Hall maintains many Cambridge traditions including formal halls and
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