Professor Dr. Mordechai Levy Eichel

Biography

Mordechai Levy-Eichel is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Yale University. With a background in history, he focuses on the philosophy of education, early modern history, Jewish history, and the intellectual history of mathematical learning. His dissertation titled "Mathematical Ocean" examines the expansion of numeracy in early modern England and its effects on social and religious structures. He has written for both scholarly and popular publications, including the "Intellectual History Review" and "Tablet," and is engaged in a major project exploring the origins of the modern research university and its ideals. Alongside his research, Levy-Eichel has held fellowships at prestigious institutions and recently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the history department at Princeton University. He is committed to fostering a lively, passionate academic community at Yale and encourages collaboration and communication among faculty and students.

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