Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian, philosopher, author, and professor. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Oxford and is now a lecturer in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in world history, medieval history, and military history. He is best known as the author of international best-selling books, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. To date, they have sold over 20 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than 50 languages.

Harari’s writings examine free will, consciousness, intelligence, and happiness. His first book, Sapiens, was a New York Times top 10 bestseller, held a position in the top 3 on the Sunday Times’ bestseller list for 96 consecutive weeks, and won the National Library of China’s Wenjin Book Award and the ‘Academic Book of the Year’ prize at the UK’s Academic Book Trade Awards. His second book, Homo Deus, was released to critical acclaim, winning Handelsblatt’s German Economic Book Award, and was named ’Wise Book of the Year’ by Krakow’s Jagiellonian University.

Harari is the recipient of numerous personal awards, twice winning the Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality, as well as the Society for Military History’s Moncado Award for outstanding articles on military history. In 2012 he was elected to the Young Israeli Academy of Sciences. He currently lectures around the world, recently delivering a keynote speech on the Congress Hall stage of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, in addition to presenting numerous TED talks. He has written for publications such as The Guardian, Financial Times, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist and Nature magazine. He also teaches a free online course titled A Brief History of Humankind.