Avner Ben-Zaken

Avner Ben-Zaken (Harshen Ibrananci: אבנר בן-זקן; ranar 26 ga Satumba, 1967) shi ne mai tarihi na kimiyya ta ƙasar Isra'ila, wanda ya fi shahara saboda bincikensa kan musayar kimiyya tsakanin al'adu daban-daban a yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya da Turai a zamanin farko na zamani. Ya ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci ga fahimtar yadda kimiyya ke wucewa iyakokin al'adu, yana jayayya cewa sabbin abubuwan kimiyya suna faruwa a wuraren da gefen al'adu ke haɗuwa, ba tare da tasirin ikon mulki ba, inda ake musayar bayanai, abubuwa, da ka'idodin al'adu cikin 'yanci da bazuwar. Ya rubuta littattafai da yawa game da musayar kimiyya tsakanin Gabas da Yamma, musamman a yankin Bahar Rum a karni na 16 da 17.

 Rayuwar farko 
Avner Ben-Zaken an haife shi a ranar 26 ga Satumba, 1967, a Be'er Sheva, Isra'ila. Iyayensa sun yi hijira daga Maroko zuwa Isra'ila, kuma ya girma a cikin yanayi mai goyon bayan ilimi da al'adu daban-daban, wanda ya haifar da sha'awarsa ga tarihi na kimiyya mai la'akari da al'adu daban-daban. Tun daga ƙuruciyarsa, ya nuna sha'awa ga yadda kimiyya ke haɗuwa da al'adu, wanda ya jagorance shi zuwa karatun tarihi na Gabas ta Tsakiya da kimiyya.

 Ilimi 
Ben-Zaken ya karanta ilimin tarihi na Gabas ta Tsakiya da tarihi a Jami'ar Ibrananci a Urushalima, inda ya sami digiri na farko (BA) da na biyu (MA) tare da girmamawa. Ya ci gaba da karatunsa a Amurka, inda ya sami digiri na PhD a tarihi na kimiyya daga Jami'ar California, Los Angeles (UCLA) tare da girmamawa a 2004. A lokacin karatunsa, ya mai da hankali kan musayar kimiyya tsakanin Turai da Gabas ta Tsakiya, musamman a karni na 16 da 17, tare da bincika yadda al'adu daban-daban suka shafi ci gaban kimiyya.

 Ayyuka 
Avner Ben-Zaken yana koyarwa a Kwalejin Ono Academic College a Isra'ila, inda ya zama shugaban Shirin Girmamawa da kuma wanda ya kafa da shugaban Cibiyar Nazarin Tunanin Isra'ila. Ya kuma kasance memba na Society of Fellows a Jami'ar Harvard daga 2004 zuwa 2008, inda ya yi bincike kan tarihi na kimiyya mai la'akari da al'adu daban-daban. Bincikensa ya ji daɗin fahimtar yadda kimiyya ke faruwa a wuraren da al'adu ke haɗuwa, tare da nuna yadda musayar abubuwa, littattafai, da mutane ke haifar da sabbin ka'idodin kimiyya.

Ya kuma shiga fagen siyasa tun 2009, yana inganta gyare-gyaren tsarin mulki a Isra'ila, kamar canza tsarin zaɓe zuwa tsarin gundumomi da tsara kundin tsarin mulki. Ya kafa shirin multidisciplinary na ilimin ɗan Adam da ilimin zamantakewa a Kwalejin Ono, inda ya koyar da darussa kan manyan ayyuka a wayewar duniya, ilimin shari'a, shari'a, da kimiyya. Bincikensa ya ƙunshi batutuwa kamar tarihi na kimiyya, tarihi na al'adu daban-daban, tarihi na karatu a zamanin sabo, ka'idodin hanyar sadarwar masu aiki, autodidacts, nazarin Sifaniya, alakar Kirista-Yahudawa a tsakiyar zamanai, tarihi na shari'a, da ka'idar siyasa a Isra'ila.

Ben-Zaken ya kasance majagaba a fagen tarihi na kimiyya mai la'akari da al'adu daban-daban, yana jayayya cewa juyin juya halin kimiyya yana faruwa a wuraren da gefen al'adu ke haɗuwa, inda musayar 'yanci ke haifar da ƙalubalen ilimi. Ya rubuta labarai da yawa a mujallu na tarihi na kimiyya da falsafa, tare da gabatar da laccoci a tarurruka na duniya.

 Ayyukansa 
 Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660 (2010)
 Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism (2011)
 קומוניזם כאימפריאליזם תרבותי: הזיקה בין הקומוניזם הארצישראלי לקומוניזם הערבי, 1948-1919 (Communism as Cultural Imperialism) (2006)
 Labarai da yawa a mujallu na tarihi na kimiyya da falsafa.

 Kyaututtuka 
Ya sami Nathan Reingold Prize daga History of Science Society a 2003 don bincikensa kan tarihi na kimiyya.

 Rayuwar sirri 
Bayanai game da rayuwar sirri na Ben-Zaken ba a bayyana su sosai a kafofin da aka bincika ba, saboda ya fi mai da hankali kan aikinsa na ilimi da rubuce-rubuce. Iyayensa sun yi hijira daga Maroko, wanda ya shafi sha'awarsa ga al'adu daban-daban.

 Nuni 

 Ƙarin karatu 
 Ben-Zaken, Avner (2010). "Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660". Johns Hopkins University Press.
 Ben-Zaken, Avner (2011). "Reading Ḥayy Ibn-Yaqẓān: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism". Johns Hopkins University Press.

Category:1967 births
Category:Israeli historians
Category:Historians of science
Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Category:Harvard University fellows