Fifteen leading international scholars, researchers and 'public' intellectuals joined the University as IAS Short-Term Visiting Fellows between January and July 2008 – each for 1-2 weeks.

Tony CAMPBELL (Campbell Intel Services Inc, Canada): 29 April to 9 May 2008

Professor Peter FITZPATRICK (Anniversary Professor of Law, Birkbeck, University of London; Honorary Professor, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK): 5 May to 17 May 2008

Professor Sander GILMAN (Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and Sciences, Emory University, USA): 1 July to 12 July 2008

Professor Klaus KERN (Director, Nanoscale Science Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Germany): 7 April to 11 April 2008

Professor Robert J MARSHAK (Senior Scholar in Residence, School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington, USA): 12 May to 24 May 2008

Dr Sumanta PATTANAIK  (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, USA): 7 June to 21 June 2008

Professor Joseph R ROACH  (Department of English, Yale University, USA): 17 May to 31 May 2008

Professor Geoffrey ROBERTS (Department of History, University College Cork, Republic of Ireland): 18 February to 22 February 2008

Professor Robert SALAIS (IDHE, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France/Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin): 9 June to 27 June 2008

Professor Zlatko SKRBIS (School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Australia): 27 April to 10 May 2008

Professor Dr Peter SLOTERDIJK (Professor für Philosophie, Rektor, Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany): 19 May to 23 May 2008

Professor Ann SMART MARTIN (Stanley and Polly Stone Associate Professor, Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA): 1 January to 20 January 2008 in the IAS; 21 January to 30 June in the History Department

Professor Dr Stefan TRAUB (Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Universität Bremen, Germany): 5 May to 17 May 2008 in the IAS; 21 May to 30 May in the Economics Department

Professor Rebecca TREIMAN (Psychology Department, Washington University, St Louis, USA; Visiting Professor, York University, UK, 2007-08): 28 January to 1 February 2008