Ruth HaCohen
Ruth HaCohen (Pinczower) | |
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רות הכהן (פינצ'ובר) | |
| Born | December 7, 1956 |
| Occupation | Musicologist |
| Title | Professor |
| Awards | The Otto Kinkeldey Award (2012), Rothschild Award (2022) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | The Hebrew University |
| Doctoral advisor | Ruth Katz |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | The Hebrew University |
| Notable works | The Music Libel Against the Jews |
Professor Ruth HaCohen (Pinczower; Hebrew: רות הכהן פינצ'ובר; born 1956) is an Israeli musicologist and a cultural historian. She holds the Artur Rubinstein Chair of Musicology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ruth HaCohen is the recipient of the 2022 Rothschild Prize in the Humanities. In 2017, she was elected as Corresponding member by the American Musicological Society (AMS) "for outstanding contributions to the advancement of scholarship in music."