Yuval Noah Harari Keynote Speaker

Expert speaker on world history and macro-historical processes
International best-selling author, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" (2014)
Professor at the Department of History of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2008-present)

Yuval Noah Harari's Biography

Yuval Noah Harari is a speaker, historian, philosopher, and the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. His books have sold over 23 Million copies worldwide and Yuval Harari is a keynote speaker at events globally.

He is interested in tackling the biggest questions of history and of the modern world: What is the relation between history and biology? What is the essential difference between Homo Sapiens and other animals? Is there justice in history? Does history have a direction? Did people become happier as history unfolded?

Yuval is a lecturer at the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also teaches a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) titled “A Brief History of Humankind”. More than 100,000 students worldwide have participated in the course since 2013.

In his international best-seller “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” , he surveys the entire length of human history, from the evolution of Homo sapiens in the Stone Age up to the political and technological revolutions of the twenty-first century. It has been translated in over 30 languages worldwide.

Yuval twice won the Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality, in 2009 and 2012. In 2011 he won the Society for Military History’s Moncado Award for outstanding articles in military history. In 2012 he was elected to the Young Israeli Academy of Sciences.

He brings rare authority on humanity’s past and future, drawing on his work as a historian and philosopher to help leaders understand how biology, technology, and power shape societies at scale.
He connects long-term historical patterns to today’s most urgent challenges, giving audiences a clearer view of how artificial intelligence, geopolitics, and social change may redefine human decision-making.
He helps organisations step back from short-term noise to think strategically about meaning, ethics, and resilience in an era of rapid technological transformation.
He translates complex ideas into clear, compelling frameworks, informed by global bestselling books that have reshaped public debate on the future of humanity.
His talks equip senior audiences to question assumptions, anticipate disruption, and lead with greater perspective in a world undergoing profound historical change.