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Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Formerly Prussian Academy of Sciences. BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES. Academy Building Gendarmenmarkt.

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Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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  1. Berlin BrandenburgAcademy of Sciences and Humanities

  2. BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

  3. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Formerly Prussian Academy of Sciences BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Academy BuildingGendarmenmarkt Am Neuen Markt Potsdam Unter den Linden • An association of outstanding scholars cooperating on an interdisciplinary and international basis • The major institution of research into the humanities in the Berlin Brandenburg region outside the universities • Funded by the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg as well as the joint academy programme of the Federal Government and the federal states

  4. 300 Years of Support for Research Activities BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES • Founded by Leibniz 1700 • Attained worldwide fame and recognition as the Prussian Academy of Sciences • Its members have included the Brothers Grimm, Alexander von Humboldt, Max Planck, Lise Meitner and Albert Einstein • The Academy can count 78 Nobel Laureates among its members

  5. Members and Presidium BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES President Günter Stock About 200 elected membersTransdisciplinary researchDisciplinary base Vice PresidentJürgen Kocka • Class of humanities • Class of social sciences • Class of mathematics and natural sciences • Class of biological and medical sciences • Class of technological sciences Vice PresidentKlaus Lucas

  6. International relations BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Athens Budapest Cambridge (USA) Hanoi Jerusalem Kuala Lumpur Ljubljana Moscow New Delhi Beijing Prague Riga Rio de Janeiro Seoul Tallinn Warsaw Vilnius Zagreb Bilateral agreements on scientific co-operation with about 20 Academies from around the world

  7. Research on future trends in science and society BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Interdisciplinary research groups and initiatives (a cross-section): • Genetic Engineering Report • Health Standards • Scientific Policy Advice in Democracies • The German 'Excellence Initiative' (2005-2007): Its Effects on the German University System • On the future of education in technological and natural sciences in Europe • Global Change – Regional Development • LandInnovation • Integration of Elites • Common Good and Civic Spirit • Fertility and Societal Development

  8. Academy long-term projects in the Humanities BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES • Dictionaries • Editions • Documentations • Bibliographies

  9. Dialogue between science and society BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES • • Debates on research policy • • Panels on societal key issues • • Academy lectures • • »Gegenworte« – Journal for a debate about knowledge • Initiative „Academy and Schools“ • Topic of the year

  10. The Archive of the Academy BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES • Founded at the beginning of the 18th century • Unique archival material related to the history of the Academy and the development of science • Valuable manuscripts of Leibniz, Mommsen, and others • Extensive holdings of private papers of Kant, Schelling, Virchow, and others • Objects of art, collection of photographs, tapes, films

  11. The Library of the Academy BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES • Established at the beginning of the eighteenth century • • Centuries-old collection of publications of Academy • members and valuable printed works on the history of the Academy and the history of science • • Voluminous archival material including 650,000 volumes, 70,000 microfiches and 890 periodicals, subscribed to on a regular basis • • Public library – comprises all the library collections belonging to the Academy • Online Databases and Publications of the Academy

  12. Conference center for academic events BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Conference center at the Gendarmenmarkt • The Academy building at the Gendarmenmarkt was formaly the seat of the Preußische Seehandlung • The Leibniz Hall, the Einstein Hall, and six further conference rooms can also be leased by external organizations

  13. Staff members BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Director of ScienceAdministration Wolf-Hagen Krauth Administrative DirectorWinnetou Sosa Head of the Presidents OfficeRenate Nickel Head of the Officefor Communication and Information Gisela Lerch About 250 people work in the Academy

  14. Collegium pro Academia BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Society of Friends of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesPlease help us to support:• Excellent disciplinary and transdisciplinary research• The dialogue between science and society • Young scholars

  15. Information BERLIN BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES For further information, please visit our homepage: www.bbaw.de

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