Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur
The Academy of Sciences and Literature is a scientific academy in Mainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin. The academy's goal is to support science and literature, and in doing so to help preserve and promote culture.
Members
The academy has members in three classes: mathematics and natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, literature and music. Each class has up to 50 full and 50 corresponding members.Notable members have included Niels Bohr, Otto Hahn, Konrad Lorenz, Halldór Laxness, Heinrich Böll, and Jean-Marie Lehn.
Awards and Foundations
Awards
The Academy grants several awards:- Joseph Breitbach Prize
- Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music
- Wilhelm Lauer Prize
Foundations
- Kurt Ringger Foundation
- Walter und Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose-Stiftung
Ongoing Research Projects
- Buber Correspondences Digital
- Burchard's Decree Digital
- Collection of Sources on the History of German Social Policy 1867 to 1914
- Continuity of Research and Research of Continuity – Basic Research on Iron Age Settlement Archaeology in the Baltic Region
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- The Corpus of Hittite Festive Rituals: State Administration of Cultic Life in Late Bronze Age Anatolia
- Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi
- Digital Dictionary of German Surnames. )
- European Religious Peace Digital
- Handschriftencensus – Competence Centre German-language Manuscripts of the Middle Ages
- Lessico Etimologico Italiano
- Propylaea. Research platform on Goethe's biographica. Letters, diaries, encounters and conversations. Chronology. Sources. Research. Focus
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