entry on the relevant head-word. The task of the MoKo project is to make it possible to show the collocations of a head-word in a way that, for example, goes beyond mere alphabetic listing. The goal is [...] is appropriate for the comprehensive description of larger sections of the lexicon by using a synthesis of those theories. As well as the documentation of the research results, the project also hopes to [...] internal semantic structure of the collocations, the project is using two complementary reference models: the Meaning-Text Theory of Igor Mel’čuk (lexical functions) and the Generative Lexicon Theory of James

longstanding tradition of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. The Helmholtz Medal was awarded for the first time on the 2nd of June 1892 to the physiologist Emil Du Bois-Reymond, the physicists Robert Bunsen [...] Medals The Academy awards the Helmholtz Medal and the Leibniz Medal. With these awards, it honours, respectively, outstanding lifetime scholarly achievements, and special services in the support and promotion [...] Bunsen and Lord Kelvin and the mathematician Karl Weierstraß. The first Leibniz Medal was awarded to the Berlin art collector James Simon, a sponsor of excavations and patron of museums. Contact Dr. Karin

This lecture deals with the societal impacts of explosive volcanism on the Nile watershed. By integrating climate proxy with historical data to understand patterns of social unrest, the lecture highlights a new historical ontology for pre-industrial Egypt by describing, for the first time, a detailed coupled natural-human system, with wider implications for the entire pre-industrial world.

Thus, the services will be strengthened throughout the whole infrastructure landscape. The project enables the adjustments and further developments that are essential for the integration of the originally [...] The CLARIAH-DE project brings together the research infrastructures of CLARIN-D and DARIAH-DE. The goal of the joint project is to merge the research infrastructures CLARIN-D and DARIAH-DE, both estab [...] this project as they cannot be provided in addition to the ongoing operation and maintenance of the infrastructures. The goal of the joint project at the BBAW is to transfer preliminary work of CLARIN to

The universal museum is the subject of much current debate. Is it a relic of colonialism? Or does it help to support debates about multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism and the building of mutual understanding through culture? Kavita Singh will shift perspective and look at the universal museum as it appears to those who live outside the metropolitan centres where these grand museums are currently located. She will also re-examine the universalism vs nationalism debate.

The current global political environment raises questions about the interrelations between religion and politics, especially when looking at autocratic trends surfacing in Europe or in Israel. In this context, the responsibility of universities comes to the fore: they can explain and help to understand such phenomena and are able to suggest ways of confronting these new challenges.

health disparities. The specific focus will be on the growing diversity of families, including changing conceptions and boundaries of the family itself. The family is a crucial, if not the primary arena where [...] diversity on the societal level. They are a driver of social inequality and wellbeing on the individual and household level, too. The ECPD will generate important synergies by bridging the biomedical and [...] and health inequalities. On the one hand, specific diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer or depression will be analysed. On the other hand, the focus will be on the economic impact of family

Orientabteilung So 10132 + ohne Signatur (T I α) The aim of the project is to analyse the vocabulary of a particular group of Buddhist texts in the Sogdian language. The texts in question are limited in time (7th-11th [...] fragmentary state. This literature is the primary evidence for the existence of Sogdian-speaking Buddhist communities in this area and at this time. The study will clarify the peculiarities of this corpus of [...] translated from Chinese, it will be essential to present the Chinese equivalents of the Sogdian words systematically throughout. In parallel the reception of the relevant Indian terms and loanwords via other languages

international law and the media are discussed. Some of the main points: The Israeli-Arab conflict is not at all at the center of the drama; International Law must be rewritten to adapt to the age of State sponsored [...] of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and currently holds the chair at the Davidson Institute of Science Education. His book “A View from the Eye of the Storm – Terror and Reason in the Middle [...] personal view of current events in the Middle East and of global terrorism, concentrating on issues of the greater Middle East rather than on the Israeli-Arab conflict. The roles of technology, education,

of change in the context of deep alterations on the relations of science and politics as well as changing criteria of scientific “objectivity.” Discussion at the workshop will be based on the following basic [...] basic assumptions: An understanding of the cognitive contents and epistemic status of sciences requires contextualizing the languages and the research practices of the sciences and studying changes in each [...] exploration of such historical issues in the workshop will be limited to the 19th and 20th centuries, and primarily to parliamentary democracies. The contributors share the ability and willingness to synthesize