This talk examines the significance of Japanese Buddhist cartography for the origins of the academic study of Buddhism in Europe.

in large datasets. Whether it be diagnosis in the field of health, optimising resources in the energy sector or improvements in the education system – the application of artificial intelligence has great [...] our existing understanding of it suffice for the new technical possibilities? What consequences must we draw from the current developments? The goal of the Interdisciplinary Research Group (IAG) was to [...] carried out by people. The use of “intelligent” systems can open up great opportunities, since the strengths of such systems lie where many humans have weakpoints, for example in the recognition of patterns

Council The Council is the institutional centre of the Academy and is led by the President. Its tasks are centered on the scientific work of the Academy. It consists of: the members of the Board, up to [...] scientific members, the spokespersons of the interdisciplinary research groups and initiatives, and three chairs of the commissions responsible for the long-term projects, as well as the Rapporteurs on Academy [...] Academy Policy and the spokespersons of the research staff, each with advisory status. The Council decides on the Academy’s programme of scientific work and on matters of scholarly principle. This includes:

analysis within the research fields of historical linguistics, cultural history and history of knowledge with a special focus on the material containing German. The project aims to investigate the practical [...] digital“ is part of the Academies’ Programme, a research funding programme co-financed by the German federal government and individual federal states. Coordinated by the Union of the German Academies of [...] and cultural studies, the history of knowledge and historical linguistics. They provide a close insight into the practice of foreign language learning and a novel approach to the use of language in everyday

As early as 1794, inspired by his mentors Georg Forster (1754–1794) and Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812), a 24 year old Alexander von Humboldt sketched out a research agenda for plant geography in a letter to Friedrich Schiller. Humboldt’s overarching plan was no less than the unification of natural and human history. The most iconic result of this research is the well-known “Physical Tableau of the Andes”, in which Humboldt depicted the natural vegetation and cultivated plants of the American tropics in their respective elevations.

in the Vocabulary of the Egyptian Language: Texts and Knowledge in the Culture of Ancient Egypt) Studies on the vocabulary of the Buddhist Sogdian text fragments from the Turfan oasis T Telota The Cor [...] Letter in the 18th Century The lifeworlds, lived spaces and political horizons of the East Prussian aristocratic family Lehndorff from the 18th to the 20th century The prints and printing culture of the Old [...] Wort deutsch (The Austrian Bible Translator. The Word of God in German) Der späte Nietzsche (Nietzsche’s Late Period) Die alexandrinische und antiochenische Bibelexegese in der Spätantike (The Late Antique

vely it is intended to develop and raise the visibility of the services and skills in the field of Digital Humanities in and around Berlin. The members of the network are also developing a concept for [...] others active in the field conveys a clear picture of the skills and plans of the partners in the network. The ifDHb Office draws up an annual Berlin DH Report , which offers an overview of current developments [...] application by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, is funding the Interdisciplinary Research Network for Digital Humanities in Berlin. The research network is coordinated by the BBAW. What

Understanding the brain remains a fascinating challenge that requires the exchange across many disciplines – from the molecular to behavioural sciences – and also involves computational and engineering approaches. In this scientific symposium we bring together researchers from diverse neuroscientific backgrounds who will share their latest insights into neural processing and engage into a lively interdisciplinary debate.

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An event of the long-term project „Corpus Coranicum“, member of the Research Centre for Primary Sources of the Ancient World at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW).

understanding the visual culture of antiquity. The ImagNum project provides, for the first time, a tool for the field of classical studies that visualizes and contextualizes image transfers. The Academies’ [...] Nummorum Graecorum Online is part of the Research Centre for Primary Sources of the Ancient World at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The Long-term Academy project "Antiquitatum [...] Coordinated by the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities, the Programme intends to retrieve and explore our cultural heritage, to make it accessible and highlight its relevance to the present