an assistant to a Member of the Canadian (2013) and Ukrainian (2018–2019) Parliament, later as Project manager at the Ministry of Justice and the Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania. She [...] specializing in the rule of law and human rights law. She is the Principal Investigator of a project examining EU media regulation and the protection of the rule of law in Member States, funded by the National [...] European law at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is a legal scientist by training, specialising in the field of European constitutional law and migration law. He currently works on the rule of

Die 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sind politische Zielsetzungen der UN, die eine nachhaltige Entwicklung auf ökonomischer, sozialer sowie ökologischer Ebene sicher stellen sollen. Sie beschreiben eine bemerkenswert holistische Sicht auf die Erhaltung der Vielfalt des Lebens und der Gesundheit der Menschen. Das geplante Symposium informiert über den aktuellen Stand der Umsetzung der SDGs, insbesondere zum SDG3: "Gesundes Leben für alle“.

The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) holds an international conference on the future of the humanities from 8–10 November 2019 at Freie Universität Berlin.

Ilya Gerasimov (Chicago)

Reclaiming Transnationalism: A Seminar Series on Cross-Border Solidarities, Conflicts, and Cultural Imaginaries

Joint project with the German Federal Archives for an editing and publishing system To the project page (in German) Cultural heritage as Linked Open Data - Pilot project for the Census To the project description [...] al activities of the Digital Humanities. correspSearch - Connecting Scholarly Editions of Letters About the project ediarum - an easy tool for editing manuscripts with TEI/XML To the project description [...] 5281/zenodo.1470095 Neumann & Czmiel (2017). TELOTA: The Electronic Life of the Academy . http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1035103 10 Years TELOTA (2001) Report of the event (in German) Grötschel, Martin & Neumann

In this talk, Reviel Netz discusses his forthcoming book from Cambridge University Press, "Why the Ancient Greeks Matter".

German unification and the ensuing end of the Cold War were undoubtedly, in Hegel’s words, “world historical” events. However, current reflections on the meaning of German unification are often limited to German viewpoints. This panel discussion, organized by the American Academy in Berlin and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, will address the thirtieth anniversary of German unification from various national and generational perspectives as well as a range of disciplines, including history and the social sciences.

focused on an in-depth consideration of the potential of utilizing the biological wealth of the oceans for human benefit while at the same time critically considering the associated serious impacts and measures [...] resources. In modern times, the overall effect of man’s interface with the oceans, although becoming more and more important economically, is clearly non-sustainable. While utilising the oceans in a variety of [...] their control. Particular emphasis is placed on an interdisciplinary discussion of the subject over the whole spectrum of the sciences and humanities. For further information please contact: Dr. Karin Elisabeth

Every year, more than a million men in the USA undergo, with associated risks, painful needle biopsies for prostate cancer, and upward of 100,000 have radical prostatectomies, often resulting in crippling side effects, such as incontinence, impotence and psychological trauma. But the shocking fact is most of these men would never have died of this common form of cancer, which frequently grows so slow that it never even leaves the prostate. How did we get to a point where so many unnecessary tests and surgeries are being done resulting in a multibillion-dollar industry?

The gift of a manuscript collection from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will significantly increase the Academy’s archive holdings. The collection includes hitherto unknown documents, a manuscript that was believed to be lost, and letters that were previously unknown to researchers: The collection contains 98 letters written by or to Alexander von Humboldt during the years 1798 to 1858, two scientific manuscripts and two letters between third parties.