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Medicine Research: New Graduate Programme Integrating Pharmacy and Mathematics
A unique Germany-wide project began on 31 March 2008 between the Martin Luther University (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg and the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin: The universities are offering a structured education and research programme for postgraduates in the field of pharmacometry, a rapidly developing branch of bioscience. The effects of medications are studied using pharmaceutical and mathematical methods with the aim of increasing the reliability of therapies for patients. Together with the two universities, six renowned pharmaceutical companies are sponsoring this graduate programme in order to establish this new field of research in Germany. In its first phase, more than 600,000 euros are being made available for scholarships.
March 26th, 2008
Martin Luther University in Cooperation with Keio University in Tokyo
The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) has concluded a cooperation agreement with the Keio University Tokyo, one of the largest private universities in Japan. It is the MLU's 44th partnership with a foreign university. It is being supported by the Haniel Foundation with 225,000 euros. "The Keio University is a very attractive partner for us without a doubt," explains MLU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Wulf Diepenbrock on the occasion of the presentation of the cooperation. "The existing collaboration is now on a new level. In addition to the Institute of Political Science and Japanology, numerous other departments at the Martin Luther University can profit from this. For example there are new possibilities for business science."
Christian Oberländer, a Japanology professor in Halle, engineered the cooperation agreement.
March 6th, 2008
New German-Chinese Masters Programme "International Business Law"
International business law is becoming more and more important as a result of growing international ties. This effects the career opportunities of young attorneys and graduates in related fields. The Law and Business Science Department of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) is a leader in Germany in research in international business law and is therefore offering a new course of studies in winter semester 2008/2009 called "Joint Master of International Economic Law" (in short: "ecojoin") together with the Southwest University of Political Science and Law (Chongqing, China). Applications are now being accepted.
February 27th, 2008
Opening of the Collaborative Research Centre on the ‘Functions of Oxidic Interfaces’
The Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) on the “Functions of Oxidic Interfaces”, which was approved in November 2007 by the German Research Foundation, is to be opened officially on Thursday, 17 January 2008 in Halle. The spokeswoman of SFB 762 is Prof. Dr. Ingrid Mertig of Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). The MLU is collaborating ...
January 14th, 2008
Martin Luther University presents yearbook and promotional film
Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), has found two new ways of raising its profile: for the second time, the University is publishing a comprehensive yearbook with high production values. Its first attempt went straight to sixth place in a comparison of German university yearbooks. Also new to the MLU`s portfolio is a promotional film lasting about 15 minutes. Both the yearbook and the film provide information in German and English.
January 8th, 2008
Halle plant geneticists achieve major advance in the eradication of pepper leaf blistering
Plant geneticists from Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have contributed two articles to the current edition of the prestigious scientific journal Science, which appears today. Prof. Dr. Ulla Bonas, Dr. Thomas Lahaye and their colleagues have discovered how a pathogen specific to tomato and ...
October 25th, 2007
Q-Cells establishes endowed chair at Halle University
Q-Cells AG, Europe`s largest manufacturer of solar cells, is establishing an endowed chair in photovoltaics at Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). An agreement to this end was signed by the partners today at the Q-Cells plant in Bitterfeld-Wolfen. The aim is to increase the profile of photovoltaics ...
October 22th, 2007
Ten good reasons for choosing Martin Luther University
Roughly 2,600 young people will begin their studies at Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), in the coming weeks, some 600 more than last year. At today`s annual press conference, MLU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Wulf Diepenbrock and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Christoph Weiser claimed to be delighted by the number of places taken up in a year when there were two Abitur classes. At the same time ...
October 5th, 2007
Martin Luther University achieves remarkable success in Shanghai rankings
Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), and the University of Leipzig were the best placed universities in Eastern Germany in the latest ranking of the 1000 best universities in the world, which is published by the University of Shanghai and is consequently known as the Shanghai ranking. Both institutions found themselves in the range between 203rd and 304th, which places them among the top 30 in the whole of Germany.
August 15th, 2007
German Research Foundation sponsors German-Japanese graduate programme
Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, and the University of Tokyo are joining forces to establish an interdisciplinary graduate programme for the coming winter semester. The project studying ‘Transformations in Civil Society. A Comparison of Japan and Germany’ is to be carried out with the support of both the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences. It is a pilot project of German-Japanese cooperation in the humanities.
June 5th, 2007
International Seminar “NUMDIFF-11” at Martin Luther University
Experts from Europe and overseas discuss research problems in science and technology
From 4 to 8 September 2006, the Institute of Mathematics at the Martin Luther University hosts the 11th Seminar on Numerical Solution of Differential and Differential-Algebraic Equations (“NUMDIFF”) that is jointly organized with the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam.
The opening session starts on Monday 4 September at 8.30 a.m. at the Weinberg Campus, Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1 (room 3.28), Halle (Saale). The conference is organized by Professor Martin Arnold and Professor Rüdiger Weiner from the Martin Luther University.
Background
“NUMDIFF” goes back to the year 1981 when Professor Karl Strehmel and his team at the Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Martin Luther University organized the very first seminar of this series. Despite the political difficulties and problems that were typical of that time, the organizers tried to provide a national and international platform for the scientific exchange of views for specialists in the field of numerical solution methods for differential equations. The fall of Communism opened completely new opportunities for the worldwide scientific cooperation. Internationally well-known and recognized mathematicians from the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) Amsterdam joined the organizing committee of “NUMDIFF”: Professor Pieter van der Houwen (1991–2000), Professor Jan G Verwer and Dr Ben P Sommeijer. Over the years, the “numerical seminar” has become a widely known international conference in the field of numerical mathematics. At “NUMDIFF-11”, the Martin Luther University will welcome more than 130 participants from 23 countries, among them experts from Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Iran.
Science
From the practical viewpoint, the numerical treatment of differential and differential-algebraic equations is one of the most important subjects of numerical mathematics. The focus is on the development, analysis, and practical application of numerical methods for the solution of mathematical model equations in science and technology (“scientific computing”). Applications range from very complex models of the atmosphere that are used in weather forecast to mathematical models in the virtual product development in industry. Mathematical models that are based on differential equations are used as well in medicine, biotechnology, ecological research, and financial mathematics.
The scientific programme of “NUMDIFF-11” consists of 15 plenary lectures, four minisymposia with altogether 26 papers, and 70 contributed papers. The minisymposia are devoted to “Numerical methods in mathematical biology”, “Exponential integrators”, “Maxwell equations and electromagnetics” and “Meshfree methods”. Renowned German and international scientists will present the results of their recent work providing a representative overview on the state-of-the-art in the numerical solution of differential equations, from theory to scientific software.
The organizers are generously supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS), Amt für Wirtschaftsförderung Halle (Saale), INTEC GmbH, Wessling, R. Manitz IT Consulting and Software Development and by Halloren Schokoladenfabrik GmbH Halle (Saale).
Contact:
Professor Martin Arnold and Professor Rüdiger Weiner
Phone: + 49 (0) 345 5524653/52
Fax: + 49 (0) 345 5527004
Email: numdiff@mathematik.uni-halle.de
England’s Poet Laureat reads in Halle …
… on Monday 18 September at the Francke Foundations Halle
The celebrated London Poet Andrew Motion will honour Halle with a reading on Monday 18 September at the Francke Foundations Halle. He will read from his poems and from his autobiography, which is due to be released this year.
Andrew Motion was appointed as Poet Laureate in May 1999 by Queen Elizabeth II, which makes it his task to compose poems for state occasions and other government events.
The readings are part of this year’s annual conference of the German Anglicists, which will take place in Halle for the first time.
Dates:
Scholarly programme: 17–20 September 2006 (Universitätsplatz)
Readings:
Andrew Motion: 18 September 2006, 7.30 pm
Freylinghausen-Saal,
Franckesche Stiftungen
Franckeplatz 1, Haus 1
06110 Halle
Michèle Roberts and Glenn Patterson: 19 September 2006, 7.00 pm
Audimax
Universitätsplatz 1
06108 Halle
Press Conference: Monday 18 September, 1.00 pm
Löwengebäude
Universitätsplatz 11, Room 12)
Contact:
Julia Lippert, MA
Tel.: +49 (0)345 5523525
Email: julia.lippert@anglistik.uni-halle.de
http://anglistentag.anglistik.uni-halle.de
2nd Summer School of the Martin Luther University in South Korea …
… held in collaboration with the Hanbat National University in Daejeon between 20 and 30 September 2006
Between 20 and 30 September 2006, the 2nd summer school of the Martin Luther University takes place in collaboration with the Hanbat National University in Daejeon, Korea. The summer school on the topic “Industrial Crystallization Technologies for Pharmaceutical and Specialty Chemical Materials” is held by staff members from different departments of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg who give lectures over the course of two weeks.
25 Korean students can qualify through a competitive selection process to attend the summer school, which is sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst; DAAD). The event is intended to motivate Korean students to do a doctoral degree – especially in cooperation with the Martin Luther University or, more generally, in Germany.
The summer school takes place for the second time and aims to encourage the cooperation agreement between the Martin Luther University and the Hanbat National University. One Korean student – who had attended the first summer school – is currently pursuing her doctoral degree at the Department of Thermal Separation Processes of the Martin Luther University in Halle.
Staff members involved in the summer school:
Prof. Birgit Dräger, Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Pharmakologie
Email: birgit.draeger@pharmazie.uni-halle.de
Dr Matthew J Jones, Institut für Verfahrenstechnik
Email: matthew.jones@iw.uni-halle.de
Prof. Jörg Kreßler, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Verfahrenstechnik
Email: joerg.kressler@iw.uni-halle.de
Prof. Reinhard Neubert, Institut für Pharmazeutische Technologie und Biopharmazie
Email: reinhard.neubert@pharmazie.uni-halle.de
Prof. Markus Pietzsch, Institut für Pharmazeutische Technologie und Biopharmazie
Email: markus.pietzsch@pharmazie.uni-halle.de
PD Dr Klaus Raith, Institut für Pharmazeutische Technologie und Biopharmazie
Email: klaus.raith@pharmazie.uni-halle.de
Dipl.-Ing. Eric Römbach, Institut für Verfahrenstechnik
Email: eric.roembach@iw.uni-halle.de
Prof. Joachim Ulrich, Institut für Verfahrenstechnik
Email: joachim.ulrich@iw.uni-halle.de
9th International Hamann Colloquium at the Martin Luther University …
… hosted by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research into the European Enlightenment (IZEA)
From 27 to 30 September 2006, the 9th International Hamann Colloquium, themed "Johann Georg Hamann – Religion and Society", will take place at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research into the European Enlightenment (IZEA) at the Martin Luther University in Halle. Organiser of the international event is Professor Manfred Beetz from the Department of German Studies. The colloquium aims at senior researchers, postgraduates, and students working on, or interested in, the subject.
Contact:
Professor Manfred Beetz
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Institut für Germanistik
Herweghstraße 96
06099 Halle (Saale)
Tel: +49 (0)345 5523592
Email: manfred.beetz@izea.uni-halle.de
Dr Andre Rudolph
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für die Erforschung der Europäischen Aufklärung
Franckeplatz 1, Haus 54
06110 Halle (Saale)
Tel: +49 (0)345 5521790
Email: andre.rudolph@izea.uni-halle.de
36th German Meeting of Legal History Scholars at the Martin Luther University
Legal Historians and scholars of related disciplines meet in Halle for the first time
Following the initiative of Professor Heiner Lück und Professor Rolf Lieberwirth from the Faculty of Law, more than 400 Legal Historians and scholars of related disciplines will come together for the 36th Deutscher Rechtshistorikertag in Halle from 10 to 14 September 2006. It will be the first time the event takes place in Halle, a city that is well known as a centre of teaching on, and research into, legal history.
For this occasion, the focus of the July edition of the MLU magazine scientia halensis was on the past and current significance of legal history in general and at the Martin Luther University in particular (see https://www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/DEZERN1/PRESSE/MAGA-206.pdf). Few copies are still available from Dr. Margarete Wein at maragerete.wein@verwaltung.uni-halle.de.
A collection of the discussions and papers presented at the conference will be published soon.
Contact:
Professor Heiner Lück
Martin-Luther-Universität
Juristische Fakultät
Tel: +49 (0)345 5523200
Email: heiner.lueck@jura.uni-halle.de
Youth University invites to reflection workshop...
... from 1 to 3 September 2006 in Naumburg
Halle’s Youth University took place in June this year. Now co-ordinators and instructors have organised a workshop to reflect on the individual courses of the event. The workshop will run from 1 to 3 September 2006 in Naumburg and is open to everyone interested in discussing the recent Youth University and contributing to new ideas for future semesters. Susanne Rehbein, the project’s public relations officer, explains that the intention is “to address those people who enjoy organising and constructively criticising” an event.
As the events organised by the Youth University in the recent semester enjoyed far less popularity than expected, the organisers are keen to find out why attendance was so low. As a result of the reflection workshop, the existing concept for the Youth University will be revised and adapted. New colleagues with commitment to the Summer University are always welcome, Rehbein emphasises.
Although the organisers “basically regard this workshop as a ‘future seminar’”, there will also be several leisure activities between work panels. Catering and accommodation are provided; attendants are reimbursed for their travel costs.
Applications invited until 14 August 2006 to:
Jugenduni Halle
Franckesche Stiftungen / Haus 2
06110 Halle (Saale)
Tel.: 0345 9780021
Email: t.zerull@jugenduni.de
http://www.jugenduni.de
Halle in China
Summer School on “Economic and Foreign Trade Law of the European Union" held by Economic Law Department and Transnational Economic Law Research Center (TELC)
From 15 to 28 August 2006, the Economic and Trade Law School of the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chonquing, China, hosts a summer school held by the Martin Luther University’s Department of Economic Law and the TELC. The summer school, which is sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), is run by Professor Christian Tietje, Head of the Economic Law Department and the TELC, and Professor Urs Gruber.
The summer school is intended to train Chinese students in the legal framework of economic collaborations between China and the European Union. China has been the most significant Asian export market for Europe, and Germany in particular, for several years. Likewise, the European Union is China’s most important trade partner. As the only German university-based research institution that pays such attention to the legal interpretation of trade connections to China, the TELC secured a DAAD grant for a summer school about European trade law, competition law, and purchase law at the Economic and Trade Law School in Chonquing – with 32 million inhabitants the largest city of the world. Chonquing University has an excellent reputation for its research and teaching in the area of economic law.
Now teaching staff from the Law Faculty of the Martin Luther University deliver an intensive course on European economic law and German language over the course of two weeks. After qualifying through a competitive selection process of a large number of applicants, 45 students attend the school. There will also be a symposium about current problems within Chinese-EU trade connections.
Prof. Christian Tietje is pleased that the summer school "once more underlines the international reputation” of his department and the TELC and hopes “that the event will appeal to extraordinarily qualified Chinese students so some of them come to do degree at the Department of Economic Law in Halle”. For nine years the Department of Economic Law under Professor Tietje has been offering a supplementary course on economic law, which enjoys growing popularity amongst international students.
Contact:
Professor Dr. Christian Tietje
Forschungsstelle für Transnationales Wirtschaftsrecht (TELC)
Juristische Fakultät
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Universitätsplatz 5
06099 Halle (Saale)
Tel.: +49 (0)345 5523180
Fax: +49 (0)345 5527201
E-Mail: tietje@jura.uni-halle.de
http://www.telc.uni-halle.de
Academic perceptions of the Orient
New publication by the Centre for Oriental Studies of the Martin Luther University
The Centre for Oriental Studies (Orientwissenschaftliches Zentrum; OWZ) at the Martin Luther University has recently published a long awaited collection of papers presented at a conference held in Halle in September 2004:
Der Orient in akademischer Optik. Beiträge zur Genese einer Wissenschaftsdisziplin.
(Beiträge zum 29. Deutschen Orientalistentag, Halle 2004)
Ed. by Ludmila Hanisch, Orientwissenschaftliche Hefte 20/2006, ed. by the Orientwissenschaftliches Zentrum der Martin-Luther-Universität, ISSN 1617-2469, 185 pages, 11,50 €
Der Orient in akademischer Optik contains contributions from a panel of Orient historians who met during the 29th German Meeting of Orientalists in Halle in September 2004. The articles examine the origins of the disciplines Ancient Oriental Studies, Oriental Archaeology, Sinology, and Arabic Studies at modern universities. They focus on topics such as contributions from so-called dilettantes to the knowledge about the Orient, and the impact of oriental studies upon theological discussions. Analyses of neighbouring countries enhance the diachronical perspective of the book. The collection concludes with so far unpublished letters by Fritz Rudolf Kraus, Georg Jacob, and Hans Heinrich Schaeder, which provide an interesting insight into experiences and visions of well-known scholars of the subject.
For more information and/or orders:
Orientwissenschaftliches Zentrum (OWZ)
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Mühlweg 15
06114 Halle (Saale)
Tel: 0345 5524081
Fax: 0345 5527299
Email: hanne.schoenig@owz.uni-halle.de
http://www.owz.uni-halle.de/publika_owh_detail.php?heft=20
Student Exchange between Halle and Bratislava
Bi-national Master of Science degree course “International Finance Management” in German language
The cooperation between the Faculty of Economics at the Martin Luther University and the University of Economics in Bratislava goes back a number of years. In 1998, a German-language degree course was established in Bratislava in order to give Slovak students the opportunity to both improve their German language skills and expand their knowledge in finance and management and economics. In 2005, this degree course has been extended to a two-year bi-national Master degree course, “International Finance Management”, that allows students to gain credits in Bratislava and Halle. Lectures are held in German throughout the course; the first two semesters are spent in Bratislava, the final two in Halle. Regular mutual student exchanges in the form of seminars complement the degree course. Graduates receive the degree of Master of Science (M.Sc.).
Many German companies have long recognised Slovakia as an attractive location for economic investments and are, therefore, keen to recruit qualified graduates with German language skills, which also reflects in the great response of Slovak students to the Masters degree course and the exchange seminars.
Contact:
Professor Ralf Michael Ebeling
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Große Steinstraße 73
06099 Halle (Saale)
Tel: +49 (0)345 5523360
Email: ralf.ebeling@wiwi.uni-halle.de
PD Dr. Axel Stolze
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Universitätsring 3
06108 Halle (Saale)
Tel: +49 (0)345 5523412
Email: axel.stolze@wiwi.uni-halle.de
Agriculture at Halle’s Market
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe organised IAMO FORUM 2006 in Halle
From 29 June to 1 July, the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, in close cooperation with the Faculty for Agriculture of the Martin Luther University, invited to the IAMO FORUM 2006 to Halle. More than 150 researches as well as experts from politics and economics from 25 countries attended the event that run under the theme “Agriculture between markets, institutions, and politics”. Amongst the issues discussed at the conference were options and strategies of the agricultural and foodstuffs industry that will have an impact on future agricultural policies of the European Union.
Contributions have been published in:
Curtiss, J., Balmann, A., Dautzenberg, K., Happe, K. (2006): Agriculture in the Face of Changing Markets, Institutions and Policies - Challenges and Strategies, Vol. 33,
and can be downloaded from: http://www.iamo.de
Contact:
Professor Dr. Alfons Balmann
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Institut für Agrarökonomie und Agrarraumgestaltung
Emil-Abderhalden-Straße 20
06099 Halle (Saale)
Tel: +49 (0)345 29 28 300
Email: balmann@iamo.de
International Conference
Debating Dispositions
Issues in Metaphysics, Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind
Leucorea, Wittenberg, Germany 12 - 16 June 2006
Ordinary language and scientific discourse are filled with linguistic expressions for dispositional properties such as “soluble”, “elastic”, “reliable” and “humorous”. We characterize objects in all domains – physical objects as well as human persons – with the help of dispositional expressions. Hence, the concept of a disposition has historically and systematically played a central role in different areas of philosophy ranging from metaphysics to ethics. In this context one only needs to think of the important function that the concept of potentiality has in Aristotle`s metaphysics and the central role that the concept of a habitus plays in Aristotelian ethics. Yet contemporary philosophers do not agree on the ontological status of dispositional properties, the epistemological value of dispositional explanations, or a semantically adequate analysis of dispositional expressions. Philosophers, who place confidence in the conceptual scheme of ordinary language and trust the presupposition of common sense practices, tend to defend the legitimacy of dispositional expressions and the reality of dispositional properties, whereas philosophers in the tradition of logical empiricism are often rather skeptical in this regard.
One can divide the main systematic questions that implicitly motivate the discussion about dispositions into three groups. The first group addresses questions concerning the semantics of dispositional expressions and the ontological status of dispositional properties. In the second group one considers epistemological issues and one investigates the methodological function of dispositional explanations in scientific practices and research programs. The last group of questions encourages us to examine the nature of dispositions and the above issues in more specific contexts.
Our conference intends to consider not merely the problem of dispositions in light of the first two sets of questions. It will also address the neglected problems of disposition focused on in the third group of questions and will reflect the whole range of positions found in the history of philosophy. We will not only emphasize the issue of dispositions in the context of the natural sciences. Rather we will expand the scope of the contemporary debate by including the human sciences and philosophical disciplines like philosophy of mind and ethics.
The contributions of the first part of our conference will analyze the ancient foundations of the discussion about dispositions. They will look at the notion of virtue as a habitus, explore how ancient authors understood the problem of the knowledge that characterizes the virtuous person and will investigate how dispositional explanations were used in the framework of physics and metaphysics. It will be suggested that ancient historians did not merely use dispositional expressions but that they also philosophically reflected on that very practice. The second part of the conference will examine the problem of disposition within the context of the foundation of modern science and will analyze this dispute up to the 20th century. Particularly it will illustrate how Aristotelian physics whose dependence on dispositional explanations was famously ridiculed by Moliere has been replaced by mechanistic explanations of modern science that eliminate dispositional explanations. As it will be shown this debate does not only concern the domain of physics but also philosophy of mind. The articles in the third section will explore the contemporary theories of dispositions starting with Carnap, and explore the plausibility of various contemporary solutions to the problem of dispositions as well as the functions of dispositions in different contexts.
Organizers:
GREGOR DAMSCHEN (Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
ROBERT SCHNEPF (Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
KARSTEN STÜBER (College of the Holy Cross)
Contact:
GREGOR DAMSCHEN
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Institut für Philosophie
Schleiermacherstr. 1
06114 Halle/Saale
Germany
Tel +49-(0)345 5524325/394/391
Fax +49-(0)345 5527154
gregor.damschen@phil.uni-halle.de
Internet: www.phil.uni-halle.de/confer/debatingdispo/
Venue:
LEUCOREA
Collegienstraße 62
06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Tel +49-(0)3491 466100
Fax +49-(0)3491 466222
Sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Vereinigung der Freunde und Förderer der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, the Stiftung Leucorea, and de Gruyter Publishers, Berlin.
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Alma mater halensis and the Francke Foundation
A partnership rich in tradition then and now
In retrospective the planners and founders of the Friedrichs-University deserve a great deal of respect. They courageously, for that time, conceived real university reforms. Starting in 1692 August Hermann Francke realized here in the politically tolerant atmosphere of the Brandenburg-Prussian State his Pietistic ideas of reform. The institutions, which he set up in an area of Halle called Glaucha, became well-known all over Europe within a short period of time.
The intellectual and organizational close proximity of the university proved, perhaps in many respects, to be the most important lifeline to the institutions in Glaucha. If viewed the other way around, the university profited from Francke’s work; students poured into Halle from all over Europe to learn from him and to hear him speak. His institutions formed a practical addition to academic teaching. Therefore, the Fridericiana halensis was also considered in its heyday and up until the 1730s to be one of the most distinguished universities in Europe.
Up until today, this cooperative relationship still exists between the university and the Francke Foundation. The partnership is again bearing fruit, because one of the strengths of the Francke Foundation, as an independent institution, is that it is able to get involved in diverse co- operative partnerships. This independence which the Francke Foundation regained was initiated by university circles. If it were to turn out well, it would amount to an immediate establishment of the same centuries-old tradition, and in future the Francke Foundation could build up an even stronger practical field for academic educational training at the Martin-Luther-University.
Together both partners could contribute in providing Halle with an unmistakable profile throughout Europe as a city which represents science, education and culture.
(Thomas Müller-Bahlke, April 2006)
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Cooperation between the Uni and the “Burg”
Part 1: More than 11 Meters of Art History
Up until the fall of the Berlin wall the relationship between the Burg Giebichenstein, University for Art and Design, and the University of Halle mainly consisted of personal contacts among professors. Then there were various attempts at cooperation among the students and teaching staffs at both universities.
So, the University for Art and Design, while incorporating the university, established a new course of studies; e.g. Art Education for students of secondary education. Since 1992 there has been a contractual cooperation agreement between the pedagogues /sociologists at the university and the fine artists/ aesthetes at the school for Art and Design. Resulting from other spontaneous forms of collective research a new combination course was developed: Multimedia/Virtual Reality-Production; the three courses of study, where both partners participate, encompasses the subjects: Media-and Communication Science, Multimedia/Visual Reality Design and Multimedia/Visual Reality-Informatics.
What has been especially effective since 1999 is a contractual agreement between the University’s Institute for Art History and the Burg’s Art Department. Within the framework of Art Education there is a special programme on offer about the didactics of museum management and since 1998 the Elfmeter Gallery has offered a forum for Art History students, which enables them to meet on a regular basis with their instructors.
(Heinrich Dilly and Rolf Müller)
www.institute.de
“Hands-on Science” –
To marvel, learn, and understand: Fifth Long Night of Science
From Friday (14 July) night to early Saturday (15 July) morning, Halle will host its Long Night of Science for the fifth time. Themed “Hands-on Science”, the all-night event marks the opening of the official Saxony-Anhalt Day. Between 7 pm and 2 am, a rich and wide-ranging programme consisting of countless individual events invites visitors to take a tour through Saxony-Anhalt’s versatile science and research landscape. Thirteen departments of the Martin Luther University, together with six universities, two museums, seven companies, two project groups, and nineteen research institutes – all from Saxony-Anhalt – will offer rare and valuable insights into practical and theoretical aspects of their research.
Admission to the Long Night of Science is free and open to the public, but some events require registration to secure a place. For more information, please telephone (0) 345 5521426 or e-mail lndw@verwaltung.uni-halle.de, or check our web page at http://www.wissenschaftsnacht-halle.de.