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TheTreeNewsletter of Academia Europaea • Issue 18 • February 2003

15th Annual Conference Graz,Austria 11-13 September 2003

he 2003 Annual meeting will be starts on 12 September and ends on 13 As with previous conferences, members of held this year at the Karl-Franzens September.The programme has been the Academia will be invited to make a TUniversität in Graz. Professor divided into 4 sessions: conference donation of 75 Euros (or Siegfried Bauer (Graz) is leading a local equivalent in their local currency). organising team and programme 1 Human Genetics and Social Non-members will be asked to make a committee, which has put together a Development donation of 100 Euros towards the costs of fascinating programme and timetable of 1 Culture and Belief – The Essential the event. social events.The city of Graz is the Human? European Capital of Culture for 2003 1 Cognition Ad hoc conference sessions will be open to (http://www.graz03.at) and delegates will 1 Man – Earth – Cosmos members of the public. be treated to receptions and dinners courtesy of the City, Mayor and Governor Some of the confirmed speakers include: Discounted travel has been arranged with of the province of Styria. Robert Martin (Chicago), Georg Wick Austrian, Lauda and Tyrolean airlines.Ask (), Gerald Wolf (Magdeburg), Peter your travel agent to contact these airlines The theme of the and to quote code reference APMO3. conference is “What makes Oefner (Palo Alto), Malcolm Jeeves (St us Human?” Andrews), Rudolf Flotzinger (Graz),Ted A detailed mailing will be sent to all Honderich (London), Martin Nowak members of the Academia and the The conference starts on 11 September, in (Princeton), Helmut Rauch (Vienna), programme, registration forms and other the late morning with Section meetings. In Martin Rees (Cambridge), Michael Rutter local tourist information will be posted the afternoon is the Annual Business (London). onto the Academia Website: meeting, followed by the opening www.acadeuro.org.A limited number of ceremony, ERASMUS lecture and Rooms in a range of local hotels have been travel bursaries will be available to assist presentation of Burgen Scholars – a big hit reserved and transport between venues will Academia Europaea members who are at the Lisbon meeting.The main conference be provided. resident in Non-EU and EFTA countries.

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14th Annual Conference 2002: Lisbon, 9-11 October The Sciences and the Understanding of Risk: Policies for Public Trust and Well-being

The full set of abstracts have been placed on the publications pages of the Academia website, together with the programme, participants lists and names of the Burgen Scholars for 2002 (see: www.acadeuro.org). Some of the specific papers that will appear in forthcoming issues of the European Review are:

Whom can we Trust? – John Ziman (27, Little London Green, Oakley,Aylesbury, Bucks, HPl8 9QL, UK). E-mail: [email protected]

People need socially accredited but disinterested experts to give them reliable advice about risks. Traditionally, this role has been performed by academics. But academia is coming increasingly under the influence of commercial and political interests. How can ‘postacademic’ science be shaped to sustain its vital role as an independent organ of civil society.

Risks in Space – Arnold Wolfendale (Department of Physics, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, UK). E-mail:[email protected]

The human species is beset by ‘risks’, one of which is related to its exposed position on the Earth as it travels through cosmic space.An examination is made of the major risks, those associated with cometary impact, with solar emissions and with the explosions of nearby stars. Estimates are given of the risks associated The Tower , Lisbon with trying to avoid their effects. Not surprisingly it is concluded that more work is necessary’. pwards of 150 participants who endeared themselves to the assembled at the conference distinguished audience by sticking rigidly to Risk Perception, Emotion and Policy: Ucentre of the Fundação Calouste their allotted three minutes of personal The case of Nuclear Technology – Gulbenkian to take part in the 15th annual introduction. Over the three days, the Lennart Sjoberg (Center for Risk Research, meeting of the Academia.The conference quality of the individual presentations and Stockholm School of Economics, was welcomed by the President of the the topicality of the theme of the meeting Stockholm, Sweden). Gulbenkian Foundation, Emilio Vilar, and ensured extensive local press coverage in E-mail: Lennart. [email protected] an opening address was given by his print, on radio and on the T.V.news. Nobel Excellency Fernandes Thomas, State Laureate Harold Kroto (Sussex University, This paper addresses the general question of the Secretary for Science, in Portugal. New UK) received the 2002 ERASMUS medal role of emotions in risk management, with an members of the Academia were welcomed and gave a highly individual lecture application to the siting of a repository for spent and the local organiser and Academia focusing on “Science and Doubt” and the nuclear fuel.Although it is true that such siting member Alex Quintanilha (IBMC, Porto), need to meet the challenges of “educating has been very difficult to carry out without introduced the ten 2002 Burgen scholars, to learn”. meeting with strong local opposition, there are

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Journalists are often blamed for producing scare Transparency, accountability and Left to right: Harold Kroto,Werner Rathmayer and Peter Day stories. It seems to have been forgotten that many, inclusivity are not going to solve all perhaps most, modern scare stories are based on our problems in handling risk – Derek scientific risk calculations, and that journalists are Burke (13, Pretoria Road, Cambridge, not trained in scaring the wits out of people in CB4 1HD,UK). that particular way.A more precise accusation E-mail: [email protected] might be that journalists are eager, unthinking and unquestioning conveyors of results from Over the last few years, the regulatory system for scientific risk calculations. GM foods and crops in Europe has ground to a halt because of the difficulty in reaching Calculation of risk has become an important agreement. Regulators, in struggling to overcome research product; a product fitting nicely into the distrust and suspicion that has greeted GM some exceptions in recent Swedish experience. conventional journalistic story-telling, but the soya in particular, have introduced a new mantra: This recent experience constitutes an occasion for concept of risk tends to dilute value disagreement transparency, accountability and inclusivity. I reconsidering the received message from risk and conflict of interests into seemingly purely argue in this paper that this mantra, although a perception research since the 1970’s.This factual issues, leaving little room for political considerable advantage on what has gone before, research has purportedly demonstrated a very debate. Moreover, the cargo attitude of journalism will not solve all our problems; basically because strong impact of emotional processes on risk is at conflict with the journalistic ideal of critical such procedures can only partially deal with the attitudes, which in turn is supposed to imply investigation and analysis on behalf of the public loss of trust and the climate of suspicion that we that these attitudes are rigid and unchangeable. to stimulate common deliberation in the public now working in. Some suggestions are made to However, when this assertion is looked at more sphere.Apparently, the production of scientific as to what we should do next. closely it is found that a number of questionable knowledge is excluded from the public sphere. assumptions and overly strong generalizations Regarding discussions on science and technology The meeting has already had its mark with have been made.The central role played by the journalists will have to enquire into aspects of a “Risk” related project proposal by one of concept of “dread” is particularly important. facts, values and social interests to live up to the the speakers (Prof. Ragnar Lofstedt, UCL, Dread, or a “gut reaction”, is by no means ideal of investigation on behalf of the public. London) receiving support from the demonstrated in the traditional selection of Several obstacles along this path can be Academia’s ‘New Initiatives Fund’ to enable hazard attributes, which contain such identified, one of them being the a preparatory “community meeting” to take dimensions as concern for future generations or commercialisation of journalism in the media- place in March/April 2003. voluntariness. Such dimensions may have a industry and of scientific research in the knowledge-industry. Universities, in the search for relationship to emotional processes but they are The social events were very enjoyable. a meaning of life, might consider providing a not emotional per se and their emotional Delegates were treated to two receptions home for independent, reflexive journalism on significance remains to be documented.The and an excellent dinner, with traditional science in a social context. items that do measure emotional reactions Fado group singing, and a relaxing tour of directly, by asking about fear and anxiety, are the sights of Lisbon, including a surprise Literary Representations of Risk: found in data on nuclear waste repository siting, return to childhood, with a visit to the Terror, Crime and Punishment – to have only weak influence on policy attitudes. Douwe Fokkema (Utrecht University, Pavilhão do Conhecimento – Ciência Viva The most important weight is instead carried by Muntstraat 4, 3512 EV Utrecht,The (Pavilion of Knowledge – live Science) – an items measuring expected severity of Netherlands). opportunity for a real hands on experience. consequences.The argument is, in a concluding E-mail: [email protected] The smooth organisation was a tribute to section, carried to the level of attitudes to Alex Quintanilha and his Oporto team, to technologies, which may or may not be related All forms of terror seem to aim at the destruction Carlos Matos Ferreira, José Mariano Gago, to perceived risk. It is found that an important of the individual experience and judgment of and Rainer Gerold of the European role is played by substitutability of a technology. people. Part of our world is threatened by political Commission and to our local members on If people see no good substitute for a technology terror (as represented first by Dostoevsky) or the organising committee.We are grateful which has important benefits, they are ready to ethnic and cultural terror (as convincingly for the financial support received from the accept the risks.The current situation in Sweden described by J.M.Coetzee), but it seems possible, University of Porto, Instituto Superior with regard to nuclear power can be understood at least in principle, to find an answer to these Technico,The Gulbenkian Foundation, in this light, since no realistic alternatives are threats. Is, religion the primary remedy against Ministry of Science of Portugal,The available. nihilism and, therefore, also against terrorism as European Commission and the Compagnia Dostoevsky believes,? Or is the quasi-semi- di San Paolo. Scare Stories Or: some arguments for autonomous self the major antagonist of providing journalism with a licence terrorism? The genetic manipulation of the human See you all in Graz in to think – Gitte Meyer (Institut for race, as sketched by Michel Houellebecq in his September 2003! Journalistik,The Centre for Bioethics and novel Les Particules élémentaires (1998), holds a Risk Assessment, Syddansk Universitet, threat that is irreversible.The cloning of human Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark). beings, which supposedly offers a solution to many E-mail: [email protected] of our problems, seems too high a risk to take.

February 2003 Academia Europaea 4 The second joint Klaus Tschira Foundation/Academia Europaea Workshop (Organised by Prof. Ole Petersen, Chairman of the Physiology and Medicine Section)

rom 7th to 9th March 2002 the Huge technical advances in, for example, Europaea, including Professors Sir Michael second joint workshop organized imaging technology have allowed major Berridge FRS (Cambridge), Ernesto Fby Academia Europaea in progress in the characterization of these Carafoli (Padua), Javier Garcia-Sancho collaboration with The Klaus Tschira signals and in the understanding of the (Valladolid),Anant Parekh (Oxford),Tullio Foundation took place in Heidelberg. In mechanisms by which these signals control Pozzan (Padua), and Andras Spät the beautiful setting of the Klaus Tschira such diverse processes as contraction, (Budapest). Foundations Villa Bosch Studio, a number secretion, memory, cell division and even of the world’s leading scientists in the field cell death.The meeting was organized by Academia Europaea and The Klaus Tschira of Calcium Signalling spent three days the Academy’s Physiology & Medicine Foundation have agreed to arrange a third discussing recent progress in this Section Committee under the workshop on Obesity and Diabetes to important research area which has major chairmanship of Professor Ole Petersen take place in Heidelberg in March 2003. implications for virtually all cellular FRS.The Nobel Laureate and Academia The meeting will again be organized by regulation mechanisms. Calcium signalling Member Erwin Neher from the Max- the Academy’s Physiology & Medicine deals with the pattern (both in time and Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Section, chaired by Ole Petersen in space) of the intracellular calcium in Göttingen opened the meeting and on collaboration with the Academia Member concentration changes evoked by many the list of distinguished speakers there Professor Claes Wollheim from the different types of cellular stimulation. were several Members of the Academia University of Geneva. From our member Prof. Egbert Duusma (La Turbie, France) (Earth and Cosmic Sciences Section)

n Honour of Dr.Alfred H. Heineken for members of the Academia Europaea.The graphs of atmospheric temperature profiles Founder († January 2002) of the booklet and CD-Rom, of which Prof. Dr. and can be opened with a standard desk IAcademic prizes on Environment, Egbert K. Duursma is the author, has an computer.Added are the original databank Medicine, Historical Science and Art, which objective to stimulate regional research on records until July 2001 and directions for are awarded each even year by the Royal climatic changes and finding solutions to the further research. Heineken N.V.sponsored the Netherlands Academy of Art and Sciences, a regional water challenge. It will be presented printing of the booklet. booklet (32 pp.) and attached CD-Rom, (645 at the 3rd World Water Forum to be held in Mo), entitled:“Rainfall, River Flow and Kyoto, Japan, March 2003.The CD Rom If you have not yet received a copy of the Temperature Profile Trends; Consequences for contains 186 trend graphs on rainfall, 180 booklet please contact the author by email at: water Resources”, is available free of charge trend graphs of river runoff and of 75 trend [email protected]

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Academia Europaea February 2003 5 ANNUAL Burgen Scholars BUSINESS MEETING 2002

PRESENTED AT THE LISBON Lisbon: 12 October 2002 CONFERENCE Dr. Nuno Arantes Oliveira his was the final meeting for of support. A full list of sponsors and Cell biology and Technology Transfer retiring President Stig Strömholm, donations could be found in the Annual [IST, Lisbon] Tand in the presence of some 55 Report and Accounts.The meeting was members he reported on the past years advised that there had been changes to the Dr. Duarte Nuno Vaz Freire Moniz activities, highlights and disappointments. Board of Trustees of the Academia during Borba [The draft minutes of the annual meeting are the year. Both the Chair,The Lord Physics [ JET Laboratory, available to read on the members only section of Flowers and Sir Keith Thomas had stepped Abingdon,UK] the Academia website (www.acadeuro.org)]. down, with Peter Day becoming a new Dr.Vítor Manuel Álvares Escária The Annual Report and Accounts for the Trustee.The meeting approved a change Economics [ IST, Lisbon] year ending March 31 2002 were accepted to the regulations as follows: Article 9 – (available on the website and on request). A Insert a new paragraph 8: Dr. Maria do Céu Fontes Herdeiro number of changes to membership of the Figueiredo Council were announced, with the “The Trustees of the Academia Europaea, shall Medical Microbiology [Universidade do retirements of: Henk van der Molen be entitled to be present at any and all meetings Porto, IPATIMUP] (Rotterdam) (as senior Vice President), of the Council and its committees and shall be Maria Agripina Ferreira Carriço John Bergsagel (Copenhagen) and Denis entitled to have access to all documents, reports Lopes Vieira Weaire (Dublin). It was reported that and records to this end”. Modern Languages & Literature Council had approved Professor Jean- [University of Lisbon] Pierre Poirier (Paris) as Vice-President There was no other business reported and it Dr. Ricardo Saraiva Loureiro de elect. Having completed a first term on was with the profound thanks of the Oliveira Louro Council, Sierd Cloetingh (Amsterdam) was meeting and some sadness, that the meeting Biochemistry [ITQB, New University re-eligible for election under the closed and Stig Strömholm stepped down. of Lisbon] regulations and was so approved by the meeting.There followed a ballot of The new President Professor Jürgen Dr. João Lourenço Teixeira Lopes members present for the two vacant seats Mittelstrass (Konstanz) assumed the chair for de Sousa Maciel on Council.The President announced that the workshop that followed the Business Electrical Engineering [ IST, Lisbon] Professors, Manuel G.Velarde (Madrid) Meeting.A report of that workshop and an Dr. Rui Ramos and Jørgen Rischel (Copenhagen) had invitation to readers to respond to its Historian [New University of Lisbon] been duly elected to a first term. In his findings, are on page 8 of this issue. report, the Treasurer (Peter Day) described Dr.Tiago Tavares Santos Pereira a welcome, marginal improvement in the Social Sciences [Technical University of end of year financial situation.That had Lisbon] been possible only through the generosity Dr. Jorge Manuel de Sousa Basto of the Riksbankens Jubileumsfonds of Vieira Sweden, which had offered a temporary Biomedicine [IBMC, Porto] lifeline.The outcome of the mid year review by the Royal Society of London The Academia Europaea gratefully reminded the meeting that the position of acknowledge the support of the the Academia was certainly not secure and Compagnia di San Paulo for the 2002 that many of the issues would be discussed Burgen Scholar awards in depth in the succeeding workshop. Nonetheless, the Treasurer was able to report that the coming financial year looked to be a brighter prospect, with new support from the Wallenberg Foundations and with the exception of the Swiss authorities, a commitment by the main sponsors to a further two years

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February 2003 Academia Europaea 6 Ars Musica – Musica Sacra

develops its own ‘autonomous’ artistic identity, often apparently breaking the mould of its traditional function and acquiring characteristics which can be explored in their own right, irrespective of ritual context.An event in Regensburg’s history provided an excellent ‘peg’ on which to hang the scientific deliberations, which were timed to coincide with celebrations for the 950th anniversary of the canonization by Leo XI of St Wolfgang focal points for the melodies. Nowhere are and St Erhard of Regensburg. On the these musical characteristics more apparent evening of Monday 7 October a concert of than in the offices composed by plainchant from the medieval liturgical Hermannus Contractus.They are further offices in honour of these saints was connected with the concepts of celestial performed. (The Wolfgang office was harmony, truth and beauty (expounded, for composed by Hermannus Contractus of the example, in the writings of Pseudo- Reichenau, the Erhard office by Konrad of Dionysius the Areopagite and Johannes Megenberg. Leo IX was himself the author Scotus Eriugena), which provided an of several plainchant offices.) Hermannus’ intellectual and spiritual justification, as it music itself reflects the interplay of music were, for the abandonment of older, theory and chant composition in a striking traditional styles of chant. way, and could therefore be heard as an The sacred music of the aural manifestation of the theme of the After this demonstration of the practical Middle Ages in its symposium. Indeed, the concert was itself effects of harmonic ideas, two papers ecclesiastical and artistic an invitation to ponder the implications of explored the theoretical literature in more context extracting liturgical chant from its original detail. Birger Munk-Olsen (Copenhagen) ritual context and presenting it as an object set music-theoretical issues in a wider intellectual and pedagogical context by Regensburg, 6 – 7 October 2002 for aesthetic appreciation. demonstrating the place of musical studies One group of papers concentrated on the in Latin learning and education of the nder the aegis of the Academia monophonic music of the Roman rite, Middle Ages. Michael Bernhard (Munich) Europaea, the University of generally known as Gregorian chant.At the demonstrated the key role in the developing Regensburg recently hosted a U start of the symposium David Hiley music theory of the 9th century played by symposium organized by the Institut für (Regensburg) drew attention to the impact Boethius’ Institutio musica. Boethius was Musikwissenschaft of the University. It was on chant composition of the theory of the appreciated first for his mathematical made possible by generous support from the (eight) modes. It can be seen, for example, demonstration of musical phenomena Regensburg Universitätstiftung Hans in the organization of cycles of office chants without reference to practical music. He Vielberth, the Royal Swedish Academy of in numerical modal order, and in the use of then found a place in the writings of Letters, History and Antiquities, and the key notes in the modal octave, standing in Aurelian of Réome and Regino of Prüm, Bischöfliches Ordinariat Regensburg. harmonious relationship to each other, as although they do not use his terminology Although modest in scale, the symposium successfully harnessed the energies and expertise of both international and local organizations, both academic and ecclesiastical, and the concert which closed the event brought the work of the Academia to the attention of a wider public as well.

The aim of the symposium was to explore the area where music on the one hand serves the liturgy, with its preordained forms and structures, and on the other hand

Academia Europaea February 2003 7 for pitches and intervals. Finally, Hucbald of St Amand applies Boethius’ system to Gregorian chant, and the Nova expositio of the anonymous Alia musica links the transposition scales of antiquity with the medieval modes.

Roman Hankeln (Weimar-Jena) investigated the ways in which key elements in the Latin texts could be articulated musically. Examples were drawn from a group of medieval offices composed in honour of canonized rulers, the 13th- century historiae for Emperor Henry II, Charlemagne and Louis IX of France.The new musical vocabulary of this period is particularly well suited to support emphatic rhetorical declamation.The new chants replaced items from the Common of Saints, which had previously served to identify the has shown that many works had an exhibition ”Alte Kapelle Regensburg” in saints with the community of long- individual, even personal purpose outside, the Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, venerated confessors.The question then or at least alongside, the universal liturgy. Regensburg, where the symposium was arises, was it the quest for individual This was demonstrated by Margaret Bent held. Martin Czernin (Vienna) displayed expressiveness which led to the composition (Oxford) in the case of Guillaume Du Fay’s and summarized the significance of a of new texts and melodies? Missa Sancti Jacobi and other examples, number of chant fragments from the which form of a network of 15th-century Jakobskirche (Schottenkirche), Regensburg, Regensburg returned to the forefront of compositions created when a personal attention in the paper by László Dobszay devotional or commemorative ritual was (Budapest). Using the resources of the instituted. Pierluigi Petrobelli (Rome) project CAO-ECE (Corpus Antiphonalium discussed a set of monophonic, mensurally Officii Ecclesiarum Centralis Europae), notated Passions and other items in a source developed at Budapest, he demonstrated from Cividale, while Miros aw Perz close repertorial affinities between the office (Warsaw) introduced a number of items liturgy of Regensburg diocese and two from Polish sources where sacred music 14th-century manuscripts (preserved in appears with curiously secular associations. Oxford and St. Florian, respectively) whose provenance was hitherto unclear.These Rudolf Flotzinger (Graz) drew attention would be the only comprehensive notated to striking parallels between the legends of office sources so far known for the St. Gregory as musical composer and St. Regensburg liturgy. John Bergsagel Luke as painter, in both the content and the (Copenhagen) spoke about particular transmission of the two historical now preserved at the Schottenstift in problems raised by the use of items drawn complexes. In another area in which art Vienna.And, as already mentioned, the from the ‘standard’ liturgy for processions in history and music history intersect, Staale symposium concluded with a concert of the local customs of a particular church. Sinding-Larsen (Trondheim) considered chant in honour of St. Erhard and St. Today it is notoriously difficult to rituals as multilevel, multimedia processes Wolfgang, performed in the former abbey reconstruct such customs, where often only and the applicability of recent church of St. Emmeram by the the briefest instructions were given about interdisciplinary methodologies to their Regensburger Domspatzen, the Schola of what was self-evident to those involved. study. the Hochschule für Katholische Kirchenmusik, and the Schola ”Oktogon”. Another group of papers took as its The symposium was enriched by several starting-point musical manuscripts with events beyond the formal papers.The The concert was recorded and a CD ritual music of the 15th century. architectural history of the monastery may be obtained on request. Compositions such as the splendid cyclic church of St. Emmeram was elucidated by Please contact: masses of this period have long invited Wolfgang Schöller, an overview of the [email protected] consideration as ‘works of art’, chant manuscripts from Neresheim in the independently of their ritual function. But Fürst Thurn und Taxis Hofbibliothek, much effort has also been expended on Regensburg, was given by Klaus understanding their liturgical context, their Thomayer. Raymond Dittrich ‘Sitz im Leben’. Ironically, recent research introduced the musical exhibits in the

February 2003 Academia Europaea 8 Consultation on the future of the Academia Europaea

he workshop of members present at Outputs the Lisbon annual meeting in TOctober considered three Below is a synopsis (and interpretation) of substantive issues.A number of important the main points that arose during the outputs were produced and these are set out discussions. These points and below.The Council has asked that all suggestions are all open for further members consider the range of suggestions debate.They are listed in no order of made and the issues that they address. importance or priority. Comments are now invited from the The mission and niche of the Academia. membership at large. If you wish to send in The main “selling points” (USP in your views please make sure that they are marketing parlance) were suggested as: the received by the Secretariat (David Coates), breadth (both individually and either by email ([email protected]) or geographically) of expertise across by post NOT LATER THAN 30 Humanities, Letters and Natural Sciences. MARCH. Please mark your envelope All AE initiatives and activities should draw “Lisbon Consultation” as a matter of principle, on these aspects. Jurgen Mittelstrass – President,Academia Europaea Paper for consideration The EU landscape for providing “advice” is crowded.The AE should focus only on As part of the 14th Annual meeting, the attacking generic issues dependant upon the new President – Professor Dr. Jürgen transdisciplinary perspective.There should Mittelstrass chaired a workshop of some be a large increase in the production of 55+ members.The discussion was meant as policy papers and activities which seek to a “no holds barred” brainstorming session capture these aspects, rather than trying to for individual members and Section compete with the main national Academies, committees to discuss with the Council a or professional bodies which can better broad range of issues.These included, for service the subject disciplines. example: The AE should specifically concentrate on areas where it has a unique capacity How to improve the relevance and visibility compared to most national bodies:That is in of the Academia as a body dedicated to the providing policy advice and assessments promotion of European scholarship? (both solicited or unsolicited) on scientifically driven issues that need a How to improve the numbers and profile of critical Humanities and Social Sciences activities that the Academia undertakes, and perspective. the funding for these? Many individual members are also members How to win a greater commitment of the of national and international advisory membership, and practical suggestions for bodies.The AE should seek to work potential new activities for the Academia? through these individuals and should

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consider how Sections could link with Specific ways should be found that enable Sciences and Natural sciences to reach these individuals to provide input and regular cross sectional dialogue and readership outside of Europe. assistance in their advisory work. exchange between the various Sections of the Academia, including provision for face- Proceedings and the discussions of each The AE should concentrate on lobbying for to-face meetings.A way for enabling regular annual conference should be published and basic sciences at the European level and dialogue and exchange between the new made publicly available. Members who should play an active part in policy Humanities sections should be provided. attended Lisbon should be encouraged to development for the European Research Sections should be encouraged to develop persuade other colleagues to attend Graz. Council and Area. AE should consider their own web-site/pages. Discussion fora The Annual meeting should be balanced project bids to Framework 6, especially for should be established, which are “managed” across all AE sectional interests. development of transdisciplinary networks, by Sections or ad hoc groups to address and provision of support structures to specific issues. Council should identify five or six generic peripheral and small European countries. issues and then stimulate Sections to AE should seek to develop key strategic develop a programme of initiatives around The AE should focus on stimulating alliances in Europe to add value and weight these, including developing proposals Sections to develop initiatives in a “bottom- to its own outreach activities. (including research and studies) for projects up way”, especially transdisciplinary actions EUROSCIENCE and the ESF should be to FP6. For example: which could be funded from the Science key partners.AE should also consider and Society programme of FP6 and other improving communication with foreign • Science Education across Europe relevant areas. members and through them, develop • European History, Literature and the working relationships with Non- European Humanities Emphasis should be given to strengthening bodies such as the American Philosophical • Evaluation and best practise the capacity for sections to develop Society, for future joint activities. Foreign • Education for the future of Europe and its initiatives, BUT the focus should remain on membership should be strengthened and citizens topics that have a cross Sectional dimension they should be encouraged (and supported • Ideas in science (e.g. symmetry, and which are delivered through specifically if necessary) to participate in activities.AE simplicity…) created ad hoc groups. Sections should be should consider providing a “European • Marie Curie expert review services and closely integrated into the development of voice” for these bodies.AE should establish assessments programmes. a series of “dialogue papers” with bodies outside of Europe. The AE should strengthen the profile of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the AE should draw on its geographic spread to European level and develop initiatives that propose new networks to support capacity build bridges to the natural sciences development and best practice for accession communities. countries and peripheral and small states. This should include Council intervention Members should be encouraged to develop in identification of new members from regular, informal national meetings, to small countries. Section chairs should improve a sense of “community” and to become full members of Council. identify issues that could be developed or relevant to other AE “national” members’ The European Review should develop groups. more input from the Humanities, Social

February 2003 Academia Europaea 10 European Excellence Call for New Union in Members Higher Framework MEMBERSHIP CYCLE 2003

Progamme Education ominations are now open for candidates as new members.The 6 gets nomination forms can be t the end of June, the Academia N downloaded from the website Europaea, International Academy underway! (www.acadeuro.org) members only section. of Education and the Wenner Gren A The password to access this part of the site Foundations, ran a major international is: 08erasmus02 Call for Evaluators conference exploring the elements of what constitutes excellence in the higher The rules for nomination and eligibility are or members who are research active educational setting.Approximately 80 also on the website (or by request from or just curious – the first calls for practising educationalists heard Betty Lim at the Secretariat Fproposals were published in the EU contributions from across the full range of ([email protected]). Official journal on 17 December 2002 disciplines, which ranged from the history of the Humboldtian concept of the purity [http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/home.html ]. Council has placed a priority on the of learning and research – through to the This marks the start of the Sixth election of members under 55 years of practicalities and shortfalls of a reliance on Framework Programme for research.We age.At least 50% of priority lists coming modern distance, modular and electronic will try to assist members by posting regular from the sections should contain younger systems for supported learning and self- bulletins on our website and providing candidates of exceptional promise. Council direction.The problems of striving for will specifically encourage female essential links. excellence within publicly funded systems nominations. Candidates who are past under the glare of transparency, normal retirement age will be considered Sections have a role to play here, and in the accountability and in extremes of political on their individual record of distinction, coming months we will be exploring ways interference were compared, both from awards and internationally recognised in which the national groups of our Europe and South America.The conference honours.All candidates for Foreign members could form advisory networks to wrestled with the concepts of quality and Membership must in addition to their assist their communities to access the the need for a rational approach to academic achievements, also provide programme and perhaps bid for money! systematic research and assessment of evidence of substantial and sustained quality.The meeting was a great success, as scholarly links to Europe. The Commission have published two calls ever complimented by the generosity and for registration of expert evaluators excellent organisation of the staff at the The timetable for 2003 is as follows: [http://www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidat Wenner Gren Foundation – our thanks to ure.htm]. One call is for individuals to Prof.Torvard Laurent and his colleagues. END of June 2003 – Completed forms to register.The second call is new this time Specific support was given by the be sent to the chairs of the relevant sections and invites organisations such as the Compagnia di San Paolo, which enabled a Academia to register lists of members number of scholars from non-EU and non- June – September – Assessment by the names.This is something that the Board European states to participate fully in the Section Committees wishes to encourage. But we need the meeting. Prof. De Corte has acted as permission of individual members. coordinating editor for the symposium October – Assessment reports and priority Therefore, I would be grateful if all volume, which will be published by the lists to the Secretariat office members who are willing to have their Portland Press, early in 2003. December – Meeting of the nominations names put onto an Academia sub-committee Europaea evaluators list email or fax The rapporteur’s synopsis of the meeting their name and Section to the entitled “Clues to Excellence in Higher April 2004 – Election by the Council secretariat (please put “FP6” in the Education” is available for downloading from the Academia website subject line or heading).We will then Once approval by Council has been (www.acadeuro.org), or by request to the compile our register.This is an opportunity obtained, a formal invitation to the Secretariat in London. to further raise our profile with the candidate to accept membership is issued. Commission and to ensure that the best Until that acceptance is received, the expertise is made available to the candidate is not considered to be a bona programme over the coming years. fide member.

Academia Europaea February 2003 11

NOTICE OF ELECTIONS – 2003

A. Officers of the Academia Europaea for these two positions.The names of Marie-Lise Chanin and Urs Meyer, who willing candidates should be submitted in have all completed their second consecutive In accordance with the regulations, writing to the Executive Secretary NOT term as members of the Council. members are advised that having completed LATER than 30 April 2003. Foreign two terms in office, Professor Ian members are not eligible to stand as Therefore, under article 13.4 – any Butterworth will retire as Vice President, at candidates. ordinary member may propose any fellow the close of business of the Annual meeting member as a candidate. Names of willing on 11 September 2003. B. Members of the Council candidates should be sent, in writing, to the Executive Secretary. Closing date for The recent death of Vice-President Werner In accordance with the regulations, all receipt of nominations is 14 August Rathmayer, has created a second vacancy. members are advised that three seats on 2003. Foreign members are not eligible to Council shall be filled at the Annual propose candidates for election or to stand Therefore under Article 13.3 – All General meeting of the Academia, on 11 as candidates. Ordinary Members are invited to nominate September 2003.These places fall vacant any other ordinary member as a candidate upon the retirement of Enric Banda,

From the Editor-in-Chief of the European Review – Arnold Burgen

he European Review continues to develop its impact and texts should log into the CUP website: profile.Although, as a journal with a general appeal, it is a http://www.journals.cambridge.org/journal_Europeanreview Tcontinual struggle to secure a place on the library shelf. Members of the Academia receive free of charge a subscription to Your password is your personal subscription number that is printed the Review and this includes full online access to the journal.This on the address label of the European Review envelope. If your have is a major cost to the Academia and if any members no longer any problems with access, please contact the CUP wish to receive the Review in hard copy, please inform the ([email protected]) Secretariat (Betty Lim on [email protected]).The survey carried out in Tree issue 17, did not stimulate enough Finally, there have been some changes to the Editorial Board. responses for the Board to take any decision on changes to policy regarding subscriptions to the journal.A further mailing to From Volume No11, Henk Wesseling will be Joint Editor in Chief. individual members will take place in the coming weeks. Editors will not be in doubt of Henk’s major contributions to the Review; I am very happy with his even greater involvement in the The Editorial Board welcome any unsolicited manuscripts or future. Jean Blondel retires from the Board.A new member of the suggestions for articles or thematic issues. Board is Justin Stagl who is at the Institut für Kultursoziologie of the University of Salzburg. Anyone who wants to have online access to the abstracts and full

February 2003 Academia Europaea 12 NEW ACADEMIA EUROPAEA WEBSITE

uring 2002, the Secretariat users need not worry, we will still post IMPORTANT : Do not use installed a new IT system and as important material to all those members the old email address Dpart of the continuing efforts to without an email address. improve communications with members, (compuserve.com) as it has launched a new website. The new site has a ‘members only’ section, been disconnected. which is password protected.The password Members can access the website on is the same for everyone at this time – New addresses are as 08erasmus02 – The intention is to develop follows: www.acadeuro.org these closed pages and improve the services to members, establish Section pages, Executive Secretary (David Coates) Council have placed great emphasis on the discussion forums and as a site for the new, [email protected] need to develop web-based communication updated membership directory and lists. as the preferred approach for the Academia. Membership (Betty Lim) It is the intention to move substantially to The Secretariat will welcome all ideas for [email protected] web based communication and membership the site and its future development. In management system over the coming particular if anyone can provide reliable General (Teresa McGovern) months.Therefore, if you are happy with assistance with the collection, and editing of [email protected] email, please make sure that the suitable material and offers to act as membership secretary, Betty Lim, gatekeepers for new Section specific pages – Finance (Choong-Kar Chan) ([email protected]) has your please let me know.The same applies to any [email protected] correct email address. If you have a personal member who feels able to take on the job webpage – send us the URL. Non-web of overall webmaster editor!

Academia Europaea February 2003 13 New members of the Academia Europaea admitted during 2002 The following list of new members were approved by Council and invited to become members. (Below is a list of new Members of the Academia Europaea since Tree 17 was published).

CELL BIOLOGY CHEMICAL SCIENCES Marianne Bastid-Bruguière Académie des Sciences Morales PHYSIOLOGY & Guy Bertrand David Baulcombe et Politiques MEDICINE UCR/CNRS The Sainsbury Laboratory FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM Joint Research Chemistry Lab Guy Decaux UNITED STATES Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan Hopital Universitaire Erasme J. Michael Bishop Université de Paris-Sorbonne BELGIUM University of California, San Pierre Braunstein FRANCE Francisco Université Louis Pasteur Roderick J. Flower UNITED STATES FRANCE Patrick O’Brien The William Harvey Research London School of Economics Institute Ionel Haiduc Irene Bozzoni UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM University of Rome “La Babes-Bolyai University Sapienza” ITALY ROMANIA Georges-Henri Soutou Gerard Friedlander Université de Paris IV INSERM U426 – Dept. of Ari Helenius FRANCE Physiology FRANCE Institute of Biochemistry SWITZERLAND CLASSICS & Anant B. Parekh ORIENTAL STUDIES ORGANISMIC & Klas Kärre EVOLUTIONARY UNITED KINDGOM Microbiology & Tumor Biology Joanna Jurewicz BIOLOGY Center SWEDEN Warsaw University Riitta Salmelin Arnoldus Blix POLAND Helsinki University of Reinhard Lührmann University of Tromsø Technology (HUT) Max-Planck-Institute for NORWAY FINLAND Biophysical Chemistry Christian Körner GERMANY EARTH & COSMIC Kirsten Sandvig Institute of Botany SCIENCES Institute for Cancer Jean-David Rochaix SWITZERLAND Research/Dept. of University of Geneva Thérèsa Encrenaz Dan-Eric Nilsson Biochemistry SWITZERLAND LESIA Lund University NORWAY FRANCE Chris Sommerville SWEDEN Christina Spyraki Carnegie Institution Thierry Fichefet University of Athens UNITED STATES Université Catholique de PHYSICS & GREECE Louvain BELGIUM Joan A. Steitz ENGINEERING Howard Hughes Medical Agust Gudmundsson SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute UNITED STATES University of Bergen Fortunato T.Arecchi Jürgen Basedow NORWAY Università di Firenze ITALY Anthony Trewavas Max-Planck-Institute for University of Edinburgh Erland Källén Robert G.W.Brown Foreign Private Law UNITED KINGDOM Stockholm University GERMANY SWEDEN UNITED KINGDOM Karl Tryggvason Philippe Besnard Karolinska Institutet Søren E. Larsen José Dominguez Observatoire Sociologique du SWEDEN Risø National Laboratory Universidad de Sevilla SPAIN Changement FRANCE DENMARK Gilbert Vassart Carlos M. Ferreira Richard Breen University of Brussels Instituto Superior Tecnico Nuffield College BELGIUM HISTORY & PORTUGAL UNITED KINGDOM ARCHAEOLOGY Denise Zickler Pertti Hakonen François Chazel Institut de Génétique et David Abulafia Helsinki University of Université de Paris-Sorbonne Microbiologie University of Cambridge Technology (Paris IV) FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM FINLAND FRANCE

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Mohamed Cherkaoui Michael Tåhlin September 1927 – February 2002 Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) Stockholm University Professor Henri Lacombe, France FRANCE SWEDEN December 1913 – June 2000 Professor Kirsti Lagerspetz, University Andrew David Cliff Ditlev Tamm of Turku University of Cambridge University of Copenhagen July 1932 – January 2002 UNITED KINGDOM DENMARK Professor Gilbert de Landsheere, Dagmar Coester-Waltjen Université de Liége Institut für Internationales Recht NOTE: June 1921 – December 2000 GERMANY * Victor M.de Aguiar E Silva had not Professor Jacques Lions, Collège de accepted the invitation to membership at France Christoph Engel the time of going to the press May 1928 – November 2002 Max Planck Project Group: Common * Luciano Maiani declined the invitation to Professor Peter Mazur, University of Goods: membership of the Academia Europaea Leiden GERMANY December 1922 – August 2001 Heinz Fassmann Dr. Cesar Milstein, Medical Research University of Vienna AUSTRIA We record here the names Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, of scholars and MEMBERS Cambridge Luigi Frey who have Died since October 1927 – March 2002 University of Rome ITALY Directory 2001 was Professor Lochlainn O’Raifeartaigh, Adrienne Héritier published Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Max Planck Project Group GERMANY March 1933 – November 2000 Professor Ibrahim Ansara, LTPCM- Professor John Osborn, Université Louis Gyula Horváth ENSEEG, France Pasteur, Strasbourg Hungarian Academy of Sciences November 1936 – March 2001 July 1939 – April 2000 HUNGARY Professor Jes Asmussen, University of Professor David Ottoson, International Jan O. Jonsson Copenhagen Brain Research Organisation, Paris Stockholm University SWEDEN November 1928 – August 2002 August 1918 – 2001 Dr. Rosa Beddington, National Institute Dr. Max Perutz, MRC Laboratory of Farhad Khosrokhavar for Medical Research, London Molecular Biology, Cambridge Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences March 1956 – May 2001 May 1914 – February 2002 Sociales Professor Carl Bernhard, Sweden Lord George Porter, Imperial College of FRANCE April 1910 – March 2001 Science, London David N. Livingstone Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Collège de December 1920 – September 2002 School of Geography France Professor Willard Quine, Harvard UNITED KINGDOM August 1930 – January 2002 University, Massachusetts Professor Eugenio Coseriu, Universität June 1908 – December 2000 Francisco José Llera Ramo Tübingen Professor Werner Rathmayer, University Catedrático de Ciencia Politica July 1921 – September 2002 of Konstanz SPAIN Professor Pierre Faurre, SAGEM, Paris March 1937 – January 2003 Jan Loboda January 1942 – February 2001 Professor Morten Simonsen, Institute University of Wroclaw Sir Raymond Firth, London for Experimental Immunology, Copenhagen POLAND March 1901 – February 2002 March 1921 – February 2002 Professor Robert Hanbury-Brown, UK Professor Jean Stengers, Brussels José Ramón Montero August 1916 – January 2002 June 1922 – August 2002 Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Professor Jerzy Holzer,Warsaw School of Professor Hans Thomae, University of Investigaciones SPAIN Economics Bonn Witold Morawski July 1930 – September 2001 July 1915 – December 2001 Institute of Sociology Professor Lauri Honko, Nordic Institute Professor Franz Weinert, Max-Planck- POLAND of Folklore,Turku Instituts für psychologische Forschung, March 1932 – August 2002 Munich Jean-Robert Pitte Professor David Ingvar, University September 1930 – March 2001 Université de Paris – Sorbonne Hospital, Lund Sir Robert Wilson, University College FRANCE February 1924 – March 2001 London Wolfgang Streeck Professor Boris Kadomtsev, Institute of April 1927 – September 2002 Max-Planck-Institut für Nuclear Fusion, Moscow Professor Victor Weisskopf, Newton, Gesellschaftsforschung November 1928 – 1998 United States GERMANY Professor Endre Körös,Eötvös September 1908 – April 2002 University, Budapest

Academia Europaea February 2003 15 News Publications since of the members last issue m Honours and awards (since the last issue of the Tree)

ODE (Collaboration and Ownership in the Digital Andras Spät (Budapest), Physiology and Medicine. Shared with . Economy). In collaboration Medicine. 2002 Leo Szilard medal and C with the Arts Council of England, a Professorial fellowship. Kurt Wüthrich (Zurich), Biochemistry & synopsis of the contributions to the 2001 Molecular Biology.The 2002 Nobel Prize conference, held in Cambridge has been Béla Flerkó (Pécs), Physiology and for Chemistry, for seminal works in the field published (see Tree issue 17).This Medicine. Gold medal of the Hungarian of analysis of protein structure and function. pamphlet builds on that meeting and Academy of Sciences, for contributions to describes some of the spin-offs that have the understanding of Endocrinology. Sierd Cloetingh (Amsterdam), Earth & resulted. Copies are available free of Cosmic Sciences. 2002 AGU distinguished charge on request from the Secretariat Johannes Oerlemans (Utrecht), Earth and Fellowship. (CODE pamphlet) and can also be Cosmic Sciences. NWO/Spinoza prize for downloaded from www.acadeuro.org contributions to polar science and climate Robert May (Oxford), Organismic & (publications). Other relevant links change. Evolutionary Biology. Received the Order include: www.codepolitics.info of Merit from Queen Elizabeth II, for www.cl.cam.ac.uk/CODE André Berger (Louvain), Earth & Cosmic distinction in the arts, learning and Sciences.The 2001 Latsis prize for Sciences. Academia Europaea statement on ‘The contributions to Climate change. Need for a European Research Council’. Anthony Kelly (Cambridge), Physics & Released by the Council for the Danish Claude Lorius (Grenoble), Earth & Engineering Sciences.The Acta Presidency conference, held in Cosmic Sciences.The 2001 Balzan prize for Metallurgica Gold Medal 2001. Copenhagen, October 2002. Polar Paleoclimatology. (www.acadeuro.org). Robin Clark (London), Chemical th John A. Michon (Leiden), Physiology and Sciences.The 14 T.J Sidey medal of the Academia Europaea statement to the Medicine. Knight of the Order of the Royal Society of New Zealand for Spanish Presidency of the European Dutch Lion for achievements in basic and achievements in Electromagnetic radiation. Union on:‘Virtuality and the European applied cognitive psychology and Citizen’. (January 2002) ergonomics. Robert J. P.Williams (Oxford), Chemical Sciences.The 2002 Longstaff Medal of the IPTS Report (of the Joint research Stephen Schneider (Stanford), Earth and UK Royal Society of Chemistry. Centre at Seville).‘International Cosmic Sciences. Elected member of the Academies as a point of Intersection US National Academy of Sciences. Margaret A. Boden (Sussex), Philosophy, between Individual Scholarship and Theology and Religious Studies.An OBE Supranational policy’.A brief note R. Ramanathan (La Jolla), Earth and awarded by Queen Elizabeth II for services (Coates, D and Strömholm, S).Volume Cosmic Sciences. Elected Member of the to cognitive science. 70, December 2002 US National Academy of Sciences. (www.jrc.es/pages/iptsreport/vol70/engli NOTE: If you have received any sh/bri1e706.html) John Sulston (Cambridge), Cell Biology. honours or awards in the last two The 2002 Nobel Prize for Physiology and years, please send us the details. “Clues to Excellence in Higher Medicine, for seminal works on the model Education”– Rapporteurs synopsis of nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. the conference on “Excellence”, held in collaboration with the International Sydney Brenner (Cambridge), Academy of Education, Stockholm, June Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.The 2002. (www.acadeuro.org) 2002 Nobel Prize for Physiology and

February 2003 Academia Europaea 16 The Academia Europaea – What Future?

A comment from the President which formed the introduction to the Lisbon workshop, October 2002

his is, I believe, the first time that the 1 to make recommendations to national participate in the solution and realisation of Academia is to think intensively governments and international agencies the goals I have just mentioned. Tabout the future on the occasion of concerning matters affecting science, its annual meeting.Today it will be our scholarship and academic life in Europe, A further question concerns finding a proper responsibility to do what was up until now 1 to encourage interdisciplinary and balance between scientific and science-policy the duty of the President, of the members of international research in all areas of activities.There are many actors today on the the Board, and of the Council, namely to learning, particularly in relation to stage in Europe. Brussels changes its advisory answer the question of where we are to go European issues, bodies in the sciences the way some change from here.The occasion is not a happy one: 1 to identify topics of trans-European their shirts; and every institution on the the financial participation of European importance to science and scholarship, and European scene that takes itself seriously, such countries in the activities of the Academia is propose appropriate action to ensure that as the European Science Foundation, decreasing (and some countries were never these issues are adequately studied, Euroscience,ALLEA and our Academy as involved), and the engagement of the Royal 1 to encourage the highest possible standards well, is trying to assert itself on the field of Society, which has supported us generously in scholarship, research and education, science-policy. So we haven’t been alone for up until now, is also declining.And this is 1 to promote a better understanding among some time now, even if that was the hardly surprising: from the beginning it was a the public at large of the benefits of assumption at the time of our foundation. matter of start-up financing, even if over knowledge and learning, and of scientific Here it is a matter of developing a clear several years, and not of permanent support. and scholarly issues which affect society, its concept of ourselves, and of forming the The Academia is considering moving its quality of life and its standards of living. right alliances in an environment that is office to another European country (not least growing ever more competitive. Much has for financial reasons); the activities of the These are ambitious goals.Anyone who already been achieved in this regard thanks to Academia, for instance the organisation of wants to reach them must be imaginative and the efforts of our presidents and of the Board workshops and conferences, are thinning out tenacious.We have always demonstrated the and the Council. But there are unfortunately – either because the necessary initiatives from latter quality, but perhaps there has been a no laurels to rest on. On the contrary, if we the Sections are lacking, or simply because slight lack regarding the first. Here, it is above don’t watch our step, better organised and the money is not there. all the various Sections who must step into financially more solid institutions will the breach.The Academia has by now grown supplant us. Here again we need an answer to The search for sponsors for such activities has to such proportions, that it is difficult to the questions of what we want, and what also grown more difficult, and if it were not develop a proper academic life that straddles future we seek. for our retiring President, Stig Strömholm, their boundaries.The Sections are in this who has repeatedly succeeded in mobilising regard in a better position – if only they are This is not intended to be an inaugural Swedish resources, that is to say to spur the willing and able to generate individual speech, but an introduction to a discussion, interest of Swedish foundations in us, there initiatives. Many members, one might rightly which we must now conduct.To summarise, would remain few of them.Whenever the complain, regard their membership primarily and to motivate further reflection:What we battle for resources appeared lost, the Swedish as an honour due to their scientific need is greater activity of our members, cavalry appeared on the horizon and saved achievements. Even if this is justified, it is not greater activity of our sections, more self- the day. But how long can we continue like the whole of the matter. For they do not confidence, more institutional imagination, this? How can we reach a position in which regard it simultaneously as a challenge to and more money. we can plan for the long term, and in which a proper academic life for the Academia can develop? It’s time to engage in fundamental thinking. Each and every proposal is welcome.

Here I should emphasise that we should not concentrate on financial questions alone, however important these may be. Let me call to mind the goals that we set for ourselves:

1 to promote a wider appreciation of the value of European scholarship and research, The President (left) ‘in audience’ with Pope Jean-Paul II

Academia Europaea February 2003 17 Results of the 9th competition for the Academia Europaea RUSSIA PRIZES

cademician and Academia Europaea University, Department of Mathematics and Evgeney V. Tretyakov, 1968, Novosibirsk State member Vladimir P.Skulachev has Mathematical Physics, “Geometry and dynamics in University, “Development of Methods of reported on the 9th competition for string theory with N-extended local Preparation and Studying of Chemical Properties A supersymmetry” of Arenes and Hetarenes Bearing as Substituents the AE Russia Prizes.This year some 23 Stable Radicals and/or Alkynyl Moiety” Laureates received diplomas, medals and Chemistry: Earth sciences: US$1000 in prize money at a ceremony in Yaroslav V. Kudryavtsev, 1971, Topchiev the White-Blue Hall of the Moscow State Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Russian Elizaveta V. Koporulina, 1973, Institute of Ore Academy of Sciences, “Development of the Deposits Geology, Petrography, Mineralogy and University.The ceremony as always attracted theory of macromolecular reactions in polymer Geochemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, significant press and television coverage ( blends” “New rare-earth borates: synthesis, RenTV,Program News, Izvestiya, Poisk and Galina V. Loukova, 1973, Institute of Problems crystallography and crystallochemistry” the Rossiyaskaya Gazeta).These awards are of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg G. Safonov, 1973, Institute of Experimental made following severe selection by an (Chernogolovka, Moscow Region), “Unravelling Mineralogy, Russian Academy of Science, “Mineral eminent panel of Russian Academicians and relation between structure, properties, and equilibria as indicators of high alkali activity in the Scholars.The Academia Europaea gratefully functions in organoelement electrocatalytic and Earth’s crust and mantle” acknowledges the financial support of the metallocene catalytic systems” Biology: following organisations: the publishing house Mikhail V. Luzgin, 1971, Novosibirsk State Alexei A. Aravin, 1976, Institute of Molecular – MAIK-Interperiodika and the University, Natural Sciences Department, “Solid- Genetics RAS, “Regulation of heterochromatic Rosbusinessbank. Specific thanks go to Mr. State NMR Study of the Hydrocarbons gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster by Conversion on solid acid catalysts” A.E. Shustorovich the MD of MAIK- double stranded RNA” Interperiodika and to Prof. S. Khadjiev and Evgeney A. Lysenko, 1970, Chemical department Yulia V. Bertsova, 1974, A.N. Belozersky of Moscow State University, “Selforganization of Mrs. L. K. Lepko respectively the Chairman Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow ion-containing amphiphilic polymers in mixtures of the Board and Managing Director of State University, “Structure and function of the with ionogenic surfactants” bacterial NADH:quinone oxidoreductases” Rosbusinessbank, who presented the awards. Igor I. Potemkin, 1969, Moscow State The laureates were: Vitaliy B. Borisov, 1969, A.N.Belozersky University, Physics Department, Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow “Self-Organization of Macromoleculeswith State University, “Molecular mechanism of bd-type Mathematics/Mechanics: Competing Interactions” terminal oxidases functioning” Natalia V. Denisova, 1970, Moscow State Leonid A. Solovyov, 1968, Institute of Yulia I. Deryabina, 1971, Bach Institute of University, Department of Mechanics and Chemistry and Chemical Technology, SB RAS, Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, “The Mathematics, “Symmetries of Hamiltonian Krasnoyarsk, “Development and Application of calcium transport system of yeast mitochondria” systems” X-ray Diffraction Structure Analysis Methods for Olga A. Kolesnikova, 1975, Dept of Molecular Physics: Substances with Microstructural Imperfections Biology, Biology Faculty, Moscow State University, and Atomic Disorder” Aboutrab A. Aliverdiev, 1971, Institute of “Mitochondrially imported yeast tRNA can Physics of Daghestan Scientific Center of Russian Alexander A. Tishkov, 1979, N. D.Zelinsky participate in mitochondrial protein synthesis” Academy of the Science, “Problems of the Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy Alexey D. Nikulin, 1968, Institute of Protein application of time-resolved integral geometrical of Sciences,”Silylation of Nitro Compounds: New Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, methods for the diagnostics of physical objects” properties of the Nitro-group and new Synthetic “Structure investigations of ribosomal proteins Methodology” Anton V. Galajinsky, 1971, Tomsk Polytechnic and their complexes with rRNA fragments” Anna V. Prokhortchouk, 1974, Institute of Gene Biology Russian Academy of Sciences, “Kaiso, DNA methylation-dependent transctriptional repressor, as a part of epigenetic process involved in regulation of vertebrate development” Humanities: Sergey V. Kretinin, 1970, Department of History of the Middle Ages and Foreign Slavic Peoples of Voronezh State University, “Social democratic movement of Austria, Germany, Sudetes and problems of socialist ideology in 1918-1939” Timur A. Maisak, 1975, Institute of Linguistics Academia Russian Academy of Sciencies, “Grammatical member Prof. categories of the verb in Daghestanian languages” V.P.Skulachev at Oleg V. Nikitin, 1970, Moscow Teacher training the presentation University, “Philological Motherlandstudy”. ceremony

February 2003 Academia Europaea 18 Re-organisation of the Humanities sections

ollowing a decision by Council the Humanities 1 and Humanities II sections were abolished. Six new sections were created, each with a distinguished new chair and supporting committee.All Humanities members were contacted and invited to indicate their preferred new home. FIf any members have not yet notified the Secretariat (Betty Lim, email: [email protected]), please do so on receipt of this notice.

Section chairs & committee members

SECTION: CHAIRPERSON: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: A1. History & Archaeology Peter Burke Henk Wesseling,Antoni Maczak Emmanuel College Cambridge CB2 3AP,UK

A2. Classics & Oriental Studies Heikki Solin M. Billerbeck, M. Bergmann Klassillisen Filologian Laitos B. Kellner-Heinkele, H. Pinkster Helsingin Yliopisto PL4, (Yliopistonkatu 3) FIN-00014, Helsinki, FINLAND [email protected]

A3. Linguistic Studies Jørgen Rischel E. Hajicová, F.Karlsson Stenhøjgårdsvej 57 H. Schnelle 3460 Birkerød DENMARK [email protected]

A4. Literary & Theatrical Studies Douwe Fokkema Theo D’haen Utrecht University Erika Fischer-Lichte Faculty of Arts Maria-Alzira Seixo Muntstraat 4 Mihály Szegedy-Mászak 3512 EV Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS [email protected]

A.5 Musicology & History of David Hiley L. Dobszay, R. Flotzinger Art & Architecture Insitut für Musikwissenschaft R. Stalley Universität Regensburg D-93040 Regensburg GERMANY [email protected]

A.6 Philosophy,Theology & Dagfinn Føllesdal A. Jeffner Religious Studies Staverhagan 7 1341 Slependen NORWAY [email protected]

A7. Behavioural Sciences Michael Marmot Dept. of Epidemiology & Public Health International Centre for Health & Society University College London 1-19 Torrington Place Paul Baltes London WC1E 6BT Michael Rutter UNITED KINGDOM Johannes Siegrist [email protected]

A8.Social Sciences Guido Martinotti Jean Blondel Istituto Superiore di Sociologia Elina Haavio-Mannila c/o CNPDS Konstantinos Kerameus Piazza Castello 3 Walther Manshard 20121 Milan Adalberto Vallega ITALY [email protected]

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B1. Mathematics and Informatics Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Jaco de Bakker The Dower House Dines Bjørner Thriplow Manfred Broy Royston David Cox Herts SG8 7RJ Hans Föllmer UNITED KINGDOM Lars Hörmander [email protected] László Lovasz Yuri Manin Robin Milner Maurice Nivat Pal Revesz

B2.Physics and Engineering Sciences Norbert Kroo Ian Butterworth Hungarian Academy Robert Dautray of Sciences Heinz Duddeck Roosevelt tér 9 Vladimir Kljuev H-1051 Budapest Lászlo Csernai HUNGARY Herbert Walther [email protected] Peter de Witt Huberts

B3.Chemical Sciences Jerzy Haber Peter Day Institute of Catalysis and Torbjörn Norin Surface Chemistry Frigyes Solymosi ul. Niezapominajek 30239 Cracow POLAND Günther Wilke [email protected]

B4.Earth and Cosmic Sciences Sierd Cloetingh Enric Banda Faculty of Earth Sciences André Berger Vrije Universiteit Paul Crutzen De Boelelaan 1085 Jean Dercourt 1081 Amsterdam Jean-Claude Duplessy NETHERLANDS Kerstin Fredga [email protected] Camiel de Loore

C1.Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Moshe Yaniv Institut Pasteur Riccardo Cortese Dept. des Biotechnologies Michel Lazdunski 25 rue du Docteur Roux Tomas Lindahl 75724 Paris Cedex 15 FRANCE Margarita Salas [email protected] Gottfried Schatz

C2. Cell Biology Frank Grosveld Erasmus University Rotterdam Dept. of Cell Biology & Genetics/POBox 1738 3000-DR Rotterdam NETHERLANDS [email protected]

C3.Physiology and Medicine Ole Petersen Raymond Ardaillou University of Liverpool Theophile Godfraind Department of Physiology Barbro Johansson P.O. Box 147 Oleg Krishtal Crown Street Harald Reuter Liverpool L69 3BX Andras Spät UNITED KINGDOM Klaus Thurau [email protected] David Williams

C4.Organismic and Vacant Friedrich Ehrendorfer Evolutionary Biology Gotthilf Hempel Carlos Herrera Richard Southwood Rüdiger Wehner

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The Academia Europaea The Academia Europaea was founded in 1988 as an independent The new organisation of European scholars. It covers the whole range of disciplines, Academia from the humanities to the technical and medical sciences. It is an academy for all Europaea of Europe, dealing with European problems, and with an emphasis on the interdisciplinary approach. website It has a membership of 2000 leading scholars from thirty five European and seven non-European countries. It held plenary meetings in London (1989), Strasbourg (1990), Heidelberg (1991), Budapest (1992),Uppsala (1993), Parma (1994), Kraków (1995), Barcelona (1996), Gent (1997), Basel (1998), www.acadeuro.org Copenhagen (1999), Prague (2000), Rotterdam (2001) and Lisbon (2002). The 2003 meeting will be in Graz, and the 2004 meeting in Helsinki.

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