HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Research Projects Karlstr. 4 69117 Heidelberg phone: +49 62 21 | 54 32 65 | 54 32 66 2014/2015 fax: +49 62 21 | 54 33 55 e-mail: [email protected] www.haw.baden-wuerttemberg.de Member of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities was established in 1909 in the tradition of the Kurpfälzische Akademie (Academy of the Electoral Palatinate) founded in 1763 by Elector Carl Theodor. Throughout its existence the Heidelberg Academy has upheld its allegiance to the purpose for which it was originally constituted: assembling the outstanding scholars and scientists of the state of Baden-Württemberg for cross-disciplinary exchange and independent research. Like its seven counterparts in other German states (Berlin, Göttingen, Munich, Leipzig, Mainz, Düsseldorf and Hamburg), the Baden-Württem- berg State Academy in Heidelberg is a member of the Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities. It is both a scholarly society in the traditional sense of the term and a modern non-university research institution. The Academy organises scholarly and scientifi c symposia and public lecture series. At the same time it is dedicated to the encouragement of young scholars and scientists, maintaining to this end a Junior Academy of its own, supporting conferences organised by young scholars and scientists and awarding research prizes. A SCHOLARLY SOCIETY IN THE GRAND TRADITION In its sessions (plenary and sectional) the Academy serves its members as a forum for regular interdisciplinary discussion of the issues and fi ndings generated by academic research. The full members of the Heidelberg Academy are scholars and scientists from the state of Baden-Württemberg elected on the basis of their outstanding achievements in the sectors they represent. In addition, the Members’ Assembly can elect corresponding members from all over the world. The Academy is sub-divided into two Sections, the Philo- sophical-Historical Section and the Mathematical-Scientifi c Section. At present it has 190 full and 70 corresponding members from all walks of scholarly and scientifi c endeav- our. The range and variety of the research areas involved give the Academy unparalleled opportunities for a form 1 HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUANITIES HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUANITIES of scholarly and scientifi c exchange and cooperation SUPPORT FOR YOUNG ACADEMICS AND SCIENTISTS that transcends the boundaries traditionally imposed One of the Academy’s central concerns is providing support on academic disciplines, Faculties and universities. for Baden-Württemberg’s young scholars and scientists. Since 2002 the “WIN-Kolleg” Junior Academy has A MODERN RESEARCH INSTITUTION promoted integrated interdisciplinary research on topical At present the Academy runs 22 ongoing research projects issues organised and conducted by young academics. So involving some 230 staff members. The range of these far, a total of ten cross-disciplinary projects running for projects is wide indeed. The academic responsibility for a maximum of fi ve years have been successfully sponsored. the individual projects lies with supervisory Commis- They centre on three main subjects: “Brain and Mind: sions made up of Academy members and external experts. Physical and Psychic Functions of the Brain”, “Cultural These 22 research projects are described in this brochure. Foundations of European Unifi cation” and “The Human Life Cycle: Biological, Societal and Cultural Aspects”. In its work the Academy concentrates on long-term basic research. In the humanities, the Academy contributes The Academy’s Conferences for Young Academics have to the preservation of our cultural heritage with a variety been going on since 2007. They give young researchers of projects including critical editions of the works and an opportunity to organise interdisciplinary conferences correspondence of major thinkers and the compilation of under their own aegis and in the way they think fi t. a number of dictionaries satisfying the most exacting Every year the Academy awards four prizes in recognition lexicographic standards. In a number of ventures scientists of outstanding academic achievements by young researchers. and scholars work hand in hand, as in the project entitled “The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans”, Together with the other Academies of the same cut, the which investigates both the biological mechanisms and Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities claims the cultural techniques involved in early human migra - a place of its own within Germany’s highly variegated tion. In this way, the Academy supplies a sound fund of academic research system. It sets out to preserves all that knowledge that can be drawn upon by other scholars is worth maintaining in a long and venerable academic and scientists active in a research or teaching capacity and tradition and at the same time extends the range of its also by the public at large. activities to satisfy the new expectations generated by society. As a state institution the Heidelberg Academy is funded primarily by the state of Baden-Württemberg. For several of its research projects it also benefi ts from fi nancial resources made available by the “Academy Programme” run jointly by the Federal Government and the German states. In such cases, the costs for the projects in question are shouldered equally by the Federal Government and the state where the respective Academy is situated. In addition, the Academy Research Units apply for external funding from priority programmes run by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the German Research Founda- tion, the European Union and other foundations. 2 3 RESEARCH PROJECTS RESEARCH PROJECTS PLENARY ACADEMY Editions 1 | Goethe Dictionary 12 | Martin Bucer’s Writings in German 2 | Historical and Recent High-Water Management 13 | Edition of Cuneiform Literary Texts from Assur Confl icts in Connection with Rhine, Elbe and Danube 14 | Europa Humanistica and the Tensions between Science, Technology and th Social Ecology 15 | Protestant Ecclesiastical Ordinances of the 16 Century 3 | The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans 16 | History of Southwest German Court Music in the 18th Century PHILOSOPHICAL-HISTORICAL SECTION 17 | Commentaries on the Fragments of Greek Comedy 4 | Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in Northern China 18 | Commentary and Edition of the Complete Works 5 | Medieval German Inscriptions of Karl Jaspers with an Edition of Selected Letters and Unpublished Writings 6 | Epigraphic Database of Roman Inscriptions (EDH) 19 | Melanchthon’s Correspondence 7 | Monasteries in the Middle Ages as Powerhouses of Innovation: Designs for Living and Models of Social and Legal Order in Europe Dictionaries 8 | Nietzsche Commentary 20 | Etymological Dictionary of Old French, Dictionnaire étymologique de l’ancien français (DEAF) 9 | The Temple as a Canon of Religious Literature in Ancient Egypt 21 | Onomasiological Dictionary of Old Gascon, 10 | Historical-Philological Commentary on the Dictionnaire onomasiologique de l’ancien gascon (DAG) Chronicle of John Malalas 22 | German Law Dictionary (DRW) 11 | Documents on the History of Religion and Law of pre-modern Nepal CENTRE FOR BASIC RESEARCH ON THE EARLY MODERN AGE 4 5 PLENARY ACADEMY 1 | Goethe Dictionary Tübingen CHAIR OF THE INTERACADEMIC COMMISSION Prof. Dr. Andreas Gardt HEAD OF THE RESEARCH UNIT Dr. Rüdiger Welter ADDRESS Frischlinstr. 7 D-72074 Tübingen phone: +49 70 71 | 2 97 21 45 or 2 97 21 46 fax: +49 70 71 | 25 40 02 e-mail: [email protected] The Goethe Dictionary lists in alphabetical order, the meanings of all the words fi guring in Goethe’s personal Part of an article from Volume 4, Section 3. vocabulary. On the basis of about three million references grouped into over 90,000 dictionary entries, it supplies The following volumes have been published by Kohlhammer (Stuttgart): precise analyses of Goethe’s usage of these terms in sys- tematically organised entries including selected citations. Volume 1: A – azurn (1978), The dictionary takes equal account of ordinary language, Volume 2: B – einweisen (1989), the wide range of special-purpose (scientifi c) language Volume 3: einwenden – Gesäusel (1998), and termini employed by Goethe and the specifi c usages Volume 4: Geschäft – inhaftieren (2004), encountered in his literary works. Accordingly, the Goethe Volume 5: Inhalt – Medizinalaufwand (2011), Dictionary is not merely of interest to research scholars Volume 6.1: Medizinalausgabe – mikrokosmisch (2012), specialising in Goethe and his works, but also an invaluable Volume 6.2: Mikrokosmos – Mittwoch (2012). source of information for all those working on the history of science, culture, ideas and concepts. The project is a joint undertaking by the Academies of Sciences and Humanities in Heidelberg, Göttingen and Berlin, with associated research centres in Hamburg and Berlin/Leipzig. 6 7 PLENARY ACADEMY 2 | Historical and Recent High-Water Manage- society. The factors constituting the physical context and ment Confl icts in Connection with Rhine, determining society’s response to (incipient) fl ooding are Elbe and Danube and the Tensions between closely interconnected with regard to Science, Technology and Social Ecology ■ spatial and temporal integration of natural processes, architectural