Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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The Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig (SAW ) is a public corporation with headquarters in Leipzig. It brings together around 200 Ordinary members from the states of Saxony, Saxony- Anhalt and Thuringia as well as corresponding members from Germany and abroad. In addition, the Academy is a member of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences.

History

On April 3, 1846 a group of thirteen professors of the University of Leipzig taught (probably at the suggestion of the later Saxon culture minister Johann Paul von Falkenstein ) an application for the establishment of a company of Sciences of the Saxon Ministry of Culture. After the Articles of Association of the Company on June 23, 1846 by the King of Saxony Frederick Augustus II ( 1797-1854 ) had been confirmed, the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences was founded, namely on July 1, 1846, the 200th anniversary of the scholar Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), whose birthplace is Leipzig.

Since 1 July 1919, the company's name is Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig (SAW).

In 1948, the due to the war closed Saxonian Academy of Sciences was reopened. They could retain their independence after the dissolution of the states within the country. She was comparatively strongly influenced by non-Marxist scholars. Therefore, even after the political changes of 1989 no reestablishment took place (unlike the Academy of Sciences of the GDR ).

The Constitution of the Free State of Saxony in 1992 declared the country to support the Academy. In 1994, she received a law the status of a public corporation.

Organization

The Academy is an independent statutory body with the right of self-government. The current President is Pirmin Stekeler - Weithofer.

Her work has been divided into three classes instead, the math and science class (since 1846), the philological- historical class ( since 1846 ) and the technical science class ( since 1996).

The Academy and their classes meet regularly. In addition, the Academy made ​​various thematic committees that look after almost 30 long-term projects. In these projects, more than 60 scientific employees. The SAW so combines the work of a scholar - firm with the work of a research institute. The Academy has its own publication series and a significant history of science archive.

Projects

Projects relating to the natural and the human sciences. The most important musicological project concerns the Leipzig edition of the works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, but also the letters of choosing Leipzig Robert and Clara Schumann are issued and there is a Bach repertory. Language projects involve a Ancient Egyptian dictionary and Old High German dictionary. In the field of law and political sciences, there is the Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae and a project for the Saxon- of Magdeburg law. In the field of biology, the Academy conducts research on the biotic structures of reservoirs and time structures of endocrine systems. In the literature there is a box Philipp Jacob Spener's edition of the Letters. In Judaism we published an encyclopedia of Jewish cultures.

Commissions

At the SAW following committees are active: the Historical Commission, the Commissions for Regional Studies, art history, literature, musicology, art history of Central Germany, for linguistics, for engineering design and evaluation for environment issues where science and values, and the History of Science ( Science / Mathematics / Technology ). The members of the commissions are recognized experts in relevant disciplines and are appointed by the President.

Prices

The Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig awards:

  • Frederick Weller Price
  • Friedrich Weller scholarship and stipend
  • Kurt Schwabe Price
  • Leipzig Science Award
  • Theodor Frings Price
  • Wilhelm Ostwald Medal

Members (selection)

  • Eberhard plowman
  • Kurt Aland
  • Annette Beck- Sickinger
  • Walther Bothe
  • Brigitte Bulitta
  • James Chadwick
  • Otto Clemen
  • Peter Debye
  • Johann Paul von Falkenstein
  • Theodor Frings
  • Horst Fuhrmann
  • Bernhard Hänsel
  • Werner Heisenberg
  • Gustav Hertz
  • Archibald Vivian Hill
  • Cuno Hoffmeister
  • Hermann Kolbe
  • Walter King
  • Hermann August Korff
  • Hellmut Kretzschmar
  • August Krogh
  • Christoph Krummenacher
  • Ursula Lehr
  • Dear Rolf Wirth
  • Heiner Lück
  • Heinrich Magirius
  • Carloman field
  • Theodor Mommsen
  • August Ferdinand Möbius
  • Karl Alexander Müller
  • Wilhelm Ostwald
  • Heinz Penzlin
  • Max Planck
  • Gertrud Schubart - Fikent
  • Ernst Schubert
  • Manfred Schubert
  • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ( since 1966)
  • Bernard Comrie
Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer Frederick Augustus II of Saxony German Academy of Sciences at Berlin Gustav Ludwig Hertz Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg Integrated Authority File
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