Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur Mainz-3516

The Academy of Sciences and Literature (german: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, AdW Mainz) is a scientific academy in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of

Alfred Döblin Bruno Alfred Döblin (; 10 August 1878 – 26 June 1957) was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel ''Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century and a wide variety of ...

. The academy's goal is to support science and literature, and in doing so to help preserve and promote culture.

Members

The academy has members in three classes: mathematics and natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, literature and music. Each class has up to 50 full and 50 corresponding members. Notable members have included

Niels Bohr Niels Henrik David Bohr (; 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 ...

Otto Hahn Otto Hahn (; 8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and father of nuclear fission. Hahn and Lise Meitner ...

Konrad Lorenz Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (; 7 November 1903 – 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. He is often regarde ...

Halldór Laxness Halldór Kiljan Laxness (; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and ...

Heinrich Böll Heinrich Theodor Böll (; 21 December 1917 – 16 July 1985) was a German writer. Considered one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers, Böll is a recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize (1967) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1972). ...

, and Jean-Marie Lehn.

Awards and Foundations

Awards

The Academy grants several awards:
Academy Prize of Rhineland-Palatinate

* ttps://www.adwmainz.de/en/alfred-doeblin-medal.html Alfred Döblin Medal
Hans Gàl-Prize

* Joseph Breitbach Prize
Leibniz Medal

* Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music
Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose Akademy Prize for Humanities

* Wilhelm Lauer Prize

Foundations

* Kurt Ringger Foundation * Walter und Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose-Stiftung

Ongoing Research Projects

Ancient Egyptian Cursive Scripts. Digital palaeography and systematic analysis of hieratic and cursive hieroglyphs
(German: Altägyptische Kursivschriften. Digitale Paläographie und systematische Analyse des Hieratischen und der Kursivhieroglyphen)
Augustine Lexicon
(German: Augustinus-Lexikon) * Buber Correspondences Digital (German: Buber Korrespondenzen Digital) * Burchard's Decree Digital (German: Burchards Dekret Digital) * Collection of Sources on the History of German Social Policy 1867 to 1914 (German: Quellensammlung zur Geschichte der deutschen Sozialpolitik 1867 bis 1914) * Continuity of Research and Research of Continuity – Basic Research on Iron Age Settlement Archaeology in the Baltic Region (German: Forschungskontinuität und Kontinuitätsforschung. Siedlungsarchäologische Grundlagenforschung zur Eisenzeit im Baltikum)
Controversia et Confessio. Source Edition on Confession Formation and Confessionalisation (1548-1580)
(German: Controversia et Confessio. Quellenedition zur Bekenntnisbildung und Konfessionalisierung 548-1580 * The Corpus of Hittite Festive Rituals: State Administration of Cultic Life in Late Bronze Age Anatolia (German: Das Corpus der hethitischen Festrituale: staatliche Verwaltung des Kultwesens im spätbronzezeitlichen Anatolien) * Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi * Digital Dictionary of German Surnames (DFD). (German: Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands FD) * European Religious Peace Digital (German: Europäische Religionsfrieden Digital)
The German Inscriptions
(German: Die Deutschen Inschriften) * Handschriftencensus (HSC) - Competence Centre German-language Manuscripts of the Middle Ages (German: Handschriftencensus (HSC) – Kompetenzzentrum Deutschsprachige Handschriften des Mittelalters)
Hans Kelsen Works
(German: Hans Kelsen Werke) * Lessico Etimologico Italiano
Middle High German Dictionary
(German: Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch) * Propylaea. Research platform on Goethe's biographica. Letters, diaries, encounters and conversations. Chronology. Sources. Research. Focus (German: Propyläen. Forschungsplattform zu Goethes Biographica. Briefe, Tagebücher, Begegnungen und Gespräche. Chronologie. Quellen. Recherche. Fokus)

(German: Regesta Imperii uellen zur Reichsgeschichte
regionalsprache.de (REDE)

(German: Die Schule von Salamanca. Eine digitale Quellensammlung und ein Wörterbuch ihrer juristisch-politischen Sprache)

References

External links

Organisations based in Mainz Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities 1949 establishments in Germany Scientific organizations established in 1949 {{germany-stub