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During 2010 and into 2011 Berlin is making a major pitch regarding science.
Several of the city’s the oldest and internationally best-known scientific institutions are being mobilised under the slogan “Berlin – Capital of Science”, with a whole range of anniversaries to be celebrated. In an earlier installment we took up the legacy of Wilhelm von Humboldt and the model university he [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin – a city of science: the von Humboldt legacy
In the long-term historical perspective, transformation of universities in the Western world used to mean reshaping older institutions into a modern form, spurred by the European Enlightenment movement.
The transformation was the result of a tenacious struggle for freedom of thought and the right of scholars and scientists to undertake research unconditionally without an [...] Continue Reading…
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