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| Since its foundation in 1759, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
has undergone several transformations regarding its structure and the
way it sees itself. However, its key goals of doing research, promoting science,
and being a scholarly society, a non-university research establishment and a
venue for vigorous academic discussion, have remained unchanged throughout
the years. In terms of staff, research programme and budget, the Bavarian
Academy is the largest of the eight German academies of sciences and humanities
that have joined together in the Union of the German Academies of
Sciences and Humanities. Ordinary and Corresponding Fellows of the Academy
must have “made outstanding contributions to the enhancement of
knowledge” in their respective fields of study. Ordinary Fellows must be residents
of Bavaria. The Bavarian Academy is responsible for projects and institutes
committed to basic research in the humanities and the natural sciences.
The commissions responsible for the publication of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae,
the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, and the Bavarian Dictionary are all
based at the Academy, for example. Scientific research includes glaciology
and global geodesy projects. The Academy is also home to the Walther Meissner
Institute for Low Temperature Research, and operates one of the three national
high-performance computing centres in Germany, the Leibniz Computing
Centre. The current President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities,
which is headquartered at the Residence at Munich Court Garden,
is Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Hoffmann. | ||
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| Thesaurus linguae LatinaeCorpus Vasorum AntiquorumBavarian DictionaryGlaciologyGlobal GeodesyWalther Meissner Institute for Low
Temperature ResearchLeibniz Computing Centre |
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