European Academy of Sciences and Arts explained

European Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Purpose:Fundamental and applied research contributing to the development of European scientific and technical potential, culture, education, literature, and arts.
Formation:1990
Headquarters:Salzburg
Location City:Salzburg
Location Country:Austria

The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA, Latin: Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea) is a transnational and interdisciplinary network, connecting about 2,000 recommended scientists and artists worldwide, including 38 Nobel Prize laureates.[1] The European Academy of Sciences and Arts is a learned society of scientists and artists, founded by Felix Unger. The academy was founded 1990, is situated in Salzburg and has been supported by the city of Vienna, the government of Austria, and the European Commission.The EASA is now headed by President Klaus Mainzer, TUM Emeritus of Excellence at the Technical University of Munich and Senior Professor at the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center of the University of Tübingen.[2] [3]

It is unrelated to and should not be confused with a different, highly controversial, and less well-established academy, the Belgium-based .[4]

It is a member of the InterAcademy Partnership.[5] Its activities have included a collaboration with the Latvian Academy of Sciences: the European-Latvian Institute for Cultural and Scientific Exchange (EUROLAT), founded in 1993.[6]

History

The origins date back to a scientific working group with the Salzburg cardiac surgeon Felix Unger, the archbishop from Vienna Franz König and the political scientist and philosopher Nikolaus Lobkowicz. On 7 March 1990, the academy was officially founded in Salzburg, where the academy is still located today.[7] The Festive Plenary of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts takes place annually with the festive admission of new members in Salzburg. On the occasion of the 25th- and 30th- anniversary the celebrations took place with the Federal Presidents of Austria and other Presidents of European countries. Other Protectors (national patrons) of the academy are King Philippe of Belgium, Borut Pahor (State President of Slovenia), Gjorge Ivanov (State President of Macedonia) and since 12 June 2018 Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen. Past Protectors are i. a. the former EU Commission President and Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jacques Santer, the former King of Spain Juan Carlos I, and the former EU Commission President and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi.

Vision and membership

The European Academy of Sciences and Arts is politically independent and financed by donations, private sponsors and public institutions. The activities of the academy do not aim at financial profit.[8] The academy is a forum of scholars who take up interdisciplinarily and transdisciplinarily scientific topics with societal impact. In 2020, the academy had around about 2000 members worldwide, including 34 Nobel Prize Laureates.[1] These are respected and recommended scientists and artists, among them 37 Nobel Prize Laureates. The membership can be awarded following the suggestions of their members. The Senate decides on admission on the basis of recommendations of the nomination commission. The membership is considered as distinction of the merits in science and society.[9] Famous members of the academy are i. a. the economist Hans-Werner Sinn, Michail Gorbatschow (Nobel Peace Prize), the artist Jenny Holzer, and Pope em. Benedict XVI. Current members who are Nobel Prize Laureates are as follows.[1]

Organisation

The academy is a non-profit association according to the Austrian Association. The current President of the academy is Klaus Mainzer who in 2020 followed the Founding President Felix Unger. The Vice presidents are Birgit Harreß, Wolfango Plastino, and Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth.[10]

Members of the academy come from 73 countries and are divided into eight classes:[11]

Prize of Tolerance

Since 1997 the European Academy of Sciences and Arts has awarded the Prize of Tolerance to acknowledge the engagement for humanity and tolerance. Guided by the targets of the Charter of Tolerance, this prize is awarded to persons or institutions which actively engage for tolerance and humanness, but also for cross-border dialogue and against racism.[12]

The previous award winners are:

Rings of Tolerance

Prize award of the Rings of Tolerance in the City Hall of Cologne Since 2012, the academy annually awards the Rings of Tolerance to members of the three religions of Abraham according to Lessing's Parable of the Ring, in order to support justice and tolerance between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

The previous award winners are:[18]

Fellows

Following are some fellows of European Academy of Sciences and Arts:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: European Academy of Sciences and Arts Nobel Prize Laureates. 28 May 2021. 10 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190410120335/https://www.euro-acad.eu/files/Nobel-prize-laureates.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: News European Academy of Sciences and Arts . 2024-07-02 . euro-acad.eu . en.
  3. Web site: Professor Cao Maosen of Hohai University Elected as an Academician of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts . 2024-07-02 . en.hhu.edu.cn.
  4. Adam. David. 2002-10-31. European Academy of Sciences. Nature. En. 419. 6910. 865. 10.1038/419865a. 12410266 . 12166219 . 0028-0836. free.
  5. Web site: European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Network. InterAcademy Partnership. 2020-11-19.
  6. the European Academy of Sciences and Arts: Its impact on Latvia. Jānis. Stradiņš. Anita. Draveniece. Baltic Journal of European Studies. 1. 1. 24–31.
  7. Web site: European Academy of Sciences and Arts . 2024-07-02 . uia.org.
  8. Web site: Partners & Funding European Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2021-04-17. www.euro-acad.eu. en.
  9. Web site: Members European Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2021-04-17. www.euro-acad.eu. en.
  10. Web site: News European Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2021-04-17. www.euro-acad.eu. en.
  11. Web site: Classes European Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2021-04-17. www.euro-acad.eu. en.
  12. Web site: Prize of Tolerance & Rings of Tolerance European Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2021-04-17. www.euro-acad.eu. en.
  13. http://www.buch.de/buch/schlagwort/dorothea_rosenblad_buch.html Dorothea Rosenblad
  14. https://www.un.org/dialogue/Picco.html Giandomenico Picco
  15. Laureates-Toleranzpreis In: euro-acad.eu, retrieved 31 January 2019. (PDF; 60,4 kB).
  16. http://salzburg.orf.at/news/stories/2890814/ orf.at: Akademie der Wissenschaften ehrt Marko Feingold.
  17. Rings of Tolerance. (PDF) European Academy of Sciences and Arts, retrieved 31 January 2019.
  18. Web site: Rings of Tolerance . euro-acad.eu.
  19. http://universes-in-universe.org/deu/nafas/articles/2007/kulturboom_in_abu_dhabi/fotos/02 Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20140729101954/http:/www.euro-acad.eu/activities/228 Toleranzringe 2013
  21. https://www.uni-muenster.de/Religion-und-Politik/aktuelles/2019/nov/News_Preis_Toleranzring_Mouhanad_Khorchide.html Westfälische Wilhelms- Universität Münster Exzellenzcluster Religion und Politik Aktuelles vom 18. November 2018: "Eine unabhängige Stimme". Toleranzring für islamischen Theologen Prof. Dr. Mouhanad Khorchide

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