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Tag: Germany
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Nation & World
Link between Ukraine fighting, fossil fuels
German activists say shifting to renewable energy sources could produce environmental, peace dividends.
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Three students in 3 countries share in the ‘Postcards From Here’ series
Jaidyn Probst ’23 of Redwood Falls, Minn., Maarten de Vries ’21 of Elten, Germany, and Luke Walker ’22 of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, share what life is like back home in the Postcard From Here series.
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Generation Merkel at Harvard
The Gazette speaks with members of Harvard’s Generation Merkel in advance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s commencement speech.
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Angela Merkel, the scientist who became a world leader
In advance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s arrival at Harvard as its Commencement speaker, those who know her describe her rise to global prominence.
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The long, deep ties between Harvard and Germany
In advance of Angela Merkel’s visit, the Gazette looked at a number of key episodes between Germany and Harvard throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
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New thinking for Germany
In an interview, a former high-ranking German official and Harvard fellow suggests his country would benefit from new thinking and policies.
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The ties between Berlin, Istanbul
Expatriates from Berlin and Istanbul who live in each other’s cities offer insights to help guide policymakers.
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Reshaping sculpture
Sculptor Nora Schultz, a new VES assistant professor, spoke to the Gazette about her influences, her fascination with robotics, and how her own projects inform her teaching.
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Confronting the refugee crisis
A Harvard student follows her passion for the welfare of refugees back home to Germany after graduation, and Harvard researchers seek solutions to the European crisis.
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In Germany, learning while seeing
The Harvard Summer Program in Freiburg, Germany, seeks to broaden the outlook of 20 Harvard students, each of whom is paired with a German student from the University of Freiburg, though a combination of classroom teaching, excursions to important sites in the region, and exposure to the town and its people.
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Wolfhart Peter Heinrichs
At the Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 5, 2015, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Wolfhart Peter Heinrichs, James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic, was spread upon the records. Professor Heinrichs served as co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Islam, for which he himself wrote over fifty…
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Innovation and immersion overseas
Grants from the President’s Innovation Fund for International Experiences are helping faculty members plan and develop a suite of new study-abroad experiences for students.
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Hamburger receives Anneliese Maier Research Award
Jeffrey Hamburger, the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture and a world authority on the religious art of the Middle Ages, is among this year’s recipients of the Anneliese Maier Research Award.
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A boost to international learning
Eight faculty led programs designed to give students international experience have received grants from the President’s Innovation Fund for International Experiences.
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Political science, in his marrow
Using history as a lens to predict future political trends has been the focus of Daniel Ziblatt’s career and informs his work as an educator, researcher, and author.
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Germany, again a linchpin
For the third time in a century, Germany stands ready to change the fortunes of Europe — this time, analysts believe, for the better, said a founder of Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.
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Nation & World
The naked truth
Archaeologist studies classical Greek art, including nudity, and what it reveals about the cultures interpreting it.
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Rubin awarded honorary doctorate
Donald B. Rubin, John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
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Reinhold Brinkmann
Reinhold Brinkmann, a distinguished scholar whose writings on music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries made an indelible mark on musicology in Germany and the United States, taught in the Department of Music at Harvard University from 1985 until his retirement in 2003, serving, after 1990, as James Edward Ditson Professor of Music and, from…
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Faculty Council meeting held April 13
At its twelfth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council heard proposals regarding the description of the Standing Committee on Public Service, study abroad in Freiburg, and the description of the Standing Committee on the Library.
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A match of climate and history
Professor Michael McCormick has been working with tree-ring experts, bringing the perspective of long-ago writings to understanding environmental conditions.
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Get smart
Joseph Nye staked his career on the idea that power on the world stage means more than just military might. In the information age, the former Harvard Kennedy School dean argues, the United States needs to learn that lesson more than ever.
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Spotlight on the international
Harvard is one of the world’s most international universities, with students and faculty from around the world. Overseas research and study abroad opportunities abound.
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History in the making
When the Berlin Wall fell, student Mary Lewis knew she should study the past. Now a professor, she is an authority on how France evolved.
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Walter H. Abelmann, professor of medicine, emeritus, 89
Walter H. Abelmann, professor of medicine emeritus at Harvard Medical School and member of the faculty of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences Technology, died on Jan. 6. He was 89.
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Art during wartime
Alan Riding, the former European cultural correspondent for The New York Times, discussed his new book, “And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris,” in a panel event at Harvard.
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Tracing the roots of political thought
Going back millennia, Harvard’s Eric Nelson studies the emerging republican ideals that defined liberty and eventually displaced monarchy.
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German art scholar named associate curator at Busch-Reisinger Museum
Lynette Roth, a specialist in German art of the early 20th century, has been named the Daimler-Benz Associate Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum.
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Sparking a passion
Four years ago, Melissa Tran ’10 didn’t want to leave California. Then she came to Harvard and found out what the world has to offer … and what she has to offer the world.
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Passionate advocate of human rights
Canadian Supreme Court judge, child of Holocaust survivors, argues passionately that nations should value human rights over simple laws, and that the United Nations should step up.
