Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)
| Abbreviation | GWZO |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1995 |
| Type | non-profit research organization |
| Legal status | Eingetragener Verein |
| Headquarters | Leipzig, Germany |
Official language | German |
Director | Prof. Dr. Christian Lübke |
Staff | approximately 50 |
| Website | www |
The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) (German: Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa), headquartered in Leipzig, is an interdisciplinary, internationally-oriented research institute of Eastern and Central Europe. Its main focus lies on the scientific study of the history and culture of the region bounded by the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Adriatic Sea from the Early Middle Ages to the present in a comparative perspective. The institute aims at contributing to a deeper understanding of the current political, economic and social developments in the countries, societies and cultures of Eastern Europe, especially the countries of East Central Europe. It is a member of the Leibniz Association.[1]
Interdisciplinarity[edit]
The approximately 50 scientists from Germany and abroad currently associated with the institute represent various disciplines of the humanities, including Archeology, History, Art history and Literary studies.
Cooperation[edit]
The GWZO has a dense network of cooperative relationships with research facilities in Eastern Europe, other parts of Europe, and overseas. For example, there is close cooperation with the National Gallery in Prague, the Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies, and the Czech Academy of Sciences.[2]
History[edit]
The GWZO was created in 1995 as a non-profit, registered association. It was founded on the recommendation of the Council of Science as the "Center for Humanities, History and Culture of Central and Eastern Europe” and began its work in January, 1996. The German historian Winfried Eberhard was appointed as founding director.
The GWZO has been a member of the Leibniz Association since January 1, 2017. [3] Since then, the name of the institute has been the "Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe". The abbreviation GWZO has been kept.
Publications[edit]
The German-English series "Armenier im östlichen Europa – Armenians in Eastern Europe" has been published in five volumes.[4]
In several volumes, handbook bundles like the heavily illustrated “Handbuch zur Geschichte der Kunst in Ostmitteleuropa (Volume 1: „Vom spätantiken Erbe zu den Anfängen der Romanik (400–1000)”) were created that were suitable for both a specialist audience and readers interested in the research results of the GWZO.[5]
Exhibitions[edit]
The German-Czech-Polish exhibition project "Europa Jagellonica" [6] presented the art and culture of Central Europe at the turn of the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period. It was jointly organized by four art museums and the GWZO in 2012/2013 and successfully shown in the cities of Kutná Hora, Warsaw and Potsdam.
At the first Bavarian-Czech National Exhibition, in 2016/2017, the institute was involved together with the National Gallery in Prague, the Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte in Augsburg and the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg in creating the exhibit "Kaiser Karl IV. 1316-2016" on the occasion of the 700th Birthday of Charles IV.[7]
With "Die Leichtigkeit des Haiku" - Der Künstler Karel Trinkewitz", the institute presented its first digital exhibition in 2017.[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe". www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de.
- ↑ "V Praze vzniká česko-německá platforma pro výzkum dějin a kultury - Akademie věd České republiky". www.avcr.cz.
- ↑ "Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuropas wird Leibniz-Institut". www.uni-leipzig.de.
- ↑ "Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa und portugiesische Gulbenkian-Stiftung intensivieren Zusammenarbeit in der Armenierforschung". www.kooperation-international.de. June 10, 2020.
- ↑ ""Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte in Ostmitteleuropa", Radio Prague International, February 20, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2020".
- ↑ "Henkelmann, Vera: Rezension über: Jiří Fajt (Hg.), Europa Jagellonica. Kunst und Kultur Mitteleuropas unter der Herrschaft der Jagiellonen 1386–1572, Potsdam: Haus der Brandenburgisch-Preußischen Geschichte, 2013, in: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung (ZfO), 66 (2017), 2, S. 239-241".
- ↑ "Exhibit 'Kaiser Karl IV. 1316-2016'. Retrieved June 4, 2020".
- ↑ "Digital exhibition "Die Leichtigkeit des Haiku - Der Künstler Karel Trinkewitz".
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