European Centre for Advanced Studies.
Empowering Scholars to Shape the Future.
…So on a day when newcomers appear
Let it be a homecoming and let us speak…
Move lips, move minds and make new meanings flare
Like ancient beacons signalling peak to peak,
From Middle sea to North sea, shining clear
As phoenix flame upon fionn uisce here.
– Seamus Heaney
We are meant to know,
or we are amoebae.
Isaac Asimov
With profound sadness, the members of ECAS mourn the passing of Prof. Dr. Jörg Philipp Terhechte, our Academic Director, in the early hours of 22 November 2024. Professor Terhechte was the visionary mind behind ECAS, playing an instrumental role in its creation and development. It was his leadership and dedication that secured the collaboration between […]
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) together with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), have announced a new call for proposals for international and high-impact bilateral research in the arts and humanities sector. It supports cutting-edge, cross-border research deepening the understanding of human culture, history, and society. Researchers from Germany and the UK […]
The Fellow Conference 2024 unfolded as a landmark hybrid event on the 4th and 5th November at Osnabrück University, under the framework of the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme. This initiative, designed to facilitate mobility for early-career researchers in both regions, is generously supported by the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture […]