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The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) announced on Saturday it will provide €1 million over five years to create a research hub for German studies at the University of Cambridge.

The Hub will not only build on research into German issues already underway at Cambridge, it is designed to create a public platform for the UK where German themes can be explored.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, said: “The University has a critical mass of scholars working on German themes unrivalled in the United Kingdom and probably anywhere in the world outside German-speaking Europe.

“Few nations can boast such a powerful tradition of scholarship and learning as Germany, which plays a critical economic and political role at the heart of Europe. We therefore welcome this golden opportunity to foster even greater partnership between Cambridge and Germany.”

President Professor Margret Wintermantel said: “By founding this Hub, the DAAD and the University of Cambridge are going to strengthen their auspicious partnership. Building on the university’s already remarkable position in this respective area, the Hub promises an outcome at an even higher academic level with international acclaim. Thus DAAD not only enhances the outreach of German studies, but also its visibility as a world leading academic funding institution within the UK and beyond.”

The Hub will start operations in January 2016. The funding will support visiting scholarships, workshops, debates, a major annual conference and an annual lecture.

Cambridge, an active member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), is a leading recipient of European funding. The University’s two Humanities Schools (Arts and Humanities (SAH), and the Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS)) have academics working on a range of German issues, from History, Law and Economics to Divinity, Philosophy, Literature and Linguistics.

Date awarded

01 April 2015

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