Bilateral Cooperation Agreement CNR - MPG
On June 15th and 16th, Villa Vigoni has hosted a bilateral German-Italian event on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Italian national Research Council "Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche". The event has been opened by Villa Vigoni's Secretary General Prof. Dr. Immacolata Amodeo.
On the occasion of this meeting the President of Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss, and the President of CNR, Prof. Dr. Luigi Nicolais, have signed a bilateral agreement for scientific and technolocial cooperation.
The President of Villa Vigoni Association, Ambassador Leonardo Visconti di Modrone, and the Head of Department of the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR), Dr. Raffaele Liberali, participated in this event which continued with two joint workshops for German and Italian researchers and scientists on "Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions and Communications" and "Quantum Science and Technology".
Summer seminar: Insights into the Italian Culture
In July The Italian-German Center Villa Vigoni offers a three-day seminar entitled "Italy - History, Culture, Modernity" . This event adresses people who are interested in the Italian culture and wish to improve and refresh their knowledge about the Italian nation and its inhabitants aside from the usual stereotypes. The courses will be held in German or in Italian.
Inscriptions (until end of June):
e-mail: segreteria(at)villavigoni.eu
Programme and further information:
Summer-Masterclass with Petru Munteanu
For the second time Villa Vigoni organizes, in collaboration with the European Youth Festival for Music, "Young Classic Europe", an international Masterclass for young musicians. The Masterclass takes place from July 29th to August 1st and offers the opportunity for young talents to cooperate for a few days with renowned artists in the inspiring and creative atmosphere of Villa Vigoni. After the successful course held by the Russian violoncellist Natalia Gutman in 2012, the participants will have the honour to work with Prof. Petru Munteanu, one of the most important violin teachers in Europe.
Further information and call for applications:
New call for proposals: Trilateral Research Conferences
The programme of "Trilateral Research Conferences" has been developed by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH) and by Villa Vigoni to reinforce the exchange and the creation of networks between researchers in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences coming from France, Italy and Germany.
Each Trilateral Research Conference consists in a series of three meetings, all taking place at Villa Vigoni (one conference per annum). Proposals can regard all fields of Humanities and Social Sciences. The stable group of participants of a Trilateral Research Conference can consist in up to 15 researchers coming from France, Italy and Germany (this group remains the same for all three meetings). The involvement of young scientists is particularly welcome. Moreover, young academics are expressively invited to submit their own proposals for Trilateral Research Conferences.
End of application period: June 30th 2013
Complete call for proposals (French version):
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