Elisabeth J. Saal Foundation
| Elisabeth J. Saal Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Legal form: | Foundation under civil law |
| Purpose: | Promotion of ancient language teaching and humanistic education in Bavaria |
| Chair: | |
| Consist: | since 1982 |
| Seat: | Munich |
The Humanistic Education Foundation - Elisabeth J. Saal Foundation , formerly the Elisabeth J. Saal Foundation for the Promotion of Humanistic Education in Bavaria , is a non-profit, legal foundation under civil law based in Munich .
The Foundation
The foundation was founded in 1982 by Elisabeth J. Saal and lawyer Anton Schopf, as evidenced by the foundation statutes in memory of the founders of their school education and the formative power of Christian-humanistic education that they received.
The purpose of the foundation is to promote ancient language teaching (Latin and ancient Greek) and humanistic education in Bavaria. Under humanistic education understands "all those cultural goods that by dealing with the antiquity are taught, especially the contribution that can make learning the classical languages and dealing with the literature of antiquity. It emphasizes the linguistic competence and the general educational value and human content that can be gained from the ancient texts. "
The purpose of the foundation is fulfilled by awarding sponsorship and recognition prizes for outstanding achievements in the field of ancient languages (Greek and Latin) and humanistic education every year. In addition, other activities can be carried out that serve the purpose of the foundation, e.g. For example, organizing events to raise awareness of the value of ancient language teaching and humanistic education to a wider public, or granting grants to print publications devoted to ancient language teaching and humanistic studies.
Since 1988, the foundation has been running the Bavarian state competition "Old Languages" together with the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, which - divided into three competition rounds - is intended to encourage hundreds of high school students to perform well every year. Other activities also include the organization of lectures and the publication of a series of papers ( series of papers and papers by the Elisabeth J. Saal Foundation ).
Winner of the Hall Foundation Medal of Honor (incomplete)
Gold Medal of Honor
- 1998: Hans Maier (* 1931), political scientist, journalist and politician
Silver Medal of Honor
- 1997: Günter Wojaczek (1932–1997), classical philologist and didactic specialist in ancient languages
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfred Selmaier: Is Europe really exhausted in the euro? 15 years of citizens' initiative to promote humanistic education in Bavaria . In: Forum Classicum 41, 1, 1998, pp. 7-8.
- ↑ Franz Issing: Great praise and "cheers for life". Retrieved January 12, 2020 .