Institutum Canarium
The Institutum Canarium (IC), based in Vienna, is an international interdisciplinary research company that researches the cultural history of the Canary Islands and the neighboring Mediterranean region.
Becoming and working
The Institutum Canarium was founded in Vienna in 1969 and today maintains an international research exchange with universities and research institutions in 21 countries. It is a member of the International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO) .
The IC has been publishing the specialist magazine Almogaren since 1970 (Volume 46/47 appeared in 2016) and the IC-Nachrichten as a news bulletin . The company is supported financially by donations and by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research (Vienna).
The Dominik Wölfel Medal is presented as an award. The prizewinners were José Manuel Alamo González in 2001 and Fred Olsen in 2003. The award is named after the historian and ethnologist Dominik Josef Wölfel (1888–1963), an explorer of the cultures of North Africa and the Canary Islands, who was also employed as a university lecturer for ethnology in Vienna and curator at the Museum of Ethnology there.
administration
The general secretary of the IC is Rudolf Franz Ertl, the president is Karlheinz Peiffer. The Honorary President of the Institutum Canarium is Queen Sophia of Spain .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Institutum Canarium awards" Dominik-Wölfel-Medaille "to José Manuel Alamo González General Director of the Canarian Government Authority for the Preservation of the Archipelago's Historical Cultural Assets" , Vienna, June 14, 2001
- ↑ "Honor from Dr. hc Fred Olsen with the “Dominik Wölfel Medal” from the Institutum Canarium. Awarded at the reception in the Spanish Embassy in Vienna (Austria). “ , Vienna, June 18, 2003