Lessing Academy
| Lessing Academy eV | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Research into the work and life of Lessing and his time |
| Chair: | Cord-Friedrich Berghahn |
| Establishment date: | 1971 |
| Number of members: | about 300 |
| Website: | www.lessing-akademie.de |
The Lessing Academy e. V. in Wolfenbüttel serves as a non-profit association primarily to research the work and life of Lessing and his time, the Enlightenment era . It is located in the Herzog August Library .
The academy was founded in 1971 on the site of Lessing's last place of work. The founding members included Paul Raabe and the first President Max Plaut .
aims
The aim of the academy is to “create a place for research, documentation and further development for Lessing's intellectual legacy and the German Enlightenment”. Another focus is "the social and cultural history of German Jewry, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries". At the same time "the idea of tolerance and humanity in the public consciousness" should be kept alive. (Quotes from self-portrayal).
The work of the Lessing Academy is presented to the public in the form of scientific conferences, lectures and exhibitions as well as through the issuing of publications, digital editions such as Lessing's translations or the documentation of contemporary evidence from 1750 to 1800.
Together with the Braunschweig Foundation, it has also awarded the Lessing Prize for Criticism since 2000 .
Publications n
In addition to individual publications, periodicals include:
- Wolfenbütteler Studies for Enlightenment : From 1974 to 2010 32 volumes appeared.
- Small writings for clarification : 18 volumes appeared from 1988 to 2012.
- Hebrew contributions to the science of Judaism displayed in German : Since 1985, six volumes have been published.
- Lessing Prize for Criticism : Documentation of the awards since 2000.
- Wolfenbüttel lecture manuscripts : since 2005, 26 issues have been published.
- Wolfenbüttel, Schloßplatz 2: 3 volumes have been published since 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maria Osburg: Lessing Academy wants to break the 300-member mark in 2020. wolfenbuetteler-zeitung.de from December 17, 2019, accessed on August 20, 2020.
Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ E