Calling German Scholars and Scientists in the US: Upcoming GAIN Meetings (Harvard, November 28th at 6 PM)
Register by November 17, 2006
GAIN (German Academic International Network) is an interdisciplinary contact and information forum for German scientists and scholars in North America. The network provides this unique group with the opportunity to communicate with each other and to stay abreast of the latest developments in higher education and research in Europe and Germany. GAIN is a cooperation of DAAD, the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), all organizations furthering the international academic and scientific exchange. The next GAIN meeting will center around the "Excellence Initiative" of the German higher education system, and will inform participants about new opportunities for scholars and scientists at the universities singled out through the intiative. Participants will have the chance to hear from one of the most successful universities in the Excellence Initiative, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich (LMU). The event will take place in cooperation with the consortium German University Alliance (FU Berlin/LMU).
The informational event, including a wine and cheese reception, will take place in four US cities on four consecutive days:
**CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday November 28, 2006 (6pm)**
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Building, Weil Town Hall, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
www.ksg.harvard.edu/main/directions.htm
**CHICAGO, Wednesday, November 19, 2006 (6pm)**
Goethe-Institut Chicago, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 200, Chicago, lllinois 60601 www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/knt/anf/enindex.htm
**SAN DIEGO, Thursday, November 30, 2006 (6:30pm)**
UCSD, Institute of the Americas, Weaver Center, 10111 North Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037
www.iamericas.org/background/directions.html
**SAN FRANCISCO, Friday, December 1, 2006 (6pm)** Goethe-Institut San Francisco, 530 Bush Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108
www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/knt/anf/enindex.htm
Please register by November 17 to Katja Simons, GAIN Project Director, simons@daad.org, Tel: 212.758.3223 ext. 217