Prize for the Humanities
The Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities awards an annual Prize for the Humanities, endowed by its members, for outstanding contributions in the field of humanities research that represent a significant methodological or substantive advance in scholarly knowledge. The work to be honoured should originate from disciplines represented within the Academy’s Humanities and Social Sciences Class.
The prize is awarded for published works to scholars who hold a doctorate and and have not exceeded the age of 35 at the time of selection. Candidates must be nominated to the Academy’s plenary assembly by the Humanities and Social Sciences Class, with a three-quarters majority of the members present at the selection meeting. Self-nominations are not possible.
Recipients
2024
Dr Thomas Kuhn-Treichel, University of Heidelberg, receives the prize in recognition of his dissertation “Metaleptische Bilder des Erzählens: Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart” [Metaleptic Images of Narration: From Antiquity to the Present].
2023
Dr Chen Hao, Shanghai, receives the prize in recognition of his dissertation “A History of the Second Türk Empire (ca. 682–745).”
2022
Dr Saskia Limbach, University of Göttingen, is awarded the prize for her dissertation “Government Use of Print. Official Publications in the Holy Roman Empire, 1500–1600.”
2021
Dr Linus Möllenbrink, German Medieval Studies, University of Freiburg, is awarded the prize for his dissertation “Person und Artefakt. Zur Figurenkonzeption im Tristan Gottfrieds von Straßburg” [Person and Artefact: On Character Conception in Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan].
Dr des Esther Köhring, Institute for German Literature and its Didactics, Goethe University Frankfurt, is awarded the prize for her dissertation “Theatralisieren, experimentalisieren, bestiarisieren: Tiere auf Bühnen des Wissens von der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts bis in die Gegenwart” [Theatricalizing, Experimenting, Bestiarizing: Animals on Stages of Knowledge from the Mid-20th Century to the Present].
2019
Dr Ferdinand Heinz Johann Weber, Göttingen, in recognition of his dissertation “Staatsangehörigkeit und Status. Statik und Dynamik politischer Gemeinschaftsbildung” [Citizenship and Status: The Statics and Dynamics of Political Community Formation].
2014
Dr Berenike Herrmann, Göttingen, in recognition of her work in the field of corpus-based metaphor research.
2013
Friederike Valerie Lange, Karlsruhe, in recognition of her work “Grundrechtsbindung des Gesetzgebers. Eine vergleichende Studie zu Deutschland, Frankreich und den USA” [Constitutional Rights Binding the Legislator: A Comparative Study of Germany, France, and the USA].
2011
Dr Yukiyo Kasai, Berlin, in recognition of her work “Die uigurischen buddhistischen Kolophone” [The Uighur Buddhist Colophons].
2010
Dr Alexander Ziem, Düsseldorf, is awarded for his book “Frames und sprachliches Wissen. Kognitive Aspekte der semantischen Kompetenz” [Frames and Linguistic Knowledge: Cognitive Aspects of Semantic Competence].
2009
Dr Kerstin Brückweh, London, is awarded for her book “Mordlust. Serienmorde, Gewalt und Emotionen im 20. Jahrhundert” [Lust for Murder. Serial Killings, Violence, and Emotions in the 20th Century].
2008
Prof Dr Klaus Pietschmann, Switzerland, receives the prize for his book “Kirchenmusik zwischen Tradition und Reform. Die Päpstliche Kapelle und ihr Repertoire unter Papst Paul III. (1534–1549)” [Church Music between Tradition and Reform: The Papal Chapel and Its Repertoire under Pope Paul III (1534–1549)].
2007
Dr Martin Dönike, Humboldt University of Berlin, for his book “Pathos, Ausdruck und Bewegung. Zur Ästhetik des Weimarer Klassizismus 1796–1806” [Pathos, Expression, and Movement. On the Aesthetics of Weimar Classicism 1796–1806].