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Ludwig Finscher 1930 - 2020

The International Balzan Foundation mourns the death of Ludwig Finscher, 2006 Balzan Prizewinner for the History of Western Music since 1600.

02-07-2020

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Marc Fumaroli 1932 - 2020

The International Balzan Foundation mourns the death of Marc Fumaroli, 2001 Balzan Prizewinner for Literary History and Criticism.

24-06-2020

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Alberto Quadrio-Curzio President of the Balzan Foundation "Prize"

On May 4, Alberto Quadrio-Curzio was elected President of the International Balzan Foundation "Prize" in Milan.

05-05-2020

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The Balzan Foundation mourns the passing of Enrico Decleva

On behalf of the Boards of the International Balzan Foundation “Prize” in Milan and “Fund” in Zurich, the Vice President of the “Prize” Foundation Professor Alberto Quadrio Curzio expressed his great regret in announcing the passing of President Professor Enrico Decleva, in office since 2013.

20-03-2020

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Balzan Prize 2020: Nominations and Subjects

15 March, the closing date for submitting nominations for the 2020 Balzan Prize, marks the beginning of the phase leading to the announcement of the Prizewinners on 14 September.

15-03-2020

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Manuel Castells Minister of Universities of the Spanish Government

Manuel Castells, 2013 Balzan Prize for Sociology, has been appointed Minister of Universities by the Spanish government, and was sworn in by the King of Spain on 13 January 2020.

01-02-2020

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BALZAN PRIZES 2019 AWARDED IN BERN (Video)

750,000 Swiss Francs (approx. €680 000, $760 000, GBP 620 000) for each of the four subjects.
Prizewinners must allocate half of the amount to research projects

15-11-2019

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Balzan Prizewinner Michel Mayor wins the Nobel Prize

Michel Mayor, 2000 Balzan Prizewinner for Instrumentation and Techniques in Astronomy and Astrophysics, is one of the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics (with Didier Queloz and James Peebles).

08-10-2019

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THE 2019 BALZAN PRIZEWINNERS

The names of the 2019 Balzan Prizewinners were disclosed today in a public announcement

09-09-2019

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Balzan goes social

The Balzan Prize and the Foundation are now on Twitter (@BalzanPrize) and on LinkedIn (Balzan Foundation).

02-09-2019

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Jean Starobinski 1920 - 2019

The International Balzan Foundation joins in mourning the passing of Jean Starobinski on 4 March. 

07-03-2019

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Wallace Broecker 1931 - 2019

The International Balzan Foundation mourns the death of Wallace Broecker, 2008 Balzan Prizewinner for the Science of Climate Change.

19-02-2019

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Balzan Prizes 2018 presented in Rome

The Balzan Prizes 2018 were presented today by the President of the Italian Republic, during the ceremony, which took place at the Auditorium of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

23-11-2018

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The Balzan Papers presented in Rome

On 22 November in Rome the first issue of the Balzan Papers, edited by Salvatore Veca, was presented.

14-11-2018

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2018 Prizewinners to be announced on 10 September (Streaming)

It will be awarded also the Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity Among Peoples

18-07-2018

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Luciano Maiani Chairman of the General Prize Committee

LUCIANO MAIANI is the new Chairman of the Balzan General Prize Committee
DONATELLA DELLA PORTA and SALWA EL-SHAWAN CASTELO-BRANCO have been nominated as Members

18-01-2018

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THE 2017 BALZAN PRIZES PRESENTED IN BERNE

17-11-2017

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The "New Oppenheim" by R. Higgins: launch in New York

Tuesday, 24 October 2017 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Oppenheim's International Law: United Nations" with author Rosalyn Higgins
UNITED NATIONS BOOKSHOP New York - USA

19-10-2017

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THE 2017 BALZAN PRIZEWINNERS

Aleida and Jan Assmann (Germany),
Bina Agarwal (India),
James P. Allison and Robert D. Schreiber (USA),
Michaël Gillon (Belgium),
Robert O. Keohane, (USA)

12-09-2017

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New Members on the Balzan General Prize Committee

Børge Diderichsen and Nathalie Heinich have been appointed to the General Prize Committee of the International Balzan Foundation "Prize". They replace Marc Van Montagu and Dominique Schnapper...

03-07-2017

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A Project for the Independent Theater: conversation with Manfred Brauneck

Independent theatre is the subject of Manfred Brauneck’s Balzan research project, which concluded with the publication of a highly significant work that Brauneck summarizes for Henning Klüver in a recent conversation held in Hamburg.

12-06-2017

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A global Project for the Music: Interview with Reinhard Strohm

Walter Rauhe met with Reinhard Strohm for a dialogue on some of the many subjects that emerged from his important and complex Research Project.

24-05-2017

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Appointments to the Balzan Foundation "Fund" Board

Gisèle Girgis-Musy named as Chairman of the Balzan "Fund" Board. André Bandi appointed as a new member of the Board.

17-05-2017

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The Syriac World Rediscovered: an Interview

Fruit of meticulous interdisciplinary work, Syriaca.org is the cornerstone upon which Peter Brown’s Balzan research project entitled Figures in Landscape has been built. Peter Brown, Balzan Prize for Ancient History, and David Michelson, project leader, illustrate this innovative form of historical-cultural corpus in an interview by Susannah Gold.

20-03-2017

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Meeting on Utopia at the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris

Entitled Penser l'Utopie on Friday 20 January 2017. The event follows up on the recent publication of the Dictionnaire critique de l'utopie au temps des Lumières under the direction of Bronislaw Baczko

10-01-2017

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Fifth IinteR-La+B in Rome

The fifth meeting of IinteR-La+b  was held at the Accademia di Lincei, Rome, on November 16, 2011. The topic: Innovation.

22-11-2016

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Interview: a "new Oppenheim" for Rosalyn Higgins

Rosalyn Higgins and the young collaborators working under her Balzan research project are on the final stretch of the enormous work of editing a "new Oppenheim". In an interview by Susannah Gold, Dame Rosalyn explained the phases of conceiving and implementing work on the new volume of one of the most fundamental treatises on law of our times.

08-07-2016

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A Dictionary of Utopia: Book Launch in Geneva

On 16 June 2016 in Geneva there will be a book launch for the Dictionnaire critique de l'Utopie au temps des Lumières. The dictionary is the fruit of the research project funded with the second half of Bronislaw Baczko’s 2011 Balzan Prize.

25-05-2016