Transatlantic Conference on Academia & the Public Sphere

The organizers invite attendance at a conference on Transatlantic Conference on Academia & the Public Sphere to be held at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Berlin, Germany, September 16-17, 2011. Leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic who have studied the history and public mission of their disciplines will analyze the historical transformation of the public role of their professions both comparatively and critically. The conference is sponsored by the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), The Young Academy at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) at Humboldt University, the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Institute for Public Knowledge (IPK) at New York University. Please see the conference website for more information.