This week ECLA bid farewell to a class whose unique character will be sorely missed. The forty-five students of this year’s AY and PY programmes brought an abundance of knowledge and talent to campus last Autumn, which was quickly uncovered during seminar groups and extracurricular activities. On June 21st, faculty, administration, and special guests gathered
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ECLA Throws a Surprise Celebration in Honor of Provost Emeritus Richard Shriver and His Wife Barbara Shriver
On May 6, ECLA thanked Dick and Barb Shriver for their years of commitment to the college in an intricate surprise celebration involving the entire ECLA community. The Shrivers moved to Berlin in 2002 when Dick took over as College Provost. He led ECLA for three years, which saw the development of the Academy Year
ECLA Celebrates the Conclusion of its Third Academic Year
ECLA celebrated the end of its third full academic year with a series of events designed to give the entire community an opportunity to recognize Academy and Project Year students. The final week of the term began with public oral presentations from each of the Project Year students (see Students Present Research Projects to Fellow
Students Present Research Projects to Fellow Students, Faculty
ECLA’s thirteen Project Year students presented the final version of their research projects in a two-day event capping the Project Year programme at ECLA. Students’ research topics were as varied as the specialisations of ECLA faculty and ranged from the poetry of Francesco Petrarca through the philosophy of Heidegger to the dangers of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The Project
ECLA to Close Third Academic Year with Celebration in Pankow Town Hall
On the 22nd of June ECLA will celebrate the closing of the academic year 2004-2005 in the beautiful ‘Ratssaal’ of the Town Hall of Pankow. The building was constructed in 1902, in the middle of a population boom that made Pankow – previously a small town outside of Berlin – into a contiguous district of