The Max Weber Foundation (Ger. Max Weber Stiftung) is a German humanities research organisation based in
Bonn
Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
and funded by the
German Federal Government
The Federal Government (, ; abbr. BReg) is the chief Executive (government), executive body of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany and exercises executive power at the Federal level (Germany), federal level. It consists of the Chancellor ...
. It is composed of eleven independent institutes:
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German Historical Institutes The German Historical Institutes (GHI), , (''DHI'') are six independent academic research institutes of the Max Weber Foundation dedicated to the study of historical relations between Germany and the host countries in which they are based.
The inst ...
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German Forum for Art History Paris The German Center for Art History (Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte or DFK Paris) is an independent art history research institute. Located in the heart of Paris, the DFK Paris is a forum for experts from around the world to exchange ideas.
Her ...
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German Institute for Japanese Studies
The German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo, ) is a German government-funded research institute based in Tokyo, focused on the study of modern Japan in a global context. The director is Franz Waldenberger (since 2014).
History
The DIJ ...
(Tokyo)
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Orient-Institut Beirut
The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB; ) is one of ten German Humanities Institutes Abroad which belong to the Max Weber Foundation. The OIB was established in 1961 by the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (German Oriental Society) and is part of ...
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Orient-Institut Istanbul
The Orient-Institut Istanbul is a research institute of the Max Weber Foundation based in Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and histor ...
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies in Delhi
Max or MAX may refer to:
Animals
* Max (American dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog
* Max (British dog), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of the OBE)
* Max (gorilla) (1 ...
References
External links
Official website.
Organisations based in Bonn
Research institutes in North Rhine-Westphalia
Max Weber
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