Nov. 20 – Laura Anna Macor, a researcher at the University of Padua, was awarded the 2014 Ladisloa Mittner in Philosophy by the DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service, which represents German universities abroad. The ceremony took place a few days ago at the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies of Naples in the presence of Minister Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Germany Martina Nibbeling-Wriessnig, the Director of the North Regional Division of the Daad Annette Pieper, and the Secretary-General of the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies, Antonio Gargano. The Ladislao Mittner award, funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research, is awarded every year to a different subject area to an Italian scholar who published at least one prominent work containing references to German content or methodology. The Ladislao Mittner, created in 2002 by the DAAD, consists of a cash prize of € 5,000 and a research fellowship for a period of one month in Germany. Ladislao Mittner was a literary critic and linguist born in Fiume, and an expert in German literature and language. (Red)
