Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA)
About us
The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) is based at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) in Germany and at the Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT) in Egypt.
It was established in 2013 as the first bilateral Young Academy worldwide. AGYA promotes research cooperation among outstanding early-career researchers from all disciplines who are affiliated with a research institution in Germany or in any Arab country. The academy supports the innovative projects of its members in various fields of research as well as in science policy and education.
AGYA members from 19 countries so far have realized joint projects and initiatives on topics such as Arab and German Education, Common Heritage and Common Challenges, Dynamics of Transformation, Energy, Water and Environment, Health and Society, and Innovation. AGYA is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and various Arab cooperation partners.
Address
Jaegerstr. 22–23
10117 Berlin
Germany
E-mail: agya@bbaw.de
Phone: +49 30 20370669
Internet: www.agya.info
101 Kasr Al-Aini Str.
11516 Cairo
Egypt
E-mail: agya@asrt.sci.eg
Phone: +201 225 643263
Internet: www.agya.info
Contact person:
Prof. Dr. Verena Lepper
AGYA Principal Investigator
E-mail: agya@bbaw.de
Products & Services
Verena M. Lepper (ed.): Cinderella Sindbad & Sinuhe. Arabisch-deutsche Erzähltraditionen. Arab-German Storytelling Traditions, Kulturverlag Kadmos 2019. ISBN: 978-3-86599-426-4
Oliver Korn, Jonas Grund: Social Robots. A Science Comic, 2021. ISBN English: 978-3-9822778-0-6; ISBN German: 978-3-9822778-1-3
Kirill Dmitriev, Julia Hauser, Bilal Orfali (eds.): Insatiable Appetite Food as Cultural Signifier in the Middle East and Beyond, Brill 2019. ISBN: 978-90-04-41302-3
Enass Khansa, Konstantin Klein, Barbara Winckler (eds.): Thinking Through Ruins, Kulturverlag Kadmos 2022. ISBN: 978-3-86599-482-0
Claudia Kozman, Carola Richter (eds.): Arab Media Systems, Open Book Publishers 2021. ISBN: 978-1-80064-059-7
Brigitte Schiffer: Letters from Cairo, 1935–63 (in Arabic), Kalima / Falschrum Books 2022.
Enass Khansa, Bilal Orfali: An Anthology of Friendship in Arabic Literature (in Arabic), Library of Arabic Literature, New York University Press 2021.