The UK-German Frontiers of Humanities Symposia (UKGFOH) are a series of interdisciplinary conferences co-organized by the British Academy and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Funding on the German side is provided by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space.
This year’s UKGFOH Symposium is dedicated to the theme Humans and nature: More resilient towards the future. The conference will explore the relationship between humans and nature from various perspectives, highlighting pathways to a more resilient future and rethinking that relationship in order to reconcile societal needs and ecological integrity in a more sustainable way.
The symposium brings together 30 outstanding early- and mid-career researchers from various disciplines in the humanities in both countries. They exchange ideas across disciplinary and methodological boundaries, build cross-disciplinary networks, and take the opportunity to work on future international collaborations. An organizing committee comprised of one researcher from each country developed the program for this conference.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports collaboration between the UKGFOH participants with its dedicated follow-up program CONNECT which grants residence allowances for working visits in the partner country for up to 30 days.
Participation is by invitation only.