scholarly journals Erratum

1974 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 543-543
Author(s):  
Rita Pankhurst
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
German Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
East Berlin ◽  
West Berlin

I am indebted to Professor Dr. Ernst Hammerschmidt of Hamburg University for pointing out that the manuscripts Dillmann No. 19 and No. 42 mentioned on p. 30 and listed on p. 40 of my article on ‘The library of Emperor Tewodros II at Mäqdäla (Magdala)’, BSOAS, xxxvi, 1, 1973, are in the Staatsbibliothek der Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz in West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, and not, as stated in the article, in the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.

scholarly journals Full Spectrum

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-146
Author(s):  
Tina Martin ◽  
Katrin Schwalenberg
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
German Democratic Republic ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Scientific Exchange ◽  
Political Borders ◽  
Earth’S Interior

The German Geophysical Society (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft, DGG) was founded in 1922 in Leipzig, Germany, on the initiative of the famous German seismologist Emil Wiechert (1861–1928), known for his fundamental work to record earthquake waves to study the earth's interior. Facing the German historical background of the early 20th century, the 24 founding members wanted to lead German geophysicists out of isolation and toward outreaching activities. DGG always understood and defined geophysics as a discipline beyond political borders, religious belief, or race, and promoted the scientific exchange between geophysicists in the Federal Republic of Germany, the former German Democratic Republic, and internationally.

Eastern Germany Ten Years After Unification

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Ertman
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
German Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
The West ◽  
Eastern Germany ◽  
Structural Weakness ◽  
Present Pattern

On October 3, 1990 the territory of the German Democratic Republic was incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany, thereby ending forty-five years of German division. At the time, assessments varied widely about whether the wholesale introduction of the West German political, legal, and socioeconomic systems into the formerly communist east would be a success, and what the implications of success or failure would be for the new united Germany. Ten years later, opinions on these fundamental questions remain divided. One group of optimistic observers maintains that the full integration of the east into an enlarged Federal Republic is well underway, though these observers acknowledge that progress has been slower and more uneven than first anticipated. A more pessimistic assessment is provided by those who claim that, if the present pattern of development continues, the east will remain in a position of permanent structural weakness vis-à-vis the west in a way analogous to that of Italy’s Mezzogiorno.

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