Center for Advanced Studies (CAS)
The “Center for Advanced Studies” at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) is a forum for intensive interdisciplinary academic exchange. It promotes cooperation between outstanding researchers from various LMU departments and fosters participation of visiting scholars in research and academic life at LMU. Founded in the course of the Excellence Initiative, the purpose of CAS is not only to support the research activities of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, but also to emphasize the concept of a university in its broadest sense – i.e. as a “universitas” covering all disciplines. CAS LMU pursues, as a university-based institute of advanced study, two goals in particular: the strengthening of cross-disciplinary dialogues and the enriching of international cooperation with regard to new and pressing questions.
| University: | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
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| Contact: |
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 180539 München Germany Tel: +49 89 2180-72080 Fax: info@cas.lmu.de http://www.cas.uni-muenchen.de/ |
| Director: | Prof. Dr. Christof Rapp (academic director) |
| Founded in: | 2009 |
| Focus of research: | The wide range of research conducted at LMU is reflected in the variety of subjects supported by the Center. CAS is thus able to do justice to its stated aim of encouraging interdisciplinary discussion and providing a basis for the dialogue between representatives of the various academic fields. |
