The file contains the minutes of the meeting (chairman: Wim Blockmans). Included are the agenda and working documents for the meeting; including curriculum vitae; reports; correspondence; programme proposals; provisional budgets; communication; flyer; conferences schedules; minutes.

Topics discussed include: membership; report on the Standing Committee for Humanities Core Group (29/03/1995, Madrid); preparation of ESF advice on the development of the 5th Framework Programme of the European Union; reports on new programmes under development (Individual and Society in the Mediterranean Muslim World; Musical Institutions and the Circulation of Music and Musicians in Europe 1600-1900; Mass Media); proposals of new networks (Republicanism: a shared European heritage; the convergence and divergence of dialects in a changing Europe; the comparative study of the acquisition of European languages; Creativity and reception: conditions of artistic communication 1350-1850); a lecture by Jan Bank; reports on on-going activities (Language Typology; Transformation of the Roman World; History of Chemistry; Concepts and Symbols in the 18th century; Asian Studies; follow-up to the ESF programme on "Ethnic Groups"; workshop on "Civilisations de l’Arabie pré-islamique"); report on the Standing Committee for Social Sciences; time schedule of SCH meetings.

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