The file contains the minutes of the meeting (chairman: Wim Blockmans). Included are the agenda and working documents for the meeting; including biographical data; curriculum vitae; member list; minutes; correspondence; programmes; convention; minutes; activities and status reports; schedule; decision; guidelines; proposals; preliminary notes.

Topics discussed include: ESF position paper beyond Framework Programme IV; membership; Standing Committee for Humanities Core Group meeting held on the June 29th 1996; exploratory workshop on bioethics; relationship between the SCH and the National Endowment for the Humanities; Asian Studies; reports on programmes (Concepts and Symbols in the 18th century; Transformation of the Roman World; Individual and Society in the Mediterranean Muslim World); Discussion about the ESF Science and Strategy Plan; re-positioning of the ESF network scheme; network proposals (The Early Modern European Court 15th-18th century; Cultural Exchanges in Europe from the end of the 14th to the end of the 17th century; research with deaf people on the sign language in Europe); reports on current networks (Musical Institutions and the Circulation of Music and Musicians in Europe 1600-1900; Media and the European dimension); ESF General Budget for 1997; report on SCtanding Committee for Social Sciences activities; news from member associations.

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