The file contains the agenda and working documents of the meeting (Chairman: William Shae). It includes curriculum vitae, minutes, programmes, evaluations, presentations, member list, proposals and list of proposals, communications.

Topics discussed include: previous Standing Committee for humanities meetings; membership; SCH exploratory workshops awarded in 1998; reports on Scientific Networks (The Convergence and divergence of dialect in a changing Europe; Science and visual image; European Theatre Iconography; Intersign; Early Modern Thought); ESF à la carte programmes (Individual and Society in the Mediterranean Muslim World; Musical Life in Europe 1600-1900; Cultural Exchanges in Europe, ca. 1400-ca. 1700; Asia Studies Programme); ESF Science Policy Activities (Sciences of Risk – Risk of Science; Forward Look; Biology and Society); examinations of workshops proposals; proposals for new scientific networks (Islam in Europe: The issue of pluralism; Network for Soundscape Research).

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