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MCAS
Maimonides Centre
for Advanced Studies

About MCAS

The mission statement and research programme of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies as well as information about its organisational structure and equal opportunity strategy can be found on the following pages.

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Mission Statement

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The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies is a Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe (Centre for Advanced Studies) funded by the German Research Foundation. It opened in October 2015 and will run for eleven years, divided into two funding periods.

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Research Programme

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The central aim of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies is to explore and research scepticism in Judaism in its dual manifestation of a purely philosophical tradition and a more general expression of sceptical strategies, concepts, and attitudes in the cultural field.

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Organisational Structure

Organisational Structure of MCAS (06/2023)

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The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies consists of a team, fellows, an advisory board, and a board of trustees.

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Equal Opportunty Programme

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The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies pursues an equal opportunity programme which fosters gender balance and the compatibility of family and career.

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