The Humboldt Kolleg/Joint Symposium entitled Celebration of German Contributions to Australian Science and Victorian Scientific Institutions – Past and Present. was organised jointly by the Australian Association of von Humboldt Fellows (AAvHF) and the Royal Society of Victoria (RSV) and was held at the Royal Society of Victoria, 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, from 1st […]
Victorian Celebration of Alexander von Humboldts Birthdate
As so often happens, on account of the busy schedules of certain interested participants, the annual Humboldt birthday celebration in Melbourne this year was planned for Tuesday, 23rd September, rather than 14th. In mid-August, my wife, Jill, noticed an advertisement in The Age for a new restaurant called Munich Brauhaus which was about to open […]
Victorian Celebration of AvH Birthday
While it is customary to hold this celebration as close as possible to 14th September each year, the pending visit to Melbourne by Dr. Katrin Amian during the week following the Fourteenth Biennial AAvHF Conference in Sydney (20th September to 2nd October, 2011) seemed a valid reason to delay the celebration till Thursday, 6th October, […]
Celebration of Birthdate of Alexander von Humboldt
On Thursday, 16 September, 2010, the usual small group of Melbourne-based Fellows and some of their partners gathered at Muttis Restaurant for the annual celebration of the birthdate of Alexander von Humboldt. All were conscious of the fact that the celebration dinner should have been two days earlier but, unfortunately, Muttis Restaurant, a more recently […]