RESEARCH TRAINING GROUP

Professor Mita Banerjee of the American Studies division speaks about the new 'Life Sciences, Life Writing' research training group at Mainz University. (photo: Peter Pulkowski)RESEARCH TRAINING GROUP

Overcoming barriers in order to scrutinize limits

The new research training group 'Life Sciences, Life Writing: Extreme Experiences of Human Life between Biomedical Explanations and Life Experiences" attempts to bridge the gap between the natural-medical sciences and the humanities. The German Research Foundation is providing almost EUR 2 million to support this unusual project at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU).

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