!!Award of the 2011 ERASMUS MEDAL to Professor Manuel Castells 
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Press release, Issued: 18 January 2011
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The Board of the Academia Europaea have issued the following information:
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On 21 September 2011, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the Council of the Academia Europaea will be pleased to award an __Erasmus Medal__ to the internationally renowned Social Scientist,
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__[Professor Manuel Castells|User/Castells_Manuel]__
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The Erasmus Medal of the Academia Europaea, is awarded on the recommendation of the Council, to an scholar who has maintained over a sustained period, the highest level of international scholarship and recognition by peers.
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Professor Castells will also deliver the 2011 Heinz-Nixdorf Erasmus Lecture:
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“__''Communication Power: the Interface between Neural Networks and Digital Networks''__”
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The Lecture and medal ceremony is open to the public and all interested researchers
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Further information:
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The Academia Europaea ERASMUS Medal and Lecture 2011 has been  sponsored by the ''Heinz-Nixdorf Foundation'' (see [http://www.heinz-nixdorf-stiftung.de]).
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The Medal ceremony and lecture will form a part of the opening session of the 2011 Annual meeting of the Academia Euroapea. The conference is open to non-members and the theme for 2011 is “Chemistry, Sciences, Culture and Society in the making of Europe”. The meeting runs from 20 - 22 September at the headquarters building of UNESCO in Paris. The conference is linked with the UN International Year of Chemistry ([http://www.chemistry2011.org]) . 
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