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The Gesellschaft für Anomalistik (Society for Anomalistics) is recognised as a charitable organisation for the advancement of science by the German state. Its roughly 130 members, with professional backgrounds in the natural and social sciences as well as in the humanities, advocate a critical but open-minded approach to controversial scientific claims and exceptional human experiences.

Based on multidisciplinary empirical, conceptual and historical research, the Society seeks to promote and cultivate an informed and respectful dialogue between proponents and opponents of controversial scientific claims and seemingly incompatible epistemic positions. The Society's only corporate view is a careful scepticism – meaning 'investigation' rather than 'dogmatic denial' in the original Greek – regarding unconventional claims and scientific orthodoxy alike.

To fulfil its aims, the Society organises workshops and conferences, and it publishes a scholarly peer-reviewed journal, the Zeitschrift für Anomalistik.

 

End of 2012 – Interpretation and meaning of the Mayan calendar in modern society

20.01.11

Award for a Scholarly Essay by the Gesellschaft für Anomalistik / Society for Anomalistics

The Gesellschaft für Anomalistik awards 1000 Euros to the author of a previously unpublished scholarly essay on the topic “End of 2012 – downfall, new start – or date without meaning? Meaning and interpretation of the Mayan calendar in modern society”. In line with the multidisciplinary character of the Gesellschaft für Anomalistik, authors with any scholarly background (e.g., cultural and religious studies, history, sociology, psychology or futurology) are encouraged to submit contributions, as long as the manuscript reflects and adheres to scholarly standards of the respective discipline. Submissions can be in German or English.

Submission deadline is June 30th, 2011.

Further details can be found in the award announcement (PDF).