Presentation in Berlin, Germany, of the first New Europe Prize

Presentation in Berlin of the first New Europe Prize for Higher Education and Research. The award was part of an initiative by a group of six scholarly institutes in Europe and the United States (including the Institute for Advanced Study) to encourage the establishment of similar institutes in the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Third and fourth from the right in the foreground are award recipients Andre Pleşu and Alexander Gavrilov followed by Institute Director Phillip Griffiths. Just visible in the second row (behind Gavrilov) is the Institute's School of Historical Studies Faculty member Peter Paret.