Dan Diner receives the 2013 Leipzig Academic Prize

The Leipzig Academic Prize was awarded today at a formal ceremony in Leipzig's Old City Hall. This year's award, together with the prize money of EUR 10,000, goes to Prof. Dr. Dan Diner, Director of the Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the University of Leipzig, Professor of Modern History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Regular Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences Leipzig.