German Minister of State for Culture and Media visiting Berkeley
Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Bernd Neumann will visit UC Berkeley on Wednesday, Feb. 27, to discuss questions of German cultural politics. 3335 Dwinelle Hall Wednesday, February 27, 3–4:30pm
Our Blog is Back!
We’ve recently reactivated our blog, located unter the “Forum” heading. Here we’ll be posting updates both on our own work and on other projects and events of interest. We invite you to share related ideas, projects, events and news in the “Comments” section.
CFP: Artistic and Scholarly Practice in the Digital Age (MLA 2014, Chicago)
Call for Papers: Artistic and Scholarly Practice in the Digital Age Panel at MLA Convention in Chicago, 9-12 January 2014 In the digital era, academic and artistic work is recalibrating the interplay of aesthetics, science, and politics. Art entails research, and research draws inspiration from art in seeking new forms of interactive presentation, public participation, and […]
Memory in the Digital Age
MGP Working Group Spring 2013 Topic Our working group focuses on Germany’s changing cultural identity in the era of migration, European integration, and global mediatization. This semester, we’ll be focusing on memory practices and digital media.
Iranische Filmtage Köln 7.-10. März
Iranian Film Week in Cologne, Germany March 7-10, 2013 Vom 07.-10. März geben aktuelle Kurz-, Dokumentar- und Langfilme der letzten Jahre sowie Gespräche mit Filmschaffenden einen Einblick in den Lebensalltag und das künstlerische Schaffen im Iran. Sie finden uns auf Facebook unter http://www.facebook.com/iranische.filmtage.koeln
Talk on Radical Right in Europe at UC Berkeley
The Radical Right and the Politics of Xenophobia in Europe Lecture | February 20 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall Speaker: Michael Minkenberg, Dept. of Political Science, Viadrina University Sponsor: Institute of European Studies Followed by Information Session on Berkeley/Viadrina Exchange Program – (4:00 pm)
Workshop — Circulating Humor: Nonsense Politics
14 September 2012, 4 – 7 pm, Institute for International Studies, 223 Moses. Infotainment rules. Year-end television ratings in 2011 confirmed that The Daily Show and The Colbert Report had drawn more viewers than Fox News, the most watched news channel in the US. What does this tell us about the state of democracy and participation? […]
Orienting Europe: The Borders of Memory
A Workshop Growing out of a graduate seminar on “Orienting Europe” taught by Deniz Göktürk, this workshop will analyze symbolic constructions of Europe in moving images. The workshop is
Erinnerungsorte und Kiezdeutsch
Das Multicultural Germany Project präsentiert Erinnerungsorte und Kiezdeutsch. Eine interdisziplinäre Werkstattdiskussion über Norm und Praxis der Integration mit Patrice Poutrus und Heike Wiese am Mittwoch, 21. März, 16-18 Uhr, 282 Dwinelle
FRAU KUTZER UND ANDERE BEWOHNER DER NAUNYNSTRASSE
The Multicultural Germany Project presents the screening of Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstrasse, followed by a discussion. Please join us on Friday, March 9, 2012, from 2-4 p.m. (Dwinelle 282). 1973 was the year of the global oil crisis and Germany’s moratorium on the recruitment of guest workers. That same year,