CFP – Participatory Media and Public Memory
We, the editors of TRANSIT, would like to draw your attention to our current CFP: Participatory Media and Public Memory. For this special issue,
Critical Perspectives on Werner Herzog’s “Lessons of Darkness”
The Department of Film & Media and the Multicultural Germany Project present: Critical Perspectives on Werner Herzog’s “Lessons of Darkness” (1992) Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6–9 pm Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities 220 Stephens Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720–2340
Folge der Feder! (Follow the Feather)
Helin, on her father’s death, travels from Tunceli, Turkey to Berlin to meet her mother and sister. To actually meet the guy he is to marry, she is guided through a white feather that appears in her dreams. Meanwhile, she is stalked by a man who has paid to marry her, and she tries to […]
Die Fremde (When We Leave)
German-born Umay flees her oppressive marriage in Istanbul, taking her young son Cem with her. She hopes to find a better life with her family in Berlin, but her unexpected arrival creates intense conflict. Her family is trapped in their conventions, torn between their love for her and the traditional values of their community. Ultimately […]
On the Old Roman Road
Also Wano, carpet-seller, will receive his second, secret life, as light-footed dead-angel for the Turkish politician, as charming terrorist, as loner and successful lover. He prepared the “liquidation” of the Turkish consuls in Rotterdam, and executed them. He lures him with the picture of the Turkish sultan Abdul Hamid The Bloody, which he has bought […]
Workshop on Migration & Memory
The Multicultural Germany Project would like to invite you to A Workshop on Migration & Memory November/18/2011 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. 282 Dwinelle For Fall 2011, the Multicultural Germany Project chose “Migration & Memory” as an umbrella topic
Multicultural Germany Project in the German Press
Deniz Utlu. “Das Archiv der Migration.” Der Freitag. 27 October 2011.
In Transit: A Panel on Migration & Multiculturalism
Following the 3.00 pm screening of Little Alien on Saturday, October 22nd at the Castro Theatre, Professor Deniz Göktürk of the Department of German at the University of California, Berkeley, will be in conversation with: