Talk: “New Face, Old Place: Multicultural Identity and Professional Creativity”
Tuesday, April 16 9:30-11:00 am 79 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley Senem Onen will present her research on multiculturalism and entrepreneurship, focusing on the Manzara Istanbul vacation apartments as a case study in return migration and the rebranding of both traditional places and identities. Clips from the 2010 documentary Wir sitzen im Süden will also be shown, followed […]
Chronology 2012
We would like to draw your attention to our Chronology today. Please check out our updated entries for 2012. You can also find the entire Chronology by clicking on the link listed at the top of this page.
New Goethe-Institut “Pre-integration” Portal: “Mein Weg nach Deutschland”
According to the website: “The project aims to optimise the transition between pre-integrative language-learning, information and advice courses abroad and initial language teaching, as well as further integration measures provided by the Federal Government in Germany.
‘Borders in Motion’ Summer Institute
Summer Fellowship Opportunity: Borders in Motion — New Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion across Europe and North America Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute in European Studies — Graduate Student Fellowship Program July 8 – July 20, 2013, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. Application deadline: April 22, 2013 http://cges.umn.edu/fellowships/tasi.htm
Moving Europe Workshop: Migrant Archives (March 7, Berkeley)
You are invited to participate in the workshop Moving Europe: Migrant Archives Thursday, March 7, 12-2 pm, 201 Moses, Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley
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