“Berlin and Beyond” SF Film Festival Begins
From January 15 to 21 in San Francisco, the annual “Berlin and Beyond” festival will present recent film productions from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Of particular interest to our project are three films: Your Beauty is Worth Nothing, directed by Hüseyin Tabak, focuses on a young Kurdish migrant in Austria. Actress and Director Aylin Tezel, best […]
Spring 2014 Multicultural Germany Course
This semester the UC Berkeley German Department will once again offer the undergraduate seminar “Multicultural Germany,” which will focus on migration and mobility in post-WWII German history. In the coming weeks, we hope to share some of the conversation generated within the classroom here on the project blog. As part of the course, students will […]
Aleida Assmann: Film and Lecture (Oct 28 & 29)
Circulating Memory events with Aleida Assmann (University of Konstanz, Germany) — Film Screening and Lecture Film Screening — US Premiere!: 10/28, 5-7pm, Dwinelle B-4 Anfang aus dem Ende: Die Flakhelfergeneration (Beginning out of an Ending) 2013, documentary, 85 min, directed by Aleida Assmann, in German with English subtitles, followed by discussion
IES Event: The German Elections 2013 – Their Impact on Europe
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Lecture on European Minority Rights
Recognition of Diversity and Minorities in Post-Multicultural Europe: What Rights for Which Community(ies?) Thursday, September 19, 12:00 pm, 201 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley Dorota Anna Gozdecka
Tagung: Komik der Integration
Komik der Integration: Grenzpraktiken des Sozialen 11. -13. Juli, 2013, Universität Konstanz Veranstaltung des Exzellenzclusters Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration Organisation: Özkan Ezli (Konstanz), Deniz Göktürk (Berkeley), Uwe Wirth (Gießen) Webseite der Tagung mit Texten zur Vorbereitung und Erklärung des Tagungskonzepts
Cultural Memory in France and Bosnia
Wednesday, April 24, 1-3pm 201 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley Moving Europe continues with two presentations on cultural memory: Soraya Tlatli (University of California, Berkeley, French Department): “Fragmented Memories in Postcolonial France” Emina Musanovic (University of California, Berkeley, German Department): “Clean New Spaces in Cleansed Old Towns: Building a Europe without Ottomans in Bosnia”
Lecture: Remaking the European City: Amsterdam, Globalization, and Street Art
Lecture by Prof. Christoph Lindner (University of Amsterdam) on April 23 Remaking the European City: Amsterdam, Globalization, and Street Art Date: April 23 Place: 201 Moses Hall, 12.30-1.30pm This presentation is about art, globalization, and urban counterculture in 21st-century Europe. Focusing on Amsterdam, but also addressing parallels with London, Paris, and Berlin, the discussion will […]
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 […]
‘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