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
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,
Aris Fioretos zu seinem Roman /Der letzte Grieche/ (2011)
Lesung und Diskussion präsentiert vom Multicultural Germany Project am 6. März, Dienstag, 16:30-18:30 Uhr, 282 Dwinelle *Aris Fioretos zu seinem Roman /Der letzte Grieche/ (2011):* *Vielsprachige Migrationsgeschichte aus Karteikarten*
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