Multicultural Germany Class: Week 2, Socialist Friends – Part 2
This post is part of a series in which students reflect on their discussions in the UC Berkeley undergraduate seminar “Multicultural Germany.” This week two students have written summaries of the past week’s sessions. This is the second post, written by Julia Schroeder: Just last week a Coca-Cola Super Bowl advertisement ignited an ongoing online […]
Multicultural Germany Class: Week 2, Socialist Friends – Part 1
This post is part of a series in which students reflect on their discussions in the UC Berkeley undergraduate seminar “Multicultural Germany.” This week two students have written summaries of the past week’s sessions. The first is by Brittany Scott: The first discussion of the week began with an intriguing presentation by fellow classmate Jenelle, who gave […]
Multicultural Germany Class: Week 1, Guest Workers
This post is the first in a series that will give weekly summaries of the discussions taking place in the UC Berkeley undergraduate seminar “Multicultural Germany.” Each week’s discussions will be summarized by a different student in the course; this week’s post is by Sara Sellami: 1955 marks the year West Germany started the guest worker program. […]
Bundesintegrationsministerium?
A group of more than 60 Academics released an online petition Tuesday calling on the new German government to reform integration politics by creating a separate government bureau to exclusively address migration and integration policy. The reformers state that the Bundesinnesministerium, which currently handles integration affairs, is often too overwhelmed with their primary goals of […]
Syrian refugees applying to the European Union
Although most Syrian refugees have applied for refuge in neighboring countries, five European Union countries have also seen an increase. These countries are Germany, the UK, Sweden, Austria and Belgium. Compared to the refugee numbers in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, Syrian refugee numbers in the EU have been and remain small. However, the EU has […]
Saarbrücken & Prostitution
The opening of a new brothel in Saarbrücken is raising questions about increasing prostitution and sex worker migration in this Southwestern city.
Spiegel Article on Everyday Racism in Germany, Prompted by Asylum Debates
In the curent issue of der Spiegel (Sept. 16, 2013), 15 people of foreign descent are interviewed about their daily experiences with racism in Germany. The full text of the article is available in English. A partial preview with photographs is available in German.
Follow-up on Cultural Memory in France and Bosnia
On April 24, the Moving Europe project continued with two presentations on cultural memory, both of which raised questions dealing with national identity and absences within representations of the past.
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.
Eric Breininger’s Death: The Memoirs of a German Jihadist
This article discusses memoir of the German-born Jihadist Eric Breiniger, who was recently killed in Pakistan, and whose memoir was recently published on a Jihadist website. The well-written, although not a hundred percent confirmed, memoir of the terrorist tells of his conversion to Islam and quick radicalization, despite growing up ‘normal’ in Germany. The most […]