Spotlights on Germany and Europe

Spotlights on Germany and Europe

• Wolf Biermann and Marianne Birthler at Brandeis in Waltham Tuesday October 27 October 27, 2009
  Tuesday, October 27 12 pm Shapiro Campus Center @ Brandeis University This past summer in Iran, a movement for more democracy was met with chaos and bloodshed. Come hear about a people power movement that in the end marked the finish of the Cold War without violence or bloodshed! Did you know that the events […]
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• Climate Change Beyond Copenhagen – Monday Night at Brandeis October 19, 2009
  Tonight at 7 p.m. in International Lounge in Usdan in Brandeis. More than 15,000 officials representing 192 governments will attend the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen December 7-18, 2009 in the hope to sign a new agreement on a worldwide reduction of […]
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• Lost in Translation: German Companies Advertising in English October 19, 2009
  On a visit to Germany, you would sometimes be forgiven for thinking that German is dying out. Many German companies use English in their advertising to appeal to younger consumers. But there’s a catch.  Der Spiegel recently reported on the third edition of a study which proves that these companies may not be getting their […]
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• Germany and Unlikely Nobel Winners October 19, 2009
  In selecting  Herta Müller for the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature, the Nobel Committee chose someone many Americans had not heard of.  The New York Times found that many New York booksellers were caught unprepared as they hoped to set up displays for the Nobel Prize Winner.  So who is Herta Müller? According to the […]
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• “Lost Jewish World of Shanghai” Tonight at Brandeis October 14, 2009
  “Lost Jewish World of Shanghai” Today, Wednesday, Oct 14 7:00p to 10:00p at Brandeis University Wasserman Cinematheque, Waltham, MA Film Screening of “Exil Shanghai” by German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger. Refreshments will be served at Q&A with the filmmaker during intermission. With fascinating details and rich with dry humor, “Exil Shanghai” tells six li […]
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• “Working Through a Nazi Childhood” Today at Brandeis October 12, 2009
  The Center for German and European Studies presents a Jewish-German Dialogue with Ursula Mahlendorf Today at 12 p.m. in Hassenfeld Conference Center – Levin Ross. Lunch will be served. Ursula Mahlendorf will discuss her latest work, “The Shame of Survival: Working through a Nazi Childhood.” In writing the novel, Mahlendorf drew upon on her own […]
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• Germany Looks To the Past and the Future October 5, 2009
  This weekend Germany marked the Day of German Unity, “Tag der Deutschen Einheit”, for the 19th time since the official reunification in 1990, in the 20th year since the fall of the wall. This day is a national holiday in Germany, in some ways comparable to July 4th in the U.S.  But unlike Independence Day, […]
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• How Would You Vote in the German Election? September 26, 2009
  Who would you vote for in the German elections, which take place this Sunday?  In the U.S.  comparatively, it’s relatively easy – usually you either vote Democratic or Republican. In Germany, you can vote for the CDU,  the Christian Democrats represented by chancellor Angela Merkel, the SPD, the Social Democrats represented by Frank Walter Steinmeier, […]
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