This section serves as an open forum for current research on multiculturalism, immigration, and globalization in relation to Germany. Postings may include Calls for Papers, announcements of conferences and research projects as well as corrections and responses to the sourcebook Germany in Transit. Please send announcements and responses to us at mgp@berkeley.edu. Visit the Forum Archive to see selective past announcements.
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Turkish German Cabaret Performance: Hopefully Veiled!
Formerly on tour as The Floor Beauticians, Serpil Pak and Nursel Köse now bring their comedic talent to UC Berkeley! Come see these two German Turkish entertainers forge an intercultural dialogue between the Oriental headscarf and the Occidental bikini.Hoffentlich verschleiert (Hopefully Veiled)Nursel Köse, the blonde-at-heart Teutonic Sultana, shining like a Bollywood star.Serpil Pak, the Oriental Valkyrie, trans-sex-cultural multiple-personality word-acrobatLive performance (in German)followed by a discussion on “Humor as Strategy,”moderated by Deniz Göktürk (UC Berkeley)Friday, April 4, 2008, 3 pm 145 Dwinelle HallPresented by UC Berkeley’s German Department , the Goethe-Institut San Francisco, the Institute for European Studies, and the Multicultural Germany Project
Free and open to the public!
Conference at the University of Pittsburgh, Interzone EU: Crossroads of Migration
Announcing a Conference at the University of Pittsburgh, sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and LiteraturesInterzone EU: Crossroads of Migration22-23 February 2008The freedom for all its citizens to travel and reside anywhere in the territory of the EU is celebrated as one of its major accomplishments. Immigration, emigration, migration brings peoples into contact, transforming habits, shifting languages, and contributing to the dynamism of European cultures. Yet, this officially-celebrated European cultural diversity is not necessarily embraced by all European's equally. Beginning from the point that Europe is an interzone, a space of transit, interaction, transformation, and vibrant diversity, the conference will illuminate the impact of migration on European culture, literature, and film. Web Page Interzone http://www.pitt.edu/~rhalle/interzone/Affirmative Action in Germany
The following link is to an article published in Die Zeit in September 2006 by Dr. Susanne Stemmler on the effects of ‘Affirmative action’ in Germany:
<http://www.zeit.de/online/2006/36/integration-migrantenelite?page=all>http://www.zeit.de/online/2006/36/integration-migrantenelite?page=all
Dr. Susanne Stemmler
DFG – Postdoctoral Fellow Trans-Atlantic Graduate Research Program Berlin
susanne.stemmler@metropolitanstudies.de