Past Events Archive

Against the backdrop of current debates about science and populism, Peter Strohschneider, President of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) re-examines Vannevar Bush’s ideas on the public role of science as developed in the 1945 report to the President of the United States, “Science, The Endless Frontier.” Bush was …read more

Imagination, Phantasie und Einbildungskraft sind Begriffe, die sich auf ein Vermögen beziehen, dessen Status immer schon zwiespältig ist. Einerseits bildet die Produktivität der Imagination als Vorstellungskraft – neben dem Vermögen des Gedächtnisses und der Vernunft – eine Bedingung der Möglichkeit aller Erkenntnis und Abstraktion, andererseits ist sie in ihrer relativen …read more

Love in the Ruins: Jewish Life in Lower Silesia 1945-1968 in the voice of the oral history Polish-born Yiddishist and oral historian Agnieszka Ilwicka will talk about her research project “Love in the Ruins: Jewish Life in Lower Silesia 1945-1968.” After World War II, Lower Silesia was the largest Jewish settlement …read more

FEATURING Andreas von Rauch, Howard Vernon, Vladimir Theye History doubles back on itself like a noose in Straub-Huillet’s second version of The Death of Empedocles, as the Greek philosopher advocates for democracy for his people, with tragic results. With Itinerary of Jean Bricard. …read more

The UC Berkeley German Department’s Student Cabaret presents a poetic and humorous celebration of the German language, featuring works by Eichendorff, Gernhardt, Rilke, Morgenstern and many others. …read more

Clemens Gadenstätter (born 1966, Zell am See/Salzburg) studied Composition with Erich Urbanner (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna) and Helmut Lachenmann (1992-1995, University of Music and Perfroming Arts Stuttgart) as well as he studied the flute (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna) with Wolfgang Schulz. During his student years, …read more

“Thinking about Utopia – Religious and Secular: Five interventions” Harsha Ram, Revolutionary Utopia: Tatlin and Khlebnikov Niklaus Largier, Against Projects: The Utopia of Essayism in Musil and Lukács Amy Hollywood, Antinomian A-topia: Writing Manuscript Textuality in the Poetry and Prose of Susan Howe Kirill Chepurin, The Utopian No – or, Idealism and Utopia Alex Dubilet, Ground(lessness) and …read more

Hartmut Lehmann is the founding director of the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC, past Director at the Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen, and a former research fellow at the University of Chicago, Princeton University, and the Australian National University in Canberra. He is a Foreign Honorary Member …read more

Cities are leading the transition to a post-carbon economic model and envision sustainability in all three dimensions: environmental, social, and economic. Mr. Gruenig will focus on three primary sustainability areas: urban mobility, water management, and energy-efficient buildings. Across these topics, cities increasingly recognize that a sustainable future is rooted in …read more

A Spanish man’s quest to defy barriers and borders by embarking on the Trail of Tears with his donkey by his side is its own quixotic trail of laughter and tears in this winning tale. …read more