Please find attached the final programme for the German Symposium, taking place at the LSE this coming weekend.
It is one of the events to celebrate 10 years of the existence of the new LSE Language Centre and to take a closer look at Germany today.
Entrance free for UoL students. Workshops aim at A2/B1 level of competence in German. All Registrations to: [log in to unmask]
TAKING STOCK: "Germany 20 years after the Fall of the Wall" A Look at current economic, social, cultural and political trends.
Friday 20 November 2009 in NAB 2.4
Saturday 21 November 2009 in SDR- 5th floor 'Old Building'
Friday, 20 November 2009 -
16.00 Registration /Tea/ Coffee
16.15 Welcome in NAB 2.04
16.30 Opening Session
(1) "A Winter's Tale, Revisited: Historical Reflections on Germany."
by Prof Joyce Mushaben, University of Missouri, St Louis, USA
(2) Ein literarisches Essay von Katrin Seglitz über ihre
"Sommerreise in den Osten Deutschlands"
17.30 Round Table Discussion: Chair: Martin Lodge (Reader in Public Policy and Political Science,LSE)
Prof Dr Udo Ludwig, Halle/Leipzig (formerly: Halle Institute for Economic Research - Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - IWH)
Dr Jens Hölscher (Reader in Economics, Brighton Business School)
Prof Dr Andreas Gestrich (Director, German Historical Institute)
Sabine Hentzsch (Director, Goethe Institute London),
Oliver Fritz (freier Schriftsteller)
18.45 Abendprogramm
Katrin Seglitz, "Der Bienenkönig" and Oliver Fritz, "The Iron Curtain Kid" in conversation with Dr Astrid Köhler,QMC-UL WORKSHOP (1) for students of GERMAN:
Ed Chappel, Goethe Institut London, and Luke Roskilly GB/UK Connection
Sport und Popkultur in Deutschland D306
Saturday, 21 November 2009 in SDR 'Old Building'
09.15 Registration
09.30
Topic 1 Economic Perspectives:
Jens Hölscher, "Zwanzig Jahre Wirtschaftstransformation: Fortschritte und Fehlschläge"
Udo Ludwig "Weltfinanzkrise: Grund zum Optimismus für Ostdeutschland?"
Workshop (2) for students:
Regina Schmid, DAAD Lektorin Edinburg Einführung in moderne Literatur: "Angstfreier Umgang mit authentischem Material"
11.00 Tea/Coffee
11.30
Topic 2 Social Perspectives
Melanie Kintz (Leipzig), "East Germans in the Political Elite"
Martin Seeleib-Kaiser,(Oxford) "Reforming the welfare state: Britain and Germany compared"
Workshop (3) for students:
Sonja Althoff, DAAD Lektorin, Bath: "Engagement für Umweltschutz bei jungen Leuten in Deutschland und Großbritannien"
13.15-14.15 Buffet Lunch in the SDR
14.30
Topic 3 Cultural Perspectives
Sonja Dammann, Frankfurt/M
"Kultursponsoring in Deutschland: Bedeutung, Entwicklung, Perspektiven"
Clas Dammann, Mainz, "Berichterstattung aus Berlin: Journalismus unter der Käseglocke" Impressions of a TV-journalist Workshop (4) for students:
Alex BURDOMY, DAAD Lektor, Aston University and Oliver Fritz
"Den 'Kalten Krieg' verstehen"
16.00
Topic 4 Political Perspectives
Gareth Dale, Brunel "Heimat and Ostalgie: the GDR in contemporary German cinema
Joyce Mushaben, St Louis, Missouri, "The search for 'innere Einheit' in Unified Germany: Redefining Citizenship and Identity Workshop (5) for students: Collage/Banner/PP: Students/ Learners registered for this event present and discuss their projects on "Das Neue Deutschland".
17.45 Screening of a topical German film in the Graham Wallas Room
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