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THE CONFERENCE OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS OF GERMAN IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
with the support of the German Embassy, the DAAD and the Goethe-Institut
is hosting a Conference
INTO THE NEW MILLENIUM - GERMAN STUDIES IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM: PROBLEMS, OPPORTUNITIES, NEW PERSPECTIVES
at the Goethe-Institut
Princes Gate, Exhibition Road
LONDON SW7
on
Thursday 10 December 1998
P R O G R A M M M E
09.15-10.00 Registration
10.00-10.15 Welcome: HE Gebhardt von Moltke, Ambassador of the Federal
Republic of Germany
10.15-11.30 David Marsh (Director of UK/European Research, Robert Fleming
Securities): Why German? Why Germany? The View from the City
Discussion
11.30-12.45 Taking stock: 1. German in the Schools: Peter Boakes (Deputy
Director, CILT) & Margaret Tumber (Past President,
Association for Language Learning)
2. German in the Universities: Michael
Butler (President, CUTG), Mary Fulbrook (Chair,
Association of German Historians), Karl Koch
(Chairman, Association for the Study of German Politics)
Discussion
12.45-14.00 Lunch: Polish Club
14.15-15.30 Giles Radice MP
The United Kingdom and Germany: a New Partnership for Europe?
Discussion
15.30-16.15 Round Table - German in the New Millenium
Frank Burbach, Head of the Cultural Department, German
Embassy), Sebastian Fohrbeck (Director, DAAD),
Albert Wassener (Director, Goethe- Institut), Emil Brix
(Director, Austrian Institute)
16.15-16.30 Closing remarks: Michael Butler
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