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*Apologies for cross-posting* Dear colleagues, the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham is organising a number of seminars and panel discussions in 2015 which we hope might be of interest to some of you. Please find the complete list of events below. Best regards, Josefin Graef ------------ Josefin Graef Doctoral Researcher and Teaching Associate Institute for German Studies Department of Political Science and International Studies Muirhead Tower University of Birmingham Edgbaston B15 2TT ________________________________ [X] Wednesday 21st January 2015, 5.15 p.m., Strathcona LT6 IGS / Modern Languages Seminar Sara Smart (University of Exeter) The Palatine Wedding of 1613 and its Impact on Confessional Politics Wednesday 4th February 2015, 5 p.m., Muirhead Tower 429 IGS ‘Not The First World War Centenary’ Seminar Stefan Goebel (University of Kent) From “Coventration” to Reconciliation: Coventry and Dresden after 1940/45 Tuesday 24th February 2015, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., Muirhead Tower 417 IGS Panel Discussion The Greenest Nation on Trial: German Environmentalism in Perspective Axel Goodbody (University of Bath), Silke Mende (Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po, Paris), Frank Uekötter (University of Birmingham) Chair: Nick Martin (IGS) Wednesday 4th March 2015, 5.15 p.m., Strathcona LT6 IGS / Modern Languages Seminar Nick Hodgin (University of Lancaster) DEFA’s Last Gasp: Melancholy and the End of East German Filmmaking Wednesday 18th March 2015, 5.15 p.m., Strathcona LT6 IGS / Modern Languages Seminar Bill Niven (Nottingham Trent University) Whither German Memory? Towards an Integrated Model of Remembering Tuesday 12th May 2015, 4 p.m. – 6.30 p.m., Muirhead Tower G15 IGS Symposium 50 Years of German-Israeli Relations: Reflections on History, Memory and International Politics Lorena De Vita (Aberystwyth University) Harald Kindermann (former FRG Ambassador to Israel) Shimon Stein (former Israeli Ambassador to the FRG) Ruth Wittlinger (University of Durham) Chair: Nick Martin (IGS) These events are also listed on the IGS website<http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/institute-german-studies/events/index.aspx>. Other events are being planned. For further information, please contact Nick Martin ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).