Fascinating America – Fascinating Europe

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International conference

What ideas do young people today have about culture on this side of the Atlantic and on the other? Young people from the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland and the United States dealt with this question in an essay contest. Now they will present and discuss their points of view at a conference in Berlin on March 3–7, 2011.
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Experts‘ essays

Why are young Europeans fascinated about America? And why are young Americans interested in the Old World? Experts on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean discussed the fascination for the other.
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Essay contest

Young people in Europe and in the USA reflected upon the issue, who represents European respectively American culture and what it is that makes this person so specifically European or American. The 26 winning essays can be found here.
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The project Fascinating America – Fascinating Europe? Images of American and European Culture is supported by the Goethe-Instituts in Poland, the Czech Republic, France and the USA. The Goethe-Institut seeks to contribute to mutual understanding among young people from both sides of the Atlantic.

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