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Migration has changed the cultural landscape of the Federal Republic of Germany permanently. Our articles refer to current tendencies and debates.
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Migration Stories

Arrived? – European expats talk about living abroad in Europe

French cooks in Antwerp and Greek information specialists in Berlin: Seven Goethe-Instituts in Europe have come together to collect letters from EU citizens who live and work abroad within Europe. Why have they left their home countries? And have their dreams come true? More ...
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    Migration Stories

    Video series “Germany: The Opportunity”

    People from all over the world come to Germany to live, work and study. How do they prepare for this? What kind of world do they leave behind? A new series of video portraits offers a lively insight into the world of European immigrants before their arrival in Germany. More ...
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      Our Focus

      My Path to Germany – Transition Management website online!

      “My Path to Germany” contains a wide range of innovative language learning offers as well as accessible, easy-to-use information for migrants and a guide to (migration) advisory services. More ...
        Adelbert-von-Chamisso-awardees: above f.l.t.r.: Yoko Tawada, photo: Yves Noir; Emine Sevgi Özdamar, photo: Helga Kneidl; Libuše Moníková, photo: Renate von Mangoldt; below f.l.t.r.: Galsan Tschinag, photo: Rosemarie von Schnoy; Ilija Trojanow, photo: Yves Noir; Catalin Dorian Florescu, photo: Yvonne Böhler

        Cultural Scene

        Hardly Anybody Any Longer Says “Immigrant” – German literature by authors whose mother tongue is not German

        It has become perfectly natural to see in Rafik Schami and Terézia Mora notable German-language authors. More ...
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          The association “Typisch Deutsch” isn’t split along the lines of Germans and immigrants. Photo: © Typisch Deutsch e. V.

          Integration Debate

          We are the new Germans

          Their parents come from Turkey, Ghana or Korea and they are not fans of being labeled as people with “immigrant backgrounds”. The members of “Typisch Deutsch” (lit. typically German) prefer to be called “new Germans” and are out to redefine what it is to be German. More ...
            Korean miners in the mine Merkstein (Herzogenrath) © Union of Miners and Nurses dispatched to Germany and Professor Kwon

            Migration history

            Koreans Have Made It in Germany – 50 years of the Korean-German labour recruitment agreement

            Koreans have been part of German society for decades. 2013 is the 50th anniversary of the labour recruitment agreement between Germany and Korea. Mehr ...
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              The Circumcision of Jesus, detail; Guido Reni about 1635-1640, photo: public domain

              Integration Debate

              Circumcision, Judges and the Law. An interview with Ilhan Ilkiliç

              In June 2012 the Cologne District Court judged the circumcision of boys to be a form of bodily harm. Meanwhile the Bundestag has passed a law on circumcision. More ...
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                Migration Politics

                Skilled Personnel Welcome – Germany Is Becoming Increasingly Attractive to Immigrants

                Young immigrants from southern Europe are fleeing the crisis. More ...
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                  Migration Politics

                  Job Miracle with Blemishes

                  Europeans are surprised, the world is amazed, and experts are seeking explanations. While in many European countries unemployment has risen to ten per cent and more, it has sunk in Germany. More ...
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                    Integration Debate

                    Sharia in western democracies – two interviews

                    To what extent is the application of Islamic Sharia laws compatible with the legal systems of western constitutional states? And how are the interpretive framework of Islamic sources and efforts at reform of Islamic law developing? In two interviews, political scientist Manfred Brocker and Mouhanad Khorchide, professor of Islamic religious education, discuss Sharia and its application in western democracies. More ...
                      Countless institutions in Germany encourage young people with cultural projects. Photo: Andreas Kasube © Planet Kultur
                      Countless institutions in Germany encourage young people with cultural projects. Photo: Andreas Kasube © Planet Kultur

                      Cultural Scene

                      Cultural Education: Dance Lessons that Change your Life

                      Educational success and social participation largely depend on one’s social background. Cultural education is important, particularly with regard to the integration. More...
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                        Education and Language

                        Goethe and Integration: “I Live in Two Cultures – and at the Centre of Europe”

                        Conveying the German language is the original and primary task of the Goethe-Institut. Now, “Language and Integration” has been added as a new sphere of activity. For good reason: two languages are enriching, as eight Berlin immigrants report in an audio slideshow. More ...

                           

                           

                          Fikrun wa Fann

                          Edition on “Migration” of the cultural magazine for the dialogue with the Islamic world

                          Looking back into the future

                          “But inside it is still the same: Germany is my home country.” Young people in Serbia and Kosovo who grew up in Germany

                          Qantara.de – Dialogue with the Islamic World

                          Information and discussions on politics, culture and social affairs in German, Arabic, and English