(29 September 2016) The value of travel: With its event entitled Perspektivwechsel (Change of Perspective) at Berlin’s Kulturquartier silent green, the Goethe-Institut provides insights into the diversity of its worldwide residency work. The international scholarships for artists create mutually enriching dialogues. [more …]
(26 September 2016) An entrepreneur, lawyer and women’s rights activist, Sofana Dahlan is a prominent figure in Saudi Arabia and one of the country’s best-known women. She was invited by the Goethe-Institut to come to Germany and visit Frankfurt, Berlin and Leipzig. Christopher Resch met with her. [more …]
(22 September 2016) An online platform for affordable tutoring, an app that finds cooks: the Goethe-Institut’s Future Young Entrepreneurs project encourages sustainable business ideas by young people. At the final event in Berlin’s Akademie der Künste, 14 teams competed for the prize for best project. [more …]
Maren Ade has slowly and persistently become one of the most exciting filmmakers in Germany and since her rousing comedy Toni Erdmann she is considered to be the saviour of German cinema. [more …]
Europe needs to reinvent itself, says Jana Puglierin, programme director at the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies. In our interview, she talks about how loud Germany’s voice in Europe should be and whether Brexit could result in the demise of the EU. [more …]
From ecological pioneers to new business strategies in the area of sustainability: German universities are increasingly spotlighting responsible action. [more …]
Why are human beings subjected to violence, and what is being done to prevent it? Brazilian, Colombian and German journalists ask themselves this question in our Dossier "Violence".
