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  • Alexander Kellner, director of the Museo Nacional/UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro. Photo (detail): © Bira Soares

    Reopening Museums: European and South American Perspectives“Our soul, our mission remains the same”

    (02 September 2020)
    Two years ago the Museo Nacional in Rio de Janeiro fell victim to a major fire. “The Latest at Goethe” spoke to the director of the museum, Alexander Kellner, about the challenges he is facing now.

  • Ada Pinkston, participant of “Shaping the Past”, in front of the Washington Monument in Baltimore Photo (detail): Chris Chapa

    “Shaping the Past”Wavering Monuments

    (04 September 2020)
    How do monuments shape the commemorative culture? The project “Shaping the Past” of the Goethe-Institut, the Monument Lab and the Federal Agency for Civic Education brings together initiatives from North America and Germany.

  • The recipients: Zukiswa Wanner, Elvira Espejo Ayca and Ian McEwan Photos: f.l.t.r.: © Brian Otieno, © Michael Dunn, © Annalena McAfee

    Goethe Medal ceremony“Accepting contradiction – the fruits of contradiction”

    (27 August 2020)
    On August 28, the Goethe-Institut will hold a digital ceremony to present the Goethe Medal to Zukiswa Wanner, Elvira Espejo Ayca and Ian McEwan. Watch the stream of the event with film portraits and musical performances at 11 a.m. (CET).

  • German EU Council Presidency Illustration (detail): Tobias Schrank

    German EU Council Presidency#GoetheForEurope

    (16 June 2020)
    In the course of the German EU Council Presidency the Goethe-Institut is strengthening its European commitment. In EU-wide projects such as “Freiraum” or on multilingualism, it and its partners are dedicated to the diversity of Europe.

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How has Europe changed in recent years? What can we learn from history for Europe today – and what should Europe be like tomorrow? Here are some essays, interviews and debates about current European opportunities and challenges.

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Day-Afterthoughts

What does the pandemic mean to and for each of us and for society as a whole? Here are some responses from intellectuals and artists around the world with regard to our present predicament and what lies in store for us afterwards.

 

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Kulturama brings international culture into your living room: house concerts live from Buenos Aires, puppet theatre from the kitchen or live acts from the Berlin club scene. Organisers enter their events and open them to international audiences. Spectators can find dates and support artists with donations.

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Quarantined

Quarantined presents various works in which artists from Egypt deal with the theme of quarantine and isolation as a virtual exhibition.

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Logbooks of a Pandemic

What does it mean to experience the corona pandemic in another country? In the exchange between Argentina and Germany, Maricel Drazer and Victoria Eglau describe their impressions.

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Internationale Deutscholympiade

“Dabei sein! – Die IDO kommt zu Dir”: This was the motto of the biggest competition in the German language, which took place from 3rd to 7th August. You can find the contributions and results here. 
 

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