Photo: Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission / Till Budde

Ten Years of kulturweit“A manoeuvrable and stable ship”

(16 September 2019) In a ceremony in the Berlin Funkhaus, alumni and politicians celebrated the tenth anniversary of the international volunteer programme kulturweit. In 2009, volunteers were sent to Goethe-Instituts and partner schools of the Goethe-Institut abroad for the first time. Then as now, curiosity and a dose of courage are important prerequisites.
 

Designer: Jannis Pätzold

“Still young at 250!”: Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum“We didn’t aim to make it a laudatory homage.”

(10 September 2019) To celebrate the 250th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt, the Stiftung Humboldt Forum is organising a two-day festival together with the Goethe-Institut. On 13 September, the exhibition "The Nature of Things: Humboldt, Comings and Goings" will open in Berlin as part of these festivities.

Photo: Yael Ilan

German-Israeli Literature Festival 2019 Get rid of the sourpusses!

(04 September 2019) Rhetoric can exclude, hurt and define others, writes the Israeli author Maayan Ben Hagai. She is a guest at the German-Israeli Literature Festival organised by the Goethe-Institut together with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.