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We promote the study of German abroad and encourage international cultural exchange.

The body and its age. Our cover shows Wen Hui, the winner of the Goethe Medal 2021 from China, performing her piece “I Am 60.” The research for her project focused on feminist cohesion: she interviewed young women about their struggle for self-assertion in contemporary Chinese society, and wondered what remains of the Chinese feminist pioneers of the 1930s in the present.

© Maik Schuck © Maik Schuck

Feminisms

Feminisms worldwide

Goethe-Instituts around the world have long been exploring feminist topics and issues with their local partners. You can find a selection of projects here.

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das goethe

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in the background, a brick building and a bicycle, which leans against a railing, are blurred; in the foreground two men whose faces are shown with dark hair and beards, to the right in front of the men a woman with blonde dutt, whose face you can not see, she wears a blue sports jacket and black handle bag, where green water bottle looks out © Goethe-Institut/ Sonja Tobias

A plunge into cold water

According to a forecast by the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Germany is dependent on an influx of 700,000 skilled workers every year. In this context, the Goethe-Institut prioritises pre-integration activities that cross national boundaries.
 

Students from Vietnam studying together. © Goethe-Institut Hanoi

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Exterior view of Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto. © Noriko Sawai/Goethe-Institut

Signs of life

The EU programme “House of Europe” had become one of the most important funding organisations for Ukrainian culture and society. But after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has had to reinvent itself.

The Mobile Pavilion is a portable form of architecture built by a team of young Ukrainian architects for the House of Europe. The opening performance by the Ukrainian band Dachabracha in front of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Hall drew 1,500 spectators. © Nadia Belik

We encourage culture

We build bridges between culture, education and science and rely on the power of art, which poses questions and opens up new modes of access.

International Relief Fund

The International Relief Fund supports cultural organisations abroad in dealing with the effects of the pandemic.

Let the spark fly and hold on to it. Outreach Foundation Johannesburg Photo (detail): © Earl Abrahams

Residence Programs

Worldwide, we enable cultural professionals to realize their work and to deal with new people and cultures.

Residence programs Author: San Jose, 27 November 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1483026, Änderungen vorgenommen

Network

The Goethe-Institut is represented by 158 institutes in 98 countries around the world. In 1952 the first Goethe-Institut opened in Athens.

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We will show you what we stand for as an employer and as a globally active cultural institute and what we offer you. Get to know us! We are the Goethe-Institut.

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