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We offer a comprehensive programme comprising authentic material, events for teachers and pupils and opportunities for professional development.

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About us

We promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation.

Current Projects

Residency Projekt © Goethe-Institut Kolkata / Design: Friso Maecker

Call for application
 Indo-European Residency Project Kolkata 2018

The Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata  and the Alliance Française du Bengale, in collaboration with the Kolkata based gallery CIMA  and Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal are organizing the second interdisciplinary Indo - European Residency Project Kolkata.

Logo Inherited memories © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata

Forgotten and Recalled
 My Parents' World

As the world is now gripped with the Syrian refugee crisis and debates rage on their acceptance in various countries in Europe, it may be the right time to look back into some of the biggest refugee crises and human migration in recent history. The debates centre mostly around the broader theme of what impact the refugees would have if they are allowed to settle in a particular society.

180 Seconds City © Goethe-Institut

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 180 SECONDS CITY

From Berlin to Bogota – and back via Tokyo and Kolkata! 16 cities, 64 short films and four themes taken from life in the big cities of the world: in 180 seconds emerges a picture of a city, showing what unites us and what makes us different from one another.