• Standing in Solidarity with the Black Community

    Our StatementStanding in Solidarity

    The Goethe-Institut USA stands in solidarity with the Black community against acts of violence rooted in hatred and racism. We are privileged to be located in cities throughout the US with rich Black history, culture, and activism, and we stand with our neighbors in this time.  

  • Goethe-Institut Washington Eventspace © Goethe-Institut Washington

    COVID-19Current Information

    In light of the current situation, our institutes in the US are closed to the public until further notice. German courses will continue to take place online. Please check your institute’s page under “Locations” for further information.

  • Latitude Festival © EL BOUM

    June 4th – 6thDigital Latitude Festival

    The digital festival presents a program of artistic contributions and debates over three days. The focus is on the question of how colonial structures work in the present and how they can be overcome. We invite you to join us via livestream and chat.

  • Shaping the Past / Gestaltung der Vergangenheit Photo: © Ada Pinkston

    Shaping the Past

    How does the past take shape? How can those narratives be shifted or upended through alternative approaches to memorialization? These questions and many others are at the center of this project.

  • Image: have you ever felt invisible © Goethe-Institut/Loredana La Rocca

    Germany and Los AngelesWorlds of Homelessness

    “Worlds of Homelessness” proposes an interdisciplinary and global engagement with homelessness and its connections to inequality, gentrification, racism and migration. Learn more about these issues.