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Shaping the past

How does the past take shape? What happens in the process of coming to terms with the past? What social repercussions are associated with the rooting of history in monuments and memorials? These questions and many others are at the center of our project, Shaping the Past.
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Fall Courses 2020

Start learning German with one of our innovative course formats and decide for yourself how you learn. Do you prefer independant study and flexibility? In that case, our Deutsch Online Individual Courses are the best choice for you? Want to combine independant study with the group experience? Choose our Deutsch Online Group Course. And if you are looking forward to more interaciton with your group and tutor, our blended courses are the right choice for you. In addition, we offer kids courses (ages 6-11), teen courses (ages 12-17) and specialized courses.
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Project Space Update

The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles is proud to announce its new collaboration with Michael Maltzan Architecture (MMA). Together with our headquarters, we have selected MMA to lead the build-out of our future home, a new project space located in the diverse Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, close to MacArthur Park.
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World of Homelessness
Arts Of The Working Class Extrablatt: Worlds Of Homelessness

The Berlin-based street journal Arts of the Working Class and the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles present the AOWC Special Edition Nr. 5 / Extrablatt WORLDS OF HOMELESSNESS. The special edition includes the work of the contributors to the Worlds of Homelessness project from around the world.
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(RE-) OPENINGS OF GOETHE-INSTITUTS IN THE US
We've come to stay

At the end of the Year of Germany in the USA, the Goethe-Instituts in the United States have strengthened their network with three completely updated institutes in Boston, Washington and Los Angeles. This is a signal of how important it is to continue the cultural and civil society dialogue between North America and Germany.

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Worlds 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.

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Television “Made in Germany” is having a golden moment with the rise of international streaming services. In this dossier, we highlight binge-worthy German serials and fill you in on where to watch them in the USA.

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How do we innovate and make progress? Our answer: often by mistake. We’re celebrating mistakes and their innovative power in this collection of big and little mistakes in art, language, technology, and society.

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Fall Courses 2020

Project Space Update

World of Homelessness
Arts Of The Working Class Extrablatt: Worlds Of Homelessness

(RE-) OPENINGS OF GOETHE-INSTITUTS IN THE US
We've come to stay

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