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Fall 2003


November 13

The New Russian Jews of Berlin and the Old Jewish German Community
A lecture by Irene Runge, Director of the Jewish Cultural Association of Berlin.

November 11

The Goethe Taboo
Goethe-expert Daniel Wilson (UC Berkeley) discussed the controversial reception in Germany of his book Das Goethe-Tabu (1999), in which he used new archival material to document previously unknown political conflicts betweeten the government in the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar and groups such as peasants, students, preofessors, and intellectuals, during the period of 1775-1806, when J.W. Goethe was minister of state. In his talk, Professor Wilson plaved the controversies over his book in a wider context of debates about Germany's past and contemporary political culture.

October 30

Dada with Bernd Seydel
Brandeis Students enjoyed a very special performance by Bernd Seydel, founder of the "Mundwerkstatt." In his one-man show Seydel gave a stimulating performance of Dada and Expressionist poetry.

October 29

The Experiment
Screening and discussion of the controversial 2002 German psychological thriller with novelist and screenwriter Mario Giordano. Giordano's book Blackbox, and the movie based on it, were inspired by the (in)famous Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971.

October 7

Sebald in his Own Words
A lecture and multimedia presentation by Gordon Turner, Emeritus Professor of German, University of East Anglia, UK, and long time friend and colleague of the late author.

Spring 2003


May 3

The Electronic Music Marathon (EMM) 2003
The EMM took place at Brandeis University's Slosberg Recital Hall, an intimate and acoustically excellent space specifically outfitted with an eight-channel sound system for the occasion. A featured performance of the Boston CyberArts Festival, this program included several multimedia and computer video pieces. The works were presented by some of the best new music performers and ensemble from the US and Europe includeing members of the AUROS Group for New Music (Boston), Dinosaur Annex (Boston) The Cygnus Ensemble (New York), the Lydian String Quartet, Odd Appetite (Boston), Marco Capelli and Lucia Bova (Italy), Thierry Miroglio and Ancuza Aprodu (France), and Valerio Scannicandro (Germany).

April 28

The European Union's Open Method of Coordination: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Politics of Reform.
A panel discussion, co-sponsored be the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University, featuring Iain Begg, Visiting Professor, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, Kerstin Jacobsson, Professor of Sociology, Stockholm Center for Organizational Research, Philippe Pochet, Director, Observatoire Social Européen, Brussels, and FU Fulbright Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Jonathan Zeitlin Professor of History, Sciology, and Industrial Relations, Director of the European Union Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

April 26

Cycles of Change: Reconstruction, Gender and Public Life in Western Europe after the Two World Wars. This workshop organized by Laura Frader, Margaret Higonnet, and Jytte Klausen (Member of the CGES Excutive Committee) re-examined and compared the effects of post-war reconstruction in Britain, France and German in the periods 1919-35 and 1945-60. The event was co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies at Harvard University.

April 15

The Situation in the Middle East and Transalantic Relations: A German View. A talk by Klaus Peter Gottwald, Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, and previously Director of the North American Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany.

April 9

Old Europe Versus New Europe? A lecture and seminar with Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet, Professor at the University of Würzburg.

March 27

Storytelling, Healing, and Survival: From Scheherazade to Peter Pan. Harvard Professor Maria Tatar delivered this year's Martin Weiner Lecture, jointly sponsored by the Martin Weiner Lecture Fund, the Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages and Literature, and the Center for German and European Cultural Studies

March 17

Zionism, Anti-Zionism, and Contemporary Anti-Semitism in Europe. A lecture by Alain Dieckhoff, Professory at the Sciences-Po in Paris and author of The Invention of a Nation: Zionist Thought and the Making of Modern Isreal.

March 12

Isreali German Relations Today A converstaion between the Consul General of Germany, Rolf-Dieter Schnelle and the Consul General of Isreal, Meir Shlomo, hosted by the Jewish German Dialogue.

March 11

Turkey and Germany - Do They Belong Together? A lecture by Cem Oumlzdemir, German politician of Turkish decent, former member of the German Bundestag, and currently Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Washington D.C.

February 26

A voice from the Old Europe: Germany, Europe, and U.S. Relations. A Lecture by Susan Stern, Professor at the University of Frankfurt, publicist, and author of Desperately Seeking Europe.

January 13

Jews in Berlin. Julius H. Schoeps, Director of Moses Mendelssohn Center for Jewish History in Potsdam, and Hermann Simon, Director of The New Synagogue Berlin-Centrum Judaicum, visited Brandeis to present their new book entitled Jews in Berlin.


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