Since German unification in 1990, regional development in what was the former-East Germany has taken place in a disparate and fragmented way. An expert in regional economics and urban planning, Prof. Krätke will use his talk to examine these developments with particular attention to the situation in German-Polish border regions. (CONTINUE READING)
On Monday, September 22md, the initial meeting of the 2008-09 Graduate Research Colloquium will take place at the Centre from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Students enrolled in the Centre’s Graduate Diploma who have not yet fulfilled this requiremed element of the program are encouraged to attend this session.
During this session, the Diploma Coordinator, Prof. Burkard Eberlein, will present the planned content for the Colloquium and offer students an opportunity to ask any questions they may have.
The second meeting of the Colloquium will take place the following Monday, October 6th at the same time and place. Regular meetings of the Colloquium will then follow at two-week intervals.
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: 230R York Lanes
As part of a tour of North American universities, CCGES is pleased to welcome the accomplished German film director Rainer Simon to campus on September 22nd and 23rd for a talk and film screening. (CONTINUE READING)
CCGES is pleased to be able to congratulate Prof. Willem Maas on the occassion of his receiving a prestigious Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration. Prof. Maas is a Centre faculty affiliate and professor of political science at both York’s Glendon College and the Faculty of Graduate Studies. (CONTINUE READING)
Following its US premiere in New York City, the independent theatre group “Theater ASOU” from Graz, Austria, is coming to Toronto for the Canadian premiere of its striking multi-media performance The 33rd Year: Playing Life by Robert Riedl. Based on the collection The Thirtieth Year (Das dreißigste Jahr) by the well-known and influential Austrian author Ingeborg Bachmann (1923-1973), the play is a parable about our daily self-dramatizations. In the text of the play, the borders between reality and appearance break down, reality and theatre intertwine, and the actor changes roles with the audience. (CONTINUE READING)
