Croatian-German author Jagoda Marinić reflects on her reading at York this past Monday, March 19th in her literary blog, strawberryfields. To see what she has to say about her experience at the reading, click here

Ms. Marinić is the author of Der Namenlose (The Nameless One) and the 2008 Munk-Goethe Writer-in-Residence.

The European Politics & Society Workshop is a monthly, interdisciplinary forum for discussing work in progress. This month the workshop welcomes Dr. Markus Kaim, the DAAD’s German Chair at the University of Toronto for 2007-08. Attendees of the workshop will discuss his paper “Germany, Afghanistan and the Future of NATO.” (CONTINUE READING)

In the wake of a recent string of “breakthrough” election results for Germany’s Left Party, Prof. Frank Deppe and Ingar Solty will reflect on the way in which these outcomes are transforming the political scene in both Germany and Europe.

Frank Deppe is a Professor-Emeritus at Germany’s Marburg University and has been one of the leading Marxist intellectuals and political activists in West Germany since the 1960’s. Prof. Deppe has published extensively on labour, politics, Eurocapitalism and the global political economy. (CONTINUE READING)

The Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy Network (Osgoode) and CCGES are pleased to co-present the 2008 Pierre Genest Distinguished Lecture by Professor David Trubek, Voss-Vascom Professor of Law and Senior Fellow at the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), University of Wisconsin Law School. (CONTINUE READING)

This year’s Munk-Goethe Writer in Residence is German-Croatian author Jagoda Marinić. Born in Waiblingen (Germany) in 1977, Marinić studied German, English and political sciences in Heidelberg and now works as an author, dramatist and journalist dividing her time between New York and Heidelberg. At this event, Ms Marinić will read in German and English from her first novel “The Nameless”, a gentle picture of love paired with grief, aspiration and subtle humour. (CONTINUE READING)