Posted: October 15, 2011
Mr. Michal Matlak, Wroclaw University, Poland
CCGES together with the European Union Centre of Excellence at York are pleased to co-present a lecture by Mr. Michał Matlak (PhD candidate, Political Science, Wroclaw University, Poland). The lecture will take place in room 749 York Research Tower (building #95 on the map found here) on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 12:30 to 2:00 pm.
Mr. Matlak is the Vice-President of the Youth Regional Network of the Assembly of the European Regions (Strasbourg, France) and his talk will be based on his first book “Poland in Europe, Europe in Poland” which examines the results of the rapid europeanization of Poland through ten interviews with European politicians and intellectuals.
This talk is open to all and light refreshments will be served.
Date: November 17, 2011
Time: 12:30-2:00 pm
Location: 749 York Research Tower
Posted: October 14, 2011
CCGES organizes the Transatlantic Forum each year to examine an issue of relevance in both Germany and Canada with the aim of fostering contacts between scholars working in Canada’s German studies community. Participants are both senior and junior scholars working at Canadian universities in a variety of disciplines. While the format varies from year to year, at the Forum’s core is always a workshop in which participants present brief papers on an aspect of the year’s theme. These are intended to serve as starting points for discussion and debate. In addition, ample time is built into the proceedings to allow participants to network with the colleagues from across the country.
2011 Transatlantic Forum: Nuclear Energy Policy in Europe and North America (CONTINUE READING)
Posted: October 13, 2011
The Goethe-Institut in collaboration with CCGES is pleased to present a free screening of ”Under Control” (2011) a documentary film directed by Volker Sattel on Friday, November 11 beginning at 6 pm in Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue). Filmed in several German nuclear power plants over a three-year period, Sattel set out to show what goes on inside the walls of such facilities. After a well-received debut at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2011, the film had its theatrical release in Germany a matter of weeks after the Fukushima disaster and played an important role in the debates around Germany’s decision to scrap nuclear power by 2022.
Volker Sattel will be present at this screening and the film will be followed by a question and answer period with the director.
All are welcome!
Date: November 11, 2011
Time: 6:00-8:30
Location: Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue)
Posted: October 12, 2011
In German history, the date of November 9th carries with it the memory of a number of historical events including the Nazi-led anti-Jewish pogrom in 1938 and the breaching of
the Berlin Wall in 1989. In an effort to acknowledge themultiple ways in which this important date resonates in the Germany of the present, CCGES is presenting a series of activities on November 9, 2011 which are intended to do justice to the layers of memory which accompany this day.
Lecture: Berlin – A City Facing Its Legacy (part of Holocaust Education Week program)
Dr. Thorsten Wagner, Danish Institute for Study Abroad
At noon, the Centre will host Dr. Thorsten Wagner, an expert on modern European Jewish History and the Holocaust from the Danish Institute for Study Abroad, for a lecture presented as part of Holocaust Education Week . Entitled “Berlin – A City Facing Its Legacy”, this talk will examine the way the German capital has dealt with the physical remants of its history and the ongoing search for commemoration, admonition and learning. The talk will take place in room 749 York Research Tower from noon to 1:30 pm and is open to all.
Berlin's Brandenburg Gate behind the Berlin Wall (1989)
Poster Exhibit Marking 50th Anniversary of the Construction of the Berlin Wall
To mark the breach of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, CCGES is pleased to present a poster exhibit on the history of this structure all day inYork’s Vari Hall. This exhibit was prepared by the German Foreign Ministry for the 50th anniversary of the building of the Wall which took place on August 13, 1961 and will appear at York thanks to the generosity of the German Consulate Toronto.
CCGES Faculty Affiliates and Staff will be present in Vari Hall between 9 am and 4:30 pm to offer information on the exhibit and this chapter of German history. Those interested in a more formal tour of the exhibit, are asked to contact Centre Coordinator John Paul Kleiner at < jkleiner@yorku.ca> or 416 736 5695.
Film Screenings
Divided Heaven (1964), 10 am, 749 York Research Tower
Wings of Desire (1986), 2 pm, York Research Tower
Finally, we will be screening two films thematically related to the Wall in room 749 York Research Tower.
At 10 am, we screen Divided Heaven (1964) a story of love, idealism and disappointment against a Cold War backdrop which is based on a work by one of East Germany’s most respected authors, Christa Wolf.
At 2 pm, we will show Wings of Desire (1986), Wim Wenders classic tale set in 1980s Berlin of an angel who falls in love with a mortal and gives up his immortality to return to earth to live a most human of lives.
