On 24/10/2013 another movie will be shown by the CCGES.
“Schlafkrankheit”/ “Sleeping Sickness” deals with a doctor working and living with his wife in Cameroon, and his dreaded return to Germany, a country which has grown alien to him.
The movie will be shown on 2.30 at the Nat Taylor Cinema (Ross Building).
For further information on the film use this link:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/schlafkrankheit/
For the movie’s poster click here: Schlafkrankheit.
In connection with the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre’s Holocaust Education Week Ingo Zechner discusses his work with the preservation and digitization of a collection of ephemeral films that provide a unique look into daily life in National Socialist Austria. He will also explore the collection’s use for academic and pedagogical purposes and the challenge of preserving something that was never meant to endure.
When? 5/11/2013, 12 to 2 pm.
Where? At the CCGES, Kaneff Tower 749.
To get more information about the Holocaust Education Week use this link: http://holocaustcentre.com/Programs/Holocaust-Education-Week-2013.
A Theatrical Reconstruction of Conversations between Hanns Eisler and Hans Bunge
Translated and Performed by Sabine Berendse and Paul Clements
In this multi-media show the audience is taken back to the East Berlin of 1958 when Hans Bunge began the first of his fourteen recorded interviews with the courageous and committed left-wing composer, Hanns Eisler.
The audience is invited to meet Hanns Eisler – played by Paul Clements. Eisler was an enormously intelligent and entertaining conversationalist: sharp, witty, incisive, humorous and lively, and with such a breadth of knowledge and profound understanding of historical processes that it is extraordinarily stimulating to read and hear his words today.
The event takes place on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 at 2.30 pm in Joseph G. Green Studio Theatre.
To get more information click here: Ask Me More About Brecht3.
To get a glimpse of the performance click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6lpx-1Tf1I
April 18-19, 2013
This workshop brings together 17 junior and senior scholars from Canada, the United States, and Europe for two days at Founder’s College to discuss the possible contributions of the idea of utopia and different forms of utopianism to political thought across different traditions, including liberalism, radical democracy, anarchism, Marxism, Critical Theory, environmentalism, and feminism.
For more information please email Nika Jabbarova (event coordinator) at nikaj@yorku.ca, or check out the Politics of Utopia page here!
MARCH 14: BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBIT
The German Consulate in Toronto, Intellect Books, and the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies at York University welcome you to an evening of Berlin film, art and culture with the launch of World Film Locations: Berlin. Editor Susan Ingram, along with many local contributors to the volume, will be in attendance to discuss and sign the book.
“With the help of full-colour illustrations that include film stills and contemporary location shots, World Film Locations: Berlin cinematically maps the city’s long twentieth century, taking readers behind the scenes and shedding new light on the connections between many favourite and possibly soon-to-be-favourite films.”
The book launch is presented in conjunction with the multimedia exhibit Museumsinsel Berlin. Keeping the Past – Facing the Future. Berlin’s Museumsinsel (Museum Island) is host to an ensemble of museums, housing collections that span 6000 years of history. The exhibit explores the challenges that museums in Berlin face, as well as their impact on the surrounding urban space.
Plee join us at the German Consulate Toronto at 2 Bloor Street East, 25th Floor on March 14 at 5:00pm for the launch of World Film Locations: Berlin and Museumsinsel Berlin. Keeping the Past – Facing the Future. Light refreshments will be served.
