The North West German Network
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Routes into Languages Mother Tongue Other Tongue Competiton! Mother Tongue Other Tongue is a multilingual poetry competition run by Routes into Languages that celebrates cultural diversity and the many languages currently spoken in schools across the UK. Other Tongue entries are an original poem written in a language that […]
German Films at Manchester Film Festival
The Manchester Film Festival 2020 is taking place March 7-15 at the Odeon, Great Northern in Manchester and it is featuring a brilliant selection of German films again this year. The German films start off with the opening night screening of Traumfabrik starring Emilia Schüle, who will be in attendance and taking part in a Q&A. […]
Approaches to Staging Wagner
Wagner Society Manchester: Approaches to Staging Wagner from a critical and practitioner perspective with Keith Warner and Barry Millington Date: Saturday March 28, 2020 Venue: The Anthony Burgess Centre, Manchester, M1 5BY Cost: £30.00; £5 for students We are proud to welcome Keith Warner (Director of the Covent Garden Ring) and Barry Millington (author of […]
DAAD: Job Advertisement
German Academic Exchange Service, London: the DAAD is hiring The London office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is seeking a Programme and Marketing Officer. Application deadline is Wednesday, 27 November 2019. Please find the job advert with all details on the DAAD-website here.
30th anniversary: Fall of the Berlin Wall
Manchester shows post-Wall women’s films This month we’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall, a momentous event which profoundly changed the face of Europe and had a lasting effect on contemporary politics. To mark this occasion HOME Manchester is showing a mini season of post-Wall women’s films on 24 and […]
Visit from the German Embassy in Preston
In May, Cardinal Newman 6th Form College in Preston was delighted to welcome Darius Rahimi, the Deputy Head of the Political Department for the German Embassy in London, to talk to students. He was joined by Mark Green, the Honorary Consul for Germany in the North of England. In their presentations both Darius and Mark […]
Wagner Study Day in May
The Wagner Society Manchester The Wagner Society Manchester’s next event will be a Study Day on Saturday 18 May 2019. Derek Blyth will present a Study Day on ‘Eine Heldenninleben – A Heroine’s Life – Brünnhilde in ‘The Ring’. There is no disputing the fact the Siegfried is the hero at the centre of Wagner’s […]
German History for A-level Teachers
The German Historical Institute, London, in association with the German History Society, is planning to hold a free one-day event, from c. 10am – 3pm, for A-level history teachers, on an as yet to be decided day in late June or early July 2019. This will take place at the German Historical Institute, 17 Bloomsbury […]
A Radical Tradition – Heimat Photography
Eine Radikale Tradition: Heimat Photography in the Third Reich in Manchester A Radical Tradition – Eine Radikale Tradition: Heimat Photography in the Third Reich (4th March – 30th April 2019) photographs from Aberystwyth University’s School of Art Museum Collection and the Ludwig-Uhland-Institut für Empirische Kulturwissenschaft, Tübingen. ‘A Radical Tradition’ explores the work of three relatively unknown twentieth century […]
Study Day – Staging Wagner
“Staging Wagner” by Anthony Ogus – in Manchester Study Day – “Staging Wagner” by Anthony Ogus Saturday March 2 10am – c.3pm. The study day on “Staging Wagner” will comprise two sessions in the morning and one in the afternoon. In the first, Anthony Ogus will give a talk on the evolution of Wagner production […]