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Dimensions of the German Reunification 20 years after

Under the patronage of the German, French and Polish Embassies, realized by the Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, the Goethe-Institut Gulf-Region and the KAS a series of events remembers the 20th anniversary of the Reunification

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26 October 2010, 8:00 pm,

Grand Cinemas Abu Dhabi Mall

 

“November Child”

Movie Screening & Discussion with director Christian Schwochow

 

25-year-old Inga grew up in a small village in the region of Mecklenburg knowing that her mother drowned in the Baltic Sea when she was only a few months old – at least this is what her grandparents told her. Then the professor for German literature Robert comes to Malchow and confronts Inga with the fact that he met her mother some years ago in Constance. Beginning to question her past, Inga sets out to learn the truth.

 

Non-speakers of German, respectively learners of German are very welcome: The film is shown in the original German version with English subtitles.

 

The discussion will be moderated by Nezar Andary, Assistant Professor in Film and Literature at the Zayed University.

 

 

1 November 2010, 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm,

Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi

 

“German – European – Global. Historical, political and cultural Dimensions of the German Reunification after 20 years”

Colloquium with Arab, German and French scholars

 

A colloquium featuring international academics from French and German universities will analyze the consequences of the German Reunification. The perspective chosen is an interdisciplinary one, and will thus bring historical and political, but also artistic and philosophical positions forward.

 

The colloquium will be structured into three panel sessions, the first one (Prof. Dr. A. Rödder, Prof. Dr. J. P. Cahn) will highlight the historical and political impacts of the Reunification, the second (Prof. Dr. A. Kimmel, Prof. Dr. A.-M. LeGloannec) will choose the European and Global perspective and the last panel (Dr. R. Perlwitz, Dr. C. Maigne) will go beyond politics and discuss the cultural effects of the events in 1990.

 

The colloquium will be conducted in French and English, with simultaneous translation.

 

 

1 November 2010, 7:30 pm,

Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi

 

The effects of the German Reunification on the United Arab Emirates

Lecture by H.E. Zaki Nusseibeh, Deputy Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH).

 

In addition to the German and French viewpoints on the Reunification presented in the colloquium H.E. Zaki Nusseibeh (Deputy Chairman ADACH) will shed light on the Arab view on the events and their international repercussions.

 

The lecture will be given in French with English translation.

 

 

1 November 2010, 8:30 pm,

Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi

 

“Once There Was Something…” – A comic exhibition about the memories of a divided Germany by the comic artist Flix

Exhibition Opening

 

Two years ago, the comic artist Flix published his first comic-strip that reflects his own childhood memories of a divided Germany, in the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. After publishing his comic series as a book, it was adapted to an open-air exhibition that was shown along the Berlin Wall Path in 2010. In cooperation with the Government-founded organisation devoted to the examination and reappraisal of the Communist dictatorship in East Germany, this exhibition has been translated into several languages and was shown amongst others, in the United States, Peru, Bolivia and Poland.

 

At the Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi the exhibition will be shown in English. Arabic and French translations will be available. Simultaneously the exhibition will be shown in German at the German International School Abu Dhabi.

 

 

2 November 2010, 8:00 pm,

Goethe-Institut Gulf-Region in Abu Dhabi

 

“One Day in Europe”

Movie Screening

 

On one single day, in four different European cities, people are getting involved in thefts: An English business woman and a Russian pensioner in Moscow, a German student and a Swabian-Turkish taxi driver in Istanbul, a Hungarian pilgrim and a Galician policeman in Santiago De Compostela and two French street performers in Berlin. A portrait of four different cities, quirky characters and amusing misunderstandings that cross-cultural communication often provides. Director Hannes Stoehr takes an intrigued and light look at people in Europe, people who meet and misunderstand each other, who travel, arrive and depart – and who sometimes become close.

 

Non-speakers of German, respectively learners of German are very welcome: The film is shown in the original version with English subtitles.

 

 

7 November 2010, 8:00 pm,

Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi

 

“Europe Reunited”

A classical concert by German, French and Polish musicians

 

Renowned European musicians remember the German reunification with a very special program of classical masterpieces, which are dedicated to the new Europe that grow together since the events of 89/90. Pieces of the French composer Henri Duparc, the French-Polish composer Frédéric Chopin and the German composer Robert Schumann will be performed by the German Mezzosoprano Christa Mayer, the French pianist Michel Bourdoncle and the Polish quartet “The Strings”.

 

The concert is organised under the patronage of the three embassies of the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic and the Republic of Poland.

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Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, Goethe-Institut Gulf-Region in Abu Dhabi, Grand Cinemas Abu Dhabi Mall

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German – European – Global: Dimensions of the German Reunification 20 years after
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fabian.blumberg@kas.de +49 30 26996-3377
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