Events in October 2011
Press Invitation
Press Release, Mon 19 Sep 2011
We cordially invite you to these cultural events in October:
Program Surrounding the Exhibition "How German is it?"
What is so difficult about being German today?
Reading and Discussion with the Author Zafer Şenocak
Following heated debates on integration and migration, Zafer Şenocak’s book "Deutschsein. Eine Aufklärungsschrift" explores how it feels to be German. He ascribes to his fellow Germans a fraught relationship to their own identity despite the event-related comfort they take in national symbolism. Şenocak sees language as playing a key role in a new self-image. Born in 1961, Zafer Şenocak is among the most highly regarded German-Turkish writers and essayists in Germany and is published regularly in major newspapers. His novels and poems have been translated into many languages.
When: Tuesday 4 October 2011, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building, 2nd level, Great Hall
Admission: free
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Monday Movies
"Türk gibi başla, Alman gibi bitir"
A German Mind with a Turkish Heart
Documentary by Murat Şeker
(TR 2009, 55 mins, German/Turkish with German subtitles)
On his travels through Germany, the Turkish film director Murat Şeker speaks to German Turks from the creative milieu about being German and Turkish, about subculture and ‘defining culture,’ and the concept of homeland.
When: Monday 10 October 2011, 7.30 pm
"Wir sitzen im Süden"
Documentary by Martina Priessner
(D/TR 2010, 88 mins, German/Turkish with German subtitles)
A German call center in Istanbul, a piece of German homeland in a foreign place. The film tells of German Turks who were born in Germany and cannot return there. In the search for security and identity, Germany becomes a place of longing.
When: Monday 31 October 2011, 7.30 pm
The following applies to all events in the Monday Movies series:
Where: Auditorium on ground level
When: 7.30
Admission: free with seat ticket only (available at the cash desk)
Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
Cultural Program
We Remember – but how?
German Immigrant Society – Historical Insights and Political Outlook
Panel discussion – Opening of Conference
Migration and integration are not only topical and controversial themes where politics are concerned. They also have an historical dimension and one concerned with the politics of commemoration, as historical perceptions are renegotiated in an immigrant society. October 2011 sees the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Turkish immigration – occasion for a discussion about the perspectives of commemorative culture in immigrant society.
The panel: Egemen Baǧış, Minister for European Union Affairs of the Republic of Turkey (attendance requested), Dmitrij Belkin, Jewish Museum Frankfurt/Main, Bilkay Öney, Integration Minister for Baden-Wuerttemberg, Yasemin und Nesrin Şamdereli, directors of the film "Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland"
An event organized by the Network Migration in Europe in cooperation with the Jewish Museum Berlin, the Bahçeşehir University Istanbul, and the Center for Turkish Studies and Integration Research.
When: Wednesday 5 October 2011, 7 pm
Where: Old Building, 2nd level, Great Hall
Admission free. Registrations (for non-journalists) to geschichte@network-migration.org or Fax +49 (0)30 83228 236
The panel discussion begins the scientific conference "Bringing Migration and History into the Equation: Re-Imagining Nationhood and Belonging" on 6 and 7 October.
A limited number of participants can join the conference, held in English. Information and registration at www.network-migration.org/workshop2011
Christian Vigouroux: Georges Picquart – Dreyfusard, Exile, Minister
Justice through Meticulousness
Book Presentation with the Author
Georges Picquart (1854–1914), officer with a bright future and head of the military foreign secret service, refused in 1896 to bow to the pressure of his military and political superiors and cover up the proof of Alfred Dreyfus’ innocence. Christian Vigouroux documents the rarely illuminated story of Picquart – agnostic officer, polyglot war veteran, literature lover, and close friend of Mahler. And he asks why Picquart took it upon himself to break the silence in 1896. His story is of meticulousness, justice, and innocence, of unbending modesty and the mystery of courage.
Organized by the Centre Marc Bloch in cooperation with the Jewish Museum Berlin.
When: Friday 7 October 2011, 10 am
Where: Centre Marc Bloch, Friedrichstr. 191, Georg Simmel Hall
Admission: free
Lizzie Doron: „Das Schweigen meiner Mutter"
Book Presentation with the Author and the Translator Mirjam Pressler
The novel tells of a woman’s ardent search for traces of her father. Was he a "kapo" or a partisan, a traitor or a hero? As a child, she had asked about him again and again, to no avail. Long since grown up, she begins to investigate. The search becomes an attempt to win back a lost childhood and to unravel an – as soon becomes apparent – absurd secret.
A cooperation with the Literaturhandlung.
When: Tuesday 11 October 2011, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building, 2nd level, Great Hall
Admission: 9 €, reduced rate 7 €. Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) at the Literaturhandlung on tel. +49 (0)30 8824 250
Thomas Blubacher: "Paradies in schwerer Zeit" (Paradise in difficult times)
Book Presentation with the Author
Many emigrants who – after the Nazis assumed power – fled Germany and Austria for America hoped Hollywood would bring new job opportunities. Thomas Mann, Vicki Baum, Salka Viertel, Lion Feuchtwanger, Bertolt Brecht and Max Reinhardt are just a few of those who found paradise in the Pacific Palisades region, in which it was nevertheless difficult to live because very few were able to build on their great successes.
A cooperation with the Literaturhandlung.
When: Monday 17 October 2011, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building, 2nd level, Great Hall
Admission: 9 €, reduced rate 7 €. Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) at the Literaturhandlung on tel. +49 (0)30 8824 250
The 10th anniversary of the opening will be celebrated from 24 to 30 October at the Jewish Museum Berlin. Information on the birthday week celebrations will be sent out in a separate mailing.
