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A Look Ahead: Germany after Angela Merkel

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a panel discussion among Christine Landfried, Joyce Mushaben, Boris Vormann, and Steven Sokol (moderator) on looking ahead at Germany in 2021. Opening remarks will be provided by David Gill, the German Consul General in New York. After four terms as Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel will step down in 2021. The new leadership of the Christian…

Creativity in Times of COVID

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a panel discussion among Marion Brasch, Jörg Häntzschel, Annekatrin Hendel, Florian Reischauer, and Noah Isenberg (moderator) about creativity amidst a pandemic. Opening remarks will be provided by Yasemin Pamuk, Head of Cultural Affairs and Science at the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormously…

Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930

Judith Surkis, in conversation with Stephanie McCurry, Karuna Mantena, and Emmanuelle Saada, moderated by Camille Robcis To RSVP, please click here. During more than a century of colonial rule over Algeria, the French state shaped and reshaped the meaning and practice of Muslim law by regulating it and circumscribing it to the domain of family law, while applying the French…