The German Film Office partners with SundanceTV to present a free advance screening of the first two episodes of Deutschland 89 along with a virtual panel discussion with the cast and creators. Season 3 of the critically acclaimed series following superspy Martin Rauch will debut on SundanceTV on October 29. When the “anti-fascist” Berlin Wall falls on November 9, 1989,…
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Urban landscapes are augmented layers of hegemonic power that materializes in buildings, street maps, and monuments in the public space. After the killing of George Floyd in 2020, the removal of white supremacist statues and symbols from cities across the world has become one of the central demands of protesters. While removing monuments to past figures and events can be…
Conference on Innovative Forms of Memory Culture On October 8 and 9, we kick off our project Shaping the Past with the Monument Lab Town Hall. This digital conference explores new models and practices for how we might shape the past in ways that continue to confront legacies of racist, sexist, and colonial systems of knowledge and to strengthen democracy through public…
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation on “Memories, Myths, and Monuments: Confronting National Narratives” among Peniel Joseph (University of Texas in Austin), Susan Neiman (Einstein Forum), Jürgen Zimmerer (University of Hamburg), and Atina Grossmann (The Cooper Union). About the panel: This virtual conversation will bring together historians, philosophers, and public intellectuals from both the United States and Germany to…