Cameron beklagt "moralischen Zerfall"

Großbritannien fragt nach den Ursachen für die jüngsten Krawalle in mehreren Städten. Premierminister Cameron gibt Antworten: Schuld seien der moralische Zerfall, Schulen ohne Disziplin und die Faulheit vieler Bürger.

 

Nach den schwersten Krawallen, die Großbritannien seit vielen Jahren erlebt hat, beginnt jetzt die politische Aufarbeitung dieses Geschehens. Premierminister David Cameron hielt am Montag (15.08.2011) eine Grundsatzrede in einem Jugendzentrum in Oxfordshire. In Großbritannien habe sich über Generationen und in "Zeitlupe" ein "moralischer Zusammenbruch" von Teilen des Landes ereignet, sagte der konservative Regierungschef dort.

Gründe: Mangelnde Disziplin und Faulheit

Keep on reading ... 

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15317694,00.html

Meet the Germans

- and find out what’s typical about them 

What determines whether something is typical? Maybe when nearly everyone says: “Yes, that’s exactly how it is!” With Meet the Germans we want to explore what’s typical of Germany and German society. We’ll introduce people in different walks of life and try and find out what lies behind various German habits. 

Check out the blog written by the Goethe-Institut London: 
http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lp/prj/mtg/enindex.htm


contact: manja.gerlach@kcl.ac.uk

GERMANY 2015 - WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE?

Take part in the DAAD competition 2011 and win Placements at Cultural and Art Institutions in Berlin and at the Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin during summer 2012. 

Click here for more info on the competition: http://www.daad.org.uk/en/17333/index.html

Contact: manja.gerlach@kcl.ac.uk (DAAD-Lektorin at King's)

Viel Glück!

Calling all undergrad or postgrad students of German

Project-Related Part-Time Job with the DAAD London Office

(as of 9 June 2011)

The German Academic Exchange Service’s London office is currently looking for a undergrad or postgrad student with native-speaker competence of English and very good German skills, starting at the earliest possible date. The project will comprise of updating the online database Germanistenverzeichnis.de – a joint initiative of the DAAD and the DGV (Deutscher Germanistenverband).

The student will research data, establish contacts to academics at British universities, collect data, follow up on contacts and update the database. Working hours are flexible and work is possible on a part-time basis, with more hours needed in the beginning to get the project going and less time needed in the later phases. The estimated total duration of the project is roughly two months. Upon completion of the project, the student will receive a compensation of 900.- Euro.

Applicants are kindly requested to mail their CV and a short cover letter to Christian Strowa (strowa@daad.org.uk), indicating from when and for how long they would be available.

Viel Erfolg!

Reminder! Party for Finalists (and interested others!)

To all finalists in the German Department!

The German Department would like to invite you to a party to celebrate the end of your exams and your time here at King's.

If you are a second or first year and would like to come along and support your friends in the final year, then please do! 

The party will be held in the Department in C12 and C14 on Friday, 3rd June at 17.30 - so after the last German exams have taken place. Please do join us for drinks, snacks, and final chance to get together!!

All the best,

The German Department

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LITTLE ALIEN

A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY  AUSTRIAN DIRECTOR  

Nina Kusturica

 23 May 2011 6:30 pm

Europe House

32 Smith Square, London, United Kingdom, SW1P 3EU

 

SYNOPSIS:

They’re alive. Because they fled. Teenagers Juma and Hishame attempt an extremely dangerous journey to Europe, hiding in the chassis of a truck. Ahmed, Nura, Achmad and Asha have managed to get over the fences. After arriving in Austria, they try to reorder their lives. Jawid and Alem have already spent a year and a half in Vienna, hoping their asylum applications will be approved. The trauma of loss, the longing for their families, the prospect of a completely uncertain future, the dealings with a new and complex bureaucracy all characterise their new beginnings. All of which they absorb with a great deal of humor as they live life to the utmost; they’re loud, in-your-face and in love.

Awards

'Best Integral Realization' by the Jury of the Bruxelles Fiction & Documentary Festival 2010. Outstanding Artist Award - intercultural Dialogue 2010 - awarded by the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture Austria. Second place winner (Feature Documentary), winner (Best Editing) Los Angeles International Film Festival.

Details

Country: Austria
Length: 94 min

Party for the Finalists!

To all finalists in the German Department!

The German Department would like to invite you to a party to celebrate the end of your exams and your time here at King's.

The party will be held in the Department in C12 and C14 on Friday, 3rd June at 17.30 - so after the last German exams have taken place. Please do join us for drinks, snacks, and final chance to get together!!

All the best,

The German Department

http://www.facebook.com/kingsgerman