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Identity & Language |
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 Questions on national and cultural
identity are currently a central point of interest to the British
public and in UK politics and media. The British Council in Germany
is confronting this theme against the background of globalisation,
migration and decentralisation through our Europe-wide events series
"Identity & Language".
The first leg of the campaign in Germany is designed to shed
light on the mutual dependence and influence of language and
identity through dialogue with authors, filmmakers, musicians and
playwrights. It will offer an insight into the influence of
different cultures, in- coming cultures (chiefly through
immigration, but also through devolution) on UK society, and,
conversely, the influence of UK society on its new members.
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Identity& Language: Literature and
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 Immigration, devolution,
existence in heterogeneous surroundings - the experience of the
"other", as expressed through the written and spoken word, is the
central axis around which our November series of readings and
performances turns.
The series will feature Black British perspectives such as author
Leone Ross (Jamaica/UK) and ICA Director/author Ekow Eshun
(Ghana/UK), British-Asian views from critic, academic and author
Sukhdev Sandhu and Gaelic and Celtic outlooks from Roger Hutchinson
and Alistair Moffat.
Performance poet Roger Robinson together with Rita Ray and Max
Reinhardt, the globe-trotting founder DJs of the internationally
renowned Afrobeat collective, The Shrine, and German percussionist
and composer Johannes Alfred Mehnert will look at identity and
language from the musical perspective.
- Leone Ross - Thursday 2 November 2005
- Roger Hutchinson - Tuesday 8 November 2005
- Ekow Eshun - Tuesday 15 November 2005
- Sukhdev Sandhu - Thursday 17 November 2005
- Alistair Moffat - Tuesday 22 November 2005
- Verbalicious:
Poetry Pyrotechnics on identity flavoured with world music sounds
out of London, with Roger Robinson, The Shrine and Johannes
Mehnert - Thursday 24 November 2005
All events at 20.00
hrs at the British Council, Berlin
More
about the readings »
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Identity& Language: Theatre |
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 Paines Plough, the theatre
company and talent factory from London, has commissioned nine of the
most exciting contemporary authors from the UK to write plays that
consider the ways the English language shapes the identities of the
one and a half billion people who speak it.
Now the first four plays of the drama-series This Other England
are coming to Berlin. Alongside with these staged readings the
authors Enda Walsh, David Greig, Philip Ridley and Douglas Maxwell,
and Paines Plough will talk with German critics and playwrights.
Within the framework of our Identity & Language series Paines
Plough will also present their most recent staging of Dennis Kelly's
After the End.
- Paines Plough: After the End by Dennis Kelly
Thursday to
Saturday 1 - 3 December, 20.30 hrs / Sunday 4 December, 19.30 hrs
- Paines Plough: This Other England - staged readings
- If Destroyed True by Douglas Maxwell - Friday 2 December
2005, 18.00 hrs
- The Small Things by Enda Walsh - Saturday 3 December 2005,
16.30 hrs
- Pyrenees by David Greig - Sunday 4 December 2005, 12.30 hrs
- Mercury Fur by Philip Ridley - Sunday 4 December 2005, 16.30
hrs
Discussion about This Other England - Saturday 2005, 3
December, 18.00 hrs
- English Breakfast - Sunday 4 December 2005, 11.00 hrs
- Talk: Current Play-Writing in the UK - Sunday 4 December 2005,
15.00 hrs
All events at HAU 3 apart from the English
Breakfast at WAU - Wirtshaus am Ufer, HAU 2, Berlin
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about the plays and readings »
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Identity & Language: Films |
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 The evolution towards creating a
harmonious, mutually beneficial society necessarily has to confront
issues of national identity, discrimination and crude stereotyping.
Often, the task of bridging the two cultures falls to the 'second
generation' and the films in this package all represent these issues
in some way.
Alluding to an early work by acclaimed filmmaker Gurinder Chadha,
"I'm British But" (1989), this selection of 12 short films allows
some exciting new directors from the UK to add their voices to this
ongoing discussion.
- Programme 1 with works by Yousaf Ali Khan, George Amponsah,
Paul Makkar, Raymond Wong, Alnoor Dewshi, Rene Mohandas, Jeremy
Wooding
Sunday, 6 November 2005, 18.00 hrs, Berlin, Kino
Central
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 20.30 hrs, Hannover,
Medienhaus
- Programme 2 with works by Menhaj Huda, Sandhya Suri, Helena
Appio, Vikaas Mistry, Jane Wong
Monday, 7 November 2005, 18.00
hrs, Berlin, Kino Central
Friday, 18 November 2005, 20.30 hrs,
Hannover, Medienhaus
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about the films »
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Akram Khan - "zero degrees" |
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 German premiere of an exciting
collaboration between Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi with with sculptor
Antony Gormley and composer Nitin Sawhney. Khan and Larbi first met
in 2000 when they quickly discovered strong similarities in their
work. Both are sons of Islamic families brought up in Europe, and
both draw upon this meeting of cultures, combining complex Indian
Kathak dance with the speed and precision of contemporary movements.
"zero degrees" was born out of their longing to create work
together, and follows them on a journey to seek the reference point,
the source, the '0' at life's core. Inspired by their own dual
identities, the two search for this middle point through polar
opposites; becoming/death, light/dark, chaos/order.
Creating the environment for this journey is artist Antony
Gormley, most famous for his 'Angel of the North' sculpture. Working
closely with the two dancers, his design will reflect the concept of
duality explored in "zero degrees". Specially commissioned music is
by composer/producer Nitin Sawnhey. This is a rare chance to see
four of today's greatest artists join forces.
8 & 9 November 2005, Düsseldorf: tanzhaus nrw
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more »
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Richard Dawkins: "Is Evolution
predictable?" |
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 At the official Opening Ceremony
of the Master in British Studies course 2005/06 at the Humboldt
Universität Berlin, Professor Richard Dawkins will hold a lecture at the
Großbritannienzentrum.
Richard Dawkins is one of the most fascinating voices in the
field of biology - an original thinker and a gifted writer.
Professor of Zoology and holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the
Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, he became
famous for his contributions to evolutionary theory in books such as
"The Selfish Gene", "The Extended Phenotype", "The Blind
Watchmaker", "River Out of Eden" and others. He has received many prizes and honours for his work, most
recently the Shakespeare Prize of the Alfred- Toepfer-Stiftung in
Hamburg.
The lecture will be in English and followed by a
reception.
3 November 2005, 17:00 hrs, Berlin: Humboldt University,
Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin
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The British Council @ Expolingua |
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 EXPOLINGUA Berlin is Germany's
only international fair for languages and cultures. "Languages
Connect" is this year's motto.
Each year more than 15.000
visitors appreciate the EXPOLINGUA Berlin as a unique possibility to
receive first-hand information about foreign languages and cultures.
They use the occasion to look for the exhibitors' expert advice
related to the wide-ranging opportunities for learning and teaching
foreign languages.
Parallel to the exhibition the accompanying seminar programme
offers visitors a rich and varied programme of lectures, workshops
and mini-language courses. In more than 70 presentations visitors
have the possibility to gather information e.g. on language tests,
international educational programmes, study abroad and work
experience opportunities.
We look forward to welcoming you at the British Council stand
where we can give you advice on the IELTS test, studying in the UK
and finding the right English language course at one of our
accredited schools in Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
18-20 November 2005, Friday + Sunday 10 - 18 hrs; Saturday 10 -
19 hrs
Russisches Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur,
Friedrichstraße 176 - 179, 10117 Berlin
(Station: U6 Französische
Straße / U2 Stadtmitte)
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out more »
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British Council Higher Education
Fairs |
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 For the sixth year running a
selection of British universities will be presenting themselves on a
tour through four major German cities.
You can find out which university offers the course you want and
you can meet the representatives and ask them everything you
specifically want to know: questions regarding curriculum, admission
procedures, funding, research, postgraduate courses - virtually
everything. So you can make an informed decision as to which
university is best for you.
The Higher Education Fair is organised by the British Council
Germany in co-operation with the International Offices of the German
host university, it has been a great success in past years and we're
confident that it will be this year. Admission is free and all are
welcome!
28 November 2005, 11-15 hrs Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München
29 November 2005, 11 - 15 hrs Universität
Stuttgart
30 November 2005, 11 - 15 hrs Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main
1 December 2005, 11-15 hrs
Universität zu Köln
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on the participating universities and venues »
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