American Soccer’s Steady Journey from Periphery to Core Where Germany Has Comfortably Resided for Decades
Even though Germany and the United States will share their presence—with Ghana and Portugal—in Group G (aka the Group of Death) at the forthcoming World Cup in Brazil, and even …
From the AGI Bookshelf: Out of the Tower: Essays on Culture and Everyday Life
When was the last time you had a bit more than a “muggeseggele Zeit” to think about what really makes up our everyday cultural lives? For those familiar with German …
Why Telling Japan’s Prime Minister to Stop Going to the Yasukuni Shrine is Not Enough
On March 6, the Obama administration sent a strong message to Japan and South Korea to work out their differences on historical problems. Speaking on Japanese television, U.S. Ambassador to …
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Reconciliation Means Having to Say You’re Sorry
Responding to China and South Korea’s budding interest in Germany as a contact point for resolving disputes with Japan, Director of the AGI Society, Culture & Politics Program Dr. Lily …
You Are the Model: What Asia Can Learn from Germany
In the aftermath of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s controversial visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, where war criminals from World War II are also buried, Director of the AGI Society, …
From the AGI Bookshelf: Kulturmacht ohne Kompass, Frank Trommler
In his seminal book in 1959, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, famous sociologist Erving Goffman proposed that people interact with each other as actors on a stage and, …
Partner Opportunity: The German Chancellor Fellowship Program
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s German Chancellor Fellowship Program is for university graduates from the United States, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, Brazil, and India with an …
Between Tokyo and Berlin: The Art of Dialogue in Reconciliation
Issue Brief 45 Discussing the differences in and implications for reconciliation in Europe and Northeast Asia, Seunghoon Emilia Heo focuses on the need for leadership and dialogue to overcome past …
What’s in a Name? The German-Israeli Partnership: Is it a Special Relationship, a Friendship, an Alliance, or Reconciliation?
As the German and Israeli cabinets assembled in late February in Jerusalem for their fifth set of bilateral consultations since 2008, most of the statements and speeches focused on the …
Academic Opportunity: Societies in Transition. Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe between Conflict and Reconciliation
Currently accepting applications and papers, the International Summer School “Societies in Transition. Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe between Conflict and Reconciliation” will be held from August 22-28, 2014 …
