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Chicago is an important site for US-German relations. Germany has a strong economic presence in Chicago and Illinois, there’s a rich 🇩🇪 heritage and interest in Germany – fertile ground for our reopened cultural institute @GI_Chicago to continue building bridges to the heartland!

I’m on the road again - this time, these tunes by Sulfjan Stevens will accompany me on my trip to Chicago, where I will meet with @ChicagosMayor Brandon Johnson and visit @Dankhaus and @GI_Chicago. m.youtube.com/watch?v=c_-cUd…

🏆 Amanda Beck (William Henry Harrison High School, IN) is the 2023 Outstanding #GAPP Coordinator Award winner! 🌍Known for her unwavering support, she goes beyond teaching – making dreams come true for her students. Congratulations! 🎉@TSCSuper @HHSPrincipal10 #gappexchanges

Join us next Thursday for a talk with Dr. Melanie Vietmeier on early 20th century artist group the Blaue Reiter’s international cultural influences and the impact of colonialism on their understanding of art itself. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/747407444787…

Join us next week for an informative virtual talk on Chicago's Indigenous history with Dr. John N. Low (Pokagon Band Potawatomi). 👩‍💻 Register here: lnkd.in/gZrVqJAd Part of Land in Common, our Nov. 11th symposium on land justice with @insidetheplant and @chicagobiennial.

Join us @insidetheplant for an interdisciplinary symposium on land justice. Topics include the idea of ‘the commons’ in Europe and the US; how urban farms become microcosms for new social worlds; and how civil rights law can combat environmental racism. bit.ly/49iHvP6

🏆YOUTH LITERATURE PRIZES 2023 @Book_Fair in Frankfurt: 🔹Books for young people: "Die Sonne, so strahlend und Schwarz" @Thienemann 🔹Best nonfiction book "Queergestreift. Alles über LGBTIQA+" @hanserverlag 🔹The youth jury chose "Als die Welt uns gehörte" @sfischerverlage #GAPP

⚽️German learners in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico: Register your team for the Bundesliga TOTAL! Competition 2023/24 until October 27: goethe.de/prj/stg/en/fus… #vflwolfsburg #fcbayern #unionberlin #stepintogerman #goetheinstitut

We are shocked by the escalation of violence in the Middle East. We condemn the attack on Israel by Hamas and stand in solidarity with Israel. Our thoughts and empathy is with both Palestinian and Israeli victims.

Last week Thomas Mann Fellows fellows and political scientists Nikita Dhawan and María do Mar Castro Varela embarked on their East Coast lecture tour. Their first stop was the @GI_Chicago📍. Check out their thoughts from their stop here → instagram.com/p/CyL9Y_WxvAs/

Combine your passion for engineering with #German language skills. Apply until 10/22 for a spot in the #CareerBridge program and learn German ⭐️free⭐️of charge. For high school seniors & community college students ➡️More info: goethe.de/us-careerbridge #goetheinstitut #learngerman

Our #livestream coverage of the #samasaxon #screening and #discussion @GI_Chicago is up on #Youtube. Watch the cast and crew of @DisneyPlus and @hulu's new #series discuss the story’s origins as well as larger aspects of representation in German television. Link in bio!

October is German-American Month. Did you know? 17%+ of the U.S. population has a #German background. No matter, if you speak German, an exchange with #GAPP is always a great idea to boost your language and cultural awareness skills! 👉goethe.de/gapp

Prof. Dr. Jochen Bojanowski, Dr. Leonhard Emmerling, Prof. Dr. Marina Martinez Mateo & Prof. Dr. Christoph Menke will present short inputs on sensus communis and how it relates critical judgement to community welfare. Moderated by Prof. Alix Cohen.

'Senus communis' means a great deal more than its English translation "common sense". Join us this Wednesday at 5PM for a discussion on the relevance of Immanuel Kant’s idea of the 'sensus communis' to social wellbeing today. bit.ly/45FJISr

We are hosting a screening of the documentary @dearsirsfilm on Oct. 5th in the Brauhaus Room! Doors open at 6:00 pm and the film will start at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for members, & $10 for veterans. Get tickets at loom.ly/oMp4WXw #film

Only a few days left to register your students for the IDO 2024! Are you a high school German teacher in the U.S. with superstar German students? Register them by Sept 30 for the 1st National Preliminary Round of the International German Olympics🏅 goethe.de/usa/ido

Great to meet the cast of "Sam a Saxon" @GI_Chicago . A little told story about the Afro-German community in the early 90s. Insightful podium discussion after the show. Read more: The Unbelievable True Story Behind Series ‘Sam A Saxon’ hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tru… via @THR

If you’re not in Chicago, don’t miss the livestream at 9:15pm EST TONIGHT! @rosepena youtube.com/live/n-z-mA6sd…