Archive of Selected Past Events
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February 7: Press Roundtable on “the Euro Crisis and its Likely Implications for the U.S. Presidential Elections”
Heather Conley
February 7: Press Roundtable on “the Euro Crisis and its Likely Implications for the U.S. Presidential Elections” CSIS expert Heather Conley, Director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies discussed the U.S. perspective on the euro crisis as well as its likely implications for the U.S. presidential elections with a group of journalists at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin.
February 6: International Day Of Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
The U.S. government is proud to support women and men around the world who denounce this egregious practice and seek to abolish it. Together, we are standing up against FGM/C to overturn deeply entrenched social norms that are not only harmful to women and girls, but to our communities and societies.
Join the discussion on Twitter using the following handles and hashtags: @s_gwi, @USAIDGH, #sgwi or #FGM
You can also share you opinion on Facebook:
February 3 to 5: Munich Security Conference
Hilary Clinton speaking at the MSC
This year’s 48th Munich Security Conference discussed a variety of global security policy questions – the situation in the Arab world in particular in Syria and the ongoing concern regarding the Iranian nuclear program; the global power shift caused by the shift in priorities in the U.S. Foreign and Security policy towards the Pacific; the effects of the global financial crisis on security policy and the joint development of the missile defense program among the U.S., Russia and NATO.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the conference, gave remarks and then used the day to have many important bilateral talks.
30 January – 5 February: Transmediale
The Transmediale festival for art and digital culture berlin and the CTM, its electronic music spin-off, are happening this month and next. The U.S. Embassy is supporting these festivals because some really amazing U.S. artists from a variety of fields will be there.
Check out www.transmediale.de and www.ctm-festival.de for the details.
It’ll blow your mind.
For example: German premiere of the Joshua Light Show – three concerts at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt!
With this year’s theme – SPECTRAL – CTM.12 explores the current reemergence of all things ghostly and dark in experimental music, avant-pop, and art, and speculates about its possible causes and inherent potentials.
20 US artists/acts will be performing at CTM.12: Balam Acab, Carol Robinson, Charles Curtis, Co La, Eleh, Grouper, Hieroglyphic Being, IAMTHATIAM, Ital, James Ferraro, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Joshua Light Show, Lando Kal, Nina Menkes, Novoline, Oneohtrix Point Never, oOoOO, Salva, Shahzad Ismaily, Shlohmo
Twitter chat on Monday January 30, 2:00 p.m. (ET) - @DrFriedenCDC.
Dr. Tom Frieden
Cervical cancer is the 3rd most common cause of cancer in women in the world. Worldwide, there are an estimated half a million cases of cervical cancer diagnosed each year with 275,000 deaths, mostly in low and middle income countries. In the United States alone,12,000 women get cervical cancer each year. All women are at risk of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is preventable because screening tests and a vaccine to prevent HPV infections are available. When cervical cancer is found early, it is highly treatable and associated with long survival and good quality of life.
Dr. Frieden will host the Twitter chat to start a discussion on cervical cancer. He will be joined by Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, CDC, Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control to talk about the current science, health disparities, cervical cancer prevention, screening, and treatment.
Want to join the conversation? Follow @DrFriedenCDC and use the hashtag #CDCChat during the chat.
January 25, 2012: Ambassador Murphy gives Address
Ambassador Philip D. Murphy at the American Academy
Ambassador Murphy will gave a speech at the American Academy on “What Germans Don’t Understand About America.
The event is by invitation only but was streamed live at http://www.livestream.com/americanacademy
Suggested reading:
In 1831 an ambitious and unusually perceptive twenty-five-year-old French aristocrat visited the United States. Alexis de Tocqueville’s official purpose was to study the American penal system, but his real interest was America herself. He spent nine months criss-crossing the young country, traveling mostly by steamboat, but also sometimes on horseback and by foot. He visited the bustling Eastern cities, explored the wilderness on the northwestern frontier, and had several adventures on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. He even stayed in a log cabin. Throughout, he spoke to Americans of every rank and profession, including two presidents and Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Tocqueville’s sojourn in America did lead to the writing of a book on the American penal system, but its much more important result was the reflection on equality and freedom known as Democracy in America.
January 19: Art in Residence
Ambassador Murphy with Jörg Bürkle and Eva Castringius.
Ambassador and Mrs. Murphy hosted a reception in the Ambassador's residence in honor of the artists, lenders, and partner organizations in the fourth temporary art in the Residence project, "Transatlantic Movements." This exhibit is a collaboration of the Cultural Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy Berlin, the Deutsche Guggenheim Museum Berlin and the Villa Aurora Forum Berlin.
Participating artists: Jörg Bürkle, Eva Castringius, Hans-Christian Schink, Agathe Snow, Phoebe Washburn, and Lawrence Weiner
January 18: Ambassador Discusses U.S. Presidential Election
Ambassador Murphy/Foto: Mike Wolff, TSP
At the invitation of Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel, Ambassador Philip D. Murphy joined the paper's editor-in-chief, Stephan-Andreas Casdorff, its Washington correspondent, Dr. Christoph von Marschall, and SPD parliamentary caucus leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier for a paneldiscussion with Tagesspiegel readers on the U.S. presidential election campaign and the likely outcome of the November 6 presidential elections. Summarizing the issues important to voters, AmbassadorMurphy concluded, "This year, it is very definitely all about the economy,' and he added, "other domestic issues such as health care, immigration, education, innovation and technology will be important because of their economic implications. But debates about all these issues are likely to be defined through an important focal point - the role of Congress in solving problems."
January 16: Ambassador Murphy at Ernst Abbe school
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Ambassador Philip D. Murphy met with 120 high school students of diverse backgrounds at the Ernst Abbe Oberschule in Neukölln to discuss the legacy, faith, and vision of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In his remarks, Ambassador Murphy traced the history of the U.S. civil rights movement, from the abolition of slavery and the end of segregation to eventual fulfillment of Dr. King’s dream with the election of America’s first black president. Stressing the importance of the individual in a society, Ambassador Murphy described the crucial roles of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Montgomery bus boycott. “Martin Luther King's actions really changed the fabric of American society. With the election of Barack Obama, Martin Luther King’s dream became reality.” The Ambassador encouraged the students to believe in themselves and boldly pursue their dreams. “Martin Luther King emphasized that anyone could make a difference. Your worth as an individual depends on doing the best job you can for yourself and your community. You have the ability to succeed. Yes, you can do it!”
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January 1-15: American Independent Film Fest
The 21-film lineup at Babylon (program) includes a wide range of independent works, including titles from established auteurs (Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Ray, Frederick Wiseman) as well as newcomers (Sean Durkin, Laurel Nakadate, Dustin Guy Defa). The festival opens on January 1 with Frederick Wiseman’s BOXING GYM, which finds the documentary filmmaker applying his trademark vérité style to a gym in Austin, Texas where boxers ranging from hobbyists to professionals polish their ring skills. The lineup includes a handful of German premieres, including Azazel Jacobs’ TERRI, Sean Durkin’s critically acclaimed MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, Laurel Nakadate’s THE WOLF KNIFE, and Tristan Patterson’s DRAGONSLAYER. Experimental documentaries THE LAST BUFFALO HUNT (Lee Anne Schmitt) and PSYCHOHYDROGRAPHY (Peter Bo Rappmund) will also have their German premieres at the festival. Work from cinematic legends Nicholas Ray and Martin Scorsese are featured in two special programs at the festival. The newly restored version of Ray’s WE CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN sees its German premiere along with DON’T EXPECT TOO MUCH, a documentary about the making of the film directed by Susan Ray, widow of the late filmmaker, who will be presenting both films in person. The festival is also proud to host screenings of three recent documentaries from Martin Scorsese – GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD about the life of the ex-Beatle, A LETTER TO ELIA, Scorsese’s and co-director Kent Jones’ love letter to the films of Elia Kazan, and PUBLIC SPEAKING, a rapid-fire portrait of New York writer Fran Lebowitz. In partnership with TNT, the festival will also present a special theatrical screening of the first two episodes of Todd Haynes’ TV mini-series, MILDRED PIERCE, starring Kate Winslet. Other highlights include ROAD TO NOWHERE (Monte Hellman), COLD WEATHER (Aaron Katz) and GREEN (Sophia Takal).
January 11: “The State of Transatlantic Relations”
Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon and Dr. Thomas Paulsen, (c) Marc Darchinger
Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon and Dr. Thomas Paulsen, Executive Director for International Affairs of the Körber Foundation. The Assistant Secretary spoke at a breakfast discussion forum of this Foundation with some two dozen senior members of Germany’s foreign affairs community. While the discussion itself is off the record, his prepared remarks are available to the public.
Gordon travels to Germany, Lithuania and Denmark January 10-14. In Berlin he will meet with senior German government officials and discuss U.S. and European engagement on global issues at the Körber Foundation, the State Department said January 9. He will then travel to Vilnius to attend the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry's annual Snow Meeting on Euro-Atlantic security issues and meet with high-level Lithuanian and other Baltic government officials. In Copenhagen, he will meet with European Union political directors and hold discussions with senior Danish government officials.
January 9: Press Roundtable on “Politics, Digital Media and the U.S. Presidential Elections”
Tim Grieve
Press Roundtable on “Politics, Digital Media and the U.S. Presidential Elections” Tim Grieve, editor-in-chief of POLITICO Pro, discussed the interlocking of journalism and social media in the 2012 U.S. election campaign and the political issues that will dominate the campaign in the United States with a group of journalists at the Embassy in Berlin.
January 6–7. „Der Ort des Politischen in der digitalen Medienwelt“ – internationale Konferenz im Kölner Funkhaus des Deutschlandradios zum 50. Jahrestag des Deutschlandfunk-Sendestarts.
