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Sunday, November 4th, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Berlin Stories: Literary Journeys through the City
Panel Discussion
Weill Recital Hall
Panelists:
Jeffrey Eugenides
Daniel Kehlmann
Nicole Krauss
Peter Schneider
Michael Naumann, Moderator
For centuries, writers and poets have attempted to capture Berlin’s hypnotic spirit in words. Four acclaimed novelists reflect on the city’s many faces and its continuing appeal to new generations of authors.
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Berlin Architecture
Panel Discussion
Zankel Hall
Panelists:
David Chipperfield
Louisa Hutton
Jürgen Mayer H.
Jan Kleihues
Barry Bergdoll, Moderator
No city in Europe has been so radically transformed in recent years as Berlin. From 1991 until 2006, the controversial city building director Hans Stimmann guided the reconstruction of Berlin, bringing high-profile new architecture to the city, but with strict controls. Where will the city move architecturally in the years to come? Barry Bergdoll, Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA, hosts a panel of leading architects in a discussion of Berlin’s remarkable boom and its future.
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Political Berlin: Germany and the United States
Panel Discussion
Weill Recital Hall
Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg
Josef Joffe
Henry A. Kissinger
John C. Kornblum
Richard C. Holbrooke, Moderator
Following the 1999 return of the parliament to its traditional seat along the Spree River, Berlin has again become the international face of Germany. Eminent public figures and experts of transatlantic diplomacy will explore Germany’s most important strategic partnership—its relationship with the United States.
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