New program: A Transatlantic Bridge between U.S. and German Trade Careers

We are excited to launch our brand-new program “Berufsbrücke” (Career Bridge) specifically designed for students at U.S. Community Colleges who are keen to learn German and use it in a professional setting. A trip to Germany in spring 2022 allows for a fully immersive experience of German company culture and vocational training. Apply by June 15, 2021!

Apply by May 31 for scholarships to the International German Teachers' Conference (IDT) 2022

The Goethe-Institut USA awards scholarships for German educators in the US to attend the International German Teachers' Conference (IDT) 2022. Next year's event takes place August 15-20, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. 3000+ participants from around the word are expected. Scholarships cover participation fee, travel allowance (including visa fees), accommodation, meals and a Vienna travel pass. Submit your abstract and other qualifying documentation by May 31st in order to be considered.

Starting 28-30 June 2021 | Online

Virtual and Online Classes Summer 2021

Our German language classes will continue in their current formats until the end of summer before adding face-to-face classes for Fall 2021. With our intensive blended courses you finish a sub-level within five weeks: two weekly sessions give you ample speaking opportunities with your classmates and your teacher! 5-week superintensives take it to a whole new level with five 90-minute virtual live sessions per week. Looking for less intensive? Our Deutsch Online Group courses (five, eight and 16 weeks) have fewer virtual live sessions and a slightly slower progression. So, if you are busy and cannot commit to one – two (or five!) weekly virtual live sessions, this is the one for you.
 

July 19-30, 2021

3D Summer Youth Camp

Are you looking for a cool and engaging German summer camp for teenagers aged 14-17? Check out our two-week 3D youth summer camp #WeForFuture! Young participants work on projects covering topics such as sustainability, diversity, and social courage, and sharpen their German language skills.

Virtual Screening | Friday, May 28, 8:00am EDT

STP-on-Demand: Austerlitz (2016), dir. Sergei Loznitsa

There are places in Europe that have remained as painful memories of the past - factories where humans were turned into ash. These places are now memorial sites that are open to the public and receive thousands of tourists every year. The film’s title refers to the eponymous novel written by W.G. Sebald, dedicated to the memory of Holocaust. This film is an observation of the visitors to a memorial site that has been founded on the territory of a former concentration camp. Why do they go there? What are they looking for?

Film Screening | Sunday, May 30, 7:30pm EDT

JxJ 2021: Kiss Me Kosher (2019), dir. Shirel Peleg

Sparks fly when two families from wildly different cultural backgrounds collide to plan a same-sex wedding in this fun-filled screwball romantic comedy.

After a string of brief relationships, Shira has finally found real love and gets engaged to Maria, a German who has uprooted her life with a move to Tel Aviv. The two families awkwardly try to overcome their cultural and religious differences, with the exception of Shira’s headstrong and fiercely independent grandmother, Berta, who strongly disapproves of any marriage between Germans and Jews. Berta will go to any length to break-up the happy couple, until her own love life gets complicated after she secretly starts seeing a Palestinian man.

This is an outdoor event presented in cooperation with JxJ 2021. The film will be screened at the Bender JCC of Greater Washington.

Panel Discussion | Friday, May 28, 1:00pm EDT

The Beauty of Immersion: Past, Present, and Future of Cinema

For the past year, we have very much missed experiencing a film in an actual movie theater. This theatrical space of the cinema is a space that allows us to escape from everyday life. But what exactly are the elements constituting that “ribbon of dreams” (Orson Welles) that make the cinematic experience so very special?

This panel discussion seeks to investigate this question by focusing on the cinema as a place of representation and reception that is deeply rooted in our cultural histories. What are the new forms of cinematic storytelling? What role does the immersive experience play, more and more driven, as it is, by various new technologies? And what role does cinema and a shared cinematic experience play for the community?

THE BIG PONDER #12

Hunting

There exists a strong tradition of hunting in both Germany and the U.S. However, the cultures surrounding this pastime differ more than you might think. Ada von der Decken and Moritz Gerlach speak with hunters from both countries to find out what drives people to pursue the sport.