Summer Break 2019

Our offices and the gallery space will be closed for our annual Summer Break from Saturday, July 27 through Sunday, August 11. Please note that during this period, administrative offices and some departments may be completely unavailable. The front desk and the language course office will be open regular hours and all German classes will take place as scheduled.
 

Film & Discussion | July 25, August 27, 6:00 pm

Kino-Q: Rosa von Praunheim's The AIDS Trilogy

Continuing our evenings of German filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim's The AIDS Trilogy, the Goethe-Institut Washington and its local partners in the Queer as German Folk: Celebrating 50 Years of Transatlantic Rainbow Friendship project invite you to two more documentary film screenings and discussions. Part II: Positive, screening on July 25 at 6:00 pm, follows the demonstrations of ACT UP and TAG in reaction to the government's perceived indifference to the AIDS crisis. Closing our summer project and Kino-Q film series will be Part III: The Fire Under Your Ass. Screening on August 27 at 6:00 pm, the final installment of the trilogy allows us a glimpse into the unusual backlash from Berlin’s gay scene against pushes for safer sex practices. With each screening preceded by a reception and followed by a discussion, The AIDS Trilogy features interviewees who approached the AIDS crisis in a variety of ways throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Goethe Book Club | August 22, September 24, December 10, 6:30 pm

Goethe Book Club: Fall 2019

The Goethe Book Club is back for Fall 2019! Read and discuss works by contemporary German authors in this ongoing series hosted by the Goethe-Institut. All books can be read in recent English translations or in the German original versions; all discussions will be in English. Led by local German professor Amanda Sheffer (The Catholic University of America), this book club focuses on contemporary fiction and will explore experiences and thoughts about the text.

Film & Discussion | August 12, September 9, 6:30 pm

German Cinema 101: New German Cinema of 1970s West Germany

In 1970s German cinema, New Wave filmmakers of the New German Cinema movement - among them Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder - interrogated the power structures and cultural shifts of postwar West Germany and challenged the BRD‘s relationship to its very recent past with experimental camerawork and unconventional narrative approaches. The final two screenings in the Wunderbar Films: German Cinema 101 film and expert-led discussion series will be Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun) on August 12 and Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) on September 9

Five-Week Intensive Courses, 10-Week Standard Courses and More

Registration is now in progress for fall courses at all levels for adults and teenagers! Enter promo-code September2019 at checkout and save 10% on all courses beginning in September only (case-sensitive; code valid thru 9/6/2019 for courses for adults only; offers may not be combined).
 

100 Years of the Bauhaus

The Bauhaus school of art, architecture and design was founded in 1919, lasting only 14 years before the Nazis forced it to close its doors in 1933. Yet, the Bauhaus and its founding members continue to have a profound impact on the world of design, construction and building, making it one of the most influential schools to date.