Reconciliation in East Asia
Reconciliation processes in Asia face a number of challenges at the official level. However, at the level of civil society some progress is being made. The seminar will look at …
Brexit Dynamics
AGI is pleased to welcome Professor Paul Welfens, Chair in Macroeconomics and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Wuppertal and president of the EIIW European Institute for International Economic …
Documenting German and Japanese War Crimes prior to 1945
Dan Plesch’s new book, Human Rights after Hitler: The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes, sheds light on the existence of a little-known agency founded amid the atrocities of …
Transatlantic Dynamics in Ongoing Postcolonial Negotiations
The genocide of the Herero and Nama, committed between 1904 and 1908 under German colonial rule in today’s Namibia, is considered the first genocide of the 20th century. Over the …
Immigration, Integration, and a New Transatlantic Generation
German-American Minority Youth Exchange Immigration and integration challenges are at the forefront of policy discussions in the U.S. and Germany. How can our societies adapt to newcomers and what services …
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In anticipation of the German elections on September 24, AGI hosted a group of experts from the NRW School of Governance at the University of Duisburg-Essen to discuss the issues …
Anti-Gentrification Housing Struggles in Los Angeles and Berlin
Communities around the world are mobilizing urban social movements against rising inequality and economic hardship in order to transform local neighborhoods, urban planning practices, and city policies. Minority and immigrant …
Privatization of Immigrant Detention in the United States and Germany
Migration has become a hot-button issue on both sides of the Atlantic. Immigration without proper documentation in the United States and the deportation of those denied asylum in Germany have …
Briefing with Matthias Machnig, State Secretary (Deputy Minister) in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Quo Vadis G20? – The role of multilateral fora in times of political nationalism
The next G20 summit will take place in Hamburg on July 7-8, 2017. As part of the G20’s outreach process, the B20 is the official business dialogue of the G20, …
Democracy and Its Discontents
Panel Discussion at the German Historical Institute. Speakers: Kathleen Canning (University of Michigan), Rüdiger Graf (Center for Contemporary History Potsdam), Donna Harsch (Carnegie Mellon University), and Dirk Schumann (University of …
Privatization of Security Services
On April 25, 2017, Dr. Johannes Rieckmann, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in March and April 2017, presented his findings on his project “Privatization of Security Services: Comparing Approaches to Policing and …
