Anniversary Politics: Commemorations of WWII in the Asia Pacific in 2015
Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman will speak at this event organized by The George Washington University. About the conference: 2015 is a year of important anniversaries in the Asia Pacific. Without …
Reconciliation in Times of Crisis
On September 11, 2015, AICGS convened a seminar with Harry and Helen Gray Reconciliation Fellow Hubert Leber, who presented his project on “Reconciliation in Times of Crisis: German-Israeli Affairs under …
Workforce Development Case Competition
Educating the future workforce is an ongoing challenge for the United States and Europe. Skills required by high-growth jobs are not necessarily being taught in traditional career paths, and there …
Historical Memory and Ethnic Tensions in Contemporary China
The tourism boom in China that began in the late 1970s was as much a political as an economic project. Historical narratives promoted at tourist sites exert a major influence …
A Comparative, Historical Study of Political Trajectories in U.S. Bilingual Education and Islamic Religious Instruction in Germany
AICGS’ seminar on bilingual education in the United States and Islamic religious instruction in Germany with Dr. Girma Parris, DAAD/AICGS research fellow, used several case studies from both countries to …
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Immigration, Integration, and a New Transatlantic Generation
The first panel included the Director of a Pew Charitable Trust project on Immigration and the States Adam Hunter and the National Director for the Islamic Society of North America …
A Race to the Bottom or a Race to the Top?
On July 9, AICGS hosted a roundtable discussion on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with a delegation from the German Bundestag as well as representatives of the AFL-CIO …
2015 Annual Global Leadership Award Dinner
On behalf of The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Jacques Brand, CEO of North America and Member of the Group Executive Committee at Deutsche Bank, Chairman, AICGS, and …
The Next Generation
On November 5, 2015, AICGS convened its fourth annual symposium at Deutsche Bank in New York, which centered on the millennial generation’s role in the evolution of the German-American relationship. …
Fifty Years after the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
This conference was a joint event of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and Action Reconciliation Service for Peace. Please view the full agenda here. How is the …
Privacy and Security
The AICGS Foreign & Domestic Policy Program; Goethe-Institut Washington; and the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison’s Montpelier are pleased to invite you to the following seminar: …
Cities and States as Global Actors
AICGS held its second annual “Transatlantic Dialogue of the States, Cities, and Communities” on Tuesday, June 9, 2015. The conference examined how states and cities address the challenges of the …