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Archive for ‘Culture’

Designer of new World Trade Centre to build synagogue in Munich

New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind, the master designer of the new World Trade Centre, has announced plans to build a new synagogue in the not-always-welcoming Bavarian capital.

The Daily Telegraph | November 14th, 2008

A New Context for the Holocaust

Newsweek | November 7th, 2008

Internet porn is changing German sex lives

The internet is fueling change to the ways in which Germans have sex, according to a survey, as increased viewing of pornography makes people less inhibited.

The Daily Telegraph | September 22nd, 2008

Obama Wows Them in Europe

Cheering throngs in Berlin but also some doubts he can live up to the great expectations

U.S. News & World Report | July 25th, 2008

A City’s Life in Pictures

'Expressionale' pairs Berlin's living artists with dead masters. Some works are even for sale.

Newsweek | June 23rd, 2008

China’s New Confucianism

Political philosopher Daniel A. Bell writes on the revival of Confucianism transforming Chinese politics and society.

Los Angeles Times | May 25th, 2008

The Last Dictator

The Times Literary Supplement | April 18th, 2008

Not Enough

Title Fight: Soccer Stories from the German National Writers Team

Suhrkamp Press (Book Publication) | March 12th, 2008

Deeper Than the Skin

This year's Berlinale features a number of films that deal with aspects of Islam long considered taboo.

Newsweek | February 18th, 2008

Canadian movies debut at Berlinale

Guy Maddin, Quebec filmmakers expected to heighten Canada's profile at film fest

Toronto Star | February 1st, 2008