Issue 19, December 2010

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Issue 19 – December 2010
Welcome
Dear reader,
Changes at the DAAD
Melbourne and
Sydney
Welcome to the December 2010 edition of the DAAD Australia Newsletter!
National Australian
Curriculum and German
as a LOTE
This edition focuses on the development of a National Australian Curriculum for secondary
schools, especially on the future role of LOTE and German. You will also find some
information on the establishment of a DAAD Network of German Studies’ Lecturers and hear
more about our Mentoring Scheme, including a call for mentees.
DAAD-AAvH Mentoring
Scheme and Call for
Mentees
Network of German
Studies’ Lecturers
News from the EU
Offener Brief an die
Bundesregierung
By the way...
In short:
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Changes at the DAAD Melbourne and Sydney
National Australian Curriculum and German as a LOTE
DAAD-AAvH Mentoring Scheme and Call for Mentees
Network of German Studies’ Lecturers
News from the EU
Offener Brief an die Bundesregierung: Die europäische Integration vorantreiben!
By the way …
As we continue to brave the "tyranny of distance" between Australia and Germany, we’ve
once again made this newsletter a mix of English and German, which we hope will be
interesting for everyone. We’d love to hear your feedback and comments on all aspects of
the newsletter!
Enjoy! Vergnügliches Lesen!
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a great start to 2011!
DAAD Information Centre
Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Australia
http://ic.daad.de/sydney/
For comments or if you would
like to unsubscribe from this
newsletter, please email us at
[email protected]
Elisabeth, Ahil and Andreas
Welcome
Changes at the
DAAD Melbourne
and Sydney
National Australian
Curriculum and
German as a LOTE
DAAD-AAvH
Mentoring Scheme
and Call for Mentees
Network of German
News from the EU
Bundesregierung
By the way...
Changes at the DAAD Melbourne and Sydney
After two years in Melbourne, our dear colleague Katrin Titz returned to Munich for family
reasons. Katrin would have loved to stay, but is also happy in Germany and has even
enlarged her family to a nice handful. Good on you guys and enjoy this year’s very white
Christmas back in Germany!
Katrin's successor as DAAD-Lecturer at The University of Melbourne is Tina Stubenrauch.
Tina studied German as a Foreign Language (DaF) and American Studies at the University of
Regensburg and at Korea University in Seoul. Before moving to Australia, Tina spent several
years teaching German as a Foreign Language in the United States (University of Oregon),
South Korea (Goethe-Institut Seoul) and Germany (University of Regensburg). In 2000/2001
Tina spent a year as a Teaching Assistant at Toorak College in Mount Eliza and is happy to
be back "down under” to teach at the University of Melbourne. Tina started her spell as a
lecturer in July 2010 and immediately had her hands full, managing a full semester plus
smaller and bigger events such as the DAAD reception at the "Imagining the New Berlin”
conference at the University of Melbourne, part of the Goethe-Institut’s 2010 Australian
cultural highlight "Berlin Dayz".
You can contact Tina by email ([email protected]) and phone (03 9035 4632).
Sadly, our wonderful intern Sandy Mihaljevic has finished her internship. Sandy provided
invaluable support at the Big Alumni Meeting in March as well as during the busy winter
period when all the scholarship applications start rolling in. The internship was part of Sandy's
International Relations and International Communication Masters degree course at Macquarie
University. As she has successfully finished her course, Sandy is now on her way to new
challenges, hopefully in Australia.
My assistants Elisabeth Meister and Ahil Ratnamohan will both continue to work with me
and all of you, and I have happily agreed to extend my stay in Sydney as lecturer at the
University of Sydney and director of the DAAD Information Centre until mid 2012. You can
reach us on [email protected] or on (02) 8356 8345.
Australian National Curriculum and German as a LOTE
Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Australia
[email protected]
Until now, Australian schools have educated students based on the different curricula of the
states and territories. In 2008, after an extended period of discussions and as a response to
the challenges of a globalised world in the 21st century, the Australian education ministers
agreed that a national curriculum would play a key role in delivering quality education and
committed to the development of a Foundation to Year 12 national curriculum. You will find a
documentation of the outcomes of the discussions in the 2008 Melbourne Declaration on
Educational Goals for Young Australians.
The Melbourne Declaration commits "to supporting all young Australians to become
successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens", and
to promoting equity and excellence in education. The Australian Curriculum will "equip all
young Australians with the essential skills, knowledge and capabilities to thrive and compete
in a globalised world and information rich workplaces of the current century". The Australian
Curriculum will be accessible to all young Australians, regardless of their social or economic
background or the school they attend.
Welcome
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and Sydney
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Curriculum and
German as a LOTE
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is the
independent authority responsible for the development of a national curriculum, a national
assessment program and a national data collection and reporting program that supports 21st
century learning for all Australian students. ACARA’s work in developing the Australian
Curriculum is guided by the Melbourne Declaration.
In a statement on 9 December 2010, Professor Barry McGaw AO, Chair of ACARA
(http://www.acara.edu.au) declared:
An historic moment: the first Australian curriculum endorsed
DAAD-AAvH
Mentoring Scheme
Network of German
News from the EU
Bundesregierung
By the way...
The Australian federal system is an important part of the lives of most Australians. Many
have strong state and territory allegiances though those of us who have lived in various parts
of the country can find them harder to sustain.
We are often much more concerned these days with international comparisons and
competition that we are with state and territory ones. The results of the OECD’s international
comparisons of educational performances published this week with the release of the results
of the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) highlight the importance of
looking outside our national borders and not only across our domestic ones.
Australia remains a high-performing country but it is among a small number of OECD
countries in which performance levels dropped over the period from 2000 to 2009. The drop
in our average was due to a drop in the performances of our best students. We need to lift
our game and an important step would be to lift the expectations we set in the curriculum for
our young people.
…
It is a 21st Century curriculum that includes explicit attention to seven general capabilities,
literacy, numeracy, ICT competence, critical and creative thinking, ethical behaviour,
personal and social competence, and intercultural understanding. It builds these general
capabilities, where relevant, into the learning in English, mathematics, science and history
to ensure that they are not avoided or lost. That is the strategy also being used in Singapore
and Finland.
The Australian curriculum sets out students’ learning entitlements – the knowledge,
understanding and skills that all students should have the opportunity to acquire. It does not
prescribe how teachers should organise their students’ learning but it offers suggestions in
‘content elaborations’ of ways in which teachers might develop ideas.
____
Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Australia
[email protected]
A national forum on languages as part of the Australian Curriculum was held on 25 October.
The purpose of the forum was to provide participants with the opportunity to provide
feedback on the Initial Advice Paper for Languages. A large number of
stakeholders/representatives from all states and territories across a wide range of languages,
including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, attended the forum. There were
over 150 participants including teachers across the stages of schooling, principals,
academics, government, state and territory education authorities, professional education
associations, and community groups.
Welcome
Changes at the
DAAD Melbourne
and Sydney
National Australian
Curriculum and
German as a LOTE
DAAD-AAvH
Mentoring Scheme
Network of German
News from the EU
Bundesregierung
By the way...
A revised version of the paper is in preparation and will be distributed as the Draft Shape of
the Australian Curriculum: Languages paper for a 10-week period of national consultation,
probably from January onwards.
It's very important for all of us to get involved, because the status of German as a LOTE in
the future National Curriculum will also be up for discussion. Secondary curricula without
German as a LOTE would be a novelty in Australian history as German has always played an
important role in Australian curricula. There are also very good reasons for learning German:
Not only is German similar to English and therefore relatively easy and quick to learn, but
there are also strong economic and academic benefits.
In an invitation to an International Innovation Roundtable on 18 November, Austrade stated
that innovation is a topic of growing significance for both Australia and Germany and an
important element of the bilateral business relationship. There are now over 200 Australian
companies active in Germany and over 375 German companies active in Australia, providing
105,000 jobs. Many of these are offering highly innovative and technologically advanced
solutions. There is also a growing number of research partnerships, collaborations and
student as well as academic exchanges, adding to the strength of the relationship. The value
of German language skills must not be underestimated. Although research in Germany is
often done bilingually or in English only, huge areas of knowledge still are only available to
those who speak German.
We urge everyone who is interested in languages and especially in German as an
Australian curriculum-based LOTE to become involved in the development of Australia's
national Curriculum for Languages. Visit the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and
Reporting Authority (ACARA) website at www.acara.edu.au to subscribe to the email alert list
and to contribute your views.
DAAD-AAvH Mentoring Scheme
In the last issue of our newsletter, we called for DAAD alumni holding positions as
professors, senior lecturers or researchers at Australian universities and research institutions
who were willing to act as a mentor for Australian graduates, PhD students and young
researchers who had previously received DAAD funding and would like to study and research
in Germany or continue their studies and research in Australia. The AAvH (Australian
Association of von Humboldt Fellows) is currently doing the same.
Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Australia
The DAAD is planning to establish a volunteer network consisting of senior Australian DAAD
alumni and Humboldt fellows as well as German academics working at Australian universities
and research institutions (all experts in Australian as well as German academia) who are
interested in giving young people valuable advice and incentives beyond the usual scope of
their supervisors. In return, the DAAD is offering information meetings and mentoring
instructions, as well as the opportunity to link with colleagues all over the world.
We already have a good number of volunteers from all three groups, but more are always
welcome in order to represent as many different academic subjects as possible.
[email protected]
The DAAD will organise a first information weekend in Australia for interested participants
presumably on April 8-9, 2011. The location will depend on where the majority of participants
are based. We're planning to evaluate the first trial mentor/mentee partnerships (taking
Welcome
Changes at the
DAAD Melbourne
and Sydney
National Australian
Curriculum and
German as a LOTE
place from early next year on) with professional coaches, and to have a look at preliminary
results by the end of 2011.
We would therefore like to send out a Call for Mentees! We are looking for Australian
graduates, PhD students and young researchers from all academic fields who were
previously or who are currently funded by the DAAD. If you fit the bill and are interested in
valuable advice, additional incentives, enhancing your networking skills, getting involved in
the global academic community and learning how to plan an academic career, please drop
us a line on [email protected]. Dankeschön!
DAAD-AAvH
Mentoring Scheme
If you are interested in mentoring someone and have not previously registered your interest
with us, please do so now on [email protected]. Thank you!
Network of German
Network of German Studies’ Lecturers at
Australian Universities and Research Institutions
News from the EU
Bundesregierung
By the way...
DAAD Headquarters in Bonn have built a huge global network of so-called "Ortslektoren” (i.e.
Germans teaching German Studies at universities outside of Germany) and are now planning
to extend their support to Australia by building a network here. All Germans teaching German
Studies in Australia will by now have received a personal letter from headquarters with further
information on available support for those acting as multipliers of DAAD information and
academic exchange between Australia and Germany. If you are interested, please also refer
to
http://www.daad.de/ausland/lehren-im-ausland/deutsche_lehrkraefte/10435.de.html and
http://www.daad.de/ausland/lehren-im-ausland/deutsche_lehrkraefte/10436.de.html.
Vorteile für OrtslektorInnen
- Vernetzung mit Kolleginnen und Kollegen vor Ort und weltweit
Der DAAD ist bemüht, die Zusammenarbeit von DAAD-LektorInnen und OrtslektorInnen zu
intensivieren. Allen OrtslektorInnen kann zur Erleichterung der Kontaktaufnahme das
Verzeichnis der DAAD-Lektorate zugesandt werden. Der DAAD kann beim Erstellen von
Adressen- und Mailinglisten behilflich sein. In ausgewählten Weltregionen können
OrtslektorInnen auf Einladung an regionalen DAAD-LektorInnentreffen teilnehmen.
Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Australia
[email protected]
- Studienreisen mit Studierenden
OrtslektorInnen können, wie andere ausländische Hochschulangehörige auch, mit
Unterschrift
der
Abteilungsleitung
DAAD-geförderte
Studienreisen
mit
einer
Studierendengruppe nach Deutschland beantragen und begleiten. Sollte der Antrag vom
DAAD bewilligt werden, können die internationalen Reisekosten der begleitenden
Ortslektorin oder Ortslektors unter Umständen durch Referat 332 übernommen werden.
Allgemeine Informationen zu Studienreisen (Programmbeschreibung, Fristen, Kontakt im
DAAD) erhalten Sie hier: http://ic.daad.de/sydney/group.htm.
- Publikationen des DAAD
Die Publikationen des DAAD über die einzelnen DAAD-Programme sowie über Studien- und
Forschungsmöglichkeiten in Deutschland stehen allen bei Referat 332 registrierten
OrtslektorInnen über www.daad.de/publikationsbestellung (dort Bestellerkreis "Ortslektoren"
auswählen) zur Verfügung.
Welcome
Changes at the
DAAD Melbourne
and Sydney
National Australian
Curriculum and
German as a LOTE
DAAD-AAvH
Mentoring Scheme
Network of German
News from the EU
Bundesregierung
By the way...
- Magazin Deutschland
"Deutschland" analysiert Hintergründe, informiert über aktuelle Themen aus Deutschland und
Europa und berichtet in Regionalausgaben über bilaterale Entwicklungen zwischen
Deutschland und anderen Weltregionen. Bitte geben Sie bei Ihrem Wunsch die
Sprachfassung mit an!
- Auch das DAAD-Alumni-Magazin Letter kann per E-Mail-Nachricht an Elke Hanusch
([email protected]) kostenfrei bezogen werden.
- Ebenso kann die Fachzeitschrift Info-DaF ("Informationen Deutsch als Fremdsprache"Artikel, Tagungsberichte, Auswahlbibliografie und Rezensionen) bestellt werden.
- Des Weiteren der Fachdienst Germanistik (Sprache und Literatur in der Kritik
deutschsprachiger Zeitungen; Überblick über Diskussionen in der Germanistik, Hinweise auf
Tagungen, Ausstellungen, Entwicklungen in den Hochschulen und den Verlagen,
Neuerscheinungen).
- Und nicht zuletzt die Zeitschrift für Kulturaustausch.
- Filmbestellungen
Aufgrund der Kooperationsvereinbarungen mit dem Goethe-Institut ist es möglich,
Videos/DVDs für den Unterricht zu bestellen. Auf der Website des Goethe-Instituts finden Sie
unter www.goethe.de/filmkatalog den aktuellen Filmkatalog des Goethe-Instituts. Unter
Angabe des Stichworts "Ortslektor" können per Mail bis zu 10 Videos pro Semester (auf
begründeten Antrag hin auch mehr) aus den dort aufgeführten Listen bestellt werden. Der
DAAD übernimmt direkt die Kosten für die Videos und deren Versand. Genaue Informationen
zu den Bestellmodalitäten (Ausschreibung, Bestellformular usw.) erhalten Sie auf dem
Internen Portal für registrierte OrtslektorInnen.
- Fachliche und finanzielle Unterstützung von Lektoren-Arbeitsgruppen
Für die Bearbeitung definierter fachlicher oder didaktischer Einzelthemen, z.B. die
Erarbeitung von Lehrmaterial, können Treffen von LektorInnen-Arbeitsgruppen in einer
Region (auch gemischt mit DAAD-LektorInnen) finanziert werden. Weitere Informationen
erhalten Sie auf dem Internen Portal für registrierte OrtslektorInnen.
Alle Anträge für kostenlose Abonnements von Fachzeitschriften gehen also an Elke
Hanusch. Bitte geben Sie immer eine sichere Versandadresse an.
Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Australia
[email protected]
News from the EU
Joint Pacific-EU Initiative
on Climate Change
Following the Cancún Climate Change Conference, Andris Piebalgs, European
Commissioner for Development, and Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General of the Pacific
Islands Forum Secretariat, on Wednesday launched a 'Joint Pacific-EU Initiative on Climate
Change'. The objective is to mobilise EU Member States and international partners to join
efforts to reinforce Pacific Countries' capacity to address the impacts climate change more
efficiently. These countries are possibly the most vulnerable to climate change impacts.
Welcome
Changes at the
DAAD Melbourne
and Sydney
National Australian
Curriculum and
German as a LOTE
DAAD-AAvH
Mentoring Scheme
Network of German
News from the EU
Bundesregierung
By the way...
The initiative aims to ensure that a fair share of international climate change funding goes to
Pacific countries. The Commission is leading the EU's efforts to support the Pacific Islands to
tackle climate change effects, with a overall dedicated envelope of €90 million over 2008-2013.
Read more:
https://promo-manager.server-secure.com/em/message/email/view.php?id=630278&u=1002559
EU-Australia Education & Training Policy Dialogue in Brussels (Belgium), 15 December
2010
The second EU-Australia Education & Training Policy Dialogue took place in Brussels
(Belgium) on 15 December 2010. The Dialogue was organised by the European Commission's
Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) and by the Australian Department for
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). It was co-chaired by Mr Jordi
Curell, DG EAC, Director for Higher Education and International Affairs, and Ms Margaret
Pearce, DEEWR, Minister-Counsellor.
Amongst others, five new bilateral academic co-operation projects under the 7th joint call for
proposals since 2002 were launched. These new projects involve 34 Australian and European
universities and training institutions and will allow for the mobility of more than 280 students
and 100 teachers for learning and teaching purposes. Both sides assert their commitment to
continue financing bilateral academic co-operation projects and agree to develop a strategy for
an 8th round which is likely to focus on joint/double degrees.
Read more:
http://www.delaus.ec.europa.eu/education/cooperation/EducationTrainingPolicyDialogue2010.htm
European Union Visitors Program (EUVP)
Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Australia
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The Delegation to the European Union is
seeking applications for the European Union Visitors Program. Aimed at young leaders from
non-EU countries, including Australia and New Zealand, the EUVP consists of an individual
five- to eight-day program of meetings with EU officials at the EU institutions in Europe. Travel
and per diem costs are covered by the EUVP. Participants are required to have completed
their university education or equivalent training and to have been employed for several years in
their chosen career/field. Applications close 31 March 2011.
Read more: http://www.delaus.ec.europa.eu/about_us/EUVP.htm
Offener Brief an die Bundesregierung: Die europäische Integration vorantreiben!
In einem offenen Brief fordern die "Engagierten Europäer" – eine Initiative von sieben großen
deutschen Stiftungen – die deutsche Bundesregierung auf, mehr Europa zu wagen. In der
Reaktion auf die Eurokrise plädieren die Stiftungen für einen mutigen Schritt voran zu einer
echten Wirtschafts- und Finanzunion und dafür, dass Deutschland diesen Schritt zusammen
mit seinen europäischen Partnern während des nächsten EU-Gipfels am 16. und 17.
Dezember wagt. Eine pro-europäische Führungsrolle liegt im ureigenen Interesse Deutsch-
Welcome
lands, als Wirtschaftsnation und Mitglied der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft.
Changes at the DAAD
Melbourne and
Sydney
Die Stiftung Mercator initiierte die "Engagierten Europäer" im Juli 2010 auf dem Höhepunkt
der Griechenland-Krise, um gemeinsam mit anderen Stiftungen die Verfassung Europas zu
debattieren.
National Australian
as a LOTE
"Die ernste Situation in Ländern wie Griechenland, Irland, Portugal oder Spanien und die
Diskussion um die Eurobonds zeigt, dass wir nun einen tipping point in Europa erreicht
haben, der ein mutiges Vorantreiben der europäischen Integration erfordert. Stiftungen
können hierfür durch ihre Unabhängigkeit und Verankerung in der Zivilgesellschaft in
besonderer Weise eintreten – deshalb die Idee, in einer gemeinsamen Aktion unser
Gewicht in die Waagschale zu werfen", so André Wilkens, Leiter des Kompetenzzentrums
Internationale Verständigung der Stiftung Mercator. "Europa braucht eine starke
unterstützende Stimme, auch in Berlin."
DAAD-AAvH Mentoring
Scheme and Call for
Mentees
Network of German
Aus dem offenen Brief der "Engagierten Europäer":
News from the EU
"Europa ist in einer schwierigen Lage. Die Eurokrise ist nicht nur eine Krise des
europäischen Finanzsystems, sondern eine Krise des europäischen Erfolgsmodells.
Bundesregierung
By the way...
Ein Scheitern des Euros würde zu unkalkulierbaren, ökonomischen Kosten führen, gerade
auch für Deutschland. Diese Kosten würden wir alle bezahlen. Betroffen wären vor allem
auch die Arbeitnehmer.
Noch schwerwiegender wären aber die politischen Folgen eines gescheiterten Euros und
einer strauchelnden Europäischen Union."
An der Stiftungsinitiative der "Engagierten Europäer" beteiligen sich die Allianz
Kulturstiftung, die Bertelsmann Stiftung, die BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt, die Schering
Stiftung, die Schwarzkopf Stiftung Junges Europa, die Stiftung Mercator sowie die Stiftung
Zukunft Berlin.
Die Stiftung Mercator:
Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Australia
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Die Stiftung Mercator gehört zu den großen
deutschen Stiftungen. Sie
initiiert
und
unterstützt
Projekte
für
bessere
Bildungsmöglichkeiten
an
Schulen
und
Hochschulen. Im Sinne Gerhard Mercators
fördert sie Vorhaben, die den Gedanken der
Weltoffenheit und Toleranz durch interkulturelle Begegnungen mit Leben erfüllen und die
den Austausch von Wissen und Kultur anregen. Die Stiftung zeigt neue Wege auf und gibt
Beispiele, damit Menschen – gleich welcher nationalen, kulturellen und sozialen Herkunft –
ihre Persönlichkeit entfalten, Engagement entwickeln und Chancen nutzen können. So will
sie Ideen beflügeln. Ihre Arbeitsweise ist geprägt von einer unternehmerischen,
internationalen und professionellen Haltung. Dem Ruhrgebiet, der Heimat der Stifterfamilie,
fühlt sie sich in besonderer Weise verbunden.
Mehr:
http://www.kooperation-international.de/countries/themes/nc/info/detail/data/53615/
http://idw-online.de/pages/de/attachmentdata6188.pdf
Welcome
Changes at the DAAD
Melbourne and
Sydney
National Australian
as a LOTE
DAAD-AAvH Mentoring
Scheme and Call for
Mentees
Network of German
News from the EU
Bundesregierung
Grimm Award
By the way...
Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Australia
[email protected]
BY THE WAY...
The Newsletter "Research in Germany" is published once every two
months with news and information on the latest developments in
German science and research. It includes up-to-date articles and
interviews on collaborative international research as well as on
appropriate sources of funding.
To read the latest or an older issue or to subscribe, please head to:
http://wwww.research-in-germany.de/newsletter
2011 Windows on Europe Film Festival
Windows on Europe is a unique film festival which brings
together award-winning films from across the European
Union. The festival has its origins in Canberra but its
popularity has seen it extended to Sydney, Brisbane,
Melbourne and Auckland. In 2011 this expansion
continues with Adelaide added to the program. The 2011 Windows on Europe festival
comprises 14 films offering a variety of drama, thrillers, comedies, romance, science fiction
and history. If you like films that delve into relationships intermixed with humour and drama,
there are gems from Cyprus, Hungary, France and Spain and there are poignant drama
offerings from Belgium, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden. The
Polish film puts a focus on history offering while Portugal gives us a documentary interlaced
with music and romance. The young and the young at heart will enjoy the Finnish film while
the Slovenian entry provides a mix of thriller and horror. In short, this festival has something
for everyone. Windows on Europe 2011 is brought to you courtesy of the European Union
Delegation and the European Union Member States. Please check venues, dates and times
in early 2011.
Vienna in Melbourne: Art &
Klimt, Schiele, Hoffmann, Loos
Design
-
Stylish,
provocative,
rebellious,
and
unforgettable – the world has seen nothing like
Vienna in 1900. A century ago, a group of
radical young artists, architects, writers,
musicians, designers and thinkers overturned all
the rules and created a brave new world. Gustav Klimt, Egon
Schiele, Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos were central to this artistic revolution which
transformed Vienna into a dynamic metropolis at the forefront of groundbreaking
modernism.
Vienna at the dawn of the twentieth century was opulent, elegant and daring. Casting aside
Welcome
Changes at the DAAD
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Sydney
National Australian
as a LOTE
DAAD-AAvH Mentoring
Scheme and Call for
Mentees
Network of German
outmoded social mores and moralities, private life became public spectacle. Cabarets,
coffee houses, and nightclubs teemed with radical debate and artistic abandon. Gustav
Klimt’s society portraits immortalise the chic women who presided over this creative ferment.
Josef Hoffmann and the Vienna Workshops created the bold new interior design and the
household objects with which these women furnished their elegant homes, establishing the
modern ‘look’. As Sigmund Freud defined sexual fragmentation and erotic obsession for a
new millennium, Egon Schiele explored human sexuality in images of unparalleled and
startling frankness.
Vienna: Art & Design will explore this extraordinary period of artistic and intellectual genius,
bringing together more than 250 works of art, including painting, drawing, graphic and
decorative art, furniture, fashion, jewellery and photography, most never before seen in
Australia. Visitors will experience the inventiveness and brilliance of a unique generation
who laid the foundations for life in the twentieth century - a legacy still vividly alive today.
18 Jun 2011 - 09 Oct 2011
News from the EU
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/exhibitions/vienna,-art-and-design
Bundesregierung
And again it’s time to say good-bye for the year, but not without wishing you
By the way...
frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch in ein glückliches Jahr 2011!
Season’s greetings, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2011!
For further information, comments or to unsubscribe from this newsletter, please email us
at [email protected]
Previous issues can be downloaded at:
http://ic.daad.de/sydney/newsletter.htm
Yours sincerely, herzlichst, Ihr Andreas Jäger
Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Australia
[email protected]

Issue 19, December 2010

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