DIKKAT!
We are coming!
Veranstaltungsbeispiel
I New York
Dr. Claus Mueller, the
International Film and Television
Exchange, Inc. and the Goethe-Institut New York present
the second conference on
Integrating
the Turkish
Minority in Germany:
Economic, Policy and Cultural Issues
at the Goethe-Institut New York
1014 Fifth Avenue @ 83rd Street, New York, NY 10028
Participation in this conference is by
invitation only
but requires no fees. We gratefully acknowledge the support from the
Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Max Kade Foundation, Aldon O.James,
The National Arts Club, and friends of the Exchange.
Conference opening by the Consul
General of
Germany in New York, H.E. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth, New York, and
H.E. Vice Consul Ahmet Baar, from the Consulate General of Turkey in
New York.
Panel I: Economic Issues
- Katharina Goethe, Lecturer, Institute for Human Geography, University
of Bremen, „Labor Market Access & Labor Market Integration
- Richard R. Verdugo, Sr. Analyst, National Education Association,
„Comparative Analysis
of the Turkish Minority in Germany and the Puerto Rican Minority in the
U.S.)
- Özcan Mutlu, Member, Green Party, Berlin Parliament,
„Education and Integration
- Nihat Sorgec, Senior Executive, Sahinler Holding, Germany,
„Business Success of Turkish Minority, to be confirmed"
Panel II: Policy Issues
- Jürgen Stetten, Director, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, New York,
„The Politics of Integration"
- Dr. Erol Yildiz, Lucturer, University of Cologne, „Legal Status
and Political Participation of Turks in Germany
- Esa Paasivirta, Legal Affairs Counselor, European Union Mission to
the United Nations, „The Framework" provided by the European Union
- Moderator,t.b.a.
Screenings
(all films with English subtitles unless otherwise noted)
We Forgot to Go Back (Wir haben vergessen
zurückzukehren). 2001. Directed by Fatih Akin. 60 min.
[notions of the homeland: moving between the German and Turkish culture]
Rage (Wut) 2005. Directed by
Züli Alada .
90 min. [clash between German liberals and Turkish youth]
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Discussion
Panel III: Conflicting Value
Systems ?
- Reha Kadakal, Lecturer, University of Chicago, „Religion as an
Issue
- Herbert H. Krauss, Professor of Psychology, Pace University,
„Discontent with Multiculturalism
- Clarence Dias, President, International Centre for Law in
Development, „Mystifying the Problem
Screenings (all films with English subtitles unless otherwise
noted)
Turkish for Beginners (Türkisch
für
Anfänger) 2006. Created by Bora Dagtekin. 25 min.
[Award-winning sitcom on German-Turkish Relations] *
Dikkat! We are Coming!
(Dikkat! Wir
kommen!) Directed by Yola Grimm. 64 min. [Emancipation of
Turkish women in Germany]
Tough Enough (Knallhart)
2006. Directed by Detlev Buck. 98 min. [ German teenage boy surviving
youth gang in poor Turkish neighbourhood by becoming a drug runner]
On the Outskirts (Am Rand
der
Städte). 2006. Directed by Aysun Bademsoy. 83 min.
[Turkish migrants return from Germany to retire in Turkey]
Alamanya Alamanya – Germania Germania.
1979. Directed by Hans Andreas Guttner. 23 min. [Classic 1961
documentary on migrants - perspective].
Das Experiment–30
Tage Muslim
2006. Directed by Silke Pollwein, 95. Min. [Award-winning documentary
on living as a Muslim woman for 30 Days]
Tour Abroad
(Auslandstournee).
1999. Directed by Ayse Polat. 91 min. [displacement and search for the
mother of a young girl]. screened if Turkish for Beginners is not on
hand.
e-mail: cmueller@hunter.cuny.edu
or
filmexchange@gmail.com; Juliane Wanckel, Goethe-Institut New York,
phone: (212) 439-8682; e-mail: wanckel@newyork.goethe.org
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