Public Dialogue
Overview
American Studies Leipzig seeks to be an active participant in the public dialogue about the nature of American life, and about the role of the United States in German, European, and World Affairs. We pursue public dialogue at the local, regional, and national level; and our colleagues have appeared in local and national radio, local and national tv, and local and national newspapers (examples include MDR Radio, MDR Fernsehen, Deutschlandfunk, Phoenix TV, Leipziger Volkszeitung, General Anzeiger (Bonn), Chemnitzer Freie Presse, Magdeburger Volkstimme, Ostsee Zeitung).
Recent Activities
Recent examples of such public dialoge include the community event organized by American Studies and Advocates for Informed Democracy about the future of German American relations. The event was held at Leipzig's Haus des Buches on January 11, 2006.
Panelists included the former Lord Mayor of Leipzig Hinrich Lehman-Grube, American Consul General Mark Scheland, and the Member of Germany's Parliament Manfred Kolbe. Moderator was Anita Kecke, Senior Editor for International News at the Leipziger Volkszeitung.
A fuller list of recent activities is included below.
- 23 Mar, 09:25 MDR Figaro Interviews ASL About Implications of New Health Insurance Law
- 22 Mar, 17:28 Hessischer Rundfunk Interviews ASL About New Health Care Law
- 18 Jan, 18:17 Hessischer Rundfunk Interviews ASL About First Year of Obama Presidency
- 11 Jan, 22:07 MDR Figaro Interviews ASL About Turbulence Facing Obama Administration
- 10 Dec, 22:05 MDR Figaro Interviews ASL About President Obama’s Nobel Prize
- 09 Dec, 17:12 MDR Info Interviews ASL About President Obama and Nobel Prize
- 09 Oct, 16:00 Townhall with U.S. Ambassador Philip D. Murphy
- 05 May, 20:54 MDR Info Interviews ASL About Presidential Primary
- 29 Apr, 11:14 Exhibit on Press and Presidential Elections Open to Enthusiasm
- 28 Apr, 18:30 Opening of Exhibit on April 28: Media, Power, & the White House
- 17 Jan, 22:00 Primaries Roundtable Attracts Large Crowd from Community
- 14 Jan, 21:30 Roundtable on the Presidential Primaries
- 09 Jan, 10:00 ZDF Heute Interviews ASL on Presidential Primaries
- 09 Jan, 09:00 MDR Info Interviews ASL About America’s Middle East Initiative
- 09 Jan, 08:00 Radio Berlin-Brandenburg Interviews ASL About Primaries
- 09 Jan, 07:55 Mephisto Radio Interviews ASL About Presidential Primaries
- 07 Jan, 10:00 Leipziger Volkszeitung Interviews ASL on Presidential Primaries.
- 03 Jan, 15:00 Deutschlandfunk Interviews ASL about Presidential Primaries
- 07 Nov, 15:03 MDR Journal Interviews ASL About German-American Relations
- 12 May, 15:00 MDR Info Radio Interviews ASL