On March 14, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with Sumi Somaskanda, Senior News Anchor at DW News (Deutsche Welle), on the mood in Germany due to the war in Ukraine on Germany, diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis, as well as the ongoing Covid pandemic.
On March 10 the ACG had a conversation with Christina Brause, Deputy Head of the Investigative Team at WELT & WELT AM SONNTAG, and ACG Young Leader alumna Cristina Gonzalez, POLITICO Europe’s Executive Producer for Audio, for a discussion about media coverage during the conflict – and specifically the war in Ukraine.
On March 7, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause on the developments between Russia and Ukraine and Germany’s response with Matthias Naß, International Correspondent for Die ZEIT.
On March 2 the ACG partnered with the Aspen Institute Germany to host the fifth discussion in this series focused on immigration and integration at the state-level in both countries.
In 2021, two Black victims of the Nazi regime were finally honored with so-called STOLPERSTEINE — (lit. “stumbling stones or blocks”) – pioneered by German artist Gunter Demnig in Berlin. With concrete cubes bearing the names of persecuted residents in front of their homes, victims are being remembered in Berlin and other German cities.
What was life like as a Black woman or man in Nazi Germany? Why did it take more than 75 years to honor Black victims of the Nazi regime? What are the many forms of racism in today’s Western societies, triggering a renewed global Black Lives Matter movement in 2020?
Featuring Prof. Robbie Aitken, historian of Black Europe, Sheffield Hallam University, who led the effort to place the Stolpersteine for Martha Ndumbe and Ferdinand James Allen; Dr. Tiffany Florvil, Associate Professor of 20th Century European Women’s and Gender History at the University of New Mexico; and Ms. Alice Hasters, journalist, blogger, and author who identifies as a Black German and publishes about her experience in today’s society. Moderated by Dr. Nicholas Boston, sociologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the City University of New York, Lehman College.