Literature
Nairobi What's on
Lecture Series: Kenya at Fifty
25 April-10 July 2012. This lecture, entitled Kenya at Fifty, is part of a series of 12 weekly lectures, held by professors Frederick K. Iraki and Kimani Njogu.
It focuses on Kenya’s cultural...
Cairo What's on
22 March 2012. After the recent protests and revolutionary movements in the Arab world, this annual history seminar is dedicated to Protest, Revolt and Revolution in Egyptian and Arab History.
Sem...
Accra What's on
28 March 2012. This literature reading is part of the Writers
Cairo What's on
12 March 2012. This annual memorial lecture, held by Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway, former general director of the World Health Organization (WHO), member of the UN secretary...
Nairobi What's on
Reading of The Blind Side of the Heart
23 February 2012. This appointment will be dedicated to the novel The Blind Side of the Heart, read in English by Ngwatilo Mawiyoo and in German by Susan Nadolny. It tells the breathtaking story of a...
Cairo What's on
Panel discussion on The Arab Revolution of 2011
22 February 2012. AUC Forum, in collaboration with the Department of Political Science, will host a panel discussion, entitled The Arab Revolution of 2011 in Comparative Perspective, which will be hel...
Cairo What's on
Lecture on Social Media and Egypt's Revolution
19 February 2012. Rasha Abdulla, associate professor at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, will be delivering a lecture as part of the Provost's Lecture series on Social Media and Eg...
Cairo What's on
Lecture by Professor Mostafa El-Sayed
6 February 2012. Mostafa El-Sayed, the Julius Brown Chair, Regents Professor and director of the Laser Dynamics Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will hold a lecture entitled Gold and...
Cairo What's on
Lecture on Social Media and Egypt's Revolution
12 February 2012. Rasha Abdulla, associate professor at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, will be delivering a lecture as part of the Provost's Lecture series on Social Media and Eg...
Nairobi What's on
12 January 2012. This event is the second one organised at Goethe during the past year and launches a new series made of three new books by Peterson Kamwathi, Sam Hopkins and Ato Malinda, who are prot...
Nairobi What's on
28 January, 25 February 2012. This Literature Forum brings together upcoming women writers and literary critics to share and discuss stories, poems and current literary trends.
Its aim is to enhanc...
Addis Ababa What's on
Lecture on How Ethiopia became Modern
30 November 2011. This lecture is part of the series What is Zeminawinet? Perspectives on Ethiopian Modernity, organized by Addis Ababa University, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Goethe-Institut. Held b...
Addis Ababa What's on
Lecture on The Evolution of Professional Historiography in Ethiopia
26 October 2011. The Addis Ababa University organizes a lecture in English, held by the historian and professor Bahru Zewede.
This lecture will focus on the evolution of professional historiograph...
Accra What's on
7-28 October 2011. This event entitled Accra Reads, promotes reading among the Ghanaian community and generating interest in this habit.
This series, entitled Creating Leaders through Reading, wil...
Cairo What's on
Lecture and Launch of Muslim Philanthropy Digital Library
12 June 2011. The American University of Cairo
Addis Ababa What's on
Lecture on the Theatre of Robert Wilson and Heiner Müller
11 May 2011. This lecture focuses on the Performance Theatre Art of two famous directors, dramatists and theatre practitioners Robert Wilson and Heiner M
Addis Ababa What's on
Lectures on Contemporary Dance in Ethiopia
25 May 2011. This lectures series is dedicated to Performing Modernity and specifically to Contemporary Art in Ethiopia as part of the series What is
Addis Ababa What's on
Lecture on the Impact of Development Aid on Modernization in Ethiopia
27 April 2011. This lecture is held by Denis Thieulin, Head of Cooperation of the EU Delegation in Ethiopia, and is part of the series
Maputo What's on
15 April, 20 May, 17 June, 15 July, 19 August, 16 September, 21 October, 18 November, 16 December 2011. Throughout 2011 every third Friday of each month Goethe Institute organises a poetry night, held...
Addis Ababa What's on
Lecture on The Directing Styles of Max Reinhardt und Bertolt Brecht
9 March 2011. This lecture focuses on the directing styles of the famous theatre director Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) and playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) and their impact on the evolution of Europ...
