Category Archives: Past Events Munich

In the Salon with Kai Strittmatter: A Journalist’s Critical Lens on China on July 7

The Harvard Club of Munich invites you to the event “im Gespräch mit … : Kai Strittmatter Über China und eine Diktatur, die näher kommt” (In Conversation with: Kai Strittmatter about China and a Dictatorship that is Getting Closer”) facilitated by das salonfestival. Join us on Tuesday, July 7 at 19:30 as we partake in a virtual Salon-style discussion with Kai Strittmatter, who will share his opinions and journalist’s perspective on China’s governance, global positioning, and Europe’s relationship with China.

AN EVENING WITH DAVID FRUM on June 25, 2020

AN EVENING WITH DAVID FRUM by Dialogues on Democracy

Writer, Political Commentator, intellectual leader of the American conservative movement

A post-Trump America? 

How to renew American world leadership after Trump.

Thursday 25 June 2020

8:00pm CEST

No registration required.

WATCH THE LIVESTREAM ON YOUTUBE AT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoAV56tutwc&feature=youtu.be

You may submit questions for David during the live event on the YouTube chat page, or ahead of time to [email protected]

Munich Dialogues on Democracy “Hope, Never Fear”: A Personal Portrait of the Obamas by award-winning photographer Callie Shell on March 6

Munich Dialogues on Democracy together with The Yale Club of Germany are inviting you to an exclusive evening of art and music, drinks and finger food.

Join us for a last chance to see the wildly successful exhibit “Hope, Never Fear”: A Personal Portrait of the Obamas by award-winning photographer Callie Shell. The exhibit officially closes to the public on March 1st, but our partners at Amerikahaus have offered us the chance for a private viewing with an introduction by the President of Amerikahaus, Dr. Meike Zwingenberger, who will also offer information about several of the photos throughout the evening.

March 6th, RSVP required to [email protected]

Munich Dialogues on Democracy An Evening with Timothy Snyder on December 3rd, 2019

CAN THE UNITED STATES BE A FREE COUNTRY? PRESENT RISKS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES


Today in the United States as well as in Europe, we spend the present defending what is at risk, and the future appears chiefly as a threat. Yet the very idea of freedom, once central in democratic societies, depends upon a vision of the future. In this lecture Professor Snyder will address the deep threats to freedom, and the possibilities for a future with greater freedom.

Timothy ­Snyder, Levin Professor of History at Yale and a Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, will explore and explain his latest research about current risks and perils in democratic societies, and possible solutions.

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 6:30pm
Venue:A320/HauptgebäudeLudwig-Maximilian-UniversityGeschwister-Scholl-Platz 180539 Munich

The event is free but registration is mandatory: Registration: https://www.xing-events.com/TSnyder.html

Munich Dialogues on Democracy

CAN WE TALK? HOW CAN YOU HATE ME WHEN YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW ME?

Daryl Davis is a musician, actor, author, and lecturer.  He earned his BA in Music from Howard University and is an accomplished Blues, Rock’n’Roll, Country, and Jazz musician, touring regularly with his Daryl Davis Band.  He has worked extensively with Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley’s Jordanaires, The Legendary Blues Band, and Percy Sledge, among others.

After a performance, 35 years ago, a man told Daryl Davis he had never seen an African-American man play piano like Jerry Lee Lewis. The man was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and he became a regular fan of Daryl’s. This led to Davis becoming the first African-American author to travel the country interviewing KKK leaders and members, all detailed in his book, Klan-Destine Relationships. This tour made him one of the unique race relations experts and activists today. He eventually became the recipient of robes and hoods from Klan members who came to rescind their beliefs after coming to know him.

Davis has appeared in the critically acclaimed TV show The Wire, as well as in many plays and movie roles.  He is the subject of the recent documentary Accidental Courtesy, which followed him around the U.S. documenting his meetings with KKK members, neo-Nazis, the Alt-Right movement, and other white supremacists.

Moderation: Dr. Bärbel Harju, Amerika-Institut, LMU
Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 7:00 p.m.

Venue: E120 (Große Aula)/Hauptgebäude
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 Munich
The event is free, but registration is mandatory. Registration: https://en.xing-events.com/klanwetalk.html