Past Events
This is a list of our recent past events:
“Writing Wrongs: The Nazi Era in Fiction”
The Wiener Library has pleasure in inviting you to the fourth lecture in the series “Writing Wrongs: The Nazi Era in Fiction”:
D M Thomas on “The White Hotel”
Chaired by Eva Hoffman
D M Thomas is a British poet and novelist who has published thirteen novels and several verse collections. His third novel, The White Hotel, was published in 1981 and became an international bestseller, translated into 30 languages. The White Hotel was nominated for the Booker Prize, and was awarded the LA Times Fiction Prize, the Cheltenham Prize and the P.E.N. Prize. Thomas is the winner of a Cholmondeley Award for poetry and the Orwell Prize for his biography of Solzhenitsyn. He is also a noted translator of the Russian poets Pushkin and Akhmatova. He lives in Cornwall.
Eva Hoffman grew up in Cracow, Poland, before emigrating to Canada and then the United States. After receiving her PhD in English and American literature from Harvard University, she worked as senior editor at The New York Times. Subsequently, she studied psychoanalysis, and has written and lectured internationally on issues of exile, memory, Polish-Jewish history, politics and culture. She has taught literature and creative writing at the University of East Anglia, Columbia, MIT and Hunter College. She is the author of seven books, which include Lost in Translation, After Such Knowledge and Time.
We look forward to welcoming you to
The Wiener Library
4 Devonshire Street
London W1W 5BH
Admission is free, but spaces are limited. To reserve a place, please email info@wienerlibrary.co.uk or call 020 7636 7247. PLEASE NOTE THE LATER STARTING TIME FOR THIS LECTURE.
Refreshments will be served after the lecture
Please note that parking is free after 6.30 pm and that there is no congestion charge at this time.
Education in Germany: A talk by Marie-Luise Balkenhol
The Guildford-Freiburg Twinning Association is pleased to invite you to a talk by the headmistress of the Deutsche Schule London on the German Educational System.
Location:
Holy Trinity Church, Guildford High Street.
Details on attached poster. For more information contact peterslade@ntlworld.com "
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Baltic Symposium 2010
The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies is pleased to invite you to the
BALTIC SYMPOSIUM 2010
"Economics, Security, Culture, New Directions"
For further information please contact:
Christopher Ingold LT 1, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ
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CULTURAL VISIT TO MUNICH -17th – 21st May 2010
A cultural visit to Munich has now been arranged by Ute Wegener, the former BGA Executive Committee member who successfully organized the last year’s visit and is now living in Munich, and Mike Bright, BGA member.
Booking by 15th January please.
Click here for details.”
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BGA Corporate/Sustaining Member's Dinner
The BGA is please to anounce the Annual Dinner for our Corporate and Sustaining Members.
It will take place in the Atlee Room at the House of Lords
Further information will be available closer to the date.
BGA Parliamentary Day
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Michala Petri's Children Concert at the German School in Petersham
As part of the Petersham Festival, the multi-award winning and internationally acclaimed musical star Michala Petri will be giving a concert with music relevant to local and English and German history to make it an educational as well as memorable event for children.
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Bilingual People Fair – London
Language Recruitment and Expat Services Fair, the Hilton Metropole Hotel, Edgware Road, London, 19th June 2010
Looking for a job using your language skills? Or Need expatriate advice?
Then come and join us at the Bilingual People Fair in London, which will be our largest and most exciting language jobs and Expat exhibition out of the 6 events we have in Europe this year!
If you are a bilingual or multi-lingual speaker and you are interested in finding a great job that meets your skills or need expatriate services or advice, this is a "must see" event!
Companies from across Europe will be exhibiting!
Why you should not miss the Bilingual People Fair......
• No waiting on feedback
• No CV short listing
• No delays
This is your golden opportunity to meet the biggest Companies in London, UK and across Europe in a direct and face to face environment. They are only there to hear from you! These fairs are valuable for them to attract the best candidates and recruit the top talent in the marketplace so make sure you do not miss the chance.
We have a fantastic track record with our clients of providing them with exactly the sort of audience they are looking for. Whether you are an Expat looking for a particular service or a jobseeker looking to use your languages in a new position then this is the one time this year that we will be organising a Fair in London, so make sure you don't miss it.
The Bilingual People Fair will target candidates seeking multi-lingual positions in sectors such as Customer Service, Shared Service & Finance, IT, Sales, Marketing and Translation, as well as many more, attracting leading international companies.
Location and opening times
The Hilton London Metropole, Edgware Road, London, W2 1JU
Sat. 19th June 2010 from 10.00 to 18.00
Claim your free ticket
If you would like to register for this FREE event please go to:
http://www.bilingualpeople.co.uk/get_ticket
We look forward to meeting you there!
Please feel free to pass the event details to friends who may be interested.
AGM 2010
Further notice will be given shortly.
Anglo Bavarian Beer Festival
our Bavarian Style Beer Festival in 2010 !
In keeping with Munich's world famous 'Oktoberfest' we will feature German 'beer-hall' style bench, seating and a selection of beer-swilling, foot stomping entertainment starring the UK's best German Oompah Band, the Amazing Bavarian Stompers, and the country's leading Chas & Dave tribute band whose repertoire songs include 'Rabitt', Gertcha, Snooker Loopy, Who’s Sorry Now, the Diddlum Song plus many more-sing-a-long-favourites.
No beer festival, let alone a Bavarian beer festival would be complete without the beer itself and you won't be disappointed as, in addition to some great Bavarian beers there will be a fantastic selection of British beers, real ales, ciders and for the non-beer drinkers an area featuring 'wines of the world', spirits and soft drinks plus a food court serving a selection of regional delicacies including; bratwust, hog roast and other mouth watering favourites.
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