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By : Archives June 4, 2009 April 2, 2013
Annual Conference: Whose Is That Wall?
The very first event of the Annual Conference 2009 materialized with the support of ECLA art history faculty Aya Soika and addressed one of the many features of Berlin that I find particularly fascinating –the ubiquitous street art. I became a discoverer of street art when I saw that familiar cities 'back home' were no longer
By : Archives April 20, 2009 May 14, 2013
In our mind's eye: Hamlet in Schaubuehne
Shakespeare's plays are considered a marvel because they simply refuse to surrender to a single understanding: they rebel against conventional reading and allow for layers of interpretations to unfold behind the 400-year-old lines. Hamlet, being one of Shakespeare's most popular plays, is a perfect example of this. Over the course of more than four centuries
By : Archives February 18, 2009 May 14, 2013
When you're in Berlin, and it's freezing cold, do like the Berliners do: retreat somewhere inside where there is both enchantment and entertainment. A little café and a gleeful group of friends could be enough, but one should not disregard the arts either. The city's cinemas and theaters can generously contribute to the getting-to-know-Berlin process
By : Archives February 9, 2009 May 14, 2013
AY CORE COURSE: Visit to Bode Museum
Week one of the AY winter core course (Art and Politics in Renaissance Florence) was dedicated to giving students an introduction to art history as well as helping them to understand and begin to practice visual analysis of a work of art. The theoretical knowledge that was gained during the week was put into practice
By : Archives February 21, 2008 May 6, 2013
Visit to the Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum for Film and Television, Berlin
As a part of the 'seeing Berlin' programme, the visit to the Film and Television Museum in Berlin complemented the elective courses, Introduction to Film Studies, Heroes on Screen, and Woody Allen – a Poetics of Fun and Philosophy, held by film professor Matthias Hurst this year at ECLA. Entering the museum gives a real
By : Archives August 16, 2007 April 9, 2013
Berlin Jewish Museum – Metal Marvel and Misery
Getting to the Jewish Museum was not an easy task despite the apparent simplicity of the process – get on the M1, then switch to U6, and then walk for ten minutes. But what happens if it starts raining? You take out an umbrella, of course. Or you put on the raincoat you cautiously brought with
By : Archives June 12, 2007 May 4, 2013
Berlin, The City of ECLA
With the end of the year at ECLA there comes a time to ponder the meaning of our academic experience here. However, there is yet another side to the ECLA experience – Berlin and its culture. Some students speak of The Island of ECLA, ECLA-Land or The City of ECLA (referring to Plato's Republic). There