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Ester Cara is a student at Humboldt-University in Berlin, majoring in Cultural Studies and Musicology, and one of the Arnold Heidsieck Scholarship Fund recipients. We sat down with her recently to talk about her experience as a Heidsieck Scholar in New York City. Cultural Studies and Musicology is an interesting topic, what led you to Read More

On November 20 and 21 American Friends of Bucerius welcomed one of the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius’ flagship programs to New York City – the Governance Talks. Recent terrorist events in Beirut, Paris, and Nigeria, the on-going refugee crisis affecting Europe, climate change, cyber security, and the upcoming presidential elections in the United States Read More

American Friends of Bucerius is deeply saddened by the passing of former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. He was well-known as a world leader and a remarkable statesman, serving Germany in many posts before being elected Chancellor of what was then West Germany in 1974, serving until 1982. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called him “a Read More

Interested in getting international law experience? Looking to broaden your horizons? Bucerius Law School just announced their programs for 2016, including the brand new course on Sports Law. NEW: SPORTS LAW Develop crucial skills in contract drafting and negotiation to tackle the range of legal challenges faced by sports industry professionals! This fast-paced Summer Program Read More

Law Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Katharina Boele-Woelki began her tenure as President of Bucerius Law School on October 1st, 2015. Boele-Woelki had already joined Bucerius Law School as the Claussen Simon Foundation Professor of Comparative Law, effective September 1st, 2015. Prior to her arrival at Bucerius Law School, Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Katharina Read More

In the seventeenth century, French painting began to set the standards for all of Europe. Values in France during the Enlightenment began to shift toward a bourgeois society where painters were exposed to new themes and new artistic experiments. The French Revolution, the prototype of all struggles for liberation, marked a new era that became Read More

Global news outlets have been awash in stories about the flood of immigrants and refugees arriving in Europe from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations in the Middle East and Africa. Government leaders in the US and Europe have been pressed into action by the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis and cries for compassion by Read More

German President Joachim Gauck visited Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. last week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of German re-unification. President and CEO of ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Michael Göring, was selected to be a member of the high-level delegation which accompanied President Gauck as he visited and spoke at several locations leading up to Read More

AFB is pleased to again be partnering with the Houston Committee on Foreign Relations for an October 27th event at the Houston Country Club. The event, “Investing in Change: The Global Growth of Impact Investing,” will include experts from the fields of finance and philanthropy talking about the world of impact investing, which aims to Read More

American Friends of Bucerius board member Friedrich Blase and Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession’s Jakob Weberstaedt will be speaking at the ABA International’s 2015 Fall Meeting in Montreal!  They are participating in the plenary session titled “Vive la Evolution – Or How the World of Legal Practice Will Never Be the Same Again, From Canada Read More