Time: 21st January, 2025 at 17:00—19:00
Location: Goethe-Institut Finnland (Salomonkatu 5 B,00100 Helsinki)
Germany used to be known for its economic strength, democratic stability and culture of remembrance (Erinnerungskultur). Now the country is undergoing an identity crisis. Germany is divided on the issue of the war in Ukraine and in the Middle East, the economy is in recession, populism has been on the rise, and the “welcome culture” has given way to attempts to restrict immigration.
This public event uses the publication of the Penguin paperback of Frank Trentmann’s book on the Germans – Out of the Darkness – as an opportunity to discuss the country’s major fault lines: democracy and populism, migration and diversity, and war and peace.
The panel discussion is in English and question can be presented in English, German and Finnish.
Registration: https://www.goethe.de/ins/fi/fi/kul/reg.html
Panel:
Seppo Hentilä, Professor Emeritus, University of Helsinki
Oula Silvennoinen, Associate Professor, University of Helsinki
Frank Trentmann, Professor of History, University of Helsinki and Birkbeck, University of London
Moderated by Hanna Mahlamäki, Journalist at Helsingin Sanomat
The discussion will be followed by refreshments and a chance to purchase the book.
The event is organised in collaboration with Centre for Consumer Society Research/University of Helsinki, Goethe-Institut Finnland, Penguin Books and S. Fischer Verlag.