Goethe-Institut Washington

Goethe-Institut Washington We are the Washington D.C. location of the Goethe-Institut, the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute, active worldwide.
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We promote the study of German abroad and encourage international cultural exchange. The Goethe-Institut Washington organizes and supports cultural events that present German culture abroad and that further intercultural exchange. Of special interest to us are film and exhibition projects. Our language department offers German courses, workshops and seminars for teachers of German as a Foreign Lan

guage, as well as a wide-ranging testing program to prove proficiency in German. Sign up for our weekly electronic newsletter of upcoming events and language courses at the Goethe-Institut Washington at https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/new.html.

On this day, June 17, 1953: thousands of East German workers rose up against the SED regime — striking over impossible p...
06/17/2026

On this day, June 17, 1953: thousands of East German workers rose up against the SED regime — striking over impossible production quotas, only to be met with Soviet tanks and machine guns. The uprising was crushed within hours, but it left a lasting mark: West Germany declared June 17 a national holiday for decades, and Berlin's grand boulevard, Straße des 17. Juni, still bears its name today.
🔗 Read more: goethe.de/gegenuber/snippets

The World Cup is so much more than just soccer. It is culture, identity, energy, memory, and politics - played out on an...
06/11/2026

The World Cup is so much more than just soccer.
It is culture, identity, energy, memory, and politics - played out on and off the field.
Explore the latest issue of GEGENÜBER, the online magazine of the Goethe-Institut in North America: www.goethe.de/gegenuber/soccer
GEGENÜBER - stories with a transatlantic perspective. Articles are available in German, English, French, and Spanish. No subscription needed.

From Lotte Reiniger's century-old silhouette animations to Netflix fantasy comedies, German fairy tale and fantasy cinem...
06/10/2026

From Lotte Reiniger's century-old silhouette animations to Netflix fantasy comedies, German fairy tale and fantasy cinema is one of the oldest and most globally influential genres in film history — and one of the least recognized as such. In GEGENUBER's ongoing series on German Genre Films, film curator and critic Deniz Sertkol traces how a tradition rooted in the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen evolved through DEFA social parables, Cold War divided screens, and international co-productions into a genre that quietly shaped everything from early Disney to The NeverEnding Story. Far from escapism, Sertkol reveals how fairy tale film has always encoded questions of gender, identity, and power — and how contemporary productions are finally breaking the mold.
🔗 Full article at goethe.de/gegenuber/fantasyfilms

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From the ‘unchained camera’ of Murnau's silent era to the elliptical minimalism of the Berlin School, German drama has n...
06/03/2026

From the ‘unchained camera’ of Murnau's silent era to the elliptical minimalism of the Berlin School, German drama has never been content with catharsis alone. In GEGENUBER's ongoing series on German Genre Films, film curator and critic Deniz Sertkol traces how the drama — spanning melodrama, auteur provocation, and social realism — became the genre through which German cinema examines itself. From Fassbinder's subversive dissection of everyday racism to Wenders' poetic vision of Berlin as a city of melancholy and longing, to Petzold's time-displaced exile stories, Deniz Sertkol maps a cinematic tradition that refuses easy resolution.
🔗 Full article at goethe.de/gegenuber/drama
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DC/DOX returns to Washington, DC from June 11–14, 2026, and we’re excited to support this year’s festival program.Join u...
06/01/2026

DC/DOX returns to Washington, DC from June 11–14, 2026, and we’re excited to support this year’s festival program.

Join us for three powerful films connected to Germany: Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest, One in a Million, and Landscapes of Memory. The films explore questions of identity, migration, memory, belonging, and the ways personal histories intersect with larger cultural and political realities.

Several screenings will also feature post-screening conversations with filmmakers and special guests.

Use code GERMANDOX for discounted tickets.

More information and tickets via DC DOX Festival

Looking for ebooks, magazines, audiobooks, and much more in German and English? Try our free digital library ONLEIHE. No...
05/29/2026

Looking for ebooks, magazines, audiobooks, and much more in German and English? Try our free digital library ONLEIHE. Now with 40 new titles.
www.goethe.de/usa/elibrary

A security guard files a report — charge: handing a homeless woman a lighter.The latest travel note from ON THE ROAD is ...
05/27/2026

A security guard files a report — charge: handing a homeless woman a lighter.
The latest travel note from ON THE ROAD is now online in GEGENÜBER — read Mücahit’s full text
🔗 https://www.goethe.de/prj/geg/de/thm/unt/27259493.html
ON THE ROAD is a literary project by the Goethe-Institut and the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig.

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1377 R Street NW (Suite 300)
Washington D.C., DC
20009

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 3:30pm

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