AICGS Society, Culture & Politics Program

The AICGS Society, Culture & Politics Program enhances understanding of the impact of culture on German-American relations. The Program analyzes how cultural beliefs and values, evolving interpretations of historical experiences, and shifting conceptions of national identity shape perspectives and policy responses in the German-American dialogue.

In a very real sense, history and culture are the lenses through which Germans and Americans perceive and make sense of a changed international system, and help to influence the ways that they respond to new threats, to economic globalization, and to the challenges of multiculturalism and social pluralism. Though the influence of history and culture on German and American policy and on German-American relations is often indirect or indeterminate, culture and politics are often linked and indeed are of increasing relevance in today's world. The AICGS Society, Culture & Politics Program aims to make these links more transparent and to enhance understanding of their impact on German-American and transatlantic relations.

Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman is Director of the Society, Culture & Politics Program and Harry and Helen Gray Senior Fellow. Dr. Gardner Feldman has published widely in the U.S. and Europe on German foreign policy, German-Jewish relations, international reconciliation, non-state entities as foreign policy players, and the EU as an international actor. Please click here for more on Dr. Gardner Feldman.

 
AICGS Non-Resident Fellows in Society, Culture & Politics

 
Upcoming Society, Culture & Politics Events:

Integration 2.0: Local Government-NGO Cooperation and Transformation of Citizenship in the United States and Germany
April 6, 2010 - Washington, DC

 
Recent AICGS Society, Culture & Politics Publications:

The Fall of the Wall at 20: Global Consequences Today
By J.D. Bindenagel, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Klaus Larres, and Holger Wolf, German-American Issues #12 (2009).

Similarities in Difference: The Challenge of Muslim Integration in Germany and the United States
By Mounir Azzaoui, Issue Brief #33 (2009).

Germany's Electoral System at 60: Trends and Reforms for the Twenty-first Century
By Karen Donfried, Olaf Gersemann, Beate Jochimsen, and Jörg Siegmund, German-American Issues #11 (2009).

The Lasting Division of Germany: Two Germanys - Still
Far from United
By Johann Legner and Linda Teuteberg, Transatlantic Perspectives (2009).

More AICGS Publications

 
Current Society, Culture & Politics Projects:

Integration of Muslim Immigrants in Germany and the United States

Reconciliation or Resentment? Honoring the Past or Minimizing it in the Foreign Policies of Germany and Japan

60 Years Federal Republic of Germany: Rebuilt, Reunified, Revitalized?

Political, Cultural, and Economic Origins and Consequences of International Terrorism: American and European Answers

Germany in the European Union