First came the good-byes. On September 1st, a note of sadness was present on the overall festive occasion as ECLA thanked Andrea Pomerance and Nicole Hatch for their service to the college. Honoured by the ECLA President Laurent Boetsch as “institutional co-founders”, ECLA’s now former registrar and librarian were joined by their colleagues and faculty
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‘Writing for the Public Sphere’: ISU Faculty Share Their Experiences
On Monday afternoon, members of the ISU faculty and ECLA alumnus Evgeny Morozov (PY 2006, Belarus) held a Special Seminar on ‘Writing for the Public Sphere’. The four panelists shared their reasons for seeking writing opportunities outside of academia and described both the pleasures and frustrations of writing for the general public. Theodor Paleologu is
ISU Spends a Long Weekend in Dresden and Meissen
After a sleepless night of essay writing, we started the trip to Dresden with low expectations of what was going to be encountered. Despite its everlasting rain, Dresden quickly exceeded our expectations with its beautiful Baroque buildings, the famous Elbe, and its gorgeous night spectacle. The first stop was Dresden’s art treasure, the Zwinger. We
ECLA’s International Summer University Begins This Week
Students from fifteen different countries began class this week at ECLA’s International Summer University. Under Western Eyes is the central theme of this Summer’s programme and for the next six weeks students will examine Western perceptions of cultural otherness which shape the West’s notion of itself. They will discuss questions related to this theme that
A Musical Opening to ISU
Two guest lectures visited ECLA during the first week of International Summer University. On Monday, July 17th, Violeta Dinescu presented her lecture: ‘On Tabu’. Dinescu has composed stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been successfully performed and recorded across Europe. She wrote the film score for F.W. Murnau’s Tabu, which was
ECLA Welcomes Back Alumni at Reunion Weekend
In the middle of World Cup madness, ECLA welcomed close to 100 alumni back to campus for its first-ever alumni reunion. The majority of attendees came from Europe, but several alumni like Kenny Tan (ISU 2004, Singapore) and Anisa Shaikh (AY 2004, Pakistan) traveled long distances to attend the weekend event. Alumni were assigned to
AY and PY Students Celebrate the End of the Academic Year
This week ECLA bid farewell to a class whose unique character will be sorely missed. The forty-five students of this year’s AY and PY programmes brought an abundance of knowledge and talent to campus last Autumn, which was quickly uncovered during seminar groups and extracurricular activities. On June 21st, faculty, administration, and special guests gathered
ECLA Prepares for its First Alumni Reunion
This summer over a hundred alumni will return to Berlin and reunite with former classmates and professors during ECLA’s first-ever Alumni Reunion, scheduled to take place June 29 – July 2, 2006. At the opening dinner on Friday, President Laurent Boetsch and Provost Emeritus Richard Shriver expect to welcome alumni and professors from every Summer