2026 LSE German Symposium

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As in previous years, BGA members are warmly invited to attend the LSE’s prestigious German Symposium held from 2-6 February 2026. Initiated in 1998 by German LSE students, the German Symposium has become an important date in the LSE’s calendar and will be hosted for the 25th time in 2026.

Featuring a wide variety of events ranging from keynote speeches by and discussion panels to intimate coffee chats with world-class speakers, the LSE offers time and space for rigorous political debate. An events schedule and booking options will be made available closer to the date through the Symposium’s website.

Details

2 February - 6 February

Time 08:00 - 19:00

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Houghton Street
London, WC2A 2AE United Kingdom

The Merz Government One Year On

White Asparagus Supper

Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe – Katja Hoyer in conversation with Julia Boyd

A New World Order: The UK, Germany and the US in a Changing Security Landscape

BGA Stammtisch at Munich Cricket Club

Oxford’s German Literary Connections

Past Events

Oxford’s German Literary Connections

The Merz Government One Year On

White Asparagus Supper

🎥 Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe – Katja Hoyer in conversation with Julia Boyd

🎥 A New World Order: The UK, Germany and the US in a Changing Security Landscape

BGA Stammtisch at Munich Cricket Club

February 25, 2026

🎥Hidden Histories: Queer Lives in Britain and Germany

Tamerlano – A Night at the Opera

🎥Kindertransport in British Memory and Culture: A Roundtable Discussion

February 19, 2026

🎥Out of Hitler’s Shadow – Tobias Straumann in Conversation with Frank Trentmann

February 2, 2026

2026 LSE German Symposium

January 27, 2026

Young Members Event – Diplomacy in Action: A Conversation with Jill Gallard

January 19, 2026

🎥 The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Germany and the UK

January 15, 2026

Strengthening Democracy: Civic Engagement and Democratic Resilience in Germany and the UK

December 11, 2025

German Art at The National Gallery

December 4, 2025

Carols and Readings 2025

November 24, 2025

🎥 Jürgen Krauss: The German Christmas Cookbook

November 4, 2025

Celebrating Bach – In Conversation with Michael Maul

October 7, 2025

Oktoberfest Stammtisch at Albert’s Schloss

October 13, 2025

🎥 A Life of Dedication: Celebrating HRH The Duke of Kent at 90

October 2, 2025

🎥 Broken Republik – In Discussion with Chris Reiter and Will Wilkes

September 25, 2025

🎥 Riefenstahl – Kate Connolly in Conversation with Andres Veiel

September 22, 2025

Little Germany in London and the History of St George’s Lutheran Church

September 4, 2025

Introducing the German Business Hub

The Road Ahead: Innovations and Challenges in E-Mobility in Germany and the UK

🎥 Annual General Meeting 2025

🎥 Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On

BGA Summer Stammtisch at Munich Cricket Club

BGA Parliamentary Day Lunch 2025

Introducing the Warburg Institute

Insights in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

🎥 Germany’s New Government in an Era of Global Challenges

🎥 Wahnfried – The Birth of the Wagner Cult

BGA Stammtisch at Munich Cricket Club

🎥 German elections – what’s next?

2025 LSE German Symposium

February 25, 2025

Kaput! The End of the German Miracle – In conversation with Wolfgang Münchau

February 20, 2025

🎥 Before the Holocaust: Herman Beck – Online Book Talk

February 13, 2025

German Treasures at the British Library

February 6, 2025

BGA Reception for Young Professionals under 35 at NORD/LB

January 22, 2025

BGA Stammtisch at Katzenjammers

January 15, 2025

Electronic Music in the UK and in Germany

January 8, 2025

🎥 Perspectives on the upcoming German elections

December 12, 2024

Carols and Readings 2024

December 4, 2024

🎥75 years of Basic Law in Germany: constitutional highlights and challenges

October 18, 2024

Kafka: Making of an Icon

November 26, 2024

🎥 The UK, Germany and the US Elections 2024

November 19, 2024

Visit of St George’s Chapel in Windsor followed by reception

November 13, 2024

Private visit of Deutsche Bank Art Collection

October 10, 2024

Freundship Oktoberfest 2024

September 5, 2024

BGA Parliamentary Day Lunch 2024

September 2, 2024

Katja Hoyer at the National Liberal Club

September 4, 2024

🎥 Regional elections in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg – What to expect?

Tour at Mansion House and meet-and-greet with the Lady Mayoress

🎥 Annual General Meeting 2024

🎥 The NATO at 75: reflections on a changing security landscape for Germany and the UK

🎥 Jewish life in contemporary Germany

🎥 The energy transition: ways for Germany and the United Kingdom to collaborate on green hydrogen

Insights into the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Brahms & Beethoven with Isabelle Faust

White Asparagus Supper

Book launch – Neu Klang: The Definitive History of Krautrock by Christoph Dallach

Stammtisch at German Kraft in Mayfair

🎥 European Parliament election 2024 – trends and projections

German wine tasting at the National Liberal Club

The UK and Germany in a China-centric world order

February 5, 2024

2024 LSE German Symposium

January 16, 2024

Stammtisch at German Kraft in Mayfair

December 7, 2023

BGA Carols and Readings 2023

November 29, 2023

🎥 German Baking – In conversation with Jürgen Krauss

November 8, 2023

🎥 Disinformation and challenges to democracy – Asha Allen in conversation with Jessica Cecil and Lutz Güllner

November 7, 2023

🎥 Out of the Darkness – In conversation with Professor Frank Trentmann

October 24, 2023

🎥 In Search of Berlin – John Kampfner in conversation with Olivia Judson

October 12, 2023

🎥 German regional elections in Bavaria and Hesse – What do the results mean?

September 28, 2023

BGA Oktoberfest 2023

September 13, 2023

Insights into the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Germany

September 6, 2023

🎥 Implications of Germany’s new National Security Strategy

🎥 In conversation with Edward Berger

FES event – Standing up for Armed Forces personnel in the UK and Germany

Annual General Meeting 2023

BGA Parliamentary Day Lunch 2023

Spargelabend at the National Liberal Club

🎥 Revolutionary Spring: In conversation with Professor Sir Christopher Clark

Guided tour of the MINI Plant in Oxford

Bach vs Beethoven: The Battle of the Great Composers, with Steven Isserlis and Norman Lebrecht

🎥 In conversation with Deborah Cadbury about her new book, The School That Escaped the Nazis

Beyond the Wall – Katja Hoyer in conversation with Jenny Hill

🎥 Interview with HE Miguel Berger, German Ambassador to the UK

🎥 Implications of the Windsor Framework

February 21, 2023

Reception co-hosted by the BGA and the German Embassy in London

February 20, 2023

Guildford Twinning Association in conversation with Niall Sellar

February 13, 2023

2023 LSE German Symposium

January 17, 2023

Stammtisch at Stein’s

January 14, 2023

LSE & FU Berlin Conference – Beyond the Barbed Wire

December 15, 2022

BGA Carols and Readings 2022

December 1, 2022

🎥 The Energy Crisis: What next for the UK and Germany?

November 18, 2022

Early morning private view: Making Modernism exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts

November 16, 2022

BGA Reception at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

October 4, 2022

The Bach Cello Suites – BGA in conversation with Steven Isserlis

September 26, 2022

BGA 2022 Oktoberfest and Football Screening

September 7, 2022

London Stammtisch – organised by the BGA, YBCCG and BGJA

🎥 Approaching Net Zero in the UK and in Germany: The Role of the Finance Community

🎥 The Wirecard Scandal: Dan McCrum in conversation with Elisabeth Stheeman

Annual General Meeting 2022

Grillabend at the National Liberal Club

Parliamentary Day Lunch at the House of Lords

Spargelabend at the National Liberal Club

🎥 In Conversation with Dr Claudia Major about Germany’s Security and Defence Policy

🎥 Interview with HE Jill Gallard CMG, British Ambassador to Germany

Increasing Germany’s digital competitiveness – Chatham House

February 7, 2022

2022 LSE German Symposium

January 20, 2022

🎥 Perspectives on the New German Coalition Government

December 9, 2021

BGA Carols and Readings 2021

November 25, 2021

🎥 The Role of the German Ethics Council (Ethikrat)

November 12, 2021

🎥 The Future of Artificial Intelligence

November 11, 2021

London Stammtisch – organised by BGA, YBCCG and BGJA

October 7, 2021

BGA Oktoberfest 2021

October 6, 2021

🎥 Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement

September 27, 2021

🎥 Analysing the Results of the 2021 German Election

September 14, 2024

🎥 Marking the 60th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall

Annual General Meeting 2021

🎥 German elections 2021: Setting the scene

🎥 Interview with HE Andreas Michaelis – German Ambassador to the UK

🎥 The Goethe-Institut London and the British Council Germany in conversation

BCCG SHeconomy Virtual Talk with Heide Baumann

🎥 The life and work of Albrecht Dürer: Celebrating the 550th anniversary of the artist’s birth

🎥 The Future of Cities: Shaping Sustainable Urban Environments

🎥 Germany 1871-1918: An Empire of Blood and Iron? Katja Hoyer in conversation with Giles MacDonogh

February 26, 2021

Online Young Members Social Event

February 1, 2021

2021 LSE German Symposium: New Beginnings

January 25, 2021

Online New Year’s Reception 2021

December 7, 2020

LSE Online Event – Discussion with Tom Tugendhat, David McAllister and Lord Kinnoull

December 16, 2020

BGA’s Christmas Quiz 2020

November 24, 2020

The House by the Lake: Thomas Harding in conversation with Nick Viner

November 12, 2020

🎥 The COVID pandemic in the UK and Germany: comparing responses

October 14, 2020

🎥 Total War and European Society

October 6, 2020

🎥 Reflecting on German reunification 30 years on

September 28, 2020

🎥 The road to 1990: German reunification

September 16, 2020

🎥 Ernest Bevin and the founding of the German Federal Republic

September 8, 2020

🎥 Does Germany do it Better? John Kampfner in conversation with Prof Rüdiger Görner

Pathways to a Green Recovery?

Beethoven: Classic or Contrarian? How should Beethoven be celebrated in the 21st century?

🎥 Annual General Meeting 2020

The German Constitutional Court and the European Central Bank: earthquake or tremor?

LSE German Society & BGA viewing of EURO 2020 England vs. Germany game

Knotentanz workshop for members under 35

December 12, 2019

BGA Carol Service 2019

November 26, 2019

Written and Unwritten Constitutions: The Pros and Cons

November 4, 2019

Anniversary Concert celebrating the births of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

October 8, 2019

Perspectives on Germany by Simon Winder at The Travellers Club

September 27, 2019

BGA Oktoberfest 2019

Versailles – A Centennial Perspective

Parliamentary Day in House of Lords

Germany and the Transformation of Europe in the 1990s: An Ambassadorial debate

Private tour at Ruffer

February 19, 2019

BGA’s Young Members’ Stammtisch

January 22, 2019

New Year Reception 2019