German wine tasting at the National Liberal Club
2024-04-11 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | National Liberal Club
On 11 April from 6.30 to 8.00pm BST the National Liberal Club (NLC) is hosting a German Wine Tasting with Tim Syrad, who has worked in the wine industry for over 30 years. There will be 8 wines tasted, a combination of classic German grape varieties and some lesser known ones. From 6.00pm an informal Stammtisch will be held in the Smoking Room at the NLC, which BGA members will be welcome to join, and may give the opportunity to be shown round the club.

You can find out more about Tim here: Tim Syrad Wines – About Tim Syrad

Booking for this event is now closed. Please get in touch under office@britishgermanassociation.org if you have any questions.

European Parliament election 2024 – trends and projections
2024-04-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Event
On Wednesday 17 April 2024 from 6.00pm to 7.00pm BST Prof Simon Hix and Prof Tarik Abou-Chadi will be discussing the European Parliament election 2024 on Zoom. Recent trends in elections and opinion polls throughout the EU indicate a significant rightward shift, with the populist right expected to emerge as a main winner in the 2024 European Parliament elections. This political realignment, amid internal and external challenges for the European Union, could have profound implications for EU policy, including environmental and foreign policies.
Simon and Tarik will delve into the dynamics of the upcoming elections, focusing on how they reflect broader shifts within European democracies and party competition. They will also examine the changing levels of support for the European Union and address the declining influence of social democratic parties.
Prof Simon Hix joined the European University Institute on 1 September 2021 as Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics. Simon holds a Ph.D. in Political and Social Science from the European University Institute (1995) and was for many years a Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Prof Tarik Abou-Chadi is an Associate Professor in European Union and Comparative European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Before joining Nuffield, he was Assistant Professor at the department of political science at the University of Zurich. Tarik holds a PhD from Humboldt University Berlin and hosts and produces the podcast Transformation of European Politics.
Please note that registration is necessary for the event. Only logged-in members of the BGA will be able to see the Zoom registration link (starting https://) below. Once you have logged in to your BGA account, please navigate back to this page via the “Events” tab on the menu bar and register below. If you are still unable to see the Zoom registration link after logging in, please check your membership is up-to-date or contact us.

Stammtisch at German Kraft in Mayfair
2024-04-24 18:30 - 20:30
On Wednesday 24 April at 6.30pm BST, the BGA will be hosting another Stammtisch at German Kraft in Mayfair jointly with the Civil Service German Network. The German concept of a Stammtisch is a regular informal get-together, typically over a beer. You can book your space by clicking on the link below.
Booking is now closed. Please email office@britishgermanassociation.org if you still want to join.

Book launch - Neu Klang: The Definitive History of Krautrock by Christoph Dallach
2024-05-14 17:00 - 18:30 | Rough Trade West, 130 Talbot Rd, London, W11 1JA
On Tuesday, 14 May at 5pm BST, BGA members are invited to the launch of Christoph Dallach’s new book Neu Klang: The Definitive History of Krautrock edited by Faber at Rough Trade West in London. The author Christoph Dallach will be in conversation with journalist John Doran.
Faber presents the first ever oral-history of Krautrock, the sound that changed modern music. The unique and adventurous sounds produced by German bands such as CAN, Neu!, Amon Düül, Popul Vuh, Tangerine Dream, Faust, Cluster or Kraftwerk, now widely-known as Krautrock, are considered a blueprint for modern rock music.
Christoph Dallach is a journalist who writes for Die Zeit, ZEITMagazin and Spiegel among others. He lives in Hamburg.
Tickets for this event also include a copy of the book to be collected from Rough Trade East on the day of the event and you can book your space here.
If you are under 25 and wish to attend this event, there is a contingent of free guest list tickets available. Please get in touch at office@britishgermanassociation.org to book.

White Asparagus Supper
2024-05-30 18:00 - 21:00 | National Liberal Club
On Thursday 30 May 2024, BGA members are invited to the National Liberal Club’s White Asparagus Supper. The evening will commence with one hour of Stammtisch from 6 to 7pm in the Smoking Room to which guests are also most welcome. At 7pm attendees will toast May with a refreshing glass of Maibowle, followed by a traditional menu of Cream of White Asparagus Soup, White Asparagus, new potatoes, Schnitzel followed by a delicious German dessert, accompanied by half a bottle of wine per person. English will be spoken throughout the dinner and there will be a short musical interlude.
Price per person: £85.00. This includes:
– glass of Maibowle at pre dinner reception
– three course dinner
– 1/2 bottle of wine per person
– Short recital of German Lieder

Please book either via the NLC’s events portal: https://members.nlc.org.uk/upcoming-events or alternatively, you can call the NLC events team on 0207 968 0919.

Brahms & Beethoven with Isabelle Faust
2024-06-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom
On Sunday 2 June 2024 from 7.30pm BST, BGA members are invited to listen to Brahms & Beethoven with Isabelle Faust at the Royal Festival Hall. You can use the promo code BEETHOVENVC to get 20% off your ticket when booking through the organiser’s website: https://philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/brahms-beethoven-with-isabelle-faust/. This is a third-party event. Any enquiries should be addressed to the Royal Festival Hall.
In the words of this evening’s soloist Isabelle Faust, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is ‘one of the most beautiful and most important works of the violin repertoire.’
Faust and conductor Philippe Herreweghe are frequent collaborators, both known for diving deep into the historical context and authentic interpretation of every piece they perform. From its intriguing opening timpani strokes to its exuberant dancing finale, via a breathtakingly beautiful slow movement, their committed and unshowy approach allows Beethoven’s mastery of his art to shine through.
Brahms’s Fourth Symphony is the work of a composer at the top of his game. Brahms called it “my sad symphony”, but this modest adjective belies the composer’s emotional range and consummate structural skill. His friend, the critic Eduard Hanslick, put it better: “It is like a dark well; the longer we look into it, the more brightly the stars shine back.”

Insights into the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
2024-06-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Foreign & Commonwealth Office
On Wednesday 5 June 2024, BGA members are invited to a tour at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The tour will commence at 1pm BST and last for approximately one hour. The tour will start in the Quad. leading through the old India Office and round to the old Foreign Office. It finishes with a look through the gates at No 10’s door and questions of all kind are welcome at any time. There are 15 spaces available and tickets are for BGA members only. This event is free but booking is necessary.
This event is fully booked. If you wish to be put on the waiting list, please contact office@britishgermanassociation.org.

The energy transition: ways for Germany and the United Kingdom to collaborate on green hydrogen
2024-06-07 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual Event
On Friday 7 June 2024 from 5pm to 6pm BST the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft and the British-German Association are jointly organising an online discussion on Zoom about green hydrogen and ways for collaboration between the UK and Germany. Our distinguished speakers are Gillian Martin MSP, Scotland’s Minister for Climate Action, and Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Housing, Transport and Digitalization.
Not only is Scotland is perfectly placed to become an exporter of green hydrogen to a market in Germany, there are also strong links between Scotland and Lower Saxony. At the Lower Saxony – Scotland Joint Forum 2022 the foundation for establishing a strategic energy partnership between Lower Saxony and Scotland, extending far beyond the academic sphere, was laid.
Gillian Martin was elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament to represent Aberdeenshire East in 2016. She was appointed as Minister for Climate Action in May 2024.
Olaf Lies is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was first elected to the Landtag of Lower Saxony in 2008. Since November 2022, he is Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Housing, Transport and Digitalization.
The event will be chaired by Richard Carter, former Managing Director of BASF UK & Ireland.
This event is part of our British-German Climate Action Event Series, organised jointly by the British-German Association (BGA) and the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft
Please note that registration is necessary for the event. Only logged-in members of the BGA will be able to see the Zoom registration link (starting https://) below. Once you have logged in to your BGA account, please navigate back to this page via the “Events” tab on the menu bar and register below. If you are still unable to see the Zoom registration link after logging in, please check your membership is up-to-date or contact us.

Jewish life in contemporary Germany
2024-06-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
On Thursday 13 June from 6pm BST we are collaborating with the Leo Baeck Institute on a talk about Jewish life in contemporary Germany with Professor Dani Kranz. Germany is home to Europe’s third largest Jewish community. Yet surprisingly little is known about them. After the Shoah, about 15,000 German Jews returned to Germany or emerged from hiding. The growth of the Jewish population in Germany after 1945 was due entirely to immigration, which is somewhat counter intuitive. Who are the Jews who live in contemporary Germany? How do they live out their Jewishness? What Jewish cultures did they bring with them, and what kind of Jewish culture is forming in Germany?
Dani Kranz is the incumbent DAAD Humboldt chair at El Colegio de México, Mexico City, and an applied anthropologist and director of Two Foxes Consulting, Germany and Israel. Her expertise covers migration, integration, ethnicity, law, state/stateliness, political life, organisations, memory cultures and politics as well as cultural heritage.
This event is part of the lecture series Outsiders in German-Jewish History organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London. More information here.

Bavarian Ball in aid of The Lord Mayor's Appeal
2024-06-13 18:30 - 23:00 | Mansion House, Walbrook, London, EC4N 8BH
The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli and the Lady Mayoress Elisabeth Mainelli, are delighted to host a Bavarian Ball at The Mansion House on Thursday 13 June 2024 from 6.30pm-11.30pm in aid of The Lord Mayor’s Appeal. This unique Bavarian inspired event will reflect the heritage of the Lady Mayoress and will include a Beer and Champagne reception, a mouthwatering Bavarian feast, live auction, silent auction, five piece roaming band and plenty of foot stomping, singing, swaying and cheering! Up to 270 guests will be attending including senior members of City based companies, City institutions, livery companies and friends and supporters of the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress. Dress code: black tie or national dress. The event will be raising money for The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, supporting three inspirational charities – MQ Mental Health Research, Homewards: A Royal Foundation programme and National Numeracy. They are delivering ground breaking programmes to bring solutions to some of London’s most pressing societal issues.
Tickets are available at £300 per person. To place a booking please complete the online booking form at www.thelordmayorsappeal.org/bavarianball2024 or email events@thelordmayorsappeal.org.
This is a third-party event and the BGA is not involved in the organisation. Please address any queries to events@thelordmayorsappeal.org.

The NATO at 75: reflections on a changing security landscape for Germany and the UK
2024-07-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
In 2024, the NATO is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Since its creation in 1949, it has grown from 12 founding members to 32 member countries. Its changing political initiatives, military operations, and burgeoning membership reflect its enduring significance. What does this mean for the UK and Germany? On Monday, 8 July 2024, Edward Arnold from RUSI and Dr Aylin Matlé from the German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP) will be discussing the future of this military alliance and the UK’s and Germany’s role within it from 6.30pm to 7.30pm BST on Zoom.
Ed Arnold is a Senior Research Fellow for European Security within the International Security department at RUSI. His experience covers defence, intelligence, counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency, within the public and private sector. Ed has a particular interest in UK National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Reviews. He joined RUSI from the private sector where he was a strategy Director within the defence and security sector.
Dr Aylin Matlé has been a research fellow in DGAP’s Center for Security and Defence since March 2022. Previously, she worked as deputy head of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Israel office in Jerusalem. Prior to that, she was a research associate for the chair of international relations and European politics at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
The event will be chaired by Dr Sorana Jude, lecturer in Defence Studies at King’s College London.
Please note that registration is necessary for the event. Only logged-in members of the BGA will be able to see the Zoom registration link (starting https://) below. Once you have logged in to your BGA account, please navigate back to this page via the “Events” tab on the menu bar and register below. If you are still unable to see the Zoom registration link after logging in, please check your membership is up-to-date or contact us.

Annual General Meeting 2024
2024-07-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
The BGA’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Zoom on Monday 15 July at 6:30pm.
At the AGM, we will be reporting on the activities of the Association and sharing details of our plans for the year ahead. We will be electing the Officers and Executive Committee members for the coming year. It is also an opportunity for you to ask questions.
Please note that registration is necessary for the event. Only logged-in members of the BGA will be able to see the Zoom registration link (starting https://) below. Once you have logged in to your BGA account, please navigate back to this page via the “Events” tab on the menu bar and register below. If you are still unable to see the Zoom registration link after logging in, please check your membership is up-to-date, or contact us.

Tour at Mansion House and meet-and-greet with the Lady Mayoress
2024-07-19 15:15 - 16:30 | Mansion House, Walbrook, London, EC4N 8BH
On Friday 19 July from 3.15pm BST onwards members have the opportunity to meet the current Lady Mayoress at Mansion House for a meet-and-greet and will be given a tour of Mansion House. The event concludes with tea and coffee where members will have the opportunity to ask questions.
The current Lady Mayoress, Elisabeth Mainelli, was born in Germany and is wife of Michael Mainelli, 695th Lord Mayor of the City of London.
This event is now fully booked. Please get in touch at office@britishgermanassociation.org if you would like to be put on our waiting list.

Katja Hoyer at the National Liberal Club
2024-09-02 18:30 - 19:45 | National Liberal Club
The National Liberal Club invites BGA members to join them for an audience with historian Katja Hoyer on Monday, 2 September 2024, 6:30pm to 7:45pm in the Lady Violet Room. This event is free, but places are limited. Please register to attend on the NLC website.
Members and guests are invited to make use of the NLC Bar prior to the meeting and to make a post-event dinner reservation. If the latter is of interest, please contact office@britishgermanassociation.org.

Regional elections in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg - What to expect?
2024-09-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual Event
On 4 September 2024 at 5pm BST, the International Association for the Studies of German Politics and the BGA are jointly hosting an online discussion on Zoom to look at the German regional elections in Saxony and Thuringia (both on 1 September) and Brandenburg (on 22 September) this Autumn. In the light of growing worries about the strength of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), these elections are particularly significant.
We are delighted to welcome Jasmin Riedl, a researcher at the Universität der Bundeswehr on party politics, (digital) campaigning and far right populism, and Christian Stecker from the TU Darmstadt with a research focus on the design of democracies, federal systems, minority governance and populist parties in parliaments. The event will be chaired by Ed Turner from Aston University, a leading expert on German politics with an interest in comparative politics, notably in the areas of political parties, federalism and public policy.
Please note that registration is necessary for the event. Only logged-in members of the BGA will be able to see the Zoom registration link (starting https://) below. Once you have logged in to your BGA account, please navigate back to this page via the “Events” tab on the menu bar and register below. If you are still unable to see the Zoom registration link after logging in, please check your membership is up-to-date or contact us.

BGA Parliamentary Day Lunch 2024
2024-09-05 12:00 - 14:30 | House of Lords
Booking for our traditional Parliamentary Day Lunch on 5 September 2024 has now closed. Get in touch with office@britishgermanassociation.org if you have any questions.
This year’s distinguished guest speaker will be Simon Gerard McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford, GCMG, KCVO, who will also host the event.
Drinks will be available on the Cholmondeley Room Terrace from 12.15pm. Lunch will be served at 12.45pm in the Cholmondeley Room. The event will end at 2.30pm.
Simon McDonald was born and educated in Salford, and read History at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he is now an Honorary Fellow.
He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1982 and, early in his career, served in Jeddah, Riyadh, Bonn and Washington, D.C. He was British Ambassador to Israel (2003-2006) and to Germany (2010-15). In September 2015 Simon became Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCO and Head of the Diplomatic Service. After leaving the FCO in Autumn 2020, he was appointed a life peer, taking his seat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher in February 2021.
Simon is a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).
His first book – Leadership: Lessons from a Life in Diplomacy– was published in November 2022 and his second – Beyond Britannia: Reshaping UK Foreign Policy – in November 2023. If you would like to get the books ahead of the event, please use the code PARLIAMENTARYDAY30 at checkout for a 30% discount.
Simon became the 39th Master of Christ’s College in Cambridge on 1 September 2022.

Freundship Oktoberfest with Hannoversch-Britische Gesellschaft
2024-10-10 18:30 - 20:30
On Thursday 10 October, members of the Hannoversch-Britische Gesellschaft (HBG) will be visiting London and we are hosting a Freundship Oktoberfest at Stein’s in Kensington. Get your Lederhos’n and Dirndl ready to mark the occasion. Doors will open from 6.30pm.
BGA Member Ticket: £45.00 per person.
Non-Member / Member’s Guest Ticket: £55.00 per person.
Each ticket includes a drink (beer, wine or a soft drink of your choice) as well as food from the large Bavarian-style buffet, including Obatzda, Schnitzel, pan fried potatoes, Sauerkraut, and Apfelstrudel (vegetarian/vegan versions are available too).
You can find out more about the HBG here: https://www.hannoverschbritischegesellschaft.org/
Booking for this event is now closed. Please get in touch at office@britishgermanassociation.org if you have any questions.

Kafka: Making of an Icon - Curator-led exhibition visit
2024-10-18 15:30 - 17:00 | Weston Library, Bodleian Libraries, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG
On Friday 18 October 2024 from 3.30pm to 5pm BST our members will have the opportunity to attend a curator-led tour of Kafka: Making of an Icon at Weston Library (part of the Bodleian Libraries) in Oxford. Opening in May 2024, Kafka: Making of an Icon marks the 100th anniversary of the author’s death, celebrating not only his achievements and creativity but also how he continues to inspire new literary, theatrical and cinematic creations around the world.
The exhibition features materials from the archives of the Bodleian Libraries, which hold the majority of Franz Kafka’s papers, including literary notebooks, drawings, diaries, letters, postcards, glossaries, and photographs. Notably, the notebooks in the archive include the original manuscripts of two of Kafka’s unfinished novels, Das Schloss (The Castle) and Der Verschollene (America), as well as a number of short stories.
The exhibition will be introduced by Professor Katrin Kohl, a co-curator, and you are then welcome to explore on your own and ask questions.. Katrin is a Fellow and Tutor in German at Jesus College, and Professor of German Literature at the University of Oxford, and the event will be followed by a small drinks reception at Jesus College.
This event is now fully booked. Please get in touch with office@britishgermanassociation.org, if you would like a place on the waiting list.

Private visit of Deutsche Bank Art Collection
2024-11-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Deutsche Bank London, 21 Moorfields, London, EC2Y 9DB
On 13 November from 6pm GMT BGA members will have the opportunity for a private visit of the Deutsche Bank Art Collection in London.
Deutsche Bank opened its London office in 1973. Now there are 100 conference rooms in the bank’s London buildings named after artists from around the globe. In each room a wall plaque provides a short biography of the artist alongside their work. Floors and corridors are also hung with the Collection, making sure art is a continuous part of everyone’s though process.
The reception area of the London headquarters features large artworks by Keith Tyson and Susan Derges as well as major sculptures by Anish Kapoor and Tony Cragg however the vast majority of the art in the Deutsche Bank Collection is on a modest scale, focusing on works on paper.
If attendees wish to do so, they can join us for a drink in a nearby pub afterwards.
This event is now fully booked. If you wish to be placed on our waiting list, please get in touch at office@britishgermanassociation.org.

Visit of St George's Chapel in Windsor followed by reception
2024-11-19 17:00 - 19:45 | St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle Parking Lots, 2 The Cloisters, Windsor, SL4 1NJ, United Kingdom
Following the kind invitation of the Dean of Windsor, Reverend Christopher Cocksworth, BGA members are invited to an exclusive tour of St George’s Chapel.
There is the option to attend Evensong (doors open 5pm, all seated by 5.10pm, Service at 5.15pm). The chapel tour will commence at 5.50pm to 6.50pm and BGA members will have the chapel for themselves, i.e. there will be no other tours at the time. The event will conclude with drinks and nibbles from 6.50pm until 7.45pm and the Dean of Windsor will be in attendance.
This event is now fully booked. Please email us at office@britishgermanassociation.org, if you would like a place on the waiting list.

The UK, Germany and the US Elections 2024
2024-11-26 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
On Tuesday, 26 November 2024 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm GMT on Zoom, Dr Linda Yueh CBE and Dr Liana Fix will be discussing the US elections and what the results will mean for the UK, Germany and their relationship to the US.
Linda Yueh is an economist, writer and broadcaster. She is a Fellow in Economics at St Edmunds Hall, Oxford University, and Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School. She is an Associate Fellow (U.S. and the Americas Programme) at Chatham House and was awarded CBE for Services to Economics in the 2023 New Year Honours List.
Liana Fix is a fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She is a historian and political scientist, with expertise in German and European foreign and security policy, European security, transatlantic relations, Russia, Eastern Europe, and European China policy.
The event will be moderated by Steven Erlanger, the chief diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times, covering Europe.
Please note that registration is necessary for the event. Only logged-in members of the BGA will be able to see the Zoom registration link (starting https://) below. Once you have logged in to your BGA account, please navigate back to this page via the “Events” tab on the menu bar and register below. If you are still unable to see the Zoom registration link after logging in, please check your membership is up-to-date or contact us.

75 years of Basic Law in Germany: constitutional highlights and challenges
2024-12-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
This year, the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz) is 75 years old. It is the foundation of Germany’s democratic constitutional state. After the peaceful revolution in the GDR in 1989, the Basic Law became the common constitution of a reunified Germany on 3 October 1990. On 4 December 2024 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, Dr Stefan Theil, Associate Professor in Public Law at Cambridge University, Prof. Dr. Johannes Masing, former Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, and Lord Mance, former Deputy President of the Supreme Court, will be discussing highlights and challenges to the constitution on Zoom, using prominent law cases as examples.
Dr Stefan Theil is Assistant Professor in Public Law and a Fellow and Director of Studies at Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge. His research interests are broadly in the field of public and constitutional law, as well as human rights and legal methodology.
Prof Dr Johannes Masing has been a professor of constitutional law at the University of Freiburg since 2007 and was appointed as a judge to the German Constitutional Court in April 2008, where he served until June 2020.
Lord Mance was Deputy President of the Supreme Court. He sat from 1993 to 1999 as a Commercial Judge, was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 1999, and to the House of Lords in 2005 where he spent four years as a Law Lord before becoming a Justice of the Supreme Court on its formation in 2009 and its Deputy President in 2017-2018.
Please note that registration is necessary for the event. Only logged-in members of the BGA will be able to see the Zoom registration link (starting https://) below. Once you have logged in to your BGA account, please navigate back to this page via the “Events” tab on the menu bar and register below. If you are still unable to see the Zoom registration link after logging in, please check your membership is up-to-date or contact us.

Carols and Readings 2024
2024-12-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Christuskirche
The BGA’s traditional Carols and Readings with the Christuskirche Knightsbridge will take place on Thursday, 12 December. BGA members and their guests are invited to join us in this joyful celebration of Christmas with Fever Pitch choir followed by a reception with traditional Stollen, Weihnachtsgebäck (gingerbread biscuits) and a warming glass of Glühwein.
The Carols and Readings will begin at 7pm GMT and will be led by Pastor Uwe Vetter. The reception will end at around 9pm GMT.
Musical Director and Organist: Bernard Barker.
Readings, carols and anthems will be in English and in German.

Perspectives on the upcoming German elections
2025-01-08 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual Event
Germans will head to the ballot box on 23 February 2025 for a federal election, following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition government in November. On 8 January 2025, from 5:00 to 6:00 PM GMT, join Tom Nuttall of The Economist and Dr. Lisa H. Anders, DAAD Lecturer in German & European Politics, for an online discussion about the upcoming elections and their implications for Germany, the UK, and broader Europe. The event will take place on Zoom and is organized in collaboration with the International Association for the Study of German Politics (IASGP).
Tom Nuttall is The Economist’s Chief Germany Correspondent and head of the Berlin bureau. He previously served as Charlemagne columnist, correspondent in California, and senior editor on the paper’s digital desk. Before joining The Economist, he was an editor at the European Council on Foreign Relations and a senior editor at Prospect magazine.
Dr. Lisa H. Anders is a Lecturer in German & European Politics and DAAD Fachlektorin. Her research focuses on the German political system, EU responses to democratic backsliding in member states, European (dis)integration, and the politicization of the EU
Please note that registration is necessary for the event. Only logged-in members of the BGA will be able to see the Zoom registration link (starting https://) below. Once you have logged in to your BGA account, please navigate back to this page via the “Events” tab on the menu bar and register below. If you are still unable to see the Zoom registration link after logging in, please check your membership is up-to-date or contact us.

Electronic Music in Germany and the UK
2025-01-15 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
On Wednesday, 15 January 2025, we are delighted to welcome musician Thomas Burhorn from MEUTE for an online discussion on electronic music in Germany and the UK ahead of their tour with concerts in London and Manchester. The event will be held on Zoom from 6.30pm to 7.30pm GMT.
MEUTE is a Techno Marching Band – eleven drummers and horn players from Hamburg / Germany. The conglomerate of brass and drums creates a new genre by combining hypnotic driving techno and expressive brass band music. Ahead of their tour (with dates in Manchester and London), Thomas has agreed to join us for an evening, and will be in discussion with Marcello Ruggiu, a British-Italian music producer and sound engineer.
The event will be moderated by Dr Henry Ivry.
Please note that registration is necessary for the event. Only logged-in members of the BGA will be able to see the Zoom registration link (starting https://) below. Once you have logged in to your BGA account, please navigate back to this page via the “Events” tab on the menu bar and register below. If you are still unable to see the Zoom registration link after logging in, please check your membership is up-to-date or contact us.

BGA Stammtisch at Katzenjammers
2025-01-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Katzenjammers, The Hop Exchange, 24 Southwark St, London, SE1 1TY, United Kingdom
On Wednesday 22 January at 6.30pm BST, the BGA will be hosting another Stammtisch at Katzenjammers together with the Civil Service Network for German. The German concept of a Stammtisch is a regular informal get-together, typically over a beer.
The Stammtisch is now fully booked. If you would like to attend, please send an email to office@britishgermanassociation.org and we will let you know closer to the date if a space has become available.

BGA Reception for young professionals under 35 at NORD/LB
2025-02-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Nord/LB
Join us for an exclusive networking opportunity at our BGA Reception for young professionals under 35 at NORD/LB!
Date: 6 February 2025
Time: 6.30 to 9.30pm
Location: NORD/LB, One Wood Street, London EC2V 7WT
You will be joined by young professionals from the different Landesbanken in London. Connect with fellow young leaders, enjoy refreshments, and learn more about NORD/LB. This is a great opportunity to network and share ideas. Drinks and nibbles will be served.
The sale for this event has now ended. Please do get in touch with office@britishgermanassociation.org, if you still would like to join.

German Treasures at the British Library with Susan Reed
2025-02-13 14:00 - 15:00 | British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB, United Kingdom
On Thursday 13 February 2025 from 2pm to 3pm, Susan Reed, the Lead Curator of the Germanic Collections at the British Library in London, will do a show and tell session for BGA members on literature in the British Library featuring themes of Anglo-German relations and Germans in the UK followed by a Q&A. If attendees are interested, we can have coffee after the event in one of the restaurants at the Library.
Susan is currently Head of Germanic Collections at the British Library, and has worked with the Library’s German collections in various capacities for over 30 years. Her research interests include printed ephemera from the 1848 revolutions in Berlin and Vienna, and the history of German-language publishing and printing in nineteenth-century Britain. She has also co-curated major British Library exhibitions on the early twentieth-century European Avant-Garde, the Russian Revolution, and Fantasy, as well as smaller displays on Schiller, Luther, and Stefan Zweig.
This event is now fully booked. Please email us at office@britishgermanassociation.org if you have any questions or would like to have a place on our waiting list.

Hermann Beck - Online Book Talk
2025-02-20 19:00 - 20:00
On Thursday, 20 February 2025 from 7pm to 8pm, BGA members are invited to an online book talk with Herman Beck on Before the Holocaust: Antisemitic Violence and the Reaction of German Elites and Institutions during the Nazi Takeover.
Hermann Beck is Professor of History at the University of Miami. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles after studying History and Literature at German universities (Mannheim, Freiburg, and Berlin), the London School of Economics, and the Sorbonne. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. His publications include books on nineteenth-century Germany, The Origins of the Authoritarian Welfare State in Prussia, and the late Weimar and Nazi periods, The Fateful Alliance: German Conservatives and Nazis in 1933, and (co-editor), From Weimar to Hitler: Studies on the Dissolution of Weimar Democracy and the Establishment of the Third Reich, 1932-34 (with Larry Jones), as well as articles on conservatism, socialism, the Prussian bureaucracy, antisemitism, and the early Nazi period. These were published in British, German, and American journals and in edited collections.
For more information and ways to register, please follow this link: https://www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/special-events/holocaust-antisemitic-violence-and-reaction-german-elites-and-institutions

Kaput! The End of the German Miracle - In conversation with Wolfgang Münchau
2025-02-25 18:30 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
On Tuesday 25 February 2025 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm GMT on Zoom, join Wolfgang Münchau, director of EuroIntelligence, and Rhian Chilcott, Senior Advisor at Berlin Global Advisors for their conversation on Wolfgang’s book Kaput: The End of the German Miracle.
Until recently, Germany appeared to be a paragon of economic and political success. Angela Merkel was widely seen as the true ‘leader of the free world’, and Germany’s export-driven economic model seemed to deliver prosperity. But recent events – from Germany’s dependence on Russian gas to its car industry’s delays in the race to electric – have undermined this view.
In Kaput, Wolfgang Münchau argues that the weaknesses of Germany’s economy have, in fact, been brewing for decades. The neo-mercantilist policies of the German state, driven by close connections between the country’s industrial and political elite, have left Germany technologically behind over-reliant on authoritarian Russia and China – and with little sign of being able to adapt to the digital realities of the 21st century. It is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of Europe’s biggest economy.
Wolfgang Münchau is a journalist and commentator who focuses on the European economy and the European Union. He is director of leading news service Eurointelligence and a columnist for the New Statesman. Prior to this, he worked for the Financial Times, where he wrote a weekly column about the European Union and the European economy.
Rhian Chilcott relocated to Berlin and joined Berlin Global Advisors in September 2023. She also worked for the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) for over 15 years where she was the Director General before moving to Washington DC to open the CBI’s first international office.
Please note that registration is necessary for the event. Only logged-in members of the BGA will be able to see the Zoom registration link (starting https://) below. Once you have logged in to your BGA account, please navigate back to this page via the “Events” tab on the menu bar and register below. If you are still unable to see the Zoom registration link after logging in, please check your membership is up-to-date or contact us.
