Past Events
The BGA hosts roughly two events per month. On this page you will find an overview over our rich and diverse events programme of the past years. All of our online events were recorded and the event videos are accessible below. Watch out for the 🎥 symbol.
Fantastic Kingdom: A Stranger’s Notes on a Contrary Country
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
Tamerlano – A Night at the Opera
🎥Kindertransport in British Memory and Culture: A Roundtable Discussion
🎥Hidden Histories: Queer Lives in Britain and Germany
🎥Out of Hitler’s Shadow – Tobias Straumann in Conversation with Frank Trentmann
2026 LSE German Symposium
Young Members Event – Diplomacy in Action: A Conversation with Jill Gallard
🎥 The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Germany and the UK
Strengthening Democracy: Civic Engagement and Democratic Resilience in Germany and the UK
German Art at The National Gallery
Carols and Readings 2025
🎥 Jürgen Krauss: The German Christmas Cookbook
Celebrating Bach – In Conversation with Michael Maul
🎥 A Life of Dedication: Celebrating HRH The Duke of Kent at 90
Oktoberfest Stammtisch at Albert’s Schloss
🎥 Broken Republik – In Discussion with Chris Reiter and Will Wilkes
🎥 Riefenstahl – Kate Connolly in Conversation with Andres Veiel
Little Germany in London and the History of St George’s Lutheran Church
Introducing the German Business Hub
🎥 Annual General Meeting 2025
🎥 Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On
BGA Summer Stammtisch at Munich Cricket Club
The Road Ahead: Innovations and Challenges in E-Mobility in Germany and the UK
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
Kaput! The End of the German Miracle – In conversation with Wolfgang Münchau
🎥 Before the Holocaust: Herman Beck – Online Book Talk
German Treasures at the British Library
BGA Reception for Young Professionals under 35 at NORD/LB
BGA Stammtisch at Katzenjammers
Electronic Music in the UK and in Germany
🎥 Perspectives on the upcoming German elections
Carols and Readings 2024
🎥75 years of Basic Law in Germany: constitutional highlights and challenges
🎥 The UK, Germany and the US Elections 2024
Visit of St George’s Chapel in Windsor followed by reception
Private visit of Deutsche Bank Art Collection
Kafka: Making of an Icon
Freundship Oktoberfest 2024
🎥 Marking the 60th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall
BGA Parliamentary Day Lunch 2024
🎥 Regional elections in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg – What to expect?
Katja Hoyer at the National Liberal Club
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
2024 LSE German Symposium
Stammtisch at German Kraft in Mayfair
BGA Carols and Readings 2023
🎥 German Baking – In conversation with Jürgen Krauss
🎥 Disinformation and challenges to democracy – Asha Allen in conversation with Jessica Cecil and Lutz Güllner
🎥 Out of the Darkness – In conversation with Professor Frank Trentmann
🎥 In Search of Berlin – John Kampfner in conversation with Olivia Judson
🎥 German regional elections in Bavaria and Hesse – What do the results mean?
BGA Oktoberfest 2023
Insights into the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Germany
🎥 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
Reception co-hosted by the BGA and the German Embassy in London
Guildford Twinning Association in conversation with Niall Sellar
2023 LSE German Symposium
Stammtisch at Stein’s
LSE & FU Berlin Conference – Beyond the Barbed Wire
BGA Carols and Readings 2022
🎥 The Energy Crisis: What next for the UK and Germany?
Early morning private view: Making Modernism exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts
BGA Reception at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
The Bach Cello Suites – BGA in conversation with Steven Isserlis
BGA 2022 Oktoberfest and Football Screening
London Stammtisch – organised by the BGA, YBCCG and BGJA
🎥 Approaching Net Zero in the UK and in Germany: The Role of the Finance Community
Annual General Meeting 2022
Grillabend at the National Liberal Club
Parliamentary Day Lunch at the House of Lords
🎥 The Wirecard Scandal: Dan McCrum in conversation with Elisabeth Stheeman
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
2022 LSE German Symposium
🎥 Perspectives on the New German Coalition Government
BGA Carols and Readings 2021
🎥 The Role of the German Ethics Council (Ethikrat)
🎥 The Future of Artificial Intelligence
London Stammtisch – organised by BGA, YBCCG and BGJA
BGA Oktoberfest 2021
🎥 Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement
🎥 Analysing the Results of the 2021 German Election
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 Future of Cities: Shaping Sustainable Urban Environments
🎥 The life and work of Albrecht Dürer: Celebrating the 550th anniversary of the artist’s birth
🎥 Germany 1871-1918: An Empire of Blood and Iron? Katja Hoyer in conversation with Giles MacDonogh
Online Young Members Social Event
2021 LSE German Symposium: New Beginnings
Online New Year’s Reception 2021
BGA’s Christmas Quiz 2020
LSE Online Event – Discussion with Tom Tugendhat, David McAllister and Lord Kinnoull
The House by the Lake: Thomas Harding in conversation with Nick Viner
🎥 The COVID pandemic in the UK and Germany: comparing responses
🎥 Total War and European Society
🎥 Reflecting on German reunification 30 years on
🎥 The road to 1990: German reunification
🎥 Ernest Bevin and the founding of the German Federal Republic
🎥 Does Germany do it Better? John Kampfner in conversation with Prof Rüdiger Görner
Beethoven: Classic or Contrarian? How should Beethoven be celebrated in the 21st century?
🎥 Annual General Meeting 2020
Pathways to a Green Recovery?
LSE German Society & BGA viewing of EURO 2020 England vs. Germany game
The German Constitutional Court and the European Central Bank: earthquake or tremor?
Knotentanz workshop for members under 35
BGA Carol Service 2019
Written and Unwritten Constitutions: The Pros and Cons
Anniversary Concert celebrating the births of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Perspectives on Germany by Simon Winder at The Travellers Club
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
BGA’s Young Members’ Stammtisch
