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.
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
🎥 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
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
🎥 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
Online Young Members Social Event
2021 LSE German Symposium: New Beginnings
Online New Year’s Reception 2021
LSE Online Event – Discussion with Tom Tugendhat, David McAllister and Lord Kinnoull
🎥 BGA’s Christmas Quiz 2020
🎥 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
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
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
