Peace & Prosperity: The Power of Cultural Relations
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Helga Stellmacher - Country Director Germany at the British Council:
"In December 2024, the British Council celebrated its 90th anniversary. Founded in 1934, with the first overseas offices opening in 1938, we are the world’s oldest cultural relations organization. The early 1930s were a time of global instability. Britain’s influence was weakened because of a global financial depression and at the same time, extreme ideologies were gaining ground, with the rise of Communism in Russia, and Fascism in Germany, Italy and Spain. The UK government created the British Council in response. From our annual report for 1940-41, the aim was: ‘to create in a country overseas a basis of friendly knowledge and understanding of the people of this country, of their philosophy and way of life, which will lead to a sympathetic appreciation of British foreign policy, whatever for the moment that policy may be and from whatever political conviction it may spring. 90 years on, with offices in over 100 countries and programmes in over 200, our core remit of fostering trust, understanding and connections remains unchanged. This talk will explore how our work in English, Education and the Arts both in Germany, the EU region and globally contributes to mutually beneficial peace and prosperity."
Dies ist eine Veranstaltung in Kooperation mit der Deutsch-Britischen Gesellschaft Ruhr e. V. Informationen über die Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft finden Sie auf www.dbg-ruhr.de.
Helga Stellmacher has been the British Council Director Germany and lead for North Europe since Autumn 2023.She has had a wide spanning 27 year career with the British Council, holding a number of senior roles within the organization and which has included remits in South America, Europe, Central and South Asia and the Middle East. Before Germany, she was Director Thailand as well as the regional lead for girls’ education in East Asia and the liaison point for cultural relations work in Cambodia, Laos and Brunei. From 2016 to 2020, Helga was Regional Director for grant funded and commercial programmes in Education and English across South Asia and previous to that, was Regional Director Europe for Assessment covering a span of 35 countries. Having trained and worked as a teacher early in her career, she is passionate about the transformational change that education and cultural exchange can bring about at individual, institutional and national levels. She is a Board member of the Centre for British Studies at the Humboldt University and leads the secretariat for the UK-Germany Cultural Commission.
Kursnr. | 251.4G005E |
Beginn | Do., 13.02.2025, 18:30 - 20:00 Uhr |
Dauer | 1 Termin |
Kursort | VHS, Raum E.11 (Kleiner Saal) |
Entgelt | 0,00 € |
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Selma Rochholz +49 201 88 43223 selma.rochholz@vhs.essen.de |
Inhaltliche Beratung | Stephan Rinke +49 201 88 43000 stephan.rinke@vhs.essen.de |

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