13. May 2025 18:00
Helga Stellmacher, British Council Director Germany
In December 2024, the British Council celebrated its 90th anniversary. The world’s oldest cultural relations organisation was founded in 1934, with the first overseas offices opening in 1938. The annual report for 1940-41 described the aim as “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, its core remit of fostering trust, understanding and connections remains unchanged. This talk will explore how the work in English, education and the arts both in Germany, the EU region and globally contributes to mutually beneficial peace and prosperity.
The event will be held in English and will be chaired by Rupert Graf Strachwitz, Vice-Chairman of the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft.
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 including 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 an Advisory Board member of the Centre for British Studies at Humboldt University and leads the secretariat for the UK-Germany Cultural Commission.
Please join the event by using this link: (No prior registration required!) https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88404195400?pwd=iCIZdVTUaDPcbUB8tPuvz3WoT1Vdt9.1
13. May 2025 18:00
Helga Stellmacher, British Council Director Germany
Venue
Via Zoom
In December 2024, the British Council celebrated its 90th anniversary. The world’s oldest cultural relations organisation was founded in 1934, with the first overseas offices opening in 1938. The annual report for 1940-41 described the aim as “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, its core remit of fostering trust, understanding and connections remains unchanged. This talk will explore how the work in English, education and the arts both in Germany, the EU region and globally contributes to mutually beneficial peace and prosperity.
The event will be held in English and will be chaired by Rupert Graf Strachwitz, Vice-Chairman of the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft.
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 including 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 an Advisory Board member of the Centre for British Studies at Humboldt University and leads the secretariat for the UK-Germany Cultural Commission.
Please join the event by using this link: (No prior registration required!) https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88404195400?pwd=iCIZdVTUaDPcbUB8tPuvz3WoT1Vdt9.1