Selected Events 2008  

“Das Rätsel Amerika” in Leipzig and Görlitz

Werner Peters (left) and Consul for Public Affairs James W. Seward at Görlitz Public Library

September 22 and 23, 2008. Author Werner Peters’ read from his insightful analysis of what “makes America tic” at the “Bibliotheca Albertina” University Library in Leipzig and the City Library in Görlitz. The readings were followed by lively discussions, in Leipzig with Consul General Katherine Brucker taking part, and in Görlitz with Consul for Public Affairs James W. Seward. The Leipzig event, co-sponsored by the Consulate and the American Chamber of Commerce, drew an audience of around a 100; in Görlitz the Consulate sponsored the reading for an audience of 25 adults, in cooperation with the Fifth “Sächsische Literaturtage” (Saxony Literature Days) reading festival; the reading was one of very few non-fiction readings in this festival, which concentrates on literature.