Programs and Events

December 28 - 29, 2003
Ambassador Daniels R. Coats and his wife visit Dresden, Saxony, and Seiffen in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge).

December 18, 2003
Consul General Fletcher M. Burton hands over 31 Dresdner Christmas Cakes (Christstollen) to the 181st battalion. A Leipzig business man donated the Christstollen as a sign of solidarity with U. S. troops in Iraq.

December 13, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky attends a concert of Gospel music performed by combined high-school music classes. The organizers are a small semi-professional group of University of Leipzig graduates.

December 11, 2003
Consul General Fletcher M. Burton and Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky join the lecture "A New Culture of Communication: Constructing Transatlantic Relations for the 21st Century" of Professor Crister Garrett. Garrett delivers his first lecture as holder of the newly established Fulbright Leipzig University Distinguished Chair for American Studies - the only such chair in Germany aside from Frankfurt.

December 11, 2003
American cult author Darius James introduces his unusual Christmas story 'Froggie Chocolates' Christmas Eve' to a mainly young audience in Leipzig at the Telegraph club.

December 11, 2003
Leipzig Consul General Fletcher Burton and Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky welcome the U.S. Air Force band to Leipzig and greet them after their concert in the Gewandhaus. The band members visit the Mendelssohn museum to view an autograph of four pages of music by Mendelssohn that was purchased in part with proceeds from the concert.

December 9, 2003
Twelve high-ranking police officers from Eastern Saxony visit the Consulate General, to learn more about the profile and work of Mission Germany. Discussions with Consul General Fletcher Burton and Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleonore Fox center on the war in Iraq as well as German and American perspectives on EU enlargement.

December 8 - 9, 2003
Alvin "Youngblood" Hart -- Memphis based singer-guitarist, and 2003 Grammy nominee - lectures and performs in Dessau (December 8) and Eisenach (December 9). Mr. Hart meets in Dessau with students at the "Philanthropinum", a highschool founded in the 18th century, and discusses with them roots and trends in blues, his personal background and music.

December 4 - 5, 2003
Leipzig's Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky and the Consulate's two U.S. interns visit Johanngeorgenstadt on the southern border of Saxony. They spend a morning at the school for mentally challenged students who come from all parts of Germany. Dr. Bonkowsky also meets with the regional director of special schools, the mayor and the Landrat. The interns give presentations to three additional school groups.

December 4, 2003
Consulate General Leipzig staff members represent the consulate at the opening of the exhibit "Impressions from Fort Wayne" in Gera. Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Gera are sister cities and are maintaining a lively exchange.

November 27, 2003
Professor Andrew Pierre, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, explains transatlantic relations and U.S. policy on Iraq to 150 political science students at Jena University and engages a round of six journalists on the same topics during a breakfast session.

November 25, 2003
Leipzig' s Consul General Fletcher Burton lectures to 150 11th grade students of two Torgau high schools about U.S. politics and society. Consul Burton also meets the Lord Mayor of Torgau.

November 20, 2003
John Cloud, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy Berlin, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new AMD chip factory in Dresden. John Cloud also visits Opel Eisenach (GM), Thuringia, and meets with local political representatives.

November 14, 2003
Sister Act, an all-girls student drama group from Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium, stages "Harriet Tubman - Conductor on the Underground Railroad". After numerous successful performances of the play on African-American heroine Harriet Tubman during the past few months, "Sister Act" took the project to the next level and visited schools in the Washington and New York area, October 29 - November 14, 2003.

November 13, 2003
A group of students and their Professor Hartmut Keil from the American Studies Institute of Leipzig University give a presentation of their academic excursion to Houston (9/22-10/6, 2003). Since the study tour on civil society and civic engagement coincided with the 10th anniversary of the Leipzig-Houston sister city relationship, the Leipzig-Houston sister city organization acts as host.

November 12, 2003
Information Resource Center assistant Geertje Huendorf talks about "Intercultural Differences - U.S. and Germany" at the local adult education center in Hohenstein-Ernsttal.

November 10, 2003
George Bartenieff, American actor and producer, performs part II of the Off-Broadway play "I Will Bear Witness: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer" at the Technical University Dresden.

November 5, 2003
Teri A. Simmons, an Atlanta based lawyer, is the featured guest speaker for the 3rd American Studies Alumni Association guest lecture at Leipzig University and speaks about recent developments in U.S. immigration law.

November 4, 2003
Prof. Michael Fazio, University of Mississippi, architect and a leading American expert in the field of preservation of historic buildings in the South, meets with colleagues of the Saxon Chamber of Architects in Dresden for consultations. In his evening lecture at the Technical University Dresden, he introduces architects and students to preservation efforts and city development in the U.S.

October 31, 2003
Ambassador Daniel R. Coats and Mrs. Coats, joined by Leipzig Consul General Fletcher M. Burton, celebrate Reformation Day in Wittenberg. Ambassador Coats and his wife Marsha take part in a worship service, visit the newly renovated Luther House, and enjoy a medieval fair. Because of the recent release of the German-American film "Luther," interest in Wittenberg is particularly high this year.

October 29, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky joins Consul General Fletcher M. Burton in attending the preview showing of the German-language version of the movie "Luther" in Halle. The film was co-financed by the three states of the Leipzig consular district.

October 24, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky attends the opening of Czech Culture Week in Dresden.

October 23, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth joins in welcoming the official recognition of the school of international relations at the Technical University of Dresden. This is the first such department in Germany - the first graduates of the program which has been built up over the past several years, have been successful in finding interesting positions in business and academia.

October 23, 2003
Professor Dr. Robert F. Rich from the University of Chicago, meets with eight representatives from the Saxony Ministry for Health and Social Affairs to discuss the latest trends and problems in national health care.

October 22 - 24, 2003
Dr. Cathleen Fisher, Associate Director of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, discusses foreign policy rifts between the U.S. and its European partners. In lectures, small discussion groups and media backgounders (October 22: Jena; October 23: Chemnitz; October 24: Leipzig), Dr. Fisher talks to students, Bundeswehr and public from Saxony and Thuringia.

October 22, 2003
The Leipzig - Houston Sister City Association organizes an evening to present the work and art of Eiko Grimberg, a graduate of photography at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig. Grimberg's works reflect his interest in American culture in Germany and German culture in the U.S. Grimberg presents a slide show with photographs of former German communities in the Hill Country in Texas, which he visited in spring 2003.

October 22, 2003
Dr. Michael P. Olson, Librarian for Germanic Collections, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, lectures on "German and American Libraries Today and Tomorrow: Fundraising at American and German Libraries" at public library Leipzig.

October 21, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, and the director of the consulate's Information Resource Center lecture at Magdeburg's public library for 15 English teachers. The program includes a lecture on cultural differences 'Freedom Fries and Friedensbewegung (peace movement)' and a presentation on gateways to USA information on the Internet.

October 15 - 16, 2003
Ambassador Daniel R. Coats and Mrs. Coats visit Thuringia. They meet Minister President Dieter Althaus in Erfurt and the Lord Mayor of Weimar Dr. Volkhardt Germer, and have several media interviews. Mrs. Coats talks to highschool students at Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, Erfurt, and Schiller-Gymnasium in Weimar. Ambassador Coats and his wife do a bible reading with Pastor Eggert at Weimar's public library.

October 14 - 19, 2003
The 46th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary Film takes place in Leipzig. Several American films among the 361 international contributions from 47 countries open another window into the world for eastern German and international audiences.

October 8 - 11, 2003
The US Consulate General Leipzig supports Leipzig Jazz Club which hosts its 27th international festival "Leipziger Jazztage". It is the most important forum for contemporary jazz and world music in the five new German states. The concerts take place in smaller clubs, as well as in Leipzig's Opera House, and feature newcomers as well as U.S. legends Ron Carter and Jimmy Smith.

October 7 - 8, 2003
U.S. political analyst Andrew Denison explains to students and staff of the Saxon Police Academy (October 7) in Rothenburg and the Bundeswehr Military Academy Dresden (October 8) recent developments in transatlantic security policy.

October 3 - 5, 2003
Lord Mayor Bill Purcell from Magdeburg's sister city Nashville, TN, visits Magdeburg. Purcell attends the German Unity festivities for the entire weekend together with Leipzig Consul General Fletcher Burton (a Nashville native) and Lord Mayor Lutz Trümper. During his visit the city installs official partnership plates at Magdeburg's entrance roads.

October 2, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton speaks as the guest of honor at the 6th American Night organized by the Gera - Fort Wayne Sister City Organization. The event has become an annual tradition.

September 30, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton talks about Leipzig Consulate General's cultural and economic activities in the new Länder on the Leipzig market square. The interview takes place in the framework of 'world music day' celebrated as part of Leipzig's cultural week.

September 29, 2003
The Joel Meyerowitz photo exhibit on 9/11 currently on display in Weimar provides the backdrop for a panel discussion dealing with the consequences of the attack on the WTC two years ago. The discussion features Leipzig Consul General Fletcher Burton, Thuringian Minister President Dieter Althaus, State Bishop Christoph Kähler and political scientist Manuel Fröhlich.

September 29, 2003
Peter Givler, executive director of the American Association of University Presses, lectures on "Copyright: It's for the Public Good" at the University Library Leipzig.

September 23, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton joins a seminar by VER.DI on the topic "Anti-Amerikanismus - Kampfbegriff oder Vorurteil?" at VER.Di Bildungsstätte Saalfeld.

September 22 - 25, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton and Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky address the conference on "Organized Crime - A Transatlantic Challenge" for representatives of law-enforcement agencies from Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Brandenburg in Bautzen-Schmochtitz. This law enforcement conference is organized in cooperation with Landes-Polizeischule Sachsen and Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation.Sally Stoecker from Transnational Crime and Corruption Center and Anton Smith, U.S. Embassy Berlin, explain the global threat of human trafficking and money laundering, while German experts explore organized crime on a state, federal and global level.

September 22, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox discusses the aftermath of the Iraq War with a group of 9th graders from Sankt-Benno-Gymnasium in Dresden. The staffers of the consulate's Information Resource Center (IRC) introduce the students to IRC resources.

September 22, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton lectures on "EU-Osterweiterung" at the Marriott Hotel Leipzig.

September 21, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton joins a reception at the Dresden Heritage e.V.

September 18, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky hosts three high school students from the Leipzig consular district, their parents and geography teachers to acknowledge their excellent showing in the 'National Geographic World Championship' in Tampa, FL, in July. At the German finals in Bremen the three students had beaten out all other German participants (one from each state) to be upstaged only by the U.S. in a tight world championship contest involving 19 countries.

September 17, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox participates in a wreath-laying in honor of the 273rd birthday of Baron von Steuben and delivers a greeting. The ceremony, organized by the Dialogue Center in Magdeburg, will also be attended by Dr. Uwe Küster, Member of Parliament and Chairman of the German-American Dialogue Center in Magdeburg, Lord Mayor of Magdeburg, Dr. Lutz Trümper, and Eberhard Pohl, President of the Saxony-Anhalt regional branch of the Steuben-Schurz Society.

September 15, 2003
In Görlitz, Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky and Information Resource Officer Holly Murten, U.S. Embassy Berlin, meet representatives of cross-border initiatives and discuss Germany-Polish projects, such as Polish-German kindergarten, cooperation between the Görlitz daily newspaper and its counterpart in Wroclaw. Dr. Bonkowsky also meets with the Rector of the Zittau-Görlitz technical college, the new tri-country, three-languages-plus-English "Neisse University," which conducts classes in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany.

September 15, 2003
The Europa Library Görlitz, whose basic collection stems from a U.S. military collection donated in 1996, stages its annual 'America Day.' Leipzig's Information Resource Center staffs give presentations on cross-cultural differences and gateways to USA information on the web to students and their teachers.

September 14, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky attends the traditional outdoor fall concert of the Bergsteiger (mountain-climbers') men's choir in the area south of Dresden known as "Saxon Switzerland." The concert takes place in front of a backdrop of dramatic rock formations. 80 members of the choir will travel to the U.S. next month for performances at the Columbus, Ohio Oktoberfest and fall festival in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

September 13, 2003
Science Officer Carl Siebentritt and Economic Officer Anton Smith, both from the U.S. Embassy Berlin, give a lecture on “Terrorism as a Threat to Modern Societies” at the Weimar Intercity Hotel. The lecture is initiated in conjunction with the exhibition of Joel Meyerowitz’ photographs titled “After September 11: Images from Ground Zero”. The event is a joint program of Weimar's U.S. Veterans Friends Germany and the U.S. Consulate General Leipzig.

September 12, 2003
Mrs. Coats and Ambassador Daniel R. Coats attend the first annual Dresden International School Golf Tournament, which is held under the patronage of Mrs. Coats. The event aims at generating money for the school's scholarship fund and increasing support for international schools in the district. Following the tournament Saxony Minister President Milbradt joins the Coats for a dinner party, which also will be attended by Leipzig Consul General Fletcher Burton.

September 11, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton opens the exhibit of Joel Meyerowitz photos "After September 11: Images from Ground Zero" in the Weimar Intercity Hotel.

September 11, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky attends the opening of a photo exhibit of everyday life in New York City entitled "Unknown Friend". The photos were taken in the summer of 2001; the subjects were revisited after the September 11 attack on the WTC.

September 9, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky and the director of the Information Resource Center of Leipzig's consulate officially hand over the new collection of books and CDs about the USA to Freital municipal library. Freital library received a flood grant in September 2002 from the US Embassy in Berlin.

September 3, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky attends the tribute to American studies professor Kurt Müller and the opening of the American studies conference "Ethics and Morality as Problems of Literature and Literary Studies" which brings together leading American studies scholars from around Germany.

August 29, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky represents the Consulate on the occasion of a sister city meeting of Sandy city, Utah, and Riesa, Saxony. This sister city relationship is one of the newest in the consulate's district and aims at youth exchange, cultural activities and economic contacts.

August 21, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky represents the Consulate at ceremonies honoring the military reservists of the Halle area, Saxony-Anhalt.

August 19, 2003
Commercial Assistant Bettina Kutsche, U.S. Commercial Service Leipzig, presents a lecture on Commercial Service programs and services and the latest economic developments in the U.S. The event takes place at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Halle-Dessau.

July 23, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton hosts a group of German teachers from Russia and the U.S. at the consulate. The 20 teachers will be in Leipzig for four weeks to intensify their knowledge of the German language, culture and history. The summer school - which has been in place for four years - is a project of interDaf at the Herder-Institute at Leipzig University.

July 21, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton and Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox host a group of American and international students of the New York Juilliard School of Music at the consulate. The students are participants in the third International Summer Music Academy Leipzig, a joint project of the Leipzig conservatory and the Juilliard School of Music inNew York.

July 15, 2003
Consul General Fletcher M. Burton hosts the opening of the first summer school of the University of Arizona at Leipzig University with a reception at the consulate. The summer school is a joint project between the Herder Institute at Leipzig University and the Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona.

July 14, 2003
Consul General Fletcher M. Burton participates in a gathering organized by the Leipzig -Houston Sister City Association. Exactly 10 years ago Leipzig and Houston signed the official documents at the Sister Cities International (SCI) annual conference in Houston in 1993.

July 9, 2003
Andy Wylegala, U.S.Commercial Service Berlin, lectures as part of a course on U.S. cultural studies to forty students of the University of Freiberg about U.S.-German trade relations, commercial services, and U.S. investments in Europe.

July 7, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox participates in a meeting at the Wolfen-Stadt High School, which has a new school partnership with D.W. Daniel High School in Central (SC).

July 3, 2003
Raphael Perl, Congressional Research Service, terrorism expert, lectures on 'Redefining National Security' at the University of Jena.


July 2, 2003
American Consulate General Leipzig celebrates the 227th U.S. Independence Day in Jena, Thuringia.

July 1, 2003
Professor Christopher Johnson, New School University New York, speaks on the political roots and implications of Jazz and Hip Hop at the University of Leipzig.

July 1, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton, visits the Albrecht-Dürer-Schule in Chemnitz, Saxony. He discusses future developments in Iraq and German-American relations with high school students.

June 30, 2003
Richard J. Schmierer, Country Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Berlin, participates in a panel discussion on the status of the Leipzig-Houston sister city partnership and German-American relations. The discussion is part of a series of events celebrating the 10th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Leipzig and Houston.

June 28, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton, joins the third Information Fair and 'Nashville-Day' in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. Burton delivers welcoming remarks at the student information fair, organized by the German American Dialogue Center Magdeburg.

June 26, 2003
Arnold Krammer, Professor of History at Texas A & M University, discusses the reception of the Spanish Civil War in the U.S. and Europe at the University of Leipzig.

June 26, 2003
Dr. Kerry M. Kartchner, Advisor to the U.S. Bureau on Arms Control, lectures at the Technical University Dresden on "The New Strategic Framework: American Perspectives on Security and Foreign Policy."

June 17, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, represents the Consulate at the official opening of an exhibit of photos and film, commemorating the June 17 workers' uprising. Dr. Bonkowsky also attends the renaming of a street near the Consulate to "Straße des 17. Juni", and the unveiling of a model for a plaque and bronze tank tracks where the uprising was broken up 50 years ago.

June 11, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, opens a display of photos of New York City at the Dresden World Trade Center. The photographers were recipients of the Pall Mall foundation's grants to work in New York, awarded to some twenty young people from eastern Germany each year. Professionals chose 180 photos out of the snapshots submitted by the trainees for the display.


June 2- 6, 2003
Pulitzer Prize Winner Michael Kammen, Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University, lectures to students at five universities in Saxony, Thuringia, and Saxony-Anhalt. The lectures in Leipzig and Dresden are on the social and political aspects of the transformation from popular culture to mass culture in 20th century America. In Jena, Magdeburg and Weimar, Kammen compares trends in European and American fine arts.

May 28, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, lectures on American church history, with an emphasis on "civil religion" at Freiberg University.

May 27 - 28, 2003
In the framework of a lectures series by American Fulbright professors in Europe - Professor William New, Beloit College History and Education, speaks on higher education in the U.S., including discussions of desegregation and affirmative action.

May 27, 2003
Consul General Fletcher Burton, addresses students from Erfurt University and Erfurt's University of Applied Sciences. His lecture, part of a series on America as an "unknown friend," deals with political and cultural differences between the U.S. and Germany.

May 26, 2003
Arnold Krammer, Jena-based Fulbright professor, lectures on "America in the 1960s" at Dessau's Philanthropinum High School, which hosts the 2003 Language Olympiad of the State of Saxony-Anhalt.

May 23, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, introduces the consulate's work and services to German and American law students and professors involved in a joint-venture seminar at Leipzig University.

May 21 - 22, 2003
Consulate Leipzig's cultural affairs assistant speaks to students at educational advising events in Magdeburg, Otto-von-Guericke University, and Chemnitz University on higher education in the U.S. and funding opportunities for German students.

May 20, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, participates in a podium discussion in Dresden sponsored by Heinrich-Böll Foundation on the theme: "Die Stärke des Rechts ist größer als das Recht des Stärkeren: eine Illusion?"

May 19, 2003
John Lister, deputy political minister-counselor at Embassy Berlin, speaks at a podium in Leipzig organized by the Young Socialists and the Arab Student League on Democratization in the Middle East.

May 14, 2003
Consulate General Leipzig's cultural affairs assistant talks about the Fulbright Exchange Program, the U.S. system of higher education, grant programs and testing procedures at Dresden University.

May 13 - 14, 2003
In the framework of a lectures series of American Fulbright professors in Europe, Prof. David Sicilia, Professor of History at the University of Maryland, explains to students in Leipzig and Chemnitz the "Industries We Love to Hate: Social Movements, Regulations and Law in Chemicals, Tobacco and Nuclear Power".

May 14, 2003
Nelson George, New York based HipHop music critic, journalist and filmmaker, gives a lecture and film presentation in Leipzig on the roots, developments, and trends in HipHop.

May 12 - 13, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, visits Görlitz and lectures on "Mass Media in the USA" at the Europa Library and on "US-British Relations" at the Euro-School Goerlitz. She meets the children at the German-Polish kindergarden "Zwergenhaus."

May 12, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, visits a children's home in Bärenfels, meets with students and teachers and accepts their thanks for donations from U.S. citizens to help with the rebuilding of the home and its surroundings after severe flooding in August 2002.

May 5 -7, 2003
In the framework of a lectures series of American Fulbright professors in Europe, Prof. Richard Scher, Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, speaks about "Voting Rights and Election Reforms in the U.S." in Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.

May 7, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, lectures at Technical University Freiberg on "US Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Partnership."

May 7, 2003
Consulate General Leipzig's cultural affairs assistant addresses educational opportunities for German students in the U.S. at the University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau, Saxony.

May 6, 2003
All-day media workshop at the Consulate General Leipzig for journalism trainees from MDR, the public broadcaster for Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The workshop includes an overview of the Consulate's responsibilities and information resources as well as a presentation on relevant U.S. web sites, U.S. journalism programs and a DVC on war reporting.

April 22 - 30, 2003
In the framework of a lectures series of American Fulbrighters in Europe, Major James Hentz, Assistance Professor for Political Science at the Virginia Military Institute, speaks about U.S. foreign policy in Africa in Leipzig and Jena on April 22/23. On April 29 and 30, Professor Isabel Medina, Loyola University New Orleans, explains to students in Leipzig and Chemnitz the "American Constitutional Norms on Citizenship Examined through the Lens of Globalization".

April 14 - 16, 2003
Award winning historian Michael Perman, University of Illinois at Chicago and Utrecht University, opens a lecture series on U.S. history, policy and culture, which brings American Fulbrighters from European universities to Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Students and staff at Technical University Dresden (April 14), Leipzig University (April 15) and Technical University Chemnitz (April 16) discuss with Professor Perman the "Suffrage Restriction and Expansion in the U.S. and Western Europe."

April 7-9, 2003
Professor Edwina Campbell lectures on military power, strategic partnership and the future of transatlantic relations to Bundeswehr officers in Delitzsch (April 7), with Thuringia and Saxony state parliamentarians in Erfurt and Leipzig (April 8), and at the Bundeswehr Defense Command in Halle (April 9)

April 4, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, and Political and Economic Specialist Dr. Andreas Fürst, attend in Wittenberg the first transatlantic dialogue session organized by the Protestant Academies in Germany. The project initiates a continuous dialogue forum for multipliers of various religions, religious communities, academic groups, sciences, political groups and media from both sides of the Atlantic.

March 27, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, speaks on US foreign policy on the occasion of the in-service training for teachers of the Zwickau (Saxony) school district. The program, co-organized by the consulate and Saxon school authorities, takes place in Rodewisch

March 25, 2003
Consul General Fletcher M. Burton, and Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, join a commemoration of Roma and Sinti in Leipzig and the dedication of a sculpture located at the Leipzig Opera garden

March 23, 2003
As part of the Leipzig book fair, the Consulate General hosts a reading with American novelist David Grand, whose novel "The Disappearing Body" was recently published in German. The program is set up in cooperation with the Cologne-based Tropen Publishing House and Leipzig's authors' society "Edit"

March 22, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, presents a lecture on "Religion in the U.S." at a meeting of the Evangelisches Jugendpfarramt Leipzig. They are organizing a trip for young people to Minneapolis in August

March 18, 2003
Consulate General organizes a one-day workshop on new trends in educational advising for international relation officers from institutions of higher education in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Brandenburg, and Berlin. Academic exchange specialist Josephine Griffin, Regional Educational Advising Coordinator for Europe, and Edward Kelly, Educational Testing Service (ETS), speak about testing procedures and bilateral exchanges

March 17, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, gives remarks at a reception in the Dresden state chancellery honoring 16 students from Texas Tech University. The American students, who raised their own travel funds, are helping with flood clean up in the small town of Bad Schandau, which was badly damaged by the August 2002 flooding of the Elbe River

March 12, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, hands over a book grant to the Humboldt High School in presence of a teacher/student delegation from St. Pauls High School in Concord (NH), currently visiting Leipzig on an exchange program

March 6-8, 2003
In-service training for English teachers from Thuringia in the city of Eisenach. The conference is organized by the U.S. Consulate General Leipzig in cooperation with the Thuringian Political Education Center and focuses on transatlantic relations, Afro-American issues, the U.S. education system, and the history of jazz

March 4, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, attends the selection procedure of the Saxony-Anhalt scholarship recipients, who will be supported by Magdeburg's German-American Dialogue Center and the U.S. Consulate General Leipzig. The winners will attend a year of high school in the United States

February 28 - March 1 2003
Consulate General Leipzig and Political Science Institute of the University of Jena organize a conference on the Middle East. U.S. experts Robert Lieber, Scott Lasensky, Zeyno Baran, Gary Geipel and Ambassador Teresita Schaffer, provide the American perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the Iraq crisis, conflicts in the Caucasus, Southern and Central Asia, and rifts in transatlantic relations

February 28, 2003
Consul General Fletcher M. Burton, pays an introductory visit to the Bauhaus in Dessau.
In the evening, U.S. Embassy Berlin and U.S. Consulate General Leipzig American officers attend the opening of the Kurt Weill festival in Dessau

February 27, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, and staff members of the consulate visit a kindergarten in Bad Lausick. Since April 2002 the kindergarten has offered English language instruction to children age 3 to 6 as a pilot project

February 26, 2003
Consul General Fletcher M. Burton, attends the introduction of the German/English Internet site (www.magdeburg-nashville.com) representing Magdeburg and its future sister city Nashville (TN)

February 25, 2003
American author Holly-Jane Rahlens reads from her recent novel at the Philanthropinum high-school in Dessau. The Philanthropinum gymnasium celebrates the official reopening with a English language program for high school students. Consul for Public Affairs, Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, presents a book donation for the Philanthropinum school library

February 24, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, visits Staatliches Gymnasium Worbis (Thuringia) and Herder Gymnasium Nordhausen (Thuringia) and discusses current issues of American-German relations

February 12 - 13, 2003
Ambassador Daniel R. Coats and his wife Marsha visit Chemnitz and Dresden

February 9 - 12, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, U.S. experts Frederick Bonkowsky and Andrew Denison address 25 civic education and history teachers from Saxony-Anhalt at Wendegräben castle on the occasion of a seminar on American society and culture

February 4, 2003
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky, visits Herrnhut, meets the Mayor of Herrnhut, and addresses Herrnhut high school political club

February 3, 2003
Consul General Fletcher M. Burton, welcomes the U.S. National Indoor Hockey Team, participating in the first hockey indoor World Cup

February 3, 2003
Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, lectures at the Weimar adult education center (Volkshochschule)

January 29, 2003
Charles Lane, senior legal correspondent at the 'Washington Post', lectures on "Is It Necessary to Curb Freedoms in the Fight Against Terrorism?" at the University of Leipzig

January 29, 2003
Dr. Andrew Denison, lectures and discusses "Uneingeschränkte Solidarität ohne Abenteuer? Zum Stand der deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen" at the Technical University of Chemnitz

January 28, 2003
Dr. Andrew Denison, lectures at the University of Leipzig on "Der Krieg gegen den Terrorismus aus Sicht der USA"

January 21, 2003
Consul for Political Affairs Eleanore Fox, gives a presentation on the work of the U.S. Consulate General Leipzig to fifty students from Leipzig Kolleg, a school for adult education