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Academy Award Winning Director Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck Explores Cultural Creativity With Former Head Of MI6
10 Oct 2008
Cambridge, UK 10 October 2008 – Judge Business School, the Department of German and Dutch and Pembroke College at The University of Cambridge, are delighted to announce that Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck, the German Academy Award winning director of "The Lives of Others" will be making the inaugural annual Xchanging German Lecture at the School on Friday 10 October 2008, commencing at 1730hrs.
Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck will comment upon the influence of the real events that lie behind his debut film which addresses some of the totalitarian excesses of the former East German state. In particular the effect that the Stasi, the secret police, had in east Berlin on creativity and culture.
Sir Richard Dearlove, former Head of MI6 and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, will then respond, giving his insights into the issues and challenges that were encountered at that time.
The annual Xchanging German Lecture series, hosted at the School, is a new initiative jointly organized between Judge Business School, Cambridge University’s Department of German and Dutch and Pembroke College. Commenting, Professor Arnoud De Meyer, Director, Judge Business School, said: "This lecture series is a clear example of the strength of the collaborative ethos which lies behind an increasing number of forward-thinking initiatives emerging from collegiate Cambridge."
Sponsored by Xchanging, the global business processing company, the open lectures will run over the next five years and will consider the intersection between cultural themes and business.
David Andrews, CEO and founder of Xchanging, and a William Pitt Fellow of Pembroke College said: "It is not sufficient to simply talk about creativity. What is really impactful is to learn firsthand from the people who are at the forefront of their industries and those who have directly engaged with culture. This new series of lectures is a unique opportunity to interact with some of Germany’s most notable cultural icons."
Proposed potential future speakers may include the footballers Jürgen Klinsmann or Franz Beckenbauer, politician Gerhard Schröder, artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Gerhard Richter, philosopher Jürgen Haberman and best-selling author and lawyer Bernhard Schlink.
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About Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Judge Business School is internationally recognised as one of the leading providers of innovative, intellectually challenging and practical business management education across a portfolio of undergraduate, graduate and executive programmes. As a fully integrated department of a world renowned university, Judge Business School hosts one of the largest concentrations of interdisciplinary business and management research activity in Europe. Built on an ethos of collaboration, the School is a unique place where policy makers, regulators, industry leaders, not for profit organisations, entrepreneurs and academics can meet, interact and share ideas. Judge Business School delivers business education for the 21st networked economy, fostering collaborative leadership skills, developing communities of partners to meet the challenges of the new global business landscape. Ranked 10th in the 2008 FT Global Rankings of business schools, 7th in the 2008 Economist Intelligence Unit Global MBA Rankings, and 3rd in the 2007 Forbes Global Rankings for one year MBA programmes, the Cambridge MBA sits alongside the very best in the world.
Xchanging
Xchanging is a fast growing international, pure play business processing company with blue-chip customers. Xchanging provides complex industry specific processing to the banking and insurance industries and procurement, finance and accounting, and human resources services to customers across industries.
Department of German and Dutch
The Department of German and Dutch at Cambridge promotes international excellence in research over the widest range of language, literature, thought, history and culture from the Middle Ages to the present day. It maintains a commitment to the production of long-term individual scholarship of the highest quality at all levels, embracing new initiatives, approaches and methodologies. Its world-class research environment is evident in the quality and achievements of its staff and research students, and the breadth and interdisciplinary character of the research. In addition to the University, Colleges, and Modern and Medieval Languages Faculty libraries, the Department has its own research collection, the Beit Library. The highest possible result in successive national research assessment exercises has always been achieved, as well as an outstanding rating in the Teaching Quality Assessment for graduate and undergraduate teaching, and the Department never fails to attain top rankings in national and international surveys and polls.
http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/german
Pembroke College
Pembroke College, founded in 1347 by Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke, is the third oldest of the Cambridge colleges and the first to have its own Chapel. Despite being located in the middle of the city, Pembroke presents a tranquil environment with varied architectural styles framing open courts and beautiful gardens. Pembroke is medium-sized by Cambridge standards, with approximately 70 Fellows, 430 undergraduates and about 190 graduate students. The College is an intimate yet diverse community, committed to welcoming students of exceptional talent regardless of their social, cultural or educational background. We pride ourselves on our strong tutorial system, offering support in whatever way we can - academic, practical and financial - to our students as they pursue their chosen academic path and develop their intellectual potential to the full. But it is not all about work at Pembroke, and students enjoy extracurricular pursuits such as music, drama and sport as well as actively engaging in numerous charitable activities.
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