OCTOBER 2
2025-10-02 12:30 - 21:00 UTC
October 2 – Joint event with BAGS and Bristol University German Department, on the eve of German Unification Day. Evening. Venue: Bristol University (details to follow)
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OCTOBER 11
2025-10-11 12:30 - 17:00
Excursion to Hauser and Wirth, Bruton, Somerset to view the Nana sculptures. Arrive around 12.30 (details to follow)
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OCTOBER 15
2025-10-15 19:00 - 21:30
Language change: ‘Is German under threat?’ Dr Anna Havinga, Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics, University of Bristol: German could become a language increasingly used only for social purposes, rather than for culture, economy and science. But is German really under threat? Anna will look at the use of anglicisms and the introduction of gender-inclusive language in German. She will explore their impact on language and society and critically evaluate reactions to both features. Venue: St Peter’s Church Henleaze, Meeting Room. 7.15pm (time tbc)
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OCTOBER 16 - agm
2025-10-16 18:30 - 21:00
BHC AGM, City Hall 6.30 pm. Come along and hear what we have been busy doing this year
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NOVEMBER 12
2025-11-12 19:30 - 21:30
The future of remembrance in united Germany: Illustrated Talk with refreshments. Speaker – Dr Debbie Pinfold; University of Bristol. When Germany reunited in 1990 East and West Germany had very distinct memory cultures of the National Socialism and World War II. The years following unification were marked by efforts to create a unified culture of remembrance which would also support a sense of cohesive national identity. Yet as these events pass from lived memory and the past becomes contested again, Germany’s culture of remembrance is at a transitional moment. Venue: St Peter’s Church Henleaze, Meeting Room. 7.45pm
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March 7: Werner Bischoff exhibition (Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, NT)
2026-03-07 08:00 - 17:00

April 18: Ken Stradling Collection visit
2026-04-18 08:00 - 17:00

MAY 13-18 BHC EXCHANGE VISIT TO HANNOVER
2026-05-13 08:00 - 2026-05-18 17:00

JUNE 9: DARTS EVENING
2026-06-09 08:00 - 17:00

JUNE 16: Film night "Westen" at Stoke Lodge
2026-06-16 19:00 - 21:30
** This year’s season of films gets underway with this 2013 drama from Hannover-based director Christian Schochow, starring Joerdis Triebel. East German Nelly Senff and her young son Alexej emigrate to West Germany in the late 1970s, three years after Nelly’s boyfriend Wassilij was killed in a car accident. In the west, she wants to start a new life, but at first she and Alexej land at a refugee transit camp in West Berlin. There, Allied intelligence agencies interrogate Nelly and demand information about her dead boyfriend, who is suspected to have been a spy. In German with English subtitles. For those of you who enjoyed our season of films from Christian Petzold last year, you might also want to try his 2023 film ‘Afire,’ currently available on BBC iPlayer.
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JUNE 18: Online Talk 'The Steelyard: a German Hanseatic League trading post in Renaissance London - Sabine Purshouse
2026-06-18 19:30 - 21:30
** The Hanseatic League, considered an ancient forerunner of the European Union, ruled the waves in the Renaissance. Based along the German-speaking Baltic and North Sea coasts, it had an important outpost in London, now almost forgotten. Located on the Thames near modern-day Cannon Street station, the Steelyard was a walled community that served as the League’s base in England from the 13th to the 16th century, handling vast amounts of wool and cloth exports and imports like beeswax and furs. This trading post was greatly valued by ruling monarchs of Britain at the time. Sabine Purshouse studied at the universities of Hannover, Glasgow and Bristol. Fee: £8.00
https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/the-steelyard-a-german-hanseatic-league-trading-post-in-renaissance-london
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