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What's in store for Angela Merkel's fourth term?
Society, Politics & Law

What's in store for Angela Merkel's fourth term?

...German Presidential election. But challenges from the edges of politics suggests this isn't going to be an easy few years for her. Patricia Hogwood explains why. ...[Angela Merkel] Angela Merkel Angela Merkel will continue as chancellor of Germany. But following an election that saw the rise of smaller parties – most notably the far right – her fourth term will...
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A reader's guide to Midnight's Children
History & The Arts

A reader's guide to Midnight's Children

...German critic called Franz Roh, in the 1920s. He was describing art which was realist but which, at the same time, had a strange, supernatural quality, and the term was applied to the work of a school of artists. Later, in Latin America, ‘magic realism’ became associated with a literary style. Subsequent exponents of the genre have included Peter Carey, Angela Carter,...
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Analysing European Romanticism
History & The Arts

Analysing European Romanticism

...course A207 From Enlightenment to Romanticism c.1780-1830... Analysing European Romanticism A short introduction to this album. Breaking the Enlightenment mould German Romanticism began as a philosophical departure from Enlightenment thinking, centralising human experience and transcendence from the purely rational. This succinct discussion contextualises that shift....
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Energy policy and climate change
Science, Maths & Technology

Energy policy and climate change

...course T206 Energy for a sustainable future... Energy policy and climate change A brief introduction to this album The Copenhagen Conference Godfrey Boyle of The Open University on the key questions for the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen Sustainable energy in Europe Why sustainable energy is such an important issue all around Europe Tough choices for the...
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The July Crisis: A chronology
History & The Arts

The July Crisis: A chronology

...German support for Austrian action against Serbia. Kaiser Wilhelm II and Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg encourage Austrian action and Germany issues ‘blank cheque’, promising unconditional support to their ally. 7 July Austro-Hungarian Ministerial Council convenes and decides on (deliberately unacceptable) ultimatum to Serbia to initiate military action or...
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Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders
Languages

Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders

...German is turned to advantage by Sara de Jong in trying to understand how participants identify as ‘insiders’ or ‘outsiders’...[The word 'Outsiders' spray-painted on a wall] My research participants and I definitely had one thing in common: we managed to turn our disadvantage into an advantage. My imperfect German and newcomer status in Austria became an effective...
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May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages
Languages

May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages

...German and Chinese dictionaries] R2-D2 or D2-R2? Unless you are C3-PO, fluent in over 6 million forms of communication, you may not understand every Star Wars language. We’re not talking about the languages spoken in the saga such as Shyriiwook, Huttese, Bocce or even Binary (beep beep doop!), but the languages that the Star Wars films have been translated to. Take the...
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Happy New Year
Miscellaneous

Happy New Year

...courses below and, to discover more about how we can help you, watch our short animation on to make the most of OpenLearn (and discover how it helps OU students in different ways too) Succeed in the workplace Is this the year you put your career first? Check out our Badged Open Course, and if you fancy a STEM career, feast your eyes on our collection. You can also check...
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