Forewords Ruairí Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills Busso von Alvensleben, German Ambassador to Ireland (2009–2011) Introduction Joachim Fischer and Rolf Stehle Cultural Policy in the European Union, German-Irish Relations and the Goethe-Institut Irland’s First Fifty Years: An Introduction I. Europe in Literature Paul Michael Lützeler US Authors on the “Old World”: Competition between the American and the European Dream II. Cultural Policy in the European Union, Ireland and Germany Doris Pack EU Cultural Policy in the Context of European Integration and Globalization Katherine Watson Cultural Policy and Practice in the EU and the EU Neighbourhood: Experiences of the European Cultural Foundation Horia-Roman Patapievici The Role of National Institutes for Culture in the EUNIC Framework: Some Personal Reflections Andreas Johannes Wiesand Cultural Institutions and Artistic Work in a Changing Economic Environment Michael Cronin Culture, Economy and Democracy Mary Cloake Challenges and Opportunities for Cultural Policy in Times of Economic Crisis: An Irish Perspective Max Fuchs German External Cultural Policy in a European Context: Key Issues and Trends Fifty Years Goethe-Institut Irland in Photographs III. Irish-German Cultural Connections Joachim Fischer The Goethe-Institut in Dublin and its Impact on Irish Culture, 1961–2011: An Outline History Rolf Stehle Aims and Strategies of the Goethe-Institut in Ireland and North-Western Europe Today: An Institutional Perspective Gisela Holfter After the Irisches Tagebuch: Changes and Continuities in the German Image of Ireland, 1961–2011 Claire O’Reilly German-Irish Economic Ties and their Interdependence with the Cultural Sphere in Ireland Maeve Conrick Language Policy and Multilingualism in Ireland: Perspectives and Strategies Arnd Witte Gardening in a Gale: German Language Teaching in the Republic of Ireland since 1961 IV. Positionen zur Zukunft der Germanistik in Irland Una Carthy Anmerkungen zur Zukunft der deutschen Sprache an den Institutes of Technology Siobhán Donovan Chancen für die irische Germanistik Andreas Hoeschen Der DAAD als Partner der irischen Germanistik und als Förderer von Deutsch als internationaler Wissenschaftssprache Manfred Schewe Die Zukunft der irischen Germanistik, oder: Trotz allem hartnäckig zuversichtlich – Plädoyer für eine stärkere Öffnung hin zu den (performativen) Künsten Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa Die Zukunft der Germanistik in Irland V. Three Selected Goethe-Institut Irland Projects / Drei Projektbeispiele aus der Arbeit des Goethe-Instituts Irland Michael Kleeberg Wiedersehen mit Achill Island: Auf den Spuren von Heinrich Böll nach Irland Jonathan Carroll and Suhail Malik Judith Raum – even running: Artistic Research on the Material Manifestations of Early Globalization, the Machinations of Accumulation and their Failure Gerry Godley 12 Points: Jazz in Europe as a Shared Language Notes on Contributors