The President Prof. Dr. Carola Lentz
Interviews and speeches

Panel discussion “Closing the Gap(s). Overcoming the knowledge gaps“ with Dr. Ina Heumann (”Open Heritage. Exploring Collections, Creating Futures, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin), Flower Manase (National Museum of Tanzania) and Prof. Dr. Carola Lentz (President of the Goethe-Institut) at the “Dino into the room” conference of the Heinrich Böll Foundation on 15 May 2024 in Berlin. 

Cultural institutions can build bridges of solidarity that transcend divide and foster dialogue. Carola Lentz, President of the Goethe-Institut, shares her thoughts with The Hindhu magazine. 

Interview with Carola Lentz in the online magazine of the New Indian Express, 23 March 2024.

Guest article by Carola Lentz for the online magazine DER SPIEGEL from 14 January 2024 (published on the web magazine Goethe Aktuell) 

Interview with the President of the Goethe-Institut for the magazine Kitabistan (Azerbaijan) on 14 June 2023 about the Goethe-Insitute and the role of culture in a globalized world. 

On October 27, 2022, The Japan Foundation, the Goethe-Institut Tokyo, and the British Council jointly held the international symposium “International Cultural Exchange in a Fragile World: Views from Germany, the UK, and Japan,” where representatives of the cultural organizations and cultural leaders in practice discussed the changes they face in promoting cultural exchanges while the COVID-19 pandemic and conflicts flooded the world with fragility, and possible directions for future cultural-exchange activities.