Newsletter January 2025

Goethe-Institut Myanmar

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New Year Wishes

The team of Goethe-Institut Myanmar wishes you an inner peaceful and meaningful new year. We are grateful for the collaboration and shared experiences throughout 2024. May the future bring comfort, joy, and lasting fulfillment despite all challenges. Warmest wishes for the New Year 2025!

Culture

©Rimini Protokoll

Theater Workshop and Public Presentation in Collaboration with Rimini Protokoll

Goethe-Institut Myanmar has consistently organized a wide range of cultural and contemporary art programs, fostering creative exchanges and collaborations between Myanmar and Germany. These efforts have played a vital role in promoting contemporary art and cultural understanding.

Read the full details here

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AOC_December highlights

What is happening now?

We would like to share some significant milestones achieved by the Academy of Care (AoC) Cohort 3 participants and to announce the successful launch of the AoC Alumni Network.

Full description here

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Reinterpreting Myanmar’s Visual Culture: Two Years of Collaboration

We honor two years of collaboration between the Goethe-Institut Myanmar and the Myanmar Photo Archive. Archives in Focus, an international meeting for photography and visual culture, concluded on December 15th. It marked the final initiative of our project to reinterpret Myanmar’s visual culture through archival material.

Myanmar Photo Archive

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Sundowner Musical Gathering

Exciting News! The Sundowner Musical Gathering will take place at the Goethe-Institut Myanmar premises in January. Free entry is offered for this event, which is especially for music fans. Stay tuned for who will be performing at Musical Gathering and keep up with the Goethe-Institut Myanmar’s social media and newsletter.

Language

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New Year, New Opening Hours

Please be informed that the registration office's opening hours will be changed to the new schedule starting January 1, 2025.

Registration Office’s New Opening Hours:

Monday (11:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (11:00 am – 4:00 pm)

(Closed on Thursdays, Sundays, and Public Holidays)

For any inquiries regarding our German language courses and exams, please please get in touch with us at 01 9376160 (Ext-1) or info.language.mmr@goethe.de during the aforementioned opening hours.

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January

German Language Courses

Start learning the German language systematically at the Goethe-Institut Myanmar! Our German language courses are based on the six levels defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Our courses are thereby internationally recognized and comparable. Goethe-Institut Myanmar is offering online and in-person German language courses in January. Registration is open from 06.01.2025 to 11.01.2025. For any inquiries, please get in touch with us via info.language.mmr@goethe.de.

Dates and prices

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Goethe-Zertifikat Exams

Do you need documented proof of your German language skills that are recognized all over the world?

The Goethe-Institut certificates are accepted worldwide as verification of your language capabilities. Goethe-Institut Myanmar is offering Goethe-Zertifikat exams in January. Registration is open from 13.01.2025 – 14.01.2025. Please check our schedule and register via info.language.mmr@goethe.de!

Dates and Enrolment

Library

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Children and Youth Program

"Junk Modelling for Sustainability!"

Join Us for Our Monthly Children & Youth Program: ‘Junk Modelling for Sustainability’, designed for children aged 6 to 12 years."

Admission is free. Spaces are limited, so please register in advance to secure your spot. To register, please send mail to biblio-yangon@goethe.de by providing the following information: ♦Name ♦Age ♦Contact Number

Full description here

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Library membership fees as of January 2025

We’re updating our membership fees starting January 1, 2025:

Local Residents: 60,000 MMK
Foreign Visitors: 120,000 MMK

Enrolled Goethe-Institut Course Participants are entitled to free library membership.

Please bring an ID card, Passport or valid Student Card for Registration. Come to the library and get our digital library card BibToGo now. The library team will also be happy to inform you during a personal visit.

“READING CLUB” Program

The monthly "Reading Club/Leseclub" is here to help expand your vocabulary and usage.

If you are interested in participating, please register by sending an email to biblio-yangon@goethe.de by providing the following information:
• your name • contact number • your German proficiency level

For more details, please click here.

Empowering Your Learning Journey:

“LEARNING ADVISORY” Program

If you are interested in participating in our monthly 'Learning Advisory' program (either in-person or online session), please register by sending an email to biblio-yangon@goethe.de and provide the following information:
• your name • contact number • your German proficiency level • a question that you would like to ask and • the date you wish to attend

Explore here (in-person)
Explore here (online session)

“BOARD GAME DAY!”

On Boardgame Day in January, players will engage in a fun challenge with the Tabu Familien-Edition, where they need to think quickly to answer the questions within a limited time.

A2 level is required to play this game, those interested can send an email to biblio-yangon@goethe.de by providing the following information: • your name • contact number • your German proficiency level

Learn more here

NEW MEDIA AT ONLEIHE

ONLEIHE: GERMAN ONLINE LIBRARY

New media are available in our German Online Library “ONLEIHE”, including works by Clemens Böckmann, Ilona Hartmann, Monika Helfer, Laura Lichtblau, Philipp Oehmke, Thomas Oláh, Elke Schmitter und Arno Strobel. Access them free of charge in our ONLEIHE - the German Online Library.

EXPLORE NEW ARRIVALS

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Goethe-Institut Myanmar
Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, corner of Nat Mauk Street, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Tel. +95 1 9376160
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