Nachrichten – Erasmus Stiftung

face-to-face lecture

The NGO shadow empire

lecture

Date: Friday, 28 November 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Speaker: Josef Kraus

Location: Frankfurt am Main

The NGO shadow empire: How the state is feeding left-wing lobbies with billions of euros, but is jeopardising the rule of law and freedom of expression by funding so-called non-governmental organisations (NGOs), thereby cultivating a shadow empire that educates the people and encourages denunciation.

18th November 2025

seminar programme

Panel discussion: Future prospects for the German healthcare system

Thursday, 20 November 2025
Speakers: Experts from general medicine, pharmacy, politics, medical management and legal advice
7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Location: Munich (The exact location will be announced upon confirmation of participation.)

Panel discussion with experts from general medicine, pharmacy, health management, legal advice and politics.
The aim is to provide a differentiated view of the situation of the German healthcare system.

18th November 2025

online lecture

A change of scene – a change of times? The new book fair in Halle

web seminar
Saturday, 1 November 2025
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Speaker: Susanne Dagen
Susanne Dagen is a bookseller, cultural organiser, publisher and city councillor in her hometown of Dresden. She has been running the BuchHaus Loschwitz bookshop for 30 years.
In November 2025, in response to the intellectual and ideological wasteland of existing book fairs in Frankfurt and Leipzig, she organises the „SeitenWechsel“ book fair in Halle an der Saale on 8 and 9 November 2025. Her political opponents consider this an affront in advance. The „culture war“ is in full swing.

22 October 2025

online lecture

Language nation Germany: Quo vadis?

web seminar
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Speaker: Josef Kraus

„The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.“ If this profound aphorism by Ludwig Wittgenstein applies to Germany as a linguistic nation, and it does, then this country, its culture and, above all, its young people are in a bad way. The German language is being marginalised in public, in the media, in politics and in academia. Just look at the spread of „Denglish“! And it is being ideologised: just look at „gender-neutral language“! The education system is going along with it all. It is doing so by failing to counter imported illiteracy and by drastically lowering its standards of linguistic correctness and literary education. And this in the land of (former!) poets and thinkers!

22 October 2025

face-to-face lecture

35 years – Hungarian-German relations before and after German reunification

Speaker: Ambassador Dr Péter Györkös
Date: Monday, 13 October 2025
Time: 7–9 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Location: Berlin (The exact location will be announced upon confirmation of participation.)

Dr Péter Györkös has been Hungary's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Germany since November 2015. Prior to that, he was Head of the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union from 2010 to 2015. During Hungary's EU Presidency from January to June 2011, he chaired the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States (COREPER).

9 October 2025

online lecture

The necessity of alternative media

web seminar
Date: Monday, 11 August 2025
Time: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Speaker: Burkhard Müller-Ullrich

At a time when publicly funded media and politically sponsored media are increasingly reporting in a one-sided and even biased manner, alternative media outlets are springing up. And with increasing success. One of these is the radio station KONTRAFUNK. The initiator and CEO of the portal, Burkhard Müller-Ullrich, will give a talk on this exciting development.

About the speaker: Burkhard Müller-Ullrich has been a journalist since 1978. His journalistic work focuses on international cultural reporting and media criticism.

25 July 2025

online lecture

EU subsidies for NGOs

web seminar

Date: Thursday, 26 June 2025

Time: 7–9 p.m.

Speaker: Tobias Teuscher

For years, EU institutions have been using billions of euros of taxpayers' money to specifically support non-governmental actors, thereby strengthening their own strategic interests. The EU's next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) will apply for seven years from 2027. The course for this is already being set.

The webinar highlights opaque and interest-driven financing practices and shows committed citizens what they can do about it.

19 June 2025

online lecture

Artificial intelligence – opportunities, limitations and political implications

web seminar

Date: Thursday, 12 June 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Speaker: Prof. Boris Hollas

Much has been written about artificial intelligence in recent years. This often gives rise to conflicting hopes and fears.

What are the benefits of AI? Will AI one day be more intelligent than humans?

The online seminar covers the following topics:

What are learning methods? What are neural networks? What role does data play in this?

What factors have enabled the rapid development of artificial intelligence over the last 10 years?

What are the possible consequences? Are jobs at risk? What are politicians doing about it? Does AI need to be regulated?

Where does Germany stand? Have we missed the boat?

29 May 2025