Saturday Seminar – Germany after Merkel

Tutor/Facilitator Dr Joe Hajdu

When
Date: on/from Sat 18 Feb 2023 to Sat 18 Feb 2023
Frequency: Single Event
Class time: 2:30-3:30

Delivered ZOOM

Other information

To watch the seminar click here on the day at 2:20pm for a 2:30 start.

Angela Merkel served as German Chancellor for 16 years, resigning in 2021.

The new government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with the Green Party and the FDP (Free Democratic Party), is having to cope with a complex array of geopolitical issues including Europe’s energy crisis, the war in Ukraine, the emerging policy fault lines with France, the new right-wing regime in Italy, and an expanding NATO.

Who better to explain how this amalgam of a centrist party with two divergent minor parties is managing these complexities and determining Germany’s position in Europe post Angela Merkel  than Dr Joe Hajdu who gave the enormously popular 2022 U3APP seminar on Angela Merkel.

Dr. Joe Hajdu is a retired academic from Deakin University. He is a cultural geographer who  has long-term connections with Germany. He has conducted research in Germany and has been a very interested follower of German politics past and present. In the last decade he has published two books about the history and culture of cities in Europe. In 2010 his book ‘Berlin Today’ appeared. This was followed in 2015 by ‘Budapest: A History of Grandeur and Catastrophe’. His third book, ‘Frankfurt: Where Germany meets the World’, was published in 2022.

To view the flyer created by Margaret Byron, click here.

This seminar is open to all U3A Port Phillip members and subscribers and to the general public.

As there are limited numbers, please book in below.

This is an online live seminar, presented as a webinar on Zoom.

If you have not yet used Zoom, you will need to download Zoom onto your device in advance- click here for instructions.

Enrolments / Bookings

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How to Enrol

On-line: after bookings have opened

On-line enrolments are preferred as this significantly reduces the amount of back-office work for our volunteers.

  • Login to the U3APP.org.au website.
  • Go to the Courses & Enrolling page.
  • Scroll down to find the course that you are interested in.
  • Does the course have spaces available?
    • Click on the course name to go to the booking page.
    • Click on “Book for this course or event”.
    • You will receive a confirmation email.  Please check your Junk/Spam folders as these automatically-generated emails often finish up there.
  • OR is the course shown as FULL?
    • Click on WAITLIST.

Paper Enrolment Form: before bookings open for First Semester

  • Obtain a paper Enrolment Form either from the Office or by printing an online copy available here.
  • Complete the paper Enrolment Form and submit it to the Office.

The start date for acceptance of paper Enrolment Forms for first semester is published on the U3APP website and in the e-Bulletin. Enrolment Forms received before this date are treated as though they had been received on the start date (ie there is no advantage to be gained by submitting early). On the start date and thereafter, paper Enrolment Forms are numbered in order of receipt.  Paper Enrolment forms are processed by U3APP volunteers on the same day as on-line bookings.

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If your enrolment is unsuccessful,  you will receive an email telling you that you have been waitlisted.

Via the Office: after bookings have opened

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