Event Details - The US and Germany: Transatlantic Partners in Challenging Times

The BSU Community and the public are invited to attend The US and Germany: Transatlantic Partners in Challenging Times, a talk by Dr. Sonja Kreibich, Consul General for the Federal Republic of Germany, on Monday, September 18 from 11 am-12:15 pm in Dunn Conference Room A.

Dr. Sonja Kreibich became Consul General of Germany to the New England States in 2022. Before arriving in Boston, she served as the Head of Division for Pan African Issues, Southern Africa and the Great Lakes at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin; the Head of Unit for European Migration Policy; and as press spokesperson in the Speaker’s Office. Sonja’s roles within the Foreign Office have taken her abroad to the German Permanent Mission to the UN in New York as well as to the German Embassy in Bucharest, Romania. She studied law at the University of Bonn and at the University of Edinburgh and obtained a Dr. iur. (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bonn.

Sponsored by The Minnock Institute for Global Engagement in partnership with Bridgewater community organizations, the event is part of the third annual Peace in Bridgewater and Beyond. Please join the Bridgewater and BSU communities from September 17-30 for a series of in-person and virtual events recognizing International Day of Peace (September 21) and International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (September 26). We welcome your participation.