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Video-Series: Why learn German?

Why learn German? is a series of short videos created by the Centre for Irish-German Studies and hosted by resources-for-german.com, where stakeholders from the educational, diplomatic, political, artistic and business sector answer the question of “Why learn German?” Enjoy – and feel free to use those videos to promote German language learning.

Please click below to watch our video-series “Why learn German?”

H.E. Dr Thomas Nader, Austrian Ambassador to Ireland (2012-2016 & 2020-2024)
David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in New York 2013-17
John Gormley, former Green Party leader
Karin Dubsky, Director of Coastwatch
Hermann Rasche, Senior Lecturer (ret.) at the University of Galway
Nellie Tattersall, Project Officer of PPLI and Languages Connect
Joachim Fischer, Emeritus Jean Monnet Chair in European Cultural Studies
Katherine Meenan, Institute of International and European Affairs
Killian Sundermann, Comedian and Content Creator
Ulrike Gasser, Director of the Goethe Institute Dublin
Samuel Kramer, Author and philosopher
Michaela Zimmer, Berlin artist
H.E. Dr Nicholas O‘Brien, Irish Ambassador to Germany (2019-2024)
Chiara Harrison Lambe, PhD candidate in Art and Visual History
Denisa Baltatu & Shauna Maguire, Lidl Ireland
Monika Albrecht, apl. Prof. Dr. Universität Vechta
Simon Dauber, President, German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Raymond Hickey, Emeritus Professor Universität Duisburg-Essen
Deirdre O’Loughlin, Professor for Marketing, UL
Liam Ryan, Managing Director of SAP Ireland
Antonie Alm, Associate Professor at Otago University, NZ