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| U.S. Consul General Matt Boyse (left) and Seminar Director Klaus Fuessmann |
May 13 - 16, 2008.
"Hollywood and Politics" was the title of a seminar hosted by the Theodor-Heuss-Akademie in Gummersbach (May 13-16) as part of the academy’s program series on the Presidential Elections 2008. At the opening session, Consul General Matt Boyse offered observations concerning the dynamics of the current election campaign pointing out the pitfalls of conventional wisdom and giving numerous examples of how popular expectations had turned out to be misleading. A special session of the conference was dedicated to American actor James Stewart ("Mr. Smith goes to Washington"), who would have turned 100 this year.
• Theodor-Heuss-Academy at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Gummersbach
• Conference program
• Article about the conference (in German)
