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• Jena
  Between 1794 and 1803, a remarkable concentration of intellectual genius assembled in the small university town of Jena in Thuringia. This wasn’t merely an academic conference or literary salon—it was a revolutionary gathering that would fundamentally reshape German culture, philosophy, and education. At the center of this ferment stood a woman whose brilliance and audacity […]
• Edle Federn
  This essay was written by Claude AI prompting different versions and after re-reading and re-editing the AI version, ready to be published on my Blogs on Higher Education. Target group teachers and academic learners of German and German Studies and Literature. Pls note at the end the date of latest update. Juli Zeh: Literary Voice […]
• Wonderweaver
  Welcome to Wonderweaver After 40 years teaching German, English, and American Studies across three continents, I’ve learned that the most valuable education happens at intersections—where languages meet, where cultures collide, where personal experience illuminates abstract ideas. I’m Peter Hanns Bloecker, a retired Director of Studies who began teaching in Cold War Berlin in 1977, worked […]
• George Orwell
  Why Animal Farm matters more than ever George Orwell’s slender novella turns 80 this year, yet Animal Farm has never felt more urgently relevant. Sales surged 300% in 2024 following the U.S. presidential election—the same pattern that occurred in 2017 when “alternative facts” sent Orwell’s works to the top of bestseller lists. This isn’t nostalgia […]
• Jahrestage
  Warum Uwe Johnsons “Jahrestage” unverzichtbar für das Studium der deutschen Sprache, Literatur und Landeskunde (BRD/DDR) sind. Ein Essay für Studierende und Lehrende der Germanistik Einleitung: Das Monument der deutsch-deutschen Literatur Uwe Johnsons vierbändiges Romanwerk “Jahrestage. Aus dem Leben von Gesine Cresspahl” (1970-1983) gilt als eines der bedeutendsten literarischen Zeugnisse der deutschen Teilungsgeschichte. Für Studierende und […]
• Kleist
  Abstract: This post is about significant texts young students and teachers of the German Language and Culture should know about: Heinrich von Kleist – Ein Meister des Wortes. Heinrich von Kleist: Ausgewählte Schriften – Meisterwerke der deutschen Romantik für den akademischen Diskurs Einleitung: Kleist im universitären Kontext Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) gehört zu den bedeutendsten […]

About my background as a High School Teacher in Germany, Namibia and Australia.

My name is Peter H Bloecker, StD i.R.

I am hosting the Business German Podcast, which focuses on teaching authentic German for professional settings. My aim is to help learners navigate the German language and culture from an intercultural perspective with a FOCUS on

The Intercultural Gaps.

From 1998 to 2005, I worked and served as the German language adviser at the Goethe-Institut Australia, contributing to the promotion of German language and culture in Queensland and in Australia.

My office was at the LOTE Centre, Westend, in those days next to the School of Distance Education, now sold and demolished.

Now fully retired, I live with my wife Maria Ines at the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

A tree is a tree and has a soul …

More promotion will come here soon, once my free Podcast has hit the target line at Spotify and some other channels.

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