{"title": "A Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy? A discussion on the future of independent philosophy education and Gillian Rose", "start": "2026-11-19T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Pro qm", "address": "Almstadtstraße 48, 10119 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "Pro qm, a bookshop in Berlin-Mitte, hosts a book launch paired with a public discussion. The speakers are Peter Osborne, Howard Caygill, and Louis Hartnoll. Their conversation centers on the future of independent philosophy education and on Gillian Rose. 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Rosa Luxemburg und die Demokratie heute", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/politics", "society/democracy"], "description": "A talk at the Deutsches Theater as part of the series \"Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte\" takes up Rosa Luxemburg and the lasting relevance of her famous sentence on the freedom of those who think differently. The series is run by DT Kontext, the theatre's discussion programme. The panel features political and social scientist Naika Foroutan and historian Uwe Sonnenberg of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, moderated by André Mumot. The discussion asks what her idea of a living democracy and free speech can mean in the crises of the 21st century.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden-rosa-luxemburg-und-die-demo-4405/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden", "image": ""}, {"title": "Varnhagen-Lecture 2026: „Philosophes sauvages“", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin", "address": "Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "literature/letters"], "description": "The Varnhagen-Lecture is a talk with readings about the writer and salonnière Rahel Levin Varnhagen. Anke Gilleir, professor of modern German literature and gender studies at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, speaks about Varnhagen's correspondence with her youthful friends. Corinna Harfouch and Alexander Khuon complement the talk with passages from the letter editions edited by Barbara Hahn, which appear at the end of October 2026 in the Wallstein Verlag. 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The panel features political and social scientist Naika Foroutan, head of the German Institute for Migration and Integration Research, and historian Uwe Sonnenberg of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, moderated by André Mumot. At its centre is Rosa Luxemburg's famous line „Freiheit ist immer auch die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden“ and her legacy at a time when democratic values are under pressure worldwide. The discussion asks what her courage, her critique of the system and her idea of political participation can teach us for the challenges of the 21st century. 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At its center is the question of the value of artistic practice in a time of multiple crises and of art's capacity to open new spaces of thought, experience and imagination. The series sees itself as an open forum for exchange between artists, scholars, students and the public and is held in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/was-bewirkt-kunst-uber-die-zukunft-der-kunst-29003/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/was-bewirkt-kunst-ueber-die-zukunft-der-kunst/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Warum Kunst?", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Foyer des Konzertsaals der UdK Berlin", "address": "Fasanenstraße 1b, 10623 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/philosophy"], "description": "\"Why Art?\" is a public talk series by the Berlin University of the Arts during the winter semester 2026/27. On six Tuesday evenings, two guests each from art, politics, society, science or cultural practice give short impulses followed by a discussion, moderated by members of the university community. The series asks how the necessity of art and artistic training can be justified today – amid political polarisation, artificial intelligence and digitalisation. It sees itself as an open forum for reflection and exchange between artists, scholars, students and the public.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/warum-kunst-130677/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/warum-kunst/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4c0040dcd99307561949035d0d71c046c176ac67cad31d7be417d9d37df8645c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Beyond Competing Blocs: Preserving Space for Global Science", "start": "2026-11-08T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T11:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/geopolitics", "science/science-policy"], "description": "A panel titled \"Beyond Competing Blocs: Preserving Space for Global Science\" at the Falling Walls Science House on Karl-Marx-Allee. It is hosted by the Hasso Plattner Institute together with Falling Walls, with speakers including Bill Rosehart of the University of Waterloo, Helga Nowotny, formerly of the European Research Council, and El Mouhoub Mouhoud of PSL University. The discussion addresses how higher education institutions can manage geopolitical risks such as security concerns, technological dependencies and threats to academic freedom without withdrawing from global engagement. It also asks how countries can chart an independent course as a trusted platform for worldwide scientific collaboration and discovery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/beyond-competing-blocs-preserving-space-for-global-science-72467/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/beyond-competing-blocs-preserving-space-global-science", "image": ""}, {"title": "Kolonialismus erinnern. Vom Konzept zum Ort", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz", "address": "Linienstraße 227, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "„Kolonialismus erinnern. Vom Konzept zum Ort“ is an evening devoted to the question of how a central learning and memorial site on the history of colonialism could be designed in Berlin. The event brings together perspectives from academia, art, architecture, activism and memorial policy practice, sharing with a broad audience the conceptual and spatial foundations of the future site as well as the structures and networks that could sustain it. Artistically, the evening is framed by the dance company Fii ak Fee with the work DEM DEM and by Nathalie Vairac, who reads for the first time from Felwine Sarr's „Traces – A Speech to African Nations“. The event takes place in cooperation with „Kolonialismus erinnern“ and further partners, with simultaneous translation into English and French.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kolonialismus-erinnern-vom-konzept-zum-ort-293/", "official_url": "https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/kolonialismus-erinnern/20261113-1900/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Verdrängte Musik-Geschichte/n. Konzepte und kulturelle Praktiken", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "UNI.T", "address": "Fasanenstraße 1b, 10623 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "music/history"], "description": "The lecture series „Verdrängte Musik-Geschichte/n. Konzepte und kulturelle Praktiken“ is a digital, cross-university series of talks in the winter semester 26/27. It is run by the Musica inaudita team at the Berlin University of the Arts and is intended as a space for networking and exchange between teachers, researchers and students from different locations. A sequence of themed evenings is planned, opening up different perspectives on writing music history, including questions of repertoire formation, visibility in exile, gender staging, media and knowledge transfer, biographical research, queerness, decolonialisation and postcolonial approaches. The series takes place weekly on Wednesdays from 18:00 to 19:30; admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/verdrangte-musik-geschichten-konzepte-und-kulturelle-praktik-31774/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/verdraengte-musik-geschichte-n-konzepte-und-kulturelle-praktiken/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c17ecb4fb37de9ce9f181889be993ee9d58b0567483e8468be186a38bc566288-600.webp"}]}