{"title": "Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 4: Utopischer Überschuss", "start": "2026-11-01T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/science-fiction", "history/gdr"], "description": "\"Utopischer Überschuss: Zukunftserzählungen der DDR-Literatur\" is a talk event in the theater's Rangfoyer. It is devoted to East German science fiction, which served as a niche where the present was hidden in the future and grievances were named in veiled terms. The guests are Dr. Karlheinz Steinmüller, a physicist, philosopher and futurologist, and Dietmar Dath, an author and journalist; moderation is by Fabian Raith. The discussion asks how GDR science fiction imagined the future, what image of humanity it created, and which ideas survived after reunification. 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The guests are Dr. Karlheinz Steinmüller, a physicist, philosopher and futurologist, and Dietmar Dath, an author and journalist, moderated by Fabian Raith. It asks how GDR science fiction imagined the future, what image of humanity it designed, and what became of those ideas after reunification. SciFi there served as a niche where the present was hidden in the future and shortcomings were named in veiled terms. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/utopischer-uberschuss-zukunftserzahlungen-der-ddr-literatur-4399/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-utopischer-ueberschuss", "image": ""}, {"title": "Die Deichfahrt - Lesung mit Uli Hering", "start": "2026-10-31T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "primobuch", "address": "Herderstraße 24, 12163 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei – Spenden/Buchkauf erwünscht", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/science-fiction"], "description": "An author reading titled \"Die Deichfahrt - Lesung mit Uli Hering\" at the bookshop Primobuch. Uli Hering reads from his novel set in the year 2090; he has worked on utopian literature and state novels, asking which society we can survive in. 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Together with author and editor Katrin Imma Deibert and science editor Antonia Rötger, they explored in writing what our future might feel like. In vivid texts they tell of adapting and rebelling, of longing and desire, of leaving and arriving. 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Together with the author and editor Katrin Imma Deibert and science journalist Antonia Rötger, they explored in writing what our future might feel like. In lively texts they tell of adapting and rebelling, of longing and desire, of leaving and arriving. Admission is free and no registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/geschichten-aus-der-klimazukunft-teilnehmende-der-kreativen-57693/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7b66f2695c14bc7ed2ba482f0c2f9b66c1ad207e71f1e807077b401243d63ecb-1200.webp"}, {"title": "DDRdirekt", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv", "address": "Ruschestraße", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "\"DDRdirekt\" is a reading and performance with music about workers writing in the GDR. It is organised by the Bundesarchiv – Stasi Records Archive Berlin-Lichtenberg, the Lichtenberg district office of Berlin and the Büro für organische Poesie. anna martha and Thomas Hartung searched the archive for writing workers and discovered voices from a vanished society – sometimes fully in line with official ideology, sometimes full of nuance, contradictions and cautious criticism. With sounds of factory halls and housing shortages, of the collective, football and big dreams, they bring these surprising texts to life again, accompanied by music by Christian Beckers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ddrdirekt-28578/", "official_url": "https://www.einblick-ins-geheime.de/termin/ddrdirekt-berlin-09-11-2026/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Transformationszeit: Fantasie gegen Realität …", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ephraim-Palais", "address": "Poststraße 16, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Regulär: 10 Euro, Ermäßigt: 6 Euro", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://stiftungbrandenburgertor.de/veranstaltungen/liebermanns-welt/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "A conversation about life and writing in East and West Berlin, the final installment of the series „Transformationszeit“. Katja Oskamp, a writer born in East Berlin and author of „Marzahn, mon amour“ and „Die vorletzte Frau“, and West Berlin author Björn Kuhligk, known for „Überall Nachbarn“ and „Berlin-Beschimpfung“, join moderator Marion Brasch to discuss inventing reality. They explore how everyday life and social conditions shape writing, what artistic freedoms existed on either side of the Wall, and what changed after 1989. The talk takes place in the salon on the ground floor and lasts one hour and thirty minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/transformationszeit-fantasie-gegen-realitat-11821/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.museum/veranstaltungen/transformationszeit-fantasie-gegen-realitaet", "image": "https://noky.io/images/09af503cac5f68817fe03a2a5975b32abb478c6644eab9d240ec33d10e0388f3-600.webp"}, {"title": "DDR-Philosophie 1945–1995. Vom Schließen und Aufstoßen der Fenster", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Helle Panke e.V.", "address": "Kopenhagener Straße 76, 10437 Berlin", "price": "2 €", "price_from": "2.00", "price_to": "2.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "A conversation about philosophy in the GDR and its effects reaching into the present. Prof. Dr. Hans-Christoph Rauh speaks with the long-time publisher Dr. Christoph Links, drawing on his latest book \"DDR-Philosophie 1945-1995. Geschichte und Kritik\". They discuss how the party built up its \"Kader-Philosophie\", pushed aside free thinking and its representatives, and what outcomes there were from this \"philosophy for a closed world\". The talk is deliberately held on the anniversary of the 1989 Alexanderplatz mass demonstration, where Stefan Heym declared: \"It is as if someone has opened the windows\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ddr-philosophie-19451995-vom-schlieen-und-aufstoen-der-fenst-22789/", "official_url": "https://www.helle-panke.de/de/topic/3.termine.html?id=4124", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4972af2a261b6bb7198937851254d498f329892de982a7f39f3945016bb6e767-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Vortrag zu »Arbeitsgemeinschaften Junger Autoren in der SBZ/DDR« im Rahmen einer öffentlichen Ringvorlesung", "start": "2026-11-03T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-03T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Zweigbibliothek Germanistik", "address": "Dorotheenstraße 24, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "A public lecture at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as part of the lecture series »Literatur im geteilten Deutschland«. Marco Lorenz of the DIPF speaks on the topic »Man kann keinen Schriftsteller ‚erziehen'. Die Arbeitsgemeinschaften Junger Autoren in SBZ und DDR«. The series, organized by Prof. Dr. Ulrike Vedder and Prof. Dr. Stefan Willer, examines the functions of literature during Germany's division, such as its cultural-political significance in the GDR and FRG and the role of authors who moved between the two states. The lecture takes place in lecture hall 1.101 in the university building at Hegelplatz.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/vortrag-zu-arbeitsgemeinschaften-junger-autoren-in-der-sbzdd-72113/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ec8e4603688b161fee4abeb38f28a13050e2b128afa7bd043da3cf1ebe97ef8b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "JMB Buchclub mit The Future von Naomi Alderman", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Jüdisches Museum", "address": "Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.jmberlin.de/events/564/?date=2026-11-04", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/science-fiction"], "description": "A book club at the Jewish Museum Berlin devoted to discussing the science fiction novel “The Future” by Naomi Alderman. Led by Monika Sommerer (JMB library) and Lena Kugler, it is about Martha Einkorn, who works for a powerful media mogul, and a group of friends planning a bold action to save the world from greedy tech giants. The event is part of the exhibition “Das Gegenteil von Jetzt. Künstlerische Wege in eine andere Gegenwart” and takes place at the W. Michael Blumenthal Akademie.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jmb-buchclub-mit-the-future-von-naomi-alderman-12091/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7f7133c988773db5b802439292125dff05950c9faa1894f1661d646de298b2ed-600.webp"}, {"title": "„Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Zwischenrufe zur deutschen Einheit“", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "5 EUR / ermäßigt 3 EUR", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/reunification", "literature"], "description": "This event is a reading from the book „Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Zwischenrufe zur deutschen Einheit“ at the Humboldt Forum. It is part of the series „Über Grenzen: Ziehen, Einreißen, Verschieben“ at BERLIN GLOBAL. Author Paula Fürstenberg looks at German reunification from the perspective of a post-reunification generation, asking about the gaps in the narrative of unity, accompanied by unemployment, emigration and racist violence in the East. The reading is moderated by journalist and author Nhi Le.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/niewiedervereinigung-100-zwischenrufe-zur-deutschen-einheit-16573/", "official_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/gespraech/niewiedervereinigung-100-zwischenrufe-zur-deutschen-einheit-169340/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/14149d7214a8e7465078031a2f0660b9d59e8fc2f194d169e26c95ae08b5a3c8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Klingel bei…? Begleitprogramm zur Ausstellung – Zeitzeug*innen im Gespräch. Ein Abend mit und über Zeitzeug*innen", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum Lichtenberg im Stadthaus", "address": "Türrschmidtstraße 24, 10317 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "An evening of conversation held as accompanying programme for the exhibition „Klingel bei…?“. Contemporary witnesses talk with co-curator Karl-Heinz Steinle about queer lived realities in Lichtenberg, sharing memories, anecdotes and personal perspectives. Rare interview and film clips make the evening a lively encounter with queer history.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/klingel-bei-begleitprogramm-zur-ausstellung-zeitzeuginnen-im-12364/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Im Blick der Anderen – In The View of Others", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Akademie der Künste", "address": "Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin", "price": "7,50 EUR (Ermäßigt: 5 EUR)", "price_from": "7.50", "price_to": "7.50", "tickets_url": "https://adk.eventim-inhouse.de/webshop/webticket/shop?event=20872", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture/modernism", "history/cold-war"], "description": "A two-day conference with talks, discussions, lecture performances and a film programme, part of the exhibition „Metaxy : Zwischen Zerstörung und Wiederaufbau“. It examines the international media reception of postwar modernism during the Cold War, starting from reporting on the Karl-Marx-Allee in former East Berlin and the buildings of the Interbau 1957 in former West Berlin. A research project by Dr. Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann, Dr. Thomas Flierl, Dr. Paul Sigel and Robert K. Huber studied coverage in ten countries, and the conference presents the partly surprising findings. The programme is complemented by a film programme curated by Florian Wüst and a lecture performance by the Ukrainian group DENEDE.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/im-blick-der-anderen-in-the-view-of-others-21468/", "official_url": "https://adk.de/programm/veranstaltungskalender/2026/11/im-blick-der-anderen-in-the-view-of-others-berlin/596575", "image": ""}, {"title": "L*Ost DDR Vortrag: „Lesben in der Provinz“ – damals und heute", "start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Spinnboden Lesbenarchiv & Bibliothek e.V.", "address": "Anklamer Straße 38, 10115", "price": "Spende erwünscht.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "A talk with a contemporary witness conversation about lesbians in the GDR's provinces, then and now. Judith Geffert, who researched the 1989 lesbian conference in Halle, will talk with contemporary witnesses about the events of that time and their significance in the transformation process, and draw connections to the situation of lesbians living outside big cities today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lost-ddr-vortrag-lesben-in-der-provinz-damals-und-heute-42855/", "official_url": "https://spinnboden.de/angebot/lost-ddr-vortrag-lesben-in-der-provinz-damals-und-heute/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0572be631cbe32e9bbcb66085617a842a0ca8e2c2755623b0a59e9a1b98aaa3f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lichtjahre voraus", "start": "2026-11-02T14:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-02T17:30:00+01:00", "place": "Futurium", "address": "Alexanderufer 2, 10117", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling", "nature/environment", "science/astronomy"], "description": "„Lichtjahre voraus“ is an open drop-in workshop format in which participants develop their own stories about the future of life in the solar system. The starting point is a scenario in which life on Earth has become more sustainable while the first permanent settlements are being established on the Moon and Mars, and humanity is divided between focusing on saving the Earth and seeking new opportunities in space. Using the method of „Transformatives Storytelling“ (transformative storytelling), an image of a possible world is built up step by step by putting oneself in the place of a person from that future and telling their story. Futurium offers the workshop without registration: you can join and leave at any time, and no prior knowledge is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lichtjahre-voraus-11868/", "official_url": "https://futurium.de/de/workshop/geschichten-aus-dem-all-drop-in/geschichten-aus-dem-all-drop-in-2", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a6bb8716d36d5047b3e4a3d34fb292a28df8ceab076bb2eeb287119b9d65a44a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Der Einfluss von Star Trek und der Raumfahrt auf die Menschlichkeit", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Hochschule für Technik", "address": "", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/science-fiction", "science/astronomy"], "description": "An intergalactic lecture on the influence of Star Trek and space travel on humanity, marking 60 years of Star Trek. Behind it is Dr. Hubert Zitt, an electrical engineer and doctor of systems theory from the Hochschule Kaiserslautern (Campus Zweibrücken), who regularly gives lectures on Star Trek, Star Wars and science fiction. He is one of the experts on the physics and technology of Star Trek and, at the invitation of the Netzwerk Schule–Hochschule, is holding his lecture at the BHT for the fourteenth time. Admission is free, with donations going to the children's hospice Kinderhospiz Berliner Herz.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/der-einfluss-von-star-trek-und-der-raumfahrt-auf-die-menschl-13038/", "official_url": "https://www.bht-berlin.de/item/cal/event/detail/2026/11/06/241", "image": ""}, {"title": "Aufbruch und Abbruch. Vom Runden Tisch zum Parlamentssaal im Palast der Republik", "start": "2026-11-07T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://indiv.themisweb.fr/0426/fChoixSeanceWidget.aspx?idstructure=0426&EventId=1341&request=QcE+w0WHSuAzuy2B4/OGXXM5SHkQriVyPpSnIlSPgwi/SvTcAfT+aEjjNRciovQIRNkHdQdPpEPbes4EX/49Cg==", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution"], "description": "A talk about two significant sites of the Peaceful Revolution: the Central Round Table at Schönhausen Palace in Pankow and the parliamentary chamber in the Palace of the Republic. Behind the event are the Humboldt Forum, the ORTS-Termin and the installation „Sturzlage“, held on the occasion of the Berlin Freedom Week 2026. The speaker is Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper, one of the most prominent voices in Berlin's culture of remembrance, who explores the history and significance of these two places. She asks why their history is told so little today and why the democratic potential of the Round Table and the freely elected Volkskammer remains relevant.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/aufbruch-und-abbruch-vom-runden-tisch-zum-parlamentssaal-im-2562/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e34564113d159a91a5b5353bba257fd8d87edaeb255452c59f585bb9f7f1bf1c-600.webp"}]}