{"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", "dates": [{"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", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Utopischer Überschuss: Zukunftserzählungen der DDR-Literatur", "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": "A talk in the DT Kontext series at the Deutsches Theater's Rangfoyer about science fiction literature of the GDR. 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": "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. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-4-utopischer-uberschuss-16701/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-utopischer-ueberschuss", "image": ""}, {"title": "Sturzlage", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-16T18:30:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution"], "description": "\"Sturzlage\" is an event dealing with the democratic awakening of 1989/90. It centers on the Central Round Table at Schloss Schönhausen in Pankow, where crucial decisions were made. From December 1989 to March 1990, representatives of the citizens' movements and parties met there. The event takes place at the Humboldt Forum.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sturzlage-16880/", "official_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e34564113d159a91a5b5353bba257fd8d87edaeb255452c59f585bb9f7f1bf1c-600.webp"}, {"title": "1989 als Auftrag: Verpasste Chancen? Neue Perspektiven", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "5 Euro/ 3 Euro ermäßigt", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/elshan-ghasimi-reinterpretation-des-radif-dastgah-e-chahargah-tickets-1997393231925", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/reunification"], "description": "A panel discussion exploring the legacy of 1989 and asking whether opportunities were missed back then. It takes place as part of a series on 1989 that aims to open up new perspectives on the era of change. Experts on stage debate which of that period's tasks still resonate today. Visitors can follow the discussion live and contribute their own ideas.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/1989-als-auftrag-verpasste-chancen-neue-perspektiven-33824/", "official_url": "", "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"}, {"title": "Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 3: Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden", "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", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/politics", "society/democracy"], "description": "„Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 3: Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden“ is a discussion event in the DT Kontext series, held in the Rangfoyer of the Deutsches Theater. 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. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-ande-16847/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden", "image": ""}, {"title": "Bazon Brock", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hoftheater Kreuzberg", "address": "10997 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/philosophy"], "description": "An evening at Hoftheater Kreuzberg with Bazon Brock on the theme of work, effect and science. The thinker asks how science can stand up against ideologies of grand effects, and whether science too lies under suspicion of ideology. The talk turns on negative thinking: negative theology, negative aesthetics and negative ethics, remembering through forgetting and the force of un, de- and non-. Past evenings in the series hosted guests such as Robert Eikmeyer, Lambert Wiesing and Wolfgang Ullrich.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/bazon-brock-34381/", "official_url": "http://hoftheater-kreuzberg.de", "image": ""}, {"title": "Zu warm für die DDR? – Queeres Leben zwischen Anpassung und Emanzipation - Vortrag von Peter Rausch | Queer Monday", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek", "address": "Bizetstraße 41, 13088 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/festivals/biennale-2027/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "A lecture as part of the 'Queer Monday' series, in which the Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek meets the Sonntagsclub. It is given by Peter Rausch, co-founder of the GDR's first gay-lesbian emancipation group (HIB) and of the Sonntags-Club e. V., who still works as a contemporary witness for queer history. The lecture looks at the GDR's four decades and traces the development of homosexuality, homophobia, emancipation and sexual culture chronologically. Afterwards there is time for questions, discussion and conversation, and everyone interested is welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zu-warm-fur-die-ddr-queeres-leben-zwischen-anpassung-und-ema-2579/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=290828&ls=20&c=409", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bdd61acbf68f63db7b281228cfefea6e3f2f1d896d867e77dd66b5bdf9c049d0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden. 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", "tickets_url": "", "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": "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": "Dialogische Führung: Josef Kaiser und die Gestaltung des Palastes der Republik", "start": "2026-11-09T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berlinische Galerie", "address": "Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, 10969 Berlin", "price": "Die Teilnahme an der Führung ist im Museumseintritt enthalten.", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://berlinischegalerie.de/tickets/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr/architecture"], "description": "A dialogue-based guided tour within the exhibition \"Josef Kaiser. Bauen für die DDR\", in which Ursula Müller and Prof. Dr. Wolf Eisentraut share their memories in conversation. The subject is Josef Kaiser and the design of the Palast der Republik, one of the best-known buildings of the GDR. The conversation looks at the architectural ideas of that era and how the building came into being. The event is aimed at teenagers and adults.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/dialogische-fuhrung-josef-kaiser-und-die-gestaltung-des-pala-11660/", "official_url": "https://berlinischegalerie.de/veranstaltung/dialogische-fuehrung-josef-kaiser-bauen-fuer-die-ddr/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ae2fe01f65bc73f59a05e6998c691044b9e7dc862a52f4147f6c86b7075ac7ee-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Impuls und Diskussion: Endzeit-Faschismus & Apokalypse", "start": "2026-11-04T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T21:30:00+01:00", "place": "REFO", "address": "Wiclefstraße 32, 10551", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/fascism", "religion/theology"], "description": "An evening of reflection and discussion linking beliefs and patterns that emerge in both apocalyptic thinking and fascist worldviews, as ideas of the end times and of enemies become more radical. The event is hosted by the Reformationskirche Moabit (REFO), which runs discussion evenings on current questions in its church; the thematic input comes from the theologian Marie-Christin Barleben. It forms part of the program accompanying the exhibition \"Le Charme discret de la dictature\", which explores the seductive sides of dictatorships. After the short talk, the format invites everyone to share thoughts and exchange views on the topics presented.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/impuls-und-diskussion-endzeit-faschismus-apokalypse-32186/", "official_url": "https://www.refo-moabit.de/termin/impuls-und-diskussion-endzeit-faschismus-apokalypse/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5cbda5d89678886b893cdf0577af2ca5f4116472e5f70e397757ac0a290b6ccd-1200.webp"}, {"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": "Über Grenzen: Ziehen, Einreißen und Verschieben", "start": "2026-08-14T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-11-12T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/berlin-wall"], "description": "A talk in the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition at the Humboldt Forum. It is the first of four events in the series „Über Grenzen: Ziehen, Einreißen und Verschieben“, held 65 years after the building of the Berlin Wall. Under the title „Grenzen/los?“, Elise Landschek (DIE ZEIT) talks with Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Juliane Meckert and Flor Fischer about the perspectives of the third and fourth generation East.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/uber-grenzen-ziehen-einreien-und-verschieben-79965/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3b60cf5bd71cdbc32b34c118b37f0d770cce0dd340a98c7296c05c1574ae23de-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Im Blick der Anderen. In the View of Others: Berlin", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kunstsammlung der Akademie der Künste", "address": "Luisenstraße 60, 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=20873", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/postwar"], "description": "“Im Blick der Anderen. In the View of Others: Berlin. The International Discourse on European Postwar Modernism” is a two-day conference with talks, discussions, lecture performances and a film programme. It takes place as part of the exhibition “Metaxy : Zwischen Zerstörung und Wiederaufbau” at the Kunstsammlung der Akademie der Künste. Behind it is a research group of Dr. Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann, Dr. Thomas Flierl, Dr. Paul Sigel and Robert K. Huber in cooperation with the Akademie der Künste's architecture section. The conference examines the international media reception of postwar modernism during the Cold War, starting from reports on the Karl-Marx-Allee in former East Berlin and the buildings of the 1957 Interbau in the west of the city, and presents findings from research in ten countries.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/im-blick-der-anderen-in-the-view-of-others-berlin-79991/", "official_url": "https://adk.de/programm/veranstaltungskalender/2026/11/im-blick-der-anderen-in-the-view-of-others-berlin/596575", "image": ""}, {"title": "Palästina zwischen Augen: Between Solidarity and Silence: What remains? Palestinian voices in the GDR and now", "start": "2026-10-31T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "station urbaner kulturen/nGbK Hellersdorf", "address": "Auerbacher Ring 41, 12619 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "history/gdr"], "description": "A conversation titled \"Palästina zwischen Augen: Between Solidarity and Silence: What remains? Palestinian voices in the GDR and now\". Mahmoud Dabdoub and Sophie Ataya talk with each other, moderated by Irit Neidhardt. The subject is Palestinian voices in the GDR and today, between solidarity and silence. The talk takes place as part of the nGbK program \"Palästina zwischen Augen\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/palastina-zwischen-augen-between-solidarity-and-silence-what-12798/", "official_url": "https://ngbk.de/en/programm/termine/palaestina-zwischen-augen-between-solidarity-and-silence-what-remains-palestinian-voices-in-the-gdr-and-now", "image": ""}]}