{"title": "Die Militarisierung des Weltraums", "start": "2026-10-27T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-27T12:00:00+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": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "A talk in the seniors' club titled \"Die Militarisierung des Weltraums – Ein gefährlicher Eskalationsprozess\". The speaker is Prof. Dr. Nina Hager, with moderation by Marilies Müller. It covers the history of the militarization of space since before 1957, rising weapons spending, and developments in the USA and Germany, including the first national space security strategy of 2025. Helle Panke e.V., an educational institution of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Berlin, is hosting the event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-militarisierung-des-weltraums-22785/", "official_url": "https://www.helle-panke.de/de/topic/3.termine.html?id=4117", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8fc7029c1e0562da5d1f6d6436c2f606b4f868e6208c803086834b9a36e49f83-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-27T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-27T12:00:00+01:00", "place": "Helle Panke e.V.", "address": "Kopenhagener Straße 76, 10437 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "KIWi Policy Talk: Cooperation and Diplomacy in Space", "start": "2026-11-08T17:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/space-exploration"], "description": "A discussion titled \"KIWi Policy Talk: Cooperation and Diplomacy in Space\", held as a hybrid round table on the \"03 Franklin Stage\" at the Falling Walls Science House. The talk is backed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). It deals with international collaboration in space research, which is increasingly entangled with geopolitical interests, technological competition and private investment. The speakers discuss how science diplomacy, institutional partnerships and shared research infrastructures can maintain cooperation and scientific progress; the speakers are Maria Rentetzi, Colin Forsyth and John M. Horack.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kiwi-policy-talk-cooperation-and-diplomacy-in-space-72431/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/kiwi-policy-talk-cooperation-and-diplomacy-space", "image": ""}, {"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, "tickets_url": "", "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": "Von der Staatsgründung zum Sicherheitsstaat", "start": "2026-11-10T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv", "address": "Ruschestraße", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history"], "description": "A colloquium talk titled “Von der Staatsgründung zum Sicherheitsstaat” examines the emergence and development of Syria's military and the Mukhabarat between 1946 and 1990. It is organized by the Bundesarchiv - Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv at the Stasi-Zentrale, Campus für Demokratie. Speaker Thora Pindus (Philipps-Universität Marburg) presents findings from a doctoral project, focusing on the influence of former members of the Wehrmacht and (Waffen-)SS on building and modernizing the army and intelligence services. The event takes place in hybrid form, registration by e-mail is required, and admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/von-der-staatsgrundung-zum-sicherheitsstaat-67814/", "official_url": "https://www.einblick-ins-geheime.de/termin/von-der-staatsgruendung-zum-sicherheitsstaat-berlin-10-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b06ac8a74cc663fca7165572f1ae56e793c31b5f48854e7e1f9d36b7c1f9497f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lesekreis in Berlin: Militarismus und Antimilitarismus, einführende Sitzung", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rosa und Karl - Sozialistisches Lokal", "address": "Sonnenallee 152, 12059", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/marxism"], "description": "A reading circle in Berlin for the session „Militarismus und Antimilitarismus, einführende Sitzung“. It is organized by the group Klasse Gegen Klasse, which reads Marxist classics by Karl Liebknecht and Vladimir Lenin along with current antimilitarist texts. Germany is said to be preparing for war, so the group discusses the direction of today's antimilitarist movement. No prior knowledge is needed, and the first session requires no advance reading.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesekreis-in-berlin-militarismus-und-antimilitarismus-einfuh-26253/", "official_url": "https://www.klassegegenklasse.org/calendar/militarismus-und-antimilitarismus-einfuehrende-sitzung-2/", "image": ""}, {"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": "Planetary Boundaries in an Age of Geopolitical Conflict", "start": "2026-11-08T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T15:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "\"Planetary Boundaries in an Age of Geopolitical Conflict\" is a discussion with experts on planetary boundaries. It is organised by the Frontiers Planet Prize and the Frontiers Science House. It looks at how geopolitical conflicts are reshaping energy systems, security priorities and climate policy while scientific evidence remains clear. The speakers discuss how climate science can remain a strategic guide for governments and industry as immediate crises compete with long-term planetary stability.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/planetary-boundaries-in-an-age-of-geopolitical-conflict-72402/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/planetary-boundaries-age-geopolitical-conflict", "image": ""}, {"title": "Juwelen des Kosmos", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-31T15:15:00+01:00", "place": "Zeiss-Großplanetarium", "address": "Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin", "price": "12,00 € / ermäßigt 8,00 €", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "A live-narrated show in the large dome hall, in which spectacular images from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes fill the cupola. Presenters take the audience on a journey past glowing star clusters, into giant nebulae and out to distant galaxies. Along the way they explain the mighty processes in space and reveal what the pictures tell us about the evolution of the universe. The visually stunning tour of discovery invites you to look at the night sky with completely new eyes afterwards.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/juwelen-des-kosmos-16848/", "official_url": "https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/juwelen-des-kosmos", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea5328d2a9c34b5a58cf2656d7621f1a35896167e2bac2259bef52f146a9ba56-600.webp"}, {"title": "From Curiosity to Commitment: Big Science in Space", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T15:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "A round table titled \"From Curiosity to Commitment: Big Science in Space\" deals with ambitious science missions in space, such as the search for life beyond Earth. The session is run by ETH Zürich. It asks how curiosity-driven research becomes sustained commitment, what new funding models and long-term vision this requires, and how public and private actors can jointly enable the next generation of big science. Speakers include Sascha P. Quanz of ETH Zürich and Stacie Bloom of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/from-curiosity-to-commitment-big-science-in-space-72415/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/curiosity-commitment-big-science-space", "image": ""}, {"title": "Stechschritt des Friedens. Texte zur Kriegsertüchtigung", "start": "2026-11-05T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/war", "literature"], "description": "A reading and discussion titled „Stechschritt des Friedens. Texte zur Kriegsertüchtigung“ at Literaturhaus Berlin, in Kamins Zimmer. Luis Löwenstein and Sean Pfeiffer take a literary stroll through more than a hundred years of German war propaganda. It shows how democratic civic duty resembles loyalty to the Kaiser, and how culture casts off its artistic mantle to throw itself into the battle for minds in times of conflict. Critical voices from the past are also drawn upon, to hold up to today's criticism its lack of sharpness, political foresight and artistic skill.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/stechschritt-des-friedens-texte-zur-kriegsertuchtigung-203/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/stechschritt-des-friedens-texte-zur-kriegsertuechtigung/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Unendliche Weiten", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-12-30T14:30:00+01:00", "place": "Archenhold-Sternwarte", "address": "Alt-Treptow 1, 12435 Berlin", "price": "12,00 € regulär, 8,00 € ermäßigt", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.planetarium.berlin/Event/Detail?Event=14903", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "A live-narrated planetarium program about the origin and development of the universe. It is a production of Stiftung Planetarium Berlin and starts 13.7 billion years ago, showing how structures, stars and galaxies arise in a universe of constant becoming and passing away. The journey returns from these vast expanses to the Milky Way, the solar system and planet Earth, so the night sky is seen with new eyes. The show runs 55 minutes and is suited for ages 12 and up (grade 7).", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/unendliche-weiten-15833/", "official_url": "https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/unendliche-weiten", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f972786a97720e00bbfc87eb08ed65e96be8ce72c5c033404bfe60f048faecce-1200.webp"}]}