{"title": "Fortschritt als Fehlschritt", "start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung", "address": "Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/philosophy"], "description": "A talk and discussion about the meaning of progress in times of deep uncertainty and fears about the future. At its center is Annette Schlemm's book »Fortschritt als Fehlschritt«, in which she explains why progress nonetheless matters for emancipatory thinking and action, and formulates a redeeming critique. Schlemm, a philosopher who long influenced political discourse in Thuringia with the Zukunftswerkstatt Jena and runs the blog »Philosophenstübchen«, presents her arguments. The event takes place together with the Bildungskollektiv Erfurt e.V. and addresses a topic that thinkers from Plato and Aristotle through Kant, Marx and Foucault have grappled with.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/fortschritt-als-fehlschritt-31712/", "official_url": "https://www.rosalux.de/veranstaltung/es_detail/I6ULG/fortschritt-als-fehlschritt?cHash=534346c8617a12329e0436c073fd52de", "image": "https://noky.io/images/641e4bc47e8277fa8bae0a26e0afd188d71ce631336bd2b23fe2b7453035755a-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung", "address": "Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "https://www.eventim.de/artist/winfried-glatzeder/", "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. 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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": "Die Zukunft der Intelligenz – Warum wir dümmer klüger wären", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Urania", "address": "An der Urania 17, 10787 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/mit-raketen-zu-planeten?page=10#dates", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "A lecture presenting the philosophical counter-position to AI euphoria and the obsession with perfection. In it, the philosopher Manuel Scheidegger argues for a rehabilitation of stupidity and human fallibility. He sees these as human resources that distinguish us from machines. 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The title ties in with Philipp Blom's book 'Die strauchelnde Welt', which places these themes on history's gravel road.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-strauchelnde-welt-4402/", "official_url": "", "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": "https://noky.io/images/71e092b2e86092c79aaae7c471c24c394ac3656e80c0d84ff28f8a39fe36dfbb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 5: Die strauchelnde Welt", "start": "2026-11-04T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ticket.deutschestheater.de/eventim.webshop/webticket/shop?event=22108", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/contemporary-history", "literature"], "description": "\"Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 5: Die strauchelnde Welt\" is a talk in the DT Kontext series at Deutsches Theater Berlin. Historian Philipp Blom is a guest on the occasion of his new book \"Die strauchelnde Welt\", moderated by André Mumot. It explores the roots of today's existential crises of democracy, wars and global warming, which Blom traces between 9/11 and Russia's annexation of Crimea – from the USA losing credibility with the Iraq war, to Berlusconi's rise to power, the market displacing the welfare state, and the widening gap between rich and poor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-5-die-strauchelnde-welt-16780/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-die-strauchelnde-welt", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc5c2ecaa26477b4abaf702a62d55bafe5cba3f71174a147e7d5183ce2ab3391-600.webp"}, {"title": "Matthias Schmelzer: The Spectre of Stagnation and the Rise of Fascism. Towards a Theory of Growth", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ICI Berlin", "address": "Christinenstraße 18-19, 10119 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/fascism", "history/economic-history"], "description": "A lecture in English on how stagnation and growth relate to the rise of far-right and fascist tendencies. Economic historian Matthias Schmelzer, Professor of Social-Ecological Transformation Research at the University of Flensburg, examines why economic contraction is so often cited as a cause of the far right. He develops a framework for a theory of growth across ideological, social and material dimensions, contrasting degrowth's deliberate, democratically negotiated reduction with the autoreduction of disaster capitalism. The talk is part of the AutoReduction Lecture Series, a public livestream is available, and registration is required to attend in person.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/matthias-schmelzer-the-spectre-of-stagnation-and-the-rise-of-28883/", "official_url": "https://www.ici-berlin.org/events/matthias-schmelzer/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2c15545d6e3eabda170e7b38ef6d4a775b5121b875f49d321816d6ccb0ca7a72-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Was bewirkt Kunst? - Über die Zukunft der Kunst", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität der Künste Berlin – Fakultät Gestaltung", "address": "Grunewaldstraße 5-2, 10823 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "This event is an evening of the public talk series \"Warum Kunst?\" at the Berlin University of the Arts, asking what art achieves and where its future lies. Speaking are Wolfram Lotz, a dramatist, poet and radio playwright, and Prof. Iris ter Schiphorst, a composer, musician and author, with the evening moderated by Prof. Marion Hirte. 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": "https://noky.io/images/7d15fc74466d2d59d061a382a866b11fd2e029e4e233aab65df9db28f0234b93-600.webp"}, {"title": "Künstliche Intelligenzen – echte Konsequenzen", "start": "2026-11-07T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Futurium", "address": "Alexanderufer 2, 10117", "price": "8 € / ermäßigt 4 €", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "tickets_url": "https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/stefan-juergens-bram-stokers-dracula/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "The Futurium hosts a talk on artificial intelligence and its real consequences. It is given by Hubert Zitt, a computer science lecturer at the Hochschule Kaiserslautern who has become known across Germany for his Star Trek lectures. He asks how AI is already changing work, communication and decision-making, and whether it really leads people into a better world. The talk weighs promises such as better treatment of diseases against fears of disinformation, manipulation and loss of control, asking which tasks should be left to machines and where humans remain irreplaceable.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kunstliche-intelligenzen-echte-konsequenzen-16906/", "official_url": "https://futurium.de/de/veranstaltung/kuenstliche-intelligenzen-echte-konsequenzen/kuenstliche-intelligenzen-echte-konsequenzen", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6fc003e1f2898197646a87df4fedf649044f3de47debe3a1c272a293923756d3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "„Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Zwischenrufe zur deutschen Einheit“", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00", "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/e98cae2e745a3746936932cc1a28342234c61e7d88d397c2de9508a06e5f613b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Was bewirkt Kunst? - Über die Zukunft der Kunst", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "UNI.T", "address": "Fasanenstraße 1b, 10623 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "“Was bewirkt Kunst? – Über die Zukunft der Kunst” is a public evening as part of the discussion series “Warum Kunst?” at the Berlin University of the Arts. The playwright, poet and radio playwright Wolfram Lotz and the composer, musician and author Prof. Iris ter Schiphorst discuss what effect art has today and how it can gain new relevance. The evening is moderated by Prof. Marion Hirte and takes place in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/was-bewirkt-kunst-uber-die-zukunft-der-kunst-31795/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/was-bewirkt-kunst-ueber-die-zukunft-der-kunst/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7d15fc74466d2d59d061a382a866b11fd2e029e4e233aab65df9db28f0234b93-600.webp"}, {"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": "", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/laufzeitangebot/ausstellung/mirae-kh-rhee-weiterreichen-165896/", "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": "Freiheit und Solidarität – Gegensätze oder Komplementäre", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Maecenata Stiftung", "address": "Rungestraße 17, 10179 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/civil-society"], "description": "A colloquium by the Maecenata Stiftung in cooperation with the Allianz Rechtssicherheit für politische Willensbildung e.V. asks whether freedom and solidarity are opposites, or whether responsibly lived freedom requires solidarity. The political scientist Dr. Marie Wachinger opens with a talk on the concept of solidarity and its current situation in civil-society networks. Afterwards Dr. Rupert Graf Strachwitz, a board member of the foundation, examines the concept of freedom before a discussion with all participants. The hybrid event addresses a broad audience and aims to develop arguments for public debate; a small reception follows at the end.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/freiheit-und-solidaritat-gegensatze-oder-komplementare-26301/", "official_url": "https://www.maecenata.eu/terminarchiv/freiheit-und-solidaritaet-gegensaetze-oder-komplementaere/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Hoffnung, die ins Handeln kommt – Themenabend mit Prof. Dr. Christian von Hirschhausen", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Auenkirche", "address": "Wilhelmsaue 119, 10715 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian", "society"], "description": "A theme evening with a talk and discussion about hope that grows from faith and leads to action for and with our fellow human beings. The speaker is Klaus Mertes, a theologian and educator, head of the Sankt-Ansgar-Schule in Hamburg and superior of the Jesuit community in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Under the title „Exerzitien auf der Straße“ it asks whether renewing encounters with the Risen One, as experienced by the disciples on the road to Emmaus, still happen today. The evening takes place in the parish hall, followed by the chance to talk over a drink.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/hoffnung-die-ins-handeln-kommt-themenabend-mit-prof-dr-chris-31202/", "official_url": "https://www.auenkirche.de/aue-erleben/themenabende", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ea76b5d32e0c0ead3057f760b90ea30b74cc6abd0eba0cc650f821cbfd070af-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Democracy Under Pressure: Building Resilient Societies", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+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": ["society/democracy"], "description": "„Democracy Under Pressure: Building Resilient Societies“ is an English-language discussion held as a round table on the „03 Franklin Stage“ at Falling Walls Science House. It is organised by Falling Walls with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich involved, and takes place as a hybrid format. The panel brings together physics Nobel laureate Brian P. Schmidt, former Portuguese minister Manuel Heitor, LMU vice president Armin Nassehi, former European Research Council president Helga Nowotny and Yoshua Bengio of LawZero. They ask why even stable democracies can erode from within and look at the social, economic, cultural and technological foundations of open societies in times of rapid change.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/democracy-under-pressure-building-resilient-societies-72414/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/democracy-under-pressure-building-resilient-societies", "image": ""}, {"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": "https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-72071-4", "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"}]}