{"title": "LESUNG UND GESPRÄCH: „Arabische Literatur im Spiegel einer Übersetzerinnenvita“ – mit Larissa Bender", "start": "2026-11-19T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "FB Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften", "address": "Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/translation"], "description": "A reading with discussion at the Institute of Arabic Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. It honors the translation work of Larissa Bender and asks how literature and its translation relate to world affairs. Since 2011, the Arab uprisings, the summer of migration, and wars in Sudan and Palestine have changed how the region is perceived: do translated works reflect these upheavals, what role do German publishers play, and what is it like to give a bestseller its voice? Short readings are followed by room for exchange and discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-und-gesprach-arabische-literatur-im-spiegel-einer-ube-94430/", "official_url": "https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/arabistik/kalender/2026/2026_11_Larissa-Bender_Arabische-Literatur.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74e4e3a231567228a6b5827a94a92561df4366748aabff1e18c196f4ae7096c1-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-19T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "FB Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften", "address": "Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "VOCI IN TRANSITO (it)", "start": "2026-11-07T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Buchhandlung a Livraria", "address": "Torstraße 159, 10115 Berlin", "price": "Freies Angebot / free donation", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/italian-literature"], "description": "A literary reading with Italian authors in Berlin. Lucia Camilloni, Fedra Mincio, Linda Nocera and Daniela Porto read short stories, excerpts from novels, poems and reflections. They tell of being in transit between Berlin, Italy and the world, of changes and challenges, and of the wish to give voice to their own voice and uniqueness. Afterwards there will be an open discussion between the authors and the audience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/voci-in-transito-it-13461/", "official_url": "https://www.mondolibro.de/p/sa-07-11-2026i-17-uhr-i-voci-in-transito-it", "image": "https://noky.io/images/34dbca9a64865198ba619a56aa6b939de87297a02ef8747a3b3b1414146a5dee-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": "10 Euro", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "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": "ARABIC MATTERS! presentation by Ruben Schenzle", "start": "2026-11-12T12:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "FB Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften", "address": "Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/culture"], "description": "A presentation in the Arabic Studies research colloquium \"ARABIC MATTERS!\" at Freie Universität Berlin. Ruben Schenzle reports on his project to highlight both the Arabic language and Arabic culture(s) as an integral part of contemporary Germany. He reports on his latest encounters with other stakeholders in the field and discusses next steps in the making. The colloquium is held in a hybrid fashion, with in-person participation or remote access via WebEx.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/arabic-matters-presentation-by-ruben-schenzle-94419/", "official_url": "https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/arabistik/kalender/2026/2026_10_SCHENZLE_arabic-matters_colloquium.html", "image": ""}, {"title": "Exiltexte: Kunst, Macht, Erinnerung. Lesung mit Tania Arcimovich, Karima Shabrang und Fariba Vafi", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schloss Schönhausen", "address": "Tschaikowskistraße 1, 13156 Berlin", "price": "15 €, ermäßigt 12 €", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A reading titled \"Exiltexte: Kunst, Macht, Erinnerung\" at Schloss Schönhausen. The writers in exile Tania Arcimovich (Belarus), Karima Shabrang (Afghanistan) and Fariba Vafi (Iran) read texts born from a literary engagement with the palace and its history during the Nazi era, drawing on their own experiences of exile and political pressure, in their original languages. Actress Melika Foroutan presents the German translations, and cellist Basilius Alawad accompanies the evening with music. The event is inspired by the Weiter Schreiben interventions and ends with a reception.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/exiltexte-kunst-macht-erinnerung-lesung-mit-tania-arcimovich-12534/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bac59a00fc6e07b1c6b537c7dae5d24dad5e3004a3463316b846a6b01b1aecb4-600.webp"}, {"title": "Literarische Erinnerungsbilder", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung", "address": "Straße der Pariser Kommune 8A, 10243 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/germany", "literature"], "description": "\"Literarische Erinnerungsbilder\" is a reading followed by a conversation. The authors Regina Scheer and Annett Gröschner read from their family novels \"Machandel\" and \"Schwebende Lasten\", in which individual fates form a multiperspectival mosaic of twentieth-century German history; the conversation is moderated by literary scholar Therese Hörnigk. The event takes place in the Eva-Mamlok-Bibliothek of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and is accessible, registration is requested. Literary images of memory are meant to broaden the range of society's perceptions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/literarische-erinnerungsbilder-97085/", "official_url": "https://www.rosalux.de/veranstaltung/es_detail/YWZCR/literarische-erinnerungsbilder?cHash=784309a7c779e052580b64ff3c5d54eb", "image": "https://noky.io/images/575c4c578c748ea7fdb4b59a6de9414192fc00aa1475a32faab15ae71ceac786-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Poetry and Correspondence: A German-Hebrew Network", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Eberhard-Lämmert-Saal", "address": "Eingang Meierottostr. 8, 10719 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A talk on German-Hebrew correspondence and poetry of the twentieth century. Na’ama Rokem presents her book „Zionism in Translation: Encounters in the German-Hebrew Archive“, which examines writings by figures such as Hannah Arendt, Gershom Scholem, Paul Celan and Walter Benjamin. In conversation with Dina Berdichevsky, she discusses belonging, resistance and the Zionist movement; with an introduction by Eva Geulen. Admission is free, no booking is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/poetry-and-correspondence-a-german-hebrew-network-26950/", "official_url": "https://www.zfl-berlin.org/veranstaltungen-detail/items/poetry-and-correspondence-a-german-hebrew-network.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/57e12191e8d59b4f62ff13556dde40c16991c1176d9912d64e1dedd4cbd6319c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Creative Writing & Translation Workshops", "start": "2026-11-06T11:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing"], "description": "Creative Writing & Translation Workshops is a series of hands-on workshops on creative writing and literary translation taking place throughout the house. It features Lucy Jones, Nikesh Shukla, Katy Derbyshire, Sylee Gore, Sheila Armstrong and Leon Craig, each leading their own workshop topic, such as translation as reading and writing, writing in the present moment, telling original prose from translated writing, making handmade books, finding one's own writing voice, and suggestion and ambiguity in fiction. Entry is free, and registration by email for the desired workshops is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/creative-writing-translation-workshops-204/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/creative-writing-translation-workshops/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Nachlese | écho 2026", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Institut Français Berlin", "address": "Kurfürstendamm 211, 10719 Berlin", "price": "0,00 €", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A literary discussion devoted to the French 'rentrée littéraire', presenting new releases and current trends in contemporary French literature. It is organised by the France Center of the Free University of Berlin together with the Institut français Berlin, and this edition marks the meeting's tenth anniversary. Ulrike Schneider and Jürgen Ritte join a surprise guest to discuss the award-winning works of the 2026 literary season, how France's major literary prizes are awarded, and developments in the French literary world. The event takes place in German, is streamed live, and the audience is invited to ask questions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nachlese-echo-2026-75990/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7e29664f2cd436d9ef4a51c794d079059623c477dd3fc7a1a5f0b2e95af6e289-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Gespräch und Lesung mit Alice Hasters und Mohamed Amjahid", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bibliothek am Luisenbad", "address": "Badstraße 39, 13357 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature", "society"], "description": "A talk and reading with Alice Hasters and Mohamed Amjahid. The author presents her latest book „Anti Opfer- Warum wir Verletzlichkeit verachten“, in which she describes a cultural change that coincides with a rise of authoritarianism and fascism. It deals with questions such as what happens to a society in which sensitivity is considered elitist and the right of the strongest is seen as authentic. The talk is held with the German-Moroccan journalist and author Mohamed Amjahid; registration in advance is requested under https://pretix.eu/bibliothek-am-luisenbad/Hasters/, as places are limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gesprach-und-lesung-mit-alice-hasters-und-mohamed-amjahid-2585/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Ästhetischer Widerstand?", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/contemporary-fiction", "society/politics"], "description": "\"Ästhetischer Widerstand?\" is an edition of the literature series \"Literarische Spielzeit\", in which two rotating guests talk about a book with host Insa Wilke. This time the focus is on Tomer Gardi's novel \"Liefern\", which follows the working routes of delivery people and is also an answer to the expectations placed on an Israeli author after 7 October 2023. The writer Mely Kiyak and the literary scholar and philosopher of religion Yael Kupferberg bring passages that make them think, grumble or laugh, and discuss the book's literary and political dimensions with Insa Wilke. The event takes place in the Rangfoyer of the Deutsches Theater.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/asthetischer-widerstand-72305/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/literarische-spielzeit-aesthetischer-widerstand", "image": ""}, {"title": "Rage Girl. Zur Literatur der Wut", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-11T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Brecht-Haus", "address": "Chausseestraße 125, 10115 Berlin", "price": "6,- € / ermäßigt: 4,- €", "price_from": "6.80", "price_to": "9.95", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/contemporary-fiction"], "description": "A literary discussion evening of short talks and conversations about how female anger is portrayed in recent novels. It features the authors Laura Dürrschmidt, Clara Leinemann, Nora Osagiobare and Kat Eryn Rubik, moderated by Sibel Schick. They discuss how anger can be told – between self-empowerment, self-destruction and solidarity – and what the boom in angry women in novels reveals about our present.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/rage-girl-zur-literatur-der-wut-75806/", "official_url": "https://lfbrecht.de/event/rage-girl-zur-literatur-der-wut/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0bab6d050e8c36e82388d90a188d575002b1e463034bafca6c40a3dfd800b655-600.webp"}, {"title": "LEKTÜREN FÜR DEN SALON: GABRIELE TERGIT", "start": "2026-11-17T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Mendelssohn-Remise", "address": "Jägerstraße 51 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei, Spenden willkommen", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/german-literature"], "description": "A reading in the series „Lektüren für den Salon“ is dedicated to the author and journalist Gabriele Tergit. Dorothee Nolte reads from Tergit's texts revolving around „Käsebier“, the „Effingers“ and the decline of the Jewish educated middle class in Berlin. The event carries the title „Teestunde“ bei Rahels Schwestern, den femmes de lettres & Gastgeberinnen. Annalisa Derossi plays at the grand piano, admission is free, donations are welcome, registration by phone or email.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lekturen-fur-den-salon-gabriele-tergit-68045/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Der letzte Himmel", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-10T21:25:00+01:00", "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Preis B", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["history/middle-east/israel-palestine/palestine", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "\"Der letzte Himmel\" is a lecture performance by and with the German-Palestinian journalist Alena Jabarine, based on her book of the same name, with live music by Bakr Khleifi. In early 2020, Jabarine moved to Ramallah for three years and set out in search of \"Palestina\". In the performance, she tells stories from her everyday life in a place that is much talked about but that very few people know – from Jerusalem via Ramallah to Bethlehem. She speaks of violence and humanity, loss and solidarity, patience and hope.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/der-letzte-himmel-3763/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/der-letzte-himmel", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8d7c87b49757d9f4ff0e2da19cdba8003a617a024974b11fe8c1786c392dead1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "»Berlin Babel. Stories of the city by Berliners old and new«", "start": "2026-11-06T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A book presentation of the new anthology »Berlin Babel«, which brings together 14 stories by writers from 11 countries. Among them are Leon Craig from the UK and Katy Derbyshire, who edited the anthology for V&Q. The evening asks how writers tackle that seemingly eternal subject, Berlin, what makes a good Berlin story, and whose perspective counts. It also includes a reading and talk with Sheila Armstrong and Gesa Stedman as well as music from DJ Natalie Stardust.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berlin-babel-stories-of-the-city-by-berliners-old-and-new-206/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/berlin-babel-stories-of-the-city-by-berliners-old-and-new/", "image": ""}]}