{"title": "Plenum", "start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T15:00:00+01:00", "place": "Ratskeller", "address": "Bölschestraße 87, 12587 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "The Plenum of the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin is a hybrid session held both in person and via Zoom. In a lecture titled „(Ab-)Gründe der Demokratie“, Raj Kollmorgen, professor of sociology at the Zittau/Görlitz university of applied sciences, reflects from a historical and political-sociological perspective on the self-evidence, crisis and transformation of our political system. He questions the assumption of a fixed content of democratic norms, examines the improbability of liberal-democratic orders and discusses alternative futures. Dieter Segert comments on the lecture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/plenum-104524/", "official_url": "https://leibnizsozietaet.de/veranstaltungs/plenum-26/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T15:00:00+01:00", "place": "Ratskeller", "address": "Bölschestraße 87, 12587 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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, "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": "Felix Heidenreich - Demokratie unter Druck. Ein Republikanismus der Nachhaltigkeit", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung", "address": "Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy", "literature"], "description": "A book presentation for Felix Heidenreich's new book \"Demokratie unter Druck. Ein Republikanismus der Nachhaltigkeit\". In it, the philosopher and political scientist argues for what he calls a republicanism of sustainability as a response to illiberal tendencies and a lack of social cohesion. He will be in discussion with Jan Philipp Albrecht, board member of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, and Ole Meinefeld of the foundation. The event is part of the series \"Zeitdiagnostische Interventionen\" and takes place in German on site and via livestream.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/felix-heidenreich-demokratie-unter-druck-ein-republikanismus-22770/", "official_url": "https://calendar.boell.de/de/event/prof-dr-felix-heidenreich-demokratie-unter-druck-ein-republikanismus-der-nachhaltigkeit", "image": "https://noky.io/images/919e74997057891008028e286e178e559d7f7ceec9be3138fd4536a6a703f4d8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "WahlheYmat Talks: Democracy for everyone", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek (AGB)", "address": "Eva-Mamlok-Platz 1, 10961 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "WahlheYmat Talks: Democracy for everyone is an English-language panel discussion on democratic participation in Berlin, where around one million residents cannot vote. Behind it is WahlheYmat e.V., whose monthly series is supported by the Berlin Central and Regional Library (ZLB). The guests are Chantal Chisley (Polnischer Sozialrat e.V.), Esther Nass (StimmlosTrend, WahlheYmat e.V.) and Jonas Drechsler (D2030 – Deutschland neu denken e.V.). Together with the audience they explore how democracy can be made accessible to everyone and adapted to a diverse society – no registration needed, but places are limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wahlheymat-talks-democracy-for-everyone-2594/", "official_url": "https://www.zlb.de/veranstaltungsuebersicht/wahlheymat-talks-democracy-for-everyone/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3fcceda21c60b934a6d7cc56d97e5c4b26267ef593cb30afb5877f3443fb9910-1200.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", "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": "Aufbruch und Abbruch", "start": "2026-11-07T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "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-2562/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e34564113d159a91a5b5353bba257fd8d87edaeb255452c59f585bb9f7f1bf1c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Sturzlage", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-16T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "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": "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", "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": "Key Visual der Konferenz \"Curating - Caring for Knowledge and Society\" © Design: Dina Fluck", "start": "2026-11-05T09:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/curation", "society/democracy"], "description": "The conference \"Curating - Caring for Knowledge and Society\" asks how universities and museums, as democratic institutions, can \"care for\" society. In four thematic panels – \"Natur erleben\", \"Gemeinsam leben\", \"Gesünder werden\" and \"Zukunft gestalten\" – curators from Berlin cultural institutions and researchers from the Berlin Excellence Alliance present and discuss curatorial practices through specific case studies. The programme is complemented by a keynote from Elke Krasny and a conversation with Marion Ackermann and Joachim Baur titled \"Sorge, Wut, Mut\". The conference is jointly organised by the Berlin University Alliance, the Humboldt Labor and the Zentrum für Kulturtechnik.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/key-visual-der-konferenz-curating-caring-for-knowledge-and-s-2549/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d36e687bce1005c3b34865848ab1f1a6e99fc8721bcf49b42c34ed96ca175eab-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Klassensitzung Klasse Sozialwissenschaften und Geisteswissenschaften", "start": "2026-11-12T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T12:00:00+01:00", "place": "Ratskeller", "address": "Bölschestraße 87, 12587 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/exile"], "description": "The class meeting of the Social Sciences and Humanities Class is a scholarly session with a lecture, held as a hybrid event on site and via Zoom. It is organised by the Social Sciences and Humanities Class of the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Larisa Schippel speaks on the expulsion and return of scholars from a translation-history perspective, using the exile of scholars in Turkey, Great Britain, Yugoslavia and the USA to show which translation strategies were used and how academic milieus became transculturalised. She also examines who returned after the end of the Nazi regime and under what conditions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/klassensitzung-klasse-sozialwissenschaften-und-geisteswissen-104523/", "official_url": "https://leibnizsozietaet.de/veranstaltungs/klassensitzung-klasse-sozialwissenschaften-und-geisteswissenschaften-2/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Wissensinseln: Raumforschung hautnah", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T19:00:00+01:00", "place": "Bibliothek am Wasserturm", "address": "Prenzlauer Allee 227/228, 10405 Berlin", "price": "kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/geography"], "description": "One object, many questions: at „Wissensinseln: Raumforschung hautnah“ visitors can talk directly with researchers. Behind it are researchers from sociology, geography, architecture, planning, urban anthropology and the arts at the Collaborative Research Center 1265 „Re-Figuration of Spaces“ at TU Berlin. They show how they investigate how digitalisation, social crises, climate change and global interconnectedness transform our everyday lives and the spaces we live in. The free event, with no registration required, is part of „Wissen zwischen Büchern“, a project by the agency con gressa with Berlin Science Week and the Berlin Public Libraries Network.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wissensinseln-raumforschung-hautnah-2553/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=291607&ls=0&c=409&v_ort=37541&date_start=25.10.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0a77cbca1d3b7271d10d5dede6da4f629408174091d74d3b2523a8995eb52853-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Einstein Foundation Berlin, BCGE, and Center for Open and Responsible Research at the Berlin Science Week: Can Science Remain Open in an Authoritarian World?", "start": "2026-11-06T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berlin University Alliance", "address": "Kleine Präsidentenstraße 1, 10178", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/open-science"], "description": "An open dialogue event taking place as part of Berlin Science Week. It is organized by the Einstein Foundation Berlin together with the Berlin Center for Global Engagement and the Center for Open and Responsible Research, both part of the Berlin University Alliance. Under the title \"Can Science Remain Open in an Authoritarian World?\", speakers and audience will explore what is at stake when research closes its doors and whether the benefits of open science can still be safeguarded. The panel features Dr. Kamran Naim of CERN and Prof. Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, with Dr. Sakine Weikert of the DAAD moderating; the event is held at Haus der Kulturen der Welt and registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/einstein-foundation-berlin-bcge-and-center-for-open-and-resp-72108/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/commitments/international/bcge/veranstaltungen/20261106_BeScWe_Can-Science-Remain-Open-in-an-Authoritarian-World_.html", "image": ""}, {"title": "Büro der öffentlichen Sache: Teilhabe", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+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", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "“Büro der öffentlichen Sache” is a public series of discussions. People from fields such as politics, art, business, media, church, sport or the military are invited to discuss a topic with one or two people of their choosing on which they explicitly hold differing views. Facing growing social and political polarisation, it asks which cultural and institutional conditions a democratic society needs so that publicness, judgement and democratic dispute can endure. On 4 November, Gregor Gysi discusses, among others, with Anh-Linh Ngo and Manos Tsangaris.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buro-der-offentlichen-sache-teilhabe-21467/", "official_url": "https://adk.de/programm/veranstaltungskalender/2026/11/buero-der-oeffentlichen-sache-november/596633", "image": ""}, {"title": "Kuratieren – Sorgen für Wissen und Gesellschaft", "start": "2026-11-05T09:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/curation"], "description": "“Kuratieren – Sorgen für Wissen und Gesellschaft” is a conference about the role of universities and museums as places of knowledge exchange. It is jointly organised by the Berlin University Alliance, the Humboldt Labor and the Zentrum für Kulturtechnik. Curators from Berlin cultural institutions and researchers from the Berlin excellence alliance present practices of curating in four panels – “Natur erleben”, “Gesünder werden”, “Gemeinsam leben” and “Zukunft gestalten” – using specific case studies. These are complemented by a keynote by Elke Krasny and a closing conversation with Marion Ackermann and Joachim Baur titled “Sorge, Wut, Mut”.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kuratieren-sorgen-fur-wissen-und-gesellschaft-16793/", "official_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/konferenz-symposium/kuratieren-171633/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0a53642687fe2d44a61b71b0506c20cc2e3b43a51768cd7f868428fa8626101e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Literaturstadt Berlin #8: Die neuen Leute", "start": "2026-11-13T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "PopUp Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek", "address": "Eva-Mamlok-Platz 1, 10961 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A panel discussion on the prospects of the emerging generation of writers, readers and curators in Berlin. It is organised by the Berliner Literaturkonferenz, an alliance of Berlin literature institutions and the independent literature scene, in cooperation with radio3, and picks up a presentation the literaturWERKstatt berlin first staged in 2002 under the same title. The panel brings together editor Katharina Holzmann, politician Louis Krüger, author I. V. Nuss and Eli Makuth from the youth reading group Die LesArtigen, moderated by Anne-Dore Krohn and Katja Weber. The talk also opens the Open Mike weekend and will be recorded and broadcast on radio3.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/literaturstadt-berlin-8-die-neuen-leute-211/", "official_url": "https://www.hausfuerpoesie.org/de/programm/literaturstadt-berlin-8-die-neuen-leute", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6bc39107596c17ee255cd73fda51d01b1948f7d79f7fc37764e239ebe4fdabcf-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Perspektiven. Zukunftsvisionen für eine resiliente Zivilgesellschaft.", "start": "2026-11-04T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00+01:00", "place": "silent green Kulturquartier", "address": "Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/civil-society"], "description": "The Robert Bosch Stiftung hosts its opening event “Perspektiven. Zukunftsvisionen für eine resiliente Zivilgesellschaft.” at the silent green Kulturquartier. It brings together actors from media, politics, business and civil society to talk about crises, confidence and shaping a future worth living. The program includes a guided exercise with imagineers lab, impulses from Arne Semsrott, Johanna Kühner, Lars Castellucci and Sara Öztürk, five workshops with guests including Maria Kalesnikava, and a live podcast recording with Düzen Tekkal and Florian Harms. Registration is possible until 19 October 2026, with food and space for personal conversations provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/perspektiven-zukunftsvisionen-fur-eine-resiliente-zivilgesel-85257/", "official_url": "https://bosch-stiftung.de/veranstaltung/perspektiven-zukunftsvisionen-fuer-eine-resiliente-zivilgesellschaft", "image": ""}]}