{"title": "Über die Demokratien in Amerika, oder: Was Tocqueville nicht interessierte", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut", "address": "Potsdamer Straße 37, 10785", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "society/democracy"], "description": "A German-language lecture in the Simón-Bolívar Hall of the Ibero-American Institute. Stefan Rinke of Freie Universität Berlin asks what Alexis de Tocqueville overlooked in his analysis of American democracy: the democracies of Latin America. The talk is part of the series '250 Years of US Independence: Hemispheric Perspectives' and the 'We the People' initiative of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Among its themes are the violence of slavery and settler colonialism, indigenous political orders, the Haitian Revolution, and the limits of political participation by gender, skin color and property.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/uber-die-demokratien-in-amerika-oder-was-tocqueville-nicht-i-22963/", "official_url": "https://www.iai.spk-berlin.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung/19-11-2026_ueber-die-demokratien-in-amerika-oder-was-tocqueville-nicht-interessierte.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d51aedd18b13936444732d36207b773b70a25efbdf89f3ece6b6ca4f90d50110-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut", "address": "Potsdamer Straße 37, 10785", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Las Americas", "start": "2026-11-09T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR zzgl. 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The tour discusses collaborations with indigenous societies and the museum’s handling of cultural assets from colonial contexts and restitution.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/las-americas-10767/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/las-americas-2026-10-26-170000-162313/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5d2c6f989e8db8361bd47c1d6551b280a72c7133f2b810fcbaab581d7ce1dfc2-2000.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": "Las descubiertas: La vanguardia del feminismo latinoamericano del siglo XXI y las estrategias de re-existencia con perspectiva histórica", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-10T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut", "address": "Potsdamer Straße 37, 10785", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/latin-america", "society/feminism"], "description": "A lecture on the pioneering role of Latin American feminism in the 21st century. The Argentine journalist and feminist writer Luciana Peker shows how movements like Ni Una Menos and the dates 25N and 28S originated in Latin America and the Caribbean, even though the global narrative centres on the USA and Europe. With a historical perspective, she also addresses the dangerous rise of antidemocratic forces after an era of feminist advances. The talk is part of the Diversity/Medialities series and takes place in cooperation with Mecila and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/las-descubiertas-la-vanguardia-del-feminismo-latinoamericano-22962/", "official_url": "https://www.iai.spk-berlin.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung/10-11-2026_las-descubiertas-la-vanguardia-del-feminismo-latinoamericano.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/468dacff65e77b8e2536ac6ca0337c84a618aadf29d5acb3567e2ab5e2c0b0e7-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Umkämpfte Freiheit", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Kohl-Stiftung", "address": "Friedrichstraße 187, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "A panel discussion on the future of the transatlantic relationship and on what freedom means today on both sides of the Atlantic. The panelists are Dr. Ronald Granieri of the U.S. Army War College, Dr. Norbert Röttgen and Dr. Rachel Tausendfreund of the DGAP; the conversation is moderated by the journalist Dr. Melinda Crane. The event is a cooperation between the Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Kohl-Stiftung and the Konrad-Adenauer-Forum Berlin and takes place at the Konrad-Adenauer-Forum Berlin. Registration was requested, but the event is unfortunately fully booked.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/umkampfte-freiheit-75826/", "official_url": "https://adenauerhaus.de/aktuelles-und-termine/termine/umkaempfte-freiheit-amerika-europa-und-die-zukunft-des-transatlantischen-verhaeltnisses", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b38e272d55786505c5b6daff0bf364dd225d2189455bb97b71aefeb211c6a865-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Luciana Pecker presenta: La odiocracia. Al fondo a la derecha, Libros del K.O.", "start": "2026-11-14T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-14T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Andenbuch", "address": "Bergmannstraße 59, 10961 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "A book presentation at Andenbuch for 'La odiocracia. Al fondo a la derecha', published by Libros del K.O. Luciana Pecker presents the book, which confronts the 'internacional del odio' and calls for a world that is not a puddle of violence but a place of encounter. The moderator is Vania Pigeonutt, a Mexican journalist and producer. The event is in Spanish and open to anyone interested in the topic.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/luciana-pecker-presenta-la-odiocracia-al-fondo-a-la-derecha-33438/", "official_url": "https://andenbuch.sumupstore.com/pagina/eventos-veranstaltungen#", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2c5bab4d1ca6c598039f250b9a408c8a8423d33095c7637dd0d57e6c57956776-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Kolonialismus erinnern. Vom Konzept zum Ort", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz", "address": "Linienstraße 227, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "„Kolonialismus erinnern. Vom Konzept zum Ort“ is an evening devoted to the question of how a central learning and memorial site on the history of colonialism could be designed in Berlin. The event brings together perspectives from academia, art, architecture, activism and memorial policy practice, sharing with a broad audience the conceptual and spatial foundations of the future site as well as the structures and networks that could sustain it. Artistically, the evening is framed by the dance company Fii ak Fee with the work DEM DEM and by Nathalie Vairac, who reads for the first time from Felwine Sarr's „Traces – A Speech to African Nations“. The event takes place in cooperation with „Kolonialismus erinnern“ and further partners, with simultaneous translation into English and French.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kolonialismus-erinnern-vom-konzept-zum-ort-293/", "official_url": "https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/kolonialismus-erinnern/20261113-1900/", "image": ""}, {"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": ""}, {"title": "Franz Kafka: Amerika (1927)", "start": "2026-11-16T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-16T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Helle Panke e.V.", "address": "Kopenhagener Straße 9, 10437 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/classics", "society/poverty"], "description": "The book club at Helle Panke e.V. – Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Berlin meets to discuss Franz Kafka's novel \"Amerika\". This is the second session in a series of nine meetings on poverty and fears of social decline. Registration is possible through the association's page.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/franz-kafka-amerika-1927-22792/", "official_url": "https://www.helle-panke.de/de/topic/3.termine.html?id=4131", "image": "https://noky.io/images/abf1573e8f61c5cb321894fd7e62620dad24a2a58fda43e9ab0c047a8c9153ba-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Runder Tisch Brasilien 2026", "start": "2026-11-13T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Stiftung Europäische Jugendbildungs- und Jugendbegegnungsstätte Weimar", "address": "Jenaer Straße 2–4, 99425 Weimar", "price": "", "price_from": "70.00", "price_to": "250.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/latin-america"], "description": "The “Runder Tisch Brasilien 2026” is a conference on the topic “Brasilien nach der Wahl – Wer gestaltet die Zukunft?” (“Brazil after the election – Who shapes the future?”). It is run by a cooperation of many organisations, with the Latin America department of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung part of its supporting circle. Together with guests from Brazil, including Indigenous leaders and representatives of organisations such as Instituto Terramar and Cáritas Brasileira, it looks at the political and social challenges the country faces after the October elections. The focus is on prospects for democracy, human rights, climate justice and international solidarity; the conference is held in German and Portuguese.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/runder-tisch-brasilien-2026-85197/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "DemokratieGEDICHTE: Erinnerungen neu gestalten - Demokratiegeschichte als gemeinsame Aufgabe", "start": "2026-11-16T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus für Poesie", "address": "Knaackstr. 97 (Kulturbrauerei), 10435 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/democracy", "literature/spoken-word"], "description": "An evening of poetry slam and a panel discussion on how the history of democracy is remembered. At the third evening of the \"DemokratieGEDICHTE\" series, poetry slam on democracy past and present meets experiences from memorial work. The focus lies on whose democratic history is told, which voices are missing, and how remembrance can be shaped openly and with many voices. The event takes place at the Haus für Poesie in the Kulturbrauerei and participation is free of charge.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/demokratiegedichte-erinnerungen-neu-gestalten-demokratiegesc-96878/", "official_url": "https://www.deutsche-gesellschaft-ev.de/veranstaltungen/diskussionsreihen/2184-demokratiegedichte-reihe.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/03faa6179bc7152671053557f26f1f554402955af53a677c0d06b56b14c108bb-600.webp"}, {"title": "Verdrängte Musik-Geschichte/n. Konzepte und kulturelle Praktiken", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "UNI.T", "address": "Fasanenstraße 1b, 10623 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "music/history"], "description": "The lecture series „Verdrängte Musik-Geschichte/n. Konzepte und kulturelle Praktiken“ is a digital, cross-university series of talks in the winter semester 26/27. It is run by the Musica inaudita team at the Berlin University of the Arts and is intended as a space for networking and exchange between teachers, researchers and students from different locations. A sequence of themed evenings is planned, opening up different perspectives on writing music history, including questions of repertoire formation, visibility in exile, gender staging, media and knowledge transfer, biographical research, queerness, decolonialisation and postcolonial approaches. The series takes place weekly on Wednesdays from 18:00 to 19:30; admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/verdrangte-musik-geschichten-konzepte-und-kulturelle-praktik-31774/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/verdraengte-musik-geschichte-n-konzepte-und-kulturelle-praktiken/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c17ecb4fb37de9ce9f181889be993ee9d58b0567483e8468be186a38bc566288-600.webp"}]}