{"title": "Varnhagen-Lecture 2026: „Philosophes sauvages“", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin", "address": "Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "literature/letters"], "description": "The Varnhagen-Lecture is a talk with readings about the writer and salonnière Rahel Levin Varnhagen. Anke Gilleir, professor of modern German literature and gender studies at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, speaks about Varnhagen's correspondence with her youthful friends. Corinna Harfouch and Alexander Khuon complement the talk with passages from the letter editions edited by Barbara Hahn, which appear at the end of October 2026 in the Wallstein Verlag. 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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": "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": "Que(e)r Lesen", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bibliothek Schöneberg", "address": "Hauptstraße 40, 10827 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "society/queer"], "description": "'Que(e)r Lesen in der Bibliothek Schöneberg' is a reading and discussion from the poetry collection 'Parabolis Virtualis 5'. Readers are Hannah Schraven, Pia Laguna de la Vera and Mátyás Dunajcsik, moderated by Kevin Junk, with a greeting from Jim Baker of Querverlag. The event is a cooperation between Querverlag and the Tempelhof-Schöneberg public library. Admission is free and no registration is needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-lesen-92148/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f72524b6b4d610380b733f172f86a72029a05aa61a65a3aca5eb103d6c272c40-1200.webp"}, {"title": "A Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy? A discussion on the future of independent philosophy education and Gillian Rose", "start": "2026-11-19T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Pro qm", "address": "Almstadtstraße 48, 10119 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "Pro qm, a bookshop in Berlin-Mitte, hosts a book launch paired with a public discussion. The speakers are Peter Osborne, Howard Caygill, and Louis Hartnoll. Their conversation centers on the future of independent philosophy education and on Gillian Rose. The event runs under the title \"A Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy?\"", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/a-centre-for-research-in-modern-european-philosophy-a-discus-104550/", "official_url": "https://pro-qm.de/event/centre-research-modern-european-philosophy-discussion-future-independent-philosophy-education", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3b6ad1ab272611e78b5a97f68c70a36f806047f24c5d33eea6fa10f9dbdee52c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Julia Franck: Ich ertrinke in den Wassern meiner eigenen Liebe. Rilkes letzte Geliebte", "start": "2026-11-15T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Neue Synagoge", "address": "Oranienburger Straße 28-30, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/biography"], "description": "The author Julia Franck presents her new book, in which she follows the traces of an extraordinary relationship. It is about Baladine Klossowska and Rainer Maria Rilke, who knew each other from Paris in the years before the war. The event takes place at the New Synagogue on Oranienburger Straße.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/julia-franck-ich-ertrinke-in-den-wassern-meiner-eigenen-lieb-24678/", "official_url": "https://papagena-shop.comfortticket.de/de/veranstaltung/30cfe244-bfa6-4516-a159-2f4362c14792/3001", "image": "https://noky.io/images/41687ca11f3a5335debf1859d0815e101aca3da9e4faf76e17e7d0ce5239af33-600.webp"}, {"title": "»Jüdisches Weißensee« – Jüdische Geschichte(n) in der Gegenwartsliteratur. Lesung & Gespräch mit Marina Frenk, Slata Roschal, Britta Wauer & Alexander Estis", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:30:00+01:00", "place": "Brotfabrik", "address": "Caligariplatz 1, 13086 Berlin", "price": "€8 – €10 (zzgl. 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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": "Buchvorstellung „Israel, Palästina, Deutschland\"", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Buchhandlung Hennwack", "address": "Feuerbachstraße 26, 12163 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/israel-palestine", "society/politics"], "description": "A presentation of the book „Israel, Palästina, Deutschland“ with its author Dr. Avner Ofrath (Universität Marburg). Also discussing on the panel are Prof. Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (ZfA, TU Berlin) and Lea Frehse (Die Zeit). The event takes place at the Buchhandlung Hennwack bookshop in Berlin-Friedenau.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buchvorstellung-israel-palastina-deutschland-94422/", "official_url": "https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/judaistik/Termine/Buchvorstellung-Ofrath.html", "image": ""}, {"title": "Gedenkkolloquium für Hans-Otto Dill", "start": "2026-11-09T09:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-09T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Trattoria La Stazione", "address": "Storkower Straße 207, 10369 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/enlightenment", "literature"], "description": "A commemorative colloquium of talks, discussions and a reading honours Hans-Otto Dill (1935–2026), covering topics such as Latin American literature, his culturological thinking, translation and the late French Enlightenment. It is held under the title „Entre mundos“ and organised by the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin e.V. It opens with a welcome by the society's president, with moderation by Peter Jehle and Dorothee Röseberg. It closes with Ottmar Ette reading from his still unpublished novel „Terrakotta“, words of thanks and a reception.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gedenkkolloquium-fur-hans-otto-dill-104522/", "official_url": "https://leibnizsozietaet.de/veranstaltungs/gedenkkolloquium-fuer-hans-otto-dill/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Der Nobelpreis für Literatur 1966", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-11T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin", "address": "Unter den Linden 8, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "literature"], "description": "The Berlin State Library hosts a commemorative evening marking the award of the Nobel Prize in Literature sixty years ago to Nelly Sachs and S. J. Agnon. After a welcome by director general Achim Bonte and greetings, literary scholar Lina Barouch, writer Aris Fioretos and Thomas Sparr discuss the paths of Jewish literature. An introduction is given by Caroline Jessen of the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow, while cantor Assaf Levitin accompanies the evening musically at the piano with Naaman Wagner. The evening also commemorates the November pogroms of 1938 and Agnon's publisher Salman Schocken.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/der-nobelpreis-fur-literatur-1966-109756/", "official_url": "https://blog.sbb.berlin/termin/der-nobelpreis-fuer-literatur-1966/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/37cdb6995735a3ee055011891044aa1a329b71dd17df7ddacc5135df2090f4c1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rabbiner-Brandt-Vorlesung 2026", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Katholische Akademie in Berlin", "address": "Hannoversche Straße 5b, 10115 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/interfaith", "society/democracy"], "description": "The Rabbiner-Brandt-Vorlesung 2026 takes place at the Katholische Akademie in Berlin and is dedicated to the memory of the educational scholar and publicist Micha Brumlik. Marking the first anniversary of his death, it honours his commitment to humanism, education and democracy. Brumlik worked for decades in interreligious dialogue and received the Buber-Rosenzweig-Medaille for this in 2016. Together with friends and companions, his life and work will be remembered.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/rabbiner-brandt-vorlesung-2026-9180/", "official_url": "https://www.katholische-akademie-berlin.de/veranstaltung/rabbiner-brandt-vorlesung-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d897023bfcc9721dce27e281c1a097fbcb0aada946b734ce9094f55f1db0d266-1200.webp"}]}