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Berlin conference for European cultural policy
Politics and business make up the core of the European Union's process of unification today. At the same time, culture has so far come up short. The draft of the European Union's Constitutional Convention illustrates this clearly: Culture is only...
A Step Closer
The international writers’ conference 2015 was dedicated to the novelist Navid Kermani, the winner of the 2015 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. As a religious studies scholar and orientalist, Kermani has been intensively involved in political...
Reciting Heiner Müller
In what way can or should one recite Heiner Müller's texts? How do time, space and one's voice interact when speaking his texts aloud? The Theatre Institute of Giessen in cooperation with the Université de Paris X, the International Heiner Müller...
Iannis Xenakis: The Electro-Acoustic Works
Research and artistic director: Christoph von Blumröder Artists / participants: Agostino Di Scipio (I), Simon Emmerson (GB), Anastasia Georgaki (GR), James Harley (CA), Sharon Kanach (US/FR), Gérard Pape (FR), Makis Solomos (GR, FR) and others Venue:...
Conference on the Digitalisation of European Cultural Heritage
The digitalisation of cultural assets is becoming increasingly important for museums and archives in Germany and Europe. In fact, the European Commission has finally placed the digitalisation of cultural heritage onto the agenda of European cultural...
Digitalising the WVHA prisoner catalogue
Scientific efforts to learn more about the concentration camp system of the Third Reich are often thwarted because of a lack of data. At several camps, the National Socialists themselves destroyed all the records, while at other locations, the data...
Inter.Kultur.Politik
In June 2003, The House of World Cultures in Berlin hosted a congress titled "inter.kultur.politik." Numerous international artists, researchers and politicians responsible for cultural affairs discussed the function of culture in a multiethnic...
The discovery of the sociocritical song
The sociocritical song has a long history. It wasn't until the 20th century, however, that it was seen as an artistic concept and often instrumentalised for political and ideological purposes. The folklorist Wolfgang Steinitz, who died in 1967, was...
The ambivalence of religion
Religion is the source of great humanitarian and social potential, yet it can also release destructive forces. In commemoration of the 450th anniversary of the Peace of Augsburg, this project features a discussion on the role of religions. Alessandro...
Quality of Life and Culture
What is personally important to you in life? What do you think enhances the quality of life in Germany? How significant is culture on the quality of life, and what does that mean for cultural policy and cultural funding? The Federal Cultural...