Gaze up at the starry sky during the talks at the planetarium. Or listen to well-known authors as they read from their books, bringing them to life. You’ll find a wide range of talks on a variety of topics at the Urania, for example.
Lectures & Readings © Brotfabrik Lectures & Readings “A Brighter Shadow of the Future” – Essays on Climate Change by Elena Boeck, Katrin Imma Deibert, Verena Kosmala, Julia Noack, Susann Mathis, Elisabeth Pohl, and Antonia Rötger Lectures & Readings The future is uncharted territory. Who says it has to be bleak? The authors describe futures where not everything is in crisis; sometimes… Read more
Lectures & Readings © © Sarnt Utamachote, I am not your mother, 2020/2025; Iden Kim, The next day after you died, 2022 / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: GIULIANI | VON GIESE Lectures & Readings “Closer than we admit” Lectures & Readings What does it mean to care for one another? Which forms of intimacy and memory find their way into the public sphere, and which remain… Read more
Lectures & Readings © visitberlin, Foto Wolfgang Scholvien Lectures & Readings 08/10/2026 + 1 additional date “Contemporary witnesses in conversation” – escape helper Burkhart Veige Lectures & Readings 08/10/2026 + 1 additional date The Berliner Unterwelten e.V. is always good for creative innovations: One of the most successful escape helpers, Burkhart Veigel, reports… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll Lectures & Readings 11/10/2026 “Degenerate Art” at Schönhausen Palace: Relocation – Administration – Utilization Lectures & Readings 11/10/2026 This lecture focuses on the Nazi “Degenerate Art” campaign and its consequences for museums, artists, and collections. At one of the sites… Read more
Lectures & Readings © SFVV; Fotos: Jehona Kicaj, Carl Philipp Roth; Elona Beqiraj Lectures & Readings “ë” with Jehona Kicaj and “And We Came Every Summer” with Elona Beqiraj Lectures & Readings Even if one did not experience the war first-hand, its traces are etched into family histories – in memories as well as in what remains… Read more
Lectures & Readings © BArch, Ostermaier Lectures & Readings “Explosives in the Mail”—Letters and Packages in the Crosshairs of the State Security Service Lectures & Readings Until 1989, thousands of letters and packages were intercepted, opened, and inspected daily by Department M of the Ministry for State… Read more
Panel discussion © Sabine Zoltnere Panel discussion 27/10/2026 “Feelings of the Future – How Emotional AI Is Changing Our Lives” Panel discussion 27/10/2026 What does the idea of sentient machines mean for us humans? Everyone is talking about ChatGPT, LaMDA and similar language models that answer… Read more
Lectures & Readings © PROMO Lectures & Readings “I pour my whole being into you” Lectures & Readings “I pour my whole being into you”—Martina Gedeck and Sebastian Koch read from the marriage diaries of Clara and Robert Schumann. Read more
Lectures & Readings © Linda Rosa Saal / Kiepenheuer & Witsch Verlag Lectures & Readings “Lies About My Mother” – Reading & Discussion with Daniela Dröscher Lectures & Readings Daniela Dröscher talks about growing up in a family where one topic dominates everything: her mother’s weight. Read more
Art © Cover unter Verwendung eines Fotos von Thomas Hirschhorn, Nietzsche-Car, 2008 (Detail) © Schwabe Verlag, Basel Art “Nietzsche Forever?” Aperitivo at Camaro Haus Art A book presentation featuring a moderated reading and panel discussion. With author Barbara Straka, moderated by art historian Eckhart… Read more
Panel discussion © Brotfabrik Panel discussion “Non-Binary Writing” – Novels on the Intersection of Body, Identity, and Language. Panel discussion In the novels by Jchj Vé Dussels and Boris Celeste, identities do not appear as fixed entities, but rather as a fluid, open-ended process… Read more
Panel discussion © USHMM Panel discussion “On the way, I realized that we were going to be shot…” – Keynote speeches and panel discussion Panel discussion In late August 1941, German units under the command of SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln murdered more than 23,000 Jewish children… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Ibn Rushd Fund Lectures & Readings “Petrolism: Oil—A Substance Turned into Ideology”—Panel Discussion, Diwan al-Falsafa & Buffet Lectures & Readings The topic of petroleum and its impact on thought, society, and the environment will be examined from various perspectives. After all, the… Read more
Lectures & Readings © H.-H. Grimmling, Die Umerziehung der Vögel (Sammlung J.+M. Heinrich) Lectures & Readings “Red Yarn” – Letters from the GDR Prison Lectures & Readings Standing upright in the Second German Dictatorship was just as necessary as in the first, because dictatorships deprive people of their… Read more
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin, Foto: Artfully Media, Sven Christian Schramm Lectures & Readings 23/10/2026 “Science Slam Championship 2026ˮ. (In German Language) Lectures & Readings 23/10/2026 In October 2026, Germany’s best science slammers will gather at the Berlin Philharmonic. At the German Science Slam Championship, they will… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Sascha Funke Lectures & Readings “THE CANTERVILLE GHOST” Hans-Jürgen Schatz reads Oscar Wilde Lectures & Readings He has the ability to create, with just a few words, the illusion of having been present. Moreover, he possesses a wonderful, rare quality… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Foto: Uri Levi I Rechte: Sharepic: KIgA e.V. Lectures & Readings 20/10/2026 “The Future is Peace” – Reading & discussion with Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah Lectures & Readings 20/10/2026 What happens when two people who have lost close family members in the Middle East conflict choose reconciliation over revenge? This is the… Read more
Lectures & Readings © DDR Museum/Susanne Schleyer Lectures & Readings “The New Wall” Lectures & Readings The collection of essays *The New Wall* examines tensions between East and West and explores the state of democracy. Read more
Panel discussion © Valerie Reding Panel discussion “There is only one family: the terrestrial”. A lecture performance by Kim de L’Horizon Panel discussion “If I were as big as you. Blood beech. You can just grow. No one determines your form. I want to be like you.” Read more
Lectures & Readings © Maria Schöning Lectures & Readings 16/11/2026 “Things that aren’t” – The Art of Micha Ullman Lectures & Readings 16/11/2026 An interactive picture-book cinema for people aged 8 and over. Large-scale projected illustrations, lively storytelling and a group… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Juliette Moarbes Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 “Threads, Fabrics, Patterns” – Weiter Schreiben Magazine #8 Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 The eighth issue of *Weiter Schreiben* magazine, entitled ‘Threads, Fabrics, Cuts’, is being celebrated. For a story not to fall apart, it… Read more
