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 © d2mberlin Lectures & Readings THE BEST POETRY SLAM IN THE WORLD Lectures & Readings Just imagine: a summer evening in Berlin. You and your friends have your toes in the sand and a summer drink in hand. A DJ is playing… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Ina Schoenenburg Lectures & Readings THE BIG SHOCK Lectures & Readings East Germans recount the consequences of the Treuhand policies – A book about loss, shame and dignity – 35 years after German reunification Read more
Lectures & Readings © Julian Hartmuth_Penguin Random House Lectures & Readings 17/11/2026 The Blue Sofa | 39th Berlin Jewish Culture Days Lectures & Readings 17/11/2026 Once again this year, the Blaue Sofa – Bertelsmann’s literary forum – is making a guest appearance at the Berlin Jewish Cultural Days… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Wagenbach Verlag Lectures & Readings The break is over! Lectures & Readings Marcello, around thirty years old and a recent graduate without a proper job, lives in the tourist town of Viareggio – with his mother, of… Read more
Lectures & Readings © SPSG / Manfred Hamm Lectures & Readings The city and the castle Lectures & Readings How did the idea for a museum at Oranienburg Palace come about in the 1990s? In a conversation, Hans-Joachim Laesicke (former mayor of… Read more
Lectures & Readings © © TEA / TEA Lectures & Readings The Diary and Memoir Archive: Walter Moos – A Life in Berlin Lectures & Readings The TEA invites you to get to know Walter Moos as an author and eyewitness. Read more
Lectures & Readings © Rick Palm Lectures & Readings The Dream Ship: A literary reading about dreams and the imagination Lectures & Readings What do writers actually dream about? The ‘Traumschiff’ reading series explores this question – quite literally. Read more
Lectures & Readings © Archiv Jörg Kirschstein Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 The Emperor's Heir: Prince Wilhelm of Prussia Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940) was regarded as a beacon of hope in monarchist circles after his grandfather and father had fled into… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Foto: Michael Petrowitz Lectures & Readings The Endless School Trip Lectures & Readings Berlin-based author Michael Petrowitz reads from "The Endless School Trip—Haunting at Hammelstein Castle." Read more
Lectures & Readings © Museum für Naturkunde Lectures & Readings 08/10/2026 The fascinating world of bats Lectures & Readings 08/10/2026 Bats are surprisingly diverse: they hunt in complete darkness, pollinate plants and inhabit almost every habitat on Earth. This talk invites… Read more
Art © Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / Andres Kilger Public Domain Mark 1.0 Art The Fascination of Van Gogh – Fake Originals and the Cassirer Art Salon Art Nicole Bröhans’ historical novel *Falsche Originale* takes one of the most spectacular art scandals of the Weimar Republic as its starting… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Goldberg Lectures & Readings The foreign land was beautiful, but a substitute Lectures & Readings Playfulness, satirical bite, linguistic wit, fragility, charm, social commentary – Mascha Kaléko's verses are timeless and unique. They… Read more
Panel discussion © visitBerlin, Illustration Klio Karadim Panel discussion The Heart of Berlin's Bohemian Scene Panel discussion On April 19, 1933, Else Lasker-Schüler fled Berlin and Hitler’s Germany in a hurry to Switzerland. In cooperation with the Else Lasker… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Münzenberg Forum Berlin Lectures & Readings The Hess family guest books Lectures & Readings The Hess family's guest books are a unique testimony to cultural history, especially that of the interwar period. Read more
Lectures & Readings © Manuel Frauendorf Lectures & Readings The History of Aviation in Tempelhof – An Exploration of Tempelhofer Feld Lectures & Readings Here you can immerse yourself in the history of a place that evolved from the site of early flight experiments into one of Europe’s most… Read more
Lectures & Readings © ›Die Unverbesserlichen‹, BRD 1965, Regie: Claus Peter Witt © NDR/Holtz Lectures & Readings The Incorrigibles Lectures & Readings Social commentary packaged for a broad audience, aired on Mother’s Day: *Die Unverbesserlichen* is a portrait—marked by gentle tragicomedy… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Ophelia Kloth Lectures & Readings The Ivory Project: Materials Science Studies of Byzantine Ivory Objects Lectures & Readings The materials science investigations focused on the identification of pigments, gilding techniques and metal alloys, as well as the analysis… Read more
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin, Foto: Arthur F. Selbach Lectures & Readings The Kaiserslautern Trilogy Lectures & Readings Mira, Juli, and Ella could hardly be more different—and yet they are united in their longing for that great freedom that was a sweet promise… Read more
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle Lectures & Readings 05/10/2026 The language of the womb Lectures & Readings 05/10/2026 Recognising symptoms and understanding the body: This series of talks focuses on conditions and disorders of the uterus – ranging from… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Promo Lectures & Readings The Last Children of the GDR Lectures & Readings They are the last generation: people whose parents were born in the GDR. With them, there is a risk that everything that existed beyond the… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Jenna Lee/Dženana Vucic Lectures & Readings The launch of "after war" by Dženana Vucic Lectures & Readings Drawing on the Bosnian War and its traumas, Dženana Vucic’s *After War* is a powerful exploration of identity and belonging—or rather, non… Read more
