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Association of German Studies in Oxford German in the World

Monday, September 1, 2025 - 13:00 to Wednesday, September 3, 2025 - 13:00
St John's College, Oxford and the Taylor Institute, St Giles Oxford

Delighted to be hosting the Association of German Studies in Oxford 1-3 September 2025. The theme is 'German in the World' and we are  preparing a huge and wonderfully diverse programme of papers and events. More details coming soon.

 

Embassy Event: 80 Years On: From Ruins to Reconciliation – Dresden’s Journey of Renewal

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 - 19:00
German Embassy London

It was an honour and a privilege to be part of this extraordinary event at the German Embassy in London this February to mark 80 years since the Allied bombardment of Dresden. Thanks to his Excellency Ambassador Miguel Berger for the invitation and to Edmund de Waal, Durs Grünbein,  and the Dean of Windsor and the Dresden Trust for their part is making it so moving and memorable, 

Sandra Richter, Rilke: oder das offene Leben

Thursday, March 6, 2025 - 17:15
Memorial Room Queen's College

Sandra Richter of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach will present her new biography of Rilke: Rainer Maria Rilke: oder, Das offene Leben (Insel Verlag, 2025).

Rainer Maria Rilke was born in 1875 in Prague and passed away in 1926 in Montreux, Switzerland, making 2025 the 150th anniversary of this remarkable author’s birth, and 2026 the 100th anniversary of his death. This biography draws on previously unseen materials newly acquired by Marbach to paint a portrait of Rilke as we have never seen him before.
 

Ingo Schulze in Oxford

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 - 17:00
Amersi lecture Theatre BNC

Delighted to welcome Ingo Schulze to oxford to read from his 2021 Die rechtschaffenden Mörder . Grateful to Sina Menrad and the other Lektor:innen for all their work. A fantastic occasion.

Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters (MBIFL), ‘Currents of Change’

Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 16:15 to Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 22:15
KANAKAKKUNNU, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA.

Very excited to be performing at Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters (MBIFL), ‘Currents of Change’, at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 6-9 February. 

 

Fit to burst with talks, performances and fascinating discussions

Versatorium – Verein für Gedichte und Übersetzen - Laboratory for Translating Arts

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 - 09:00
Versatorium – Verein für Gedichte und Übersetzen Am Modenapark 8–9/6/R01 1030 Wien

Very Excited to be the guest of the Versatorium Vienna  https://www.versatorium.at/#about

A radical social project and  Laboratory for Translating Ats 

Poetry and Translation Three Approaches 

"Versatorium is a collective action on and in translation,

Freedom for Dawit! Freedom of the Press! Art and Play premiere for International Human Rights Day

Monday, December 9, 2024 - 10:00 to Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 22:30
Vienna

Delighted to be part of this organised by PEN Eritrea and PEN Austria 

 

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS - HUMAN RIGHTS ART PROJECT on the occasion of Human Rights Da­y organized by­ Wolfgang Martin Roth, in cooperation with PEN Eritrea, PEN Austria, Theodor Kramer Society­ and Vienna Master of Arts in Applied sciences

Monday­, 9/12/2024 Time: 10am - 6pm

10am official opening  Venue Mariahilferstraße 1 1070 Vienna  Dawit Isaak. ! Voice from Prison. Art installation at the Human Rights Square Public Literary Event 

Between Anticipation and Belatedness: Forms of Anachronism in Art Literature and Music

Friday, October 18, 2024 - 14:00 to Saturday, October 19, 2024 - 09:00
UdK, Berlin
anticipation and belatedness_Oxford UdK

The conference examines artistic processes and forms that deliberately challenge continuous time or break with chronology. This can mean, for example, that writers, musicians or artists repeat themselves, take up supposedly obsolete (media) techniques, work in outdated genres or simply ignore the current developments of an artistic field. The articulation and evocation of the experience of no longer being a contemporary of one's own epoch has often been described as a typical feature of late works and theorized as such.

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Mathrubhumi Weekly

Sunday, March 23, 2025 - 15:45
interview and article about translating poetry with Karen Leeder

JUNIVERS 2024

Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 17:45
Literarisches Colloquium Berlin
Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (c) dagmar schwelle

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