Brecht-Tage 2026
The Brecht Days are a collaboration between the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus, the Netzwerk Naturwissen at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, the Zeiss-Großplanetarium Berlin, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, the Literary Studies Department at TU Berlin and andcompany&Co.
Over the course of a week, film screenings, readings, panel discussions, and lectures will take place at various locations in Berlin. Zaal Andronikashvili, Sebastian Kirsch, and Matthias Schwartz from the ZfL are participating in the event.
Literary scholar Zaal Andronikashvili is a research associate with the project Literature in Georgia. Between Small Literature and World Literature. Theater and literary scholar Sebastian Kirsch is working on the project Street Scenes. Transformations of the Street as a Theatrical Reference Space. Slavist and historian Matthias Schwartz is deputy director of the ZfL and co-coordinator of the program area World Literature. He is head of the projects World Fiction, Post/Socialist. Eastern European Literatures and Cultures and Adjustment and Radicalisation. Dynamics in Popular Culture(s) in Pre-War Eastern Europe.
Program
Events involving ZfL researchers
Tue, 10 Feb 2026, 14.00
Zeiss-Großplanetarium, Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
»aufzeigend das mögliche«. Die »wissenschaftlich-technische Revolution« in sowjetischen Filmen, Teil 2: »Erde«
Film screening
Introduction: Matthias Schwartz
Film: Erde (Oleksandr Dowschenko, UdSSR 1930, 75 min, silent film with English subtitles)
Admission: 10,- € / reduced: 7,- €
Tickets at the Planetarium
Tue, 10 Feb 2026, 16.00
Zeiss-Großplanetarium, Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
Gespräch zur dreiteiligen Filmreihe »aufzeigend das mögliche«
Talk
With Klaus Gestwa and Theresa Hannig
Moderation: Vettka Kirillova and Matthias Schwartz
Admission: 7,- € / reduced: 5,- €
Tickets at the Planetarium
Tue, 10 Feb 2026, 18.00
Zeiss-Großplanetarium, Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
»Brecht im Planetarium. Konstellationen von Sternen und Menschen«
Lecture by Sebastian Kirsch
Admission is free
Tue, 10 Feb 2026, 19.30
Zeiss-Großplanetarium, Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
»aufzeigend das mögliche«. Die »wissenschaftlich-technische Revolution« in sowjetischen Filmen, Teil 3: »Neun Tage eines Jahres«
Film screening
Introduction: Matthias Schwartz
Film: Neun Tage eines Jahres (Michail Romm, UdSSR 1962, 111 Min., original version with German subtitles)
Admission: 10,- € / reduced: 7,- €
Tickets at the Planetarium
Wednesday, 11 Feb 2026, 18.30
Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin
Vom Nutzen und Nachteil vom Verändern von Modellen
Panel discussion
With Drew Pendergrass, Sebastian Kirsch, Tom Turnbull and Patrick Primavesi
Moderation: Maike Weißpflug
Admission is free, please register here
Event in English with simultaneous translation into German
Thursday, 12 Feb 2026, 16.00
Literaturforum im Brechthaus, Chausseestraße 125, 10115 Berlin
Die Quadratur des Kaukasischen Kreidekreises. Brecht in Georgien
Panel discussion
With Patrick Primavesi, Zaal Andronikashvili and Elene Shalutashvili
Moderation: Sebastian Kirsch
Admission is free