ZfL events

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Book club
20 Apr 2026 · 6.30 pm

Wiktor Pelewin: Omon hinterm Mond

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Hans-Ulrich Gumbrecht stands at the lectern, brightly lit in a dark room, and speaks.
Book presentation with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Eva Geulen and Stephan Schlak
20 Apr 2026 · 7.00 pm

Sepp über Sepp

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Glowing question mark made of red and white light trails inside a dark, graffiti-covered tunnel.
DFG-Netzwerktagung
07 May 2026 – 08 May 2026

Frage und Antwort zugleich. Das Rätsel als dialogische Struktur und narratives Muster in Literatur, Film und Spiel

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An abstract collage of architectural forms and photographic fragments of buildings with a smoking chimney on the right edge of the image.
Lecture
07 May 2026 · 6.00 pm

Fanny Wehner (ZfL): Vladimir Nabokov – Berlin wider Willen: fünf Adressen und ein Stadtführer

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Historic black-and-white staged scene of a prehistoric landscape with a dinosaur model among artificial rocks, fir trees, and a small pond inside an indoor setting.
Book presentation
12 May 2026 · 6.30 pm

Wozu Paläokritik? Spurensuchen zum Anthropozän

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Black-and-white photo: A historic street scene featuring a curved corner building with the word “Atrium” in the center, surrounded by shops, a streetcar, and passersby.
Matinee
17 May 2026 · 11.30 am

Die Lust am Protest. Ästhetische Moderne in Wilmersdorf (1900–1933)

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Book club
18 May 2026 · 6.30 pm

Rafael Chirbes: Alte Freunde

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Book presentation
Book presentation
27 May 2026 · 6.30 pm

Tanzende Scheren. Eine alternative Geschichte der Collage

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An abstract collage of architectural forms and photographic fragments of buildings with a smoking chimney on the right edge of the image.
Vortrag
01 Jun 2026 · 6.00 pm

Patrick Eiden-Offe (ZfL): Robert Walser – Von Biel nach Berlin und zurück: Prosastückli aus dem Weltstadtgetümmel

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Conference
Conference
08 Jun 2026 – 11 Jun 2026

Über Koselleck hinaus. Für eine Begriffsgeschichte der Gegenwart

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Black and white portrait photo of Tamara Hundorova.
Wednesday lecture
17 Jun 2026 · 6.30 pm

Tamara Hundorova (Wiko Berlin): “Crisis of Europe” and Post-World War II Ukrainian Occidentalism

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Illustration with two zeppelins against a dark sky and stylized yellow human figures in rows below. Organizational information about the book club is written on it.
Book club
22 Jun 2026 · 6.30 pm

Paul Lynch: Das Lied des Propheten

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