Queer as German Folk

The Goethe-Institut Cyprus has invited Birgit Bosold from the Schwules Museum Berlin to Cyprus. As the co-curator of Queer as German Folk (which has also been presented at the Schwules Museum under the title Love at First Fight!), she will do a guided tour through the exhibition at the Goethe-Institut Cyprus.

Please register by 16 October 2024 at kultur-nikosia@goethe.de

Birgit Bosold

Birgit Bosold has been the first "female" member of the board of the Schwules Museum Berlin (SMU) since 2006. With a focus on strategy, programming, finance and fundraising, she has been instrumental in the dynamic development of the SMU over the past 15 years, including as (co-)curator of strategically relevant projects such as Homosexualities (Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin 2015, LWL-Museum of Art and Culture Münster 2016), Sexuality, Holocaust, Stigma (2017), Year of Women (2018), Queer as German Folk (commissioned by the Goethe-Institut 2019), Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer (2022/23) and most recently Coming to Terms with the Past: Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents in the Name of Emancipation (2023/24). Her political socialization in the radical lesbian-feminist activism of the 1980s was a valuable resource in the programmatic transformation of SMU. After completing her studies and doctorate in literature, she made a career change to the financial industry, working for renowned banks. Today, she works as an independent financial planner and investment expert for institutional and private mandates, as well as a specialist lecturer and author. Her experience and skills in dealing with economic concepts have proven to be extremely helpful in managing the non-profit company SMU.

The exhibition and parallel programme are funded through the Franco-German Cultural Fund.