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  • A look through the "Disappearing Wall" with some quote blocks Photo (detail): Natalia Cheban

    21.10.2020–11.11.2020The Disappearing Wall

    Interactive art installation in Belfast. 6000 wooden blocks with quotes from European high and pop culture form a symbolic wall. Help to make the wall disappear by pulling out the wooden blocks!

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    17.09.2020–30.11.2020Thomas Bernhard. A Child. - Heiko Berner

    This online exhibition of 22 photographs by Heiko Berner follows the plot of Thomas Bernhard's autobiographical novel.

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    Talking Culture PodcastWhy Young People Need to Preserve Europe

    British composer & theatre maker Alice Boyd and German historian & journalist Simon Strauß talk about the role Europe play in your lives and what they most fear from the time post-Brexit.

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Tell Me About Europe

Europe consists of many different stories – personal stories of people from different generations. Our project brings the memories of well-known Europeans alive and invites you to listen and join in the discussion.

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A participatory, Europe-wide work of art

“Earth Speakr” is an artwork created by Olafur Eliasson with his studio, kids, creative partners, researchers, and experts. The open-ended artwork will evolve over the course of 2020 with the active participation of kids across the EU.

John Kampfner during his lecture at the Goethe-Institut London. Photo: © Pau Ros / Goethe-Institut

John Kampfner: Does Germany Really Do It Better?

With a lecture based on his book Why the Germans Do It Better. Lessons from a Grown-Up Country, John Kampfner was our guest at last year's Brady Lecture, and so we are all the more excited to see his book being a current bestseller! Read the article on the lecture!

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Emerging International Voices

October 8, 15 & 22, 2020 | 6-7pm SGT | Zoom

22 emerging international voices discuss the role of digital libraries in their countries. Join them for a series of online seminars with the best experts. 

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A.I. and Literary Translation

Is Artificial Intelligence advanced enough to grasp and process literary texts in all their linguistic richness, and translate them into another language? Perhaps it doesn't have to be perfect to be useful and can work as a tool to support literary translators in their work – Let's ask some experts!

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Europe

Crisis and the rise of the right wing... We refer to Europe mainly in terms of its political and economic systems. What do we mean by "Europe" and "European" ideas? How do we want to contribute to these ideas and continue to shape a common, a #SharedEurope?

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