KÄTE HAMBURGER CENTRE
FOR CULTURAL PRACTICES
OF REPARATION (CURE)
NEWS
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CURE Summer School 2026 – „Beyond Division“
The second CURE Summer School will be held at Villa Vigoni from 21 to 25 September 2026. Titled “Beyond Division”, it will explore cultural practices that process, resolve, or hinder processes of fragmentation. The keynote speaker will be the writer Véronique Tadjo.
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Limites de L’Empathie
Dominique Rabaté – one of the foremost scholars today of contemporary French literature – will visit the Käte Hamburger Centre CURE for a workshop. The discussion with the centre’s fellows and team will be based on Rabaté’s most recent book, Limites de l’empathie (2025).
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Longing for Autocrats: Richard III.
A discussion series jointly hosted by the Saarland State Theatre and the Käte Hamburger Centre CURE in cooperation with SR kultur. Panel discussion on the play „Richard III.“ featuring Albrecht Buschmann (Käte Hamburger Kolleg) and Romana Weiershausen (Universität des Saarlandes), moderated by Jochen Erdmenger (SR kultur).
EVENTS (selection)
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Käte Hamburger Centre CURE
Neugrabenweg 4 | 66123 SaarbrückenKäte Hamburger Centre CURE
Neugrabenweg 4 | 66123 SaarbrückenTuesday seminar series in February
On the first Tuesday of each month, one or two fellows discuss the current state of the research they are conducting during their fellowship. The Tuesday Seminar Series serves as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange and a deeper exploration of research focused on cultural practices of reparation.
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Käte Hamburger Centre CURE
Neugrabenweg 4
66123 SaarbrückenKäte Hamburger Centre CURE
Neugrabenweg 4
66123 SaarbrückenLimites de L’Empathie
Dominique Rabaté – one of the foremost scholars today of contemporary French literature – will visit the Käte Hamburger Centre CURE for a workshop. The discussion with the centre’s fellows and team will be based on Rabaté’s most recent book, Limites de l’empathie (2025).
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Institut d’Études Françaises, Villa Europa,
Kohlweg 7, 66123 SaarbrückenInstitut d’Études Françaises, Villa Europa,
Kohlweg 7, 66123 SaarbrückenLiterature and Empathy
In einer Zeit, die von identitären Zuschreibungen aller Art geprägt ist, lädt Dominique Rabaté uns dazu ein, Identifikation als einen paradoxen, dynamischen und mehrdeutigen Prozess in den Blick zu nehmen: ein Prozess, der eine Kunst des Sich-Entziehens und gleichzeitig eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit unseren subjektiven und moralischen Grenzen bedeutet.
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Alte Feuerwache,
Landwehrplatz 1,
66111 SaarbrückenAlte Feuerwache,
Landwehrplatz 1,
66111 SaarbrückenLonging for Autocrats: Richard III.
A discussion series jointly hosted by the Saarland State Theatre and the Käte Hamburger Centre CURE in cooperation with SR kultur. Panel discussion on the play „Richard III.“ featuring Albrecht Buschmann (Käte Hamburger Kolleg) and Romana Weiershausen (Universität des Saarlandes), moderated by Jochen Erdmenger (SR kultur).
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Kino achteinhalb
Nauwieserstraße 19,
66111 SaarbrückenKino achteinhalb
Nauwieserstraße 19,
66111 SaarbrückenI am the River, the River is Me
The Whanganui River in New Zealand has been recognised as a legal person. The film I Am the River, the River Is Me (Petr Lom, 2024) tells the story behind what is now no longer such an unusual status. A discussion with Camille de Toledo will follow, moderated by Hannah Steurer.
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Innovation Center A2 1, seminary room 0.01
Saarland universityInnovation Center A2 1, seminary room 0.01
Saarland universityReimagining Religious Images and Iconography in Igbo Indigenous Heritage Sites
The Käte Hamburger Lectures provide deeper insight into the centre’s ongoing research, convey these ideas to the wider university community, and invite the public to engage in meaningful discussions on cultural practices of reparation.
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