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  • Jules Verne, Paul-Marien-Straße 11, 66111 Saarbrücken

    If Rivers Could Speak

    What would a world look like in which rivers have rights that can be claimed in court? Writer and artist Camille de Toledo will explore this question together with Kianush Ruf of Saarland University. At the event space Jules Verne, they invite the audience on a brief journey through the history of the rights of nature.
  • Hauberrisser Saal, Rathaus St. Johann
    Rathausplatz 1, 66111 Saarbrücken

    Borders.
    observing the margins to question the world

    Conceived by the National Museum of the History of Immigration and organised by the Institute of French Studies, this exhibition explores the borders of the twenty-first century from historical, geographical, economic, and human perspectives – moving beyond simple binaries such as openness and closure. At the opening on 8 May, the French political scientist and migration expert Catherine Wihtol de Wenden will deliver a lecture entitled “Immigration and Common Conceptions About Borders”.
  • Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, Paris

    Dance and Freedoms in Europe

    On 25 March 2026, Laure Guilbert will join a panel discussion as part of the fourth edition of “Rassemblement”, a day of discussion and exchange dedicated to dance.
  • Historischer Braukeller | Walsheim
    Brauereistraße 2
    66453 Gersheim

    Music as Reparative Practice: Notes on the Concert by the Naghash Ensemble

    As part of the Musikfestspiele Saar, musicologist and CURE fellow Mauro Fosco Bertola will deliver an introductory talk ahead of the Naghash Ensemble concert on “Music as Reparative Practice: Notes on the Concery by the Naghash Ensemble”.
  • University of Bielefeld

    Norbert Elias Lecture Dreams and Reparation

    Under the auspices of the Norbert Elias Lectures, CURE director Christiane Solte-Gresser will deliver a lecture entitled “Dreams and Reparation”, together with a master class on “Shoes – Worn Out and New: Narrating as a Cultural Practice of Reparation”.
  • Bildungszentrum der Arbeitskammer des Saarlandes,
    Am Tannenwald | 66459 Kirkel

    Writing the Future: On Literature and Reparation

    At the invitation of the seminar of women artists and writers, “Writing the Future”, organised by the Association of German Writers, CURE director Christiane Solte-Gresser will deliver a lecture entitled “Writing the Future: On Literature and Reparation”.
  • University of Pisa & Online

    On Cultural Death: Champollion’s Pisan Revelations

    At the invitation of Gianluca Miniaci, professor of Egyptology at the University of Pisa and honorary research associate at University College London, CURE director Markus Messling will deliver a lecture on 11 March 2026 at the Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge at the University of Pisa.
  • Innovation Center A2 1, seminary room 0.01
    Saarland University

    Spectres of a Myth: The Afterlives of Displaced Olive Trees in the Mediterranean

    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.
  • Johanneskirche
    Cecilienstraße 2
    66111 Saarbrücken

    Resonance after rupture

    On Wednesday, 29 April at 7 p.m., the Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation CURE will host a concert evening at the Johanneskirche in Saarbrücken, under the title “Resonance After Rupture”.
  • Maison de la Poésie
    157 Rue Saint-Martin
    75003 Paris

    Résister en poèmes

    To mark the publication of its 194th issue, the journal Po&sie invites to a series of talks at the Maison de la Poésie in Paris.
  • Cercil Museum - Memorial Children Du Vel D'hiv
    45 Rue du Bourdon Blanc, 45000 Orléans

    Paula Padani. La danse migrante : Hambourg, Tel-Aviv, Paris

    Laure Guilbert, resident fellow at CURE, will give two lectures on 24 and 25 January 2026 at CERCIL – Children’s Memorial Museum of the Vel d’Hiv in Orléans. Her talks focus on the life of dancer Paula Padani and are held in connection with the exhibition at the MAHJ (Museum of Jewish Art and History), on view in Paris from 13 November 2024 to 14 December 2025.
  • der buchladen
    Försterstraße 14 | 66111 Saarbrücken

    Cultural Death and Reparation: The Case of Champollion

    At a reading followed by a discussion, Markus Messling will present his recently published book Kulturtod und Reparation. Der Fall Champollion (Cultural death and reparation: the case of Champollion; Matthes & Seitz Berlin). The essay marks the opening of the publication series Reparations at the Käte Hamburger Centre CURE, edited by Christiane Solte-Gresser and Markus Messling. The evening will be moderated by Niklas Bender (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/Saarland University).