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  • 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. 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. The discussion is moderated by CURE director Markus Messling.
  • Stiftung Demokratie Saarland, Europaallee 18 66113 Saarbrücken

    Rights of Nature: A Worldwide Movement

    The exhibition runs from 13 May to 19 June and presents an installation by the acclaimed writer, artist, and curator Camille de Toledo, CURE’s artist in residence from May to July 2026. Concurrently, the Stiftung Demokratie Saarland is presenting RIVER WALKS, a project carried out on the Saar by the Taiwanese art historian and CURE-Fellow, Yi-Ting Wang.
  • Käte Hamburger Centre CURE
    Neugrabenweg 4 | 66123 Saarbrücken

    Tuesday seminar series in June

    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.
  • Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Site, main entrance / car park
    Rathausstraße 75-79, 66333 Völklingen

    River Walk: The Nature of De-Industrialisation

    River Walk is a series of on-site explorations along the Saar in June and July 2026, each led by a regional expert. The series of workshops offers a situated way of navigating the postindustrial riverscape, and opens a space to reimagine the Saar’s future.
  • Innovation Center A2 1, seminary room 0.01
    Saarland University

    Übersetzen als Reparation.
    Eugen Helmlé und Georges Perec

    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.
  • Innovation Center A2 1
    Seminar room 3.05
    Saarland University

    Reparative Futures: Utopian Thinking in Times of Crisis

    From 25 to 26 June 2026, the Käte Hamburger Centre CURE’s second annual conference will explore the social dimensions of cultural practices of reparation, asking what forms utopian thinking are still possible in a present shaped by dystopian expectations of the future.
  • Ende Käthe Kollwitz-Straße (an der Schanzenbergsbrücke)

    River Walk: The Saar’s Carried Objects

    River Walk is a series of on-site explorations along the Saar in June and July 2026, each led by a regional expert. The series of workshops offers a situated way of navigating the postindustrial riverscape, and opens a space to reimagine the Saar’s future.
  • Saarbrücker Schloss
    Schloßpl. 1-15,
    66119 Saarbrücken

    River Walk: Women and the Saar

    River Walk is a series of on-site explorations along the Saar in June and July 2026, each led by a regional expert. The series of workshops offers a situated way of navigating the postindustrial riverscape, and opens a space to reimagine the Saar’s future.
  • Kulturgut Ost,
    An d. Römerbrücke 5,
    66121 Saarbrücken

    The Saar as a Worker | La Sarre ouvrière

    What would a world look like in which not only humans, but also rivers, could claim their rights in court? On 4 July 2026, French writer, philosopher, and curator Camille de Toledo, together with the Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE) and regional and international partners, invites you to a civic forum on this question – focussing specifically on the river Saar.
  • Kulturgut Ost,
    An d. Römerbrücke 5,
    66121 Saarbrücken

    River Walk: Simulation and Gaming for the Saar

    River Walk is a series of on-site explorations along the Saar in June and July 2026, each led by a regional expert. The series of workshops offers a situated way of navigating the postindustrial riverscape, and opens a space to reimagine the Saar’s future.