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Käte Hamburger Centre CURE
Neugrabenweg 4 | 66123 SaarbrückenTuesday seminar series in May
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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der buchladen
Försterstraße 14 | 66111 SaarbrückenCultural 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).
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Hauberrisser Saal, Rathaus St. Johann
Rathausplatz 1, 66111 Saarbrücken
Borders.
observing the margins to question the worldConceived 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.
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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”.
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Filmhaus Saarbrücken
Mainzerstraße 8, 66111 SaarbrückenTrains.
a movie by Maciej J. DrygasTrains is a wordless documentary composed entirely of archival footage from around the world. CURE Fellow Irina Podgorny will open the film evening with an introduction.
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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.
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Innovation Center A2 1, seminary room 0.01
Saarland UniversityViolence and Reparation in Literary Narratives of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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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Historischer Braukeller | Walsheim
Brauereistraße 2
66453 GersheimMusic 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”.
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Käte Hamburger Centre CURE
Neugrabenweg 4 | 66123 SaarbrückenTuesday 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.
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Kulturgut Ost,
An d. Römerbrücke 5,
66121 SaarbrückenThe 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.