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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.
  • 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”.
  • Filmhaus Saarbrücken
    Mainzerstraße 8, 66111 Saarbrücken

    Trains.
    a movie by Maciej J. Drygas

    Trains 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.
  • Stiftung Demokratie Saarland, Europaallee 18 66113 Saarbrücken

    RIGHTS OF NATURE: A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT

    The exhibition runs from 13 May to 21 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.
  • 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.
  • Innovation Center A2 1, seminary room 0.01
    Saarland University

    Violence 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.
  • 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”.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.