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  • Christiane Solte-Gresser re-elected chair of the German Society for General and Comparative Literary Studies 

    At the 20th annual conference of the German Society for General and Comparative Literary Studies, Prof Dr Christiane Solte-Gresser, co-director of the Käte Hamburger Centre CURE, was re-elected as chair.

  • The catalogue for the exhibition THE TRUE SIZE OF AFRICA has been published

    The catalogue for The True Size of Africa, the exhibition running until 17 August 2025 at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte, is now available. Edited by Christiane Solte-Gresser and Markus Messling, directors of the Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE), together with Ralf Beil, general director of the Völklinger Hütte, it is published by Hirmer Verlag (Munich).

  • Un couple panafricain: Miriam Makeba et Stokely Carmichael en Guinée

    New publication by CURE alumna Elara Bertho:
    At the heart of this project, made possible by the CURE Fellowship in 2024, lies the idea of reparation – traced through the exile of Miriam Makeba and Stokely Carmichael in Conakry.

  • Writing and art workshop for children 

    Creative children’s university with two hands-on workshops.

  • One year of the Käte Hamburger Centre CURE

    Over the past twelve months, across a wide range of events and programmes, fellows and the centre’s team have explored, how culture might help shape the future in a world that has suffered irreparable damage.

  • Artist-in-residence at the Käte Hamburger Centre CURE: An interview with Kossi Efoui

    On 18 February, Kossi Efoui was a guest on the radio programme Literatur im Gespräch, broadcast on SR Kultur, where he discussed his autobiographical novel Une magie ordinaire (Seuil 2023). You can listen to the full interview on the ARD audio library.

  • Grand Opening of the Käte Hamburger Centre 

    The Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE) was officially launched on Friday 8 November 2024, together with the opening for a new exhibition at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte. The centre, a flagship research institute at Saarland University supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), focuses on creating a transmedial framework for understanding processes of cultural reparation. 

  • CURE FElLOW GÉRALDINE TOBE IM INTERVIEW

    Künstlerin Géraldine Tobe spricht im Interview mit FRANCE 24 und TV5 Monde über den kreativen Prozess ihrer Arbeit.

  • Markus Messling in die Academia Europaea gewählt

    Markus Messling, Professor für Romanische und Allgemeine Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft und Direktor des Käte Hamburger Kollegs für kulturelle Praktiken der Reparation (CURE), ist am 25. März 2024 für seine „herausragenden Leistungen als Forscher“ zum Ordentlichen Mitglied der Academia Europaea gewählt worden.

  • Faire usage du passé: Archives, création, engagement

    Am 11. und 12. Juni fand der zweite Workshop mit Zineb Sedira am Käte Hamburger Kolleg CURE statt. Unter dem Titel „Making Use of the Past“ hat die Veranstaltung, die von den drei wissenschaftlichen Programmleitungen konzipiert wurde, die Überlegungen aus dem ersten Workshop im Mai fortgeführt.