What can we learn from the past? histoTALKs let you discuss history and memory with experts.
histoTALK Music and poetry as a means of self-empowerment
2021-10-12T10:30:01+02:00In this piece, Kivumbi King explores how music enables him to deal with his and his country’s past by embracing, and learning from it.
Global Perceptions of WWII: Japan
2021-08-02T14:37:57+02:00In this issue of histoTALK, historians Yukiko Koshiro (Nihon University, Tokyo) and Torsten Weber (German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo) talk about the history of the war in the Pacific and how Japan deals with this history.
How can literature (re)write history?
2021-08-02T14:43:18+02:00How can writers rewrite history and thus create new approaches to remembrance? In this histoTALK, Priya Basil talks about this with the Canadian authors Madeleine Thien and Rawi Hage.
Look back, think ahead – What does 8 May 1945 mean to us today?
2021-07-21T09:40:50+02:00An international renowned panel marks the opening of histoCON:LINE. Wangûi Wa Goro (Kenya/UK), Dimitrij Kapitelmann (Germany) and Karolina Wigura (Poland) discuss the perception of
Global perceptions of WWII: Eastern Europe
2021-07-29T18:22:11+02:00The 22nd of June marks the anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. Against this background, the latest edition of our histoTALK will deal with the memory of the Second World War in Eastern Europe.
Comic & Talk
2021-07-21T12:10:53+02:00In recent years, more and more comics have been created that address serious historical and political topics. This has also led to such comics increasingly being referred to as graphic novels.