Third PEN Berlin Congress: On we go
Fabrik Altona | Barnerstraße 36 | 22765 Hamburg
Saturday, 2nd November | Doors : 13 Uhr | Start: 14 Uhr
Advanced booking : eventim this way | Box office : 14 € / reduced : 10 €
Journalist Bascha Mika will host the day, poet Alexandru Bulucz and translator Sandra Hetzl will talk about the situation of imprisoned authors.
2 pm | Opening speech by Eva Menasse (writer, spokesperson for PEN Berlin)
2.30 pm | Inner censorship in writing | Panel discussion
With : Simone Buchholz (writer), Dana Grigorcea (writer), Jovana Reisinger (writer) and Alain Claude Sulzer (writer). Host : Jan Ehlert (journalist/NDR)
3.45 pm | Handbook to the end of the world | Panel discussion
With : Ivan Krastev (political scientist) and Fintan O’Toole (journalist/Irish Times). Host : Eva Menasse (writer)
5 pm | Uganda: Gay persecution as reason of state ? | Discussion with Stella Nyanzi (writer). Host : Sophie Sumburane (writer)
5.30 pm | Ban the Nazis? | Keynote speeches and discussion with the audience
With : David Werdermann (lawyer), Philipp Ruch (author) and the audience (audience). Host : Doris Akrap (journalist/taz) and Aron Boks (slam poet)
6.30 pm | Culture under pressure in the East | Panel discussion
With : Iris Helbing (head of the cultural office of Meiningen), Daniel Morgenroth (artistic director theater Görlitz), Daniel Ris (artistic director theater Senftenberg) and Juliana Socher (open stage Pirna). Host : Linn Penelope Rieger (writer)
7 pm | Keynote by Etgar Keret (writer) | Introduction by Daniel-Dylan Böhmer (journalist/Welt)
With : Doris Akrap (journalist) and Simone Buchholz (writer)
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