„Wer räumt das jetzt auf?“ PEN Berlin Kulturkongress 2025

In the organizer's words:

Arguing with grace and passion - nobody can do it as well as PEN Berlin. Now also open to the public for anyone who wants to debate, at the PEN Congress "Who's cleaning it up now?": What is the state of American democracy, who funds our NGOs, is there a right to hate and does literature actually interfere enough in public affairs? Bascha Mika will lead through the day, Sofi Oksanen will give the keynote speech and there will be dancing at the end!

On November 29 from 1 pm at Säälchen | Holzmarkt 25

Tickets are available here! Regular 20€ | Political price 30€ | Reduced 15€

With the political price you support the work of PEN Berlin.

Program:

1.30 pm | Power, Money, NGO

With: Jan Fleischhauer, Timo Reinfrank, Ralf FückUlrike Winkelmann, Holger Marcks, Alexandru Bulucz (moderation)

14.45 hrs | What's Next, America?

With: Thomas Meaney, Nora Krug, Paul-Henri Campbell (moderator)

3.30 pm | Literature today: Can it go away?

With: Helge Malchow, Manja Präkels, Kristof Magnusson Khuê Phạm, Insa Wilke (moderator)

16:45 | Transnational Repression: Where power finds you

With: Basma Mostafa, Noura Chalati, Jenny Friedrich-Freksa (moderator)

17:30 | Is there a right to hate?

With: Wolfgang Kubicki and Renate Künast together with the audience

19:15 | Georgia: And what if the turnaround fails?

Nino Haratischwili, Doris Akrap (moderation)

20:00 | Keynote speech by Sofi Oksanen

20.40 | Concert by Katharina Franck

21.30 | Take a deep breath, then disco

With: Doris Akrap

Bascha Mika leads through the day. Daniela Sepehri, Andrea Landfried and Jayrôme Robinet present captive authors.

More information about the program and an overview of all speakers!

Price information:

🎫 Tickets: Regular 20 € | Political price 30 € | Reduced 15 € With the political price you support the work of PEN Berlin.