Heidelberg, Germany
The Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut (DAI) Heidelberg is a cultural and educational centre founded after World War II to foster German-American exchange. It hosts film screenings, lectures, language courses, and concerts in a central Heidelberg location. The DAI is one of the longest-running American cultural institutes in Germany.
Annika Brockschmidt and Anja Rützel discuss Jane Austen's surprisingly modern relevance - how her novels dissected patriarchal structures and why her view of love and power still resonates.
A reading and author evening with Heinrich Steinfest, multiple award-winning Austrian crime writer, presenting his novel about three left-handed women and the mysterious disappearance of 35 guests.
Author and sex educator Madita Oeming presents her book on how parents can talk openly with children about sexuality in the age of smartphones, cybergrooming, and deepfakes.
Achim Stegmüller reads from his new novel linking 16th-century peasant revolts with faculty politics at a Kyoto university - a Bruegel-like panorama of loyalty, longing and quiet oppression.
Photographer and filmmaker Luigi Toscano presents his multimedia memory project Gegen das Vergessen, featuring oversized portraits of war victims shown in public spaces worldwide.
A discussion about the future of football with TSG Hoffenheim goalkeeper Laura Dick and board member of the Badischen Fußballverbands. The conversation explores football's role in society, youth development, and the importance of diversity in the sport.
Sports journalist Christoph Biermann explores football as a space of community, identity, and memory. After the talk, a shared viewing of the World Cup semi-final.
Philosopher Jason Stanley lectures in English on how authoritarian regimes rewrite history to undermine democracy - part of the Schlaglicht USA series at DAI Heidelberg.
Ronald Reng reflects on the euphoria of the 2006 World Cup summer, when Germany briefly became a symbol of openness - and asks whether that transformation was built to last.
Writer Marcus Imbsweiler and conductor Timo Jouko Herrmann take a close look at Bach's Goldberg Variations - tracing their origins, unpacking the score, and setting them in historical context, with musical examples throughout.
Turkish journalist and lawyer Ece Temelkuran speaks about exile, uprooting, and the search for solidarity in a world where she feels like a stranger.
A talk on how algorithms encode social inequalities and what an intersectional-feminist approach to AI design could look like.