DEEDS CALENDAR: ‘Berlin Wednesday Society’ – German Historical Museum | from 05.02.2025
From February to April 2025, the German Historical Museum, in cooperation with the Foundation Places of German Democratic History, is inviting visitors to the free discussion series ‘Berliner Mittwochsgesellschaft’ in the Pei-Bau. Accompanying the current temporary exhibition ‘What is Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century’, the DHM is reviving the historical format of the Wednesday Societies on five evenings. As in the Age of Enlightenment, the focus will be on discussing socio-political issues of the era. In particular, the progress, ambivalences and contradictions of the Enlightenment, which still characterise our society today, will be highlighted.
WHEN?
Wednesday, 05 February 2025, 6.30 pm
How to make peace? Prerequisites and agreements for international coexistence
Friday, 07 February 2025, 6.30 pm
Hommage à Sara Levy and Phillis Wheatley – concert and reading
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 6.30 pm
How do you come of age? Democratic education and the public use of reason
Wednesday, 05 March 2025, 6.30 pm
How do you speak up? Democratisation processes in and through revolutions
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 6.30 pm
How to divide powers? Republic and the rule of law in and since the Enlightenment
Wednesday, 02 April 2025, 6.30 pm
What remains? On the legacy of the Enlightenment (practice)
WHERE?
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Unter den Linden 2
10117 Berlin
Image above: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (AKAMUS) © Uwe Arens.
