Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Nordeuropa-Institut

Crises are disruptions where democracy-as-usual becomes visible and rendered explicit. Crises are key for examining and understanding what we stand to lose if democracy fails. In other words, crises are key events that articulate and make tangible what is at stake in democracy. And what is at stake is trust, nature, and value.

The research group Stakes of Democracy (University of Oslo) investigates what is at stake for democracies in times of crisis and starts from the hypothesis that Trust, Nature, and Value, are key matters of concern at the core of what is at stake. With Prof. Kristin Asdal, TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture , Prof. Helge Jordheim Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages University of Oslo, & Prof. Anders Ekström, Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Thursday, 14 November 
Felleshuset Nordic Embassy, Rauchstraße 1, 10787, Berlin

• 17:30–20:30
  Podium Discussion "Stakes of Democracy".  You can find the program here:
  https://www.nordischebotschaften.org/veranstaltungen/stakes-democracy-trust-nature-and-value-times-crises
  
  

Friday, 15 November
Dorotheenstraße 24, 10117 Berlin, im Raum 3.134

• 17:00–18:30
  Henrik-Steffens-Vorlesung with Prof. Dr. Kristin Asdal: Crisis and the politics of nature in the struggle for parliamentary democracy + Discussion
• 19:00–20:30
  Henrik-Steffens-Vorlesung with Prof. Dr. Anders Ekström: Thinking Publics, Building Society

Saturday, 16 November
Dorotheenstraße 24, 10117 Berlin, im Raum 3.134

• 13:00–14:30
  Henrik-Steffens-Vorlesung with Prof. Dr. Helge Jordheim: How democracies remember. 22. July in Norwegian collective memory + Discussion

In recent years, several young authors with immigration backgrounds have emerged in the Nordic countries, such as Zeshan Shakhar, Nancy Herz, and Athena Farokhzads. How does this new generation of writers use their personal and collective experience in their writing, and how are these new perspectives in turn contributing to social innovation? To what extent are they “read into” these backgrounds? 

Both Norwegian and German society have been characterized by immigration since the 70s. How has this migratory experience been reflected in the German and Norwegian literary scene? How are these new perspectives in turn contributing to social innovation? Are there similarities between the Nordic and the German experiences? With Prof. Elisabeth Oxfeldt and Prof. Tonje Vold, University of Oslo, Dr. Hanna Rinderle, Nordeuropa-Institut, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Nancy Herz, and other Scandinavian authors.

Thursday, 21 November 
Felleshuset Nordic Embassies, Rauchstraße 1, 10787, Berlin

• 18:30–21:30
  Podiumsdiskussion „Minority Voices in Contemporary Nordic Literature”, You can find the program here:
  https://www.nordischebotschaften.org/veranstaltungen/minority-voices-contemporary-nordic-literature

Friday, 22 November
Dorotheenstraße 24, 10117 Berlin, im Raum 3.134

• 17:00–18:30
  Henrik-Steffens-Vorlesung mit Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Oxfeldt & Prof. Dr. Tonje Vold: "Literary Activism and Minority Voices in Contemporary Scandinavia" 

Saturday, 23 November
Dorotheenstraße 24, 10117 Berlin, im Raum 3.134 

• 13:00–14:30
  Henrik-Steffens-Vorlesung mit Dr. Hanna Rinderle,  Nordeuropa-Institut „Flight and Displacement in Contemporary Scandinavian Literatures"

A more detailed description of the individual dates can be found on HU-Moodle. The password for the Moodle course is: Demokratie2024

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