May-June is conference season in Berlin. The weather encourages people to leave the house, and most people haven’t started their summer holidays yet. Most importantly, there are a string of public holidays which enable you to take a long week-end off work. This year is no exception, and I’ve noticed that more conferences than ever before are offering at least some workshops in English.
This article is a summary of some of the conferences coming up soon, with a particular focus on the meetings you can attend if you don’t trust your German.
Contesting Authoritarianism: Perspectives from the South
What it is: Discussing the various manifestations of authoritarian neoliberalism, reactionary populism, and strategies of resistance
Where it is: rosa luxemburg stiftung Berlin, Straße der Pariser Kommune 8a & Franz-Mehring-Platz 1
Meetings in English:
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The crisis of civilization & the authoritarian turn (with Alex Demirovic, Zeynep Gambetti, Hugo Fanton and Börries Nehe)
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Roundtable: Beyond Authoritarianism. Counterstrategies, Solidarities, Utopias (with Eva von Redecker, Harsh Mander, Sabrina Fernandes, Damir Arsenijevic and Yunyun Zhou)
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And more (programme here)
Register here.
19th – 21st May Frequencies – Sharing Feminisms
What it is: Over three days, the festival will open up resonant spaces for feminist debates and movements – multiperspectival, intersectional and diverse
Where it is: Pfefferberg, Schönhauser Allee 176 and Sophiensaale and Sophienstraße 18
Meetings in English:
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Feminist Resistance through the Arts (with Urvashi Butalia, Aram Han Sifuentes, Sabika Abbas, Farzana Wahid Shayan, Carola Lentz and Nabila Horakhsh)
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Intersectionality and Its Critics (with Nikita Dhawan, Mario do Mar and Castro Varela)
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Feminicide and Violence against Women (with Meena Kandasamy, Hannah Beeck, Aleids Lujan Pinelo and Valeria España
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And more (programme here)
Register here.
22nd May Left journalism Day School
What it is: Your chance to develop practical skills in journalism in a fun and relaxed environment
Where it is: Spreefeld, Wilhelmine-Gemberg-Weg 14
Meetings in English:
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How to do an interview
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Storytelling and research tricks
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Live radio broadcast: Radio Berlin International on reboot.fm 88.4 MHz
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and more (programme here)
Register here
27th – 29th May Deutsche Wohnen & Co Expropriation Conference
What it is: Conference around the subject of expropriation and the nationalisation of the real estate companies
Where it is: TU Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135
Meetings in English:
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How can non-Germans get involved in the fight against gentrification? Sunday 29th May, 10 am (Organised by the DWE English-language working group Right2The City)
Register here.
3rd – 6th June Marxismuss
What it is: one of the largest left wing conference in Germany
Where it is: Franz-Mehring-Platz 1
Meetings in English:
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Imperialism Today (with Alex Callinicos)
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Perspectives from Sudan (with Muzan Alneel, Think Tank for People-Centered Development, Khartoum)
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Can Israel’s Left be part of the liberation of Palestine? (with Ilan Pappe (historian), Michael Sappir (Jewish Israeli Dissence, Leipzig) and Mays Ashash (Jewish Bund))
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10 years Arab revolutions (with Hossam El Hamalawy and Anne Alexander)
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and more (programme here)
Register here.
10th – 11th June Socialism in Our Time
What it is: Join Jacobin magazine and Transform! Europe in summery Berlin for two days of stimulating debates and conversations
Where it is: oyoun, Lucy-Lameck-Straße 32
Meetings in English:
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Socialism in Europe and the US in the 21st Century
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The Shape of Capitalism
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Class Struggle for the Climate
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and more (programme not yet online)
Register here.
25th- 26th June Linke Internationals Summer Camp
What it is: A week-end of networking, fun and political discussion on the edge of Berlin
Where it is: Naturfreundehaus Hermsdorf, Seebadstraße 27
Meetings in English:
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The War in Ukraine: Voices from Eastern Europe (with Sasha, Russian Socialist Movement and Oksana Dutchak (Deputy Director of the Center for Social and Labor Research (Kyiv))
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Palestine and the German press (with Palestinian journalist sacked by Deutsche Welle)
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Reading from WTF Berlin? Expatsplaining the German Capital (with Jacinta Nandi)
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And many workshops (programme here)
Register here
