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Weltempfang

Topics that move us all.
Exciting debates.
Online in 2020.

Weltempfang - the centre for politics, literature and translation - provides answers to current social questions and debates.

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Weltempfang

5 days. 12 events. 42 speakers.

The first digital version of Weltempfang - Frankfurter Buchmesse's centre for politics, literature and translation - is dedicated to "Europe - Connecting Cultures". On the agenda: the role of culture, literature and politics in times of COVID-19 and debates on migration, racism and gender. Weltempfang is a joint project of Frankfurter Buchmesse and the German Federal Foreign Office.

You can now watch the recordings online for free.

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Weltempfang opening: Europe – Connecting Cultures (german only)

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Speaker: Giuliano da Empoli
and 5 more speakers
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Discourse Is Still Possible in Europe – How we want to talk to each other

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Speaker: Marie-Luisa Frick, Professor
Department of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck
and 3 more speakers
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Together! Restarting culture in Europe, from remembrance towards a shared history

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Speaker: Francesca Melandri, Italian writer
and 3 more speakers
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So What’s Taking Them So Long? The EU accession process of the Western Balkan countries

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Speaker: Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe and Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation
and 3 more speakers
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The End of a Connected World? – How culture can operate in the global crisis

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Speaker: Prof Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, president of the Goethe Institut
and 3 more speakers
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Europe, Languages and Justice – Gendering in a European context

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Speaker: Nina George, Writer and Journalist
President of the European Writers’ Council
and 3 more speakers
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The Arab World and Europe: Flight and migration in children’s books

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Speaker: Kirsten Boie, award-winning author of children’s and young adult books
and 2 more speakers
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Africa and Europe – How can cooperation succeed?

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Speaker: Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Kenyan writer
and 3 more speakers
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Race, Sex and Colonialism – a topical debate beyond European borders

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Speaker: Leïla Slimani, Moroccan-French author
and 2 more speakers
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Two Sides of the Same Coin – Where do domestic and foreign policy meet?

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Speaker: Dr Andreas Görgen, Head of Directorate-General for Culture and Communication
Federal Foreign Office
and 2 more speakers
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On the Sense and Senselessness of Cultural Boycotts

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Speaker: Lizzie Doron, Israeli writer
and 3 more speakers
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Strengthened by the Coronavirus Crisis – finding a new balance?

Live now DE EN
Speaker: Prof Emanuele Coccia, Professor of history of philosophy
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris
and 2 more speakers
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The World After: Bruno Latour and Hartmut Rosa on the consequences of the coronavirus crisis

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Speaker: Bruno Latour, Sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher of science
and one more speaker
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Discover our speakers

The complete programme at a glance

Programme
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Wednesday
14 October 2020

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60 min
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Weltempfang opening: Europe – Connecting Cultures (german only)
DE
Speaker: Giuliano da Empoli
and 5 more speakers
Learn more
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60 min
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Discourse Is Still Possible in Europe – How we want to talk to each other
DE EN
Speaker: Marie-Luisa Frick, Professor
Department of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck
and 3 more speakers
Learn more
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60 min
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Together! Restarting culture in Europe, from remembrance towards a shared history
DE EN
Speaker: Francesca Melandri, Italian writer
and 3 more speakers
Learn more

Thursday
15 October 2020

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60 min
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So What’s Taking Them So Long? The EU accession process of the Western Balkan countries
DE EN
Speaker: Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe and Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation
and 3 more speakers
Learn more
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60 min
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The End of a Connected World? – How culture can operate in the global crisis
DE EN
Speaker: Prof Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, president of the Goethe Institut
and 3 more speakers
Learn more
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60 min
Ended
Europe, Languages and Justice – Gendering in a European context
DE EN
Speaker: Nina George, Writer and Journalist
President of the European Writers’ Council
and 3 more speakers
Learn more

Friday
16 October 2020

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60 min
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The Arab World and Europe: Flight and migration in children’s books
DE EN
Speaker: Kirsten Boie, award-winning author of children’s and young adult books
and 2 more speakers
Learn more
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60 min
Ended
Africa and Europe – How can cooperation succeed?
DE EN
Speaker: Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Kenyan writer
and 3 more speakers
Learn more
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60 min
Ended
Race, Sex and Colonialism – a topical debate beyond European borders
DE EN
Speaker: Leïla Slimani, Moroccan-French author
and 2 more speakers
Learn more

Saturday
17 October 2020

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60 min
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Two Sides of the Same Coin – Where do domestic and foreign policy meet?
DE EN
Speaker: Dr Andreas Görgen, Head of Directorate-General for Culture and Communication
Federal Foreign Office
and 2 more speakers
Learn more
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60 min
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On the Sense and Senselessness of Cultural Boycotts
DE EN
Speaker: Lizzie Doron, Israeli writer
and 3 more speakers
Learn more

Sunday
18 October 2020

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60 min
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Strengthened by the Coronavirus Crisis – finding a new balance?
DE EN
Speaker: Prof Emanuele Coccia, Professor of history of philosophy
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris
and 2 more speakers
Learn more
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60 min
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The World After: Bruno Latour and Hartmut Rosa on the consequences of the coronavirus crisis
DE EN
Speaker: Bruno Latour, Sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher of science
and one more speaker
Learn more

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