Guests
Jakob Springfeld, author and journalist
Anna Lux and Jonas Brückner, authors of “Neon/Grau”
Vanessa Beyer, Project (K)Einheit
Moderation
Klaas Anders
Description
What is “East Germany”? We want to talk about a region often perceived as gray, cold, and politically right-leaning. We aim to discuss how East German lifeworlds are constructed in media representations, political debates, and cultural and literary narratives, navigating between self-description and external attribution, between memory and the present.
Together with our guests, we will explore perspectives from research and practice that do not view “the East” as a monolithic place but instead highlight its diversity and contradictions. Using examples from pop culture, literature, and everyday life, we will trace processes of belonging, exclusion, and identity formation.
An event by
globale°, Research Training Group “Contradiction Studies” at the University of Bremen, Bremer Bündnis für deutsch-tschechische Zusammenarbeit, Heinrich Böll Foundation Bremen, “Public History” Research Area at the University of Hamburg, German Journalists’ Association Bremen, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art Bremen