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26 July, Reading and discussion with philosopher Eva Meyer and artist Eran Schaerf: Migratory mindset and Levantine cosmopolis

Global dis:connect is honoured to host a reading and discussion with philosopher Eva Meyer and artist Eran Schaerf on the social model of Levantinism, its ambivalences and what it can offer in a globalised world.

The Levantines did not make it into postcolonial discourse, perhaps because they lack the ‘definitional security’ (Adorno) that the coloniser and the colonised seem to possess. For the capitalist market of identities, national territorialism and the East-West ideological partition, the Levantines and their definitional insecurity represent a danger. Going in between, the Levantines indicate an escape route, not from one ideology to another, but away from ideological mindsets altogether. They perform a migratory mindset that makes a difference instead of representing one. We opt to engage with the polyphonic web of Levantinisation instead of letting ourselves be torn apart by globalisation.

The reading takes place in parallel with the global dis:connect summer school entitled Sea of absence? Globalisation, the Mediterranean and beyond.

    When: 18:30 (Doors open at 18:00). Click HERE to download the invitation.  
Where: Maria-Theresia-Strasse 21, 81675 Munich.  
Registration: The event is open to all, but seating is limited, so we kindly request all interested attendees to register HERE.
 
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17 october 22, reading with rudi anschober

Rudi Anschober, 2021; Copyright: Ulrik Hölzel; Kontakt: info@hoelzel-photography.com, www.hoelzel-photography.com

On 17 October 2022, former Austrian Minister of Health Rudi Anschober will present and read from his book Pandemia - Einblicke und Aussichten. Written after his resignation for health reasons, in the book Anschober describes the unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic using the examples of five people - an intensive care physician, a research coordinator, a Long Covid patient, a single bookseller and a minister. In doing so he provides the inside view of a state of emergency. The reading will take place at IBZ München, Amalienstraße 38, 80799 München and start at 18:30. Please note that both the reading and discussion will be in German. This event will comply with the COVID-19 regulations applying at IBZ at the time of the event.     Continue Reading

4 july 22, reading and discussion with timo feldhaus

On 4 July, author and journalist Timo Feldhaus presented his book of historical fiction on the eruption of the Mount Tambora volcano (Sumbawa, modern Indonesia) in 1815. The eruption was the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history, and it induced climatic, social and artistic repercussions that affected the entire planet for years. Together with Urs Büttner, a scholar of literature, Feldhaus discussed the event as a moment of global rupture that demonstrates the dis:connections between the weather, climate and artistic production. For more information about the book click HERE.   Discussant: Urs Büttner is a literary scholar at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and currently working on a global history of literary meteorology.   The event was organised and moderated by Hanni Geiger and Burcu Dogramaci.     Continue Reading