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The recipients of the 2025 Goethe Medal will come together in Berlin for a public conversation: Li Yuan, Germanist and language mediator from China; Belgian author and historian David Van Reybrouck; and representing the imprisoned Turkish cultural philanthropist Osman Kavala, his wife, the social scientist Ayşe Buğra. Under the title Shaping. Connecting. Engaging., the laureates will discuss their commitment to culture, education, and civil society.

Since 1955, the Goethe-Institut has awarded the Goethe Medal annually as an official distinction of the Federal Republic of Germany. The medal honours individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of the German language and to international cultural exchange. It is the most prestigious award in Germany’s foreign cultural and educational policy.

The conversation will be moderated by author and journalist Shelly Kupferberg.

The event will be held in German and English with simultaneous interpretation. Following the discussion, all guests are warmly invited to a reception.

For more information about the Goethe Medal and this year’s laureates, please click here.

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The event is a joint project of the Goethe-Institut and Holtzbrinck Berlin. In co-operation with the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss

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