{"id":167398,"date":"2026-07-01T13:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/event-reihe\/other-en\/ueber-grenzen-ziehen-einreissen-und-verschieben-167398\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:11:32","slug":"ueber-grenzen-ziehen-einreissen-und-verschieben","status":"publish","type":"event-sequence","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/event-reihe\/literature\/ueber-grenzen-ziehen-einreissen-und-verschieben-167398\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Borders: Drawing, Tearing Down and Shifting Boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At BERLIN GLOBAL, we invite you to join a four-part event series: \u201cBeyond Borders: Drawing, Tearing Down and Shifting Boundaries\u201d \u2013 65 years after the construction of the Berlin Wall. The starting point is 13 August 1961. With the construction of the Berlin Wall, West Berlin became an island, preventing citizens of the GDR from leaving. The Wall, cutting through the city, became a symbol of isolation and the loss of freedoms. With its fall in 1989, German division and the post-war European order came to an end. Yet its repercussions remain visible to this day.<\/p>\n

Today, new borders are being drawn and old ones are being reactivated. In Berlin, across Europe and around the world. At the external borders of the European Union, belonging, mobility and human rights are being restricted. At the same time, social tensions are intensifying, and questions of migration, diversity and participation are being renegotiated.<\/p>\n

Borders also continue to shape life in Germany. The division between East and West still influences biographies and opportunities, and affects how belonging is perceived.<\/p>\n

At the same time, new forms of solidarity and resistance are emerging: initiatives, networks and civil society actors are committed to openness, diversity and democratic values. They demonstrate that borders can be changed\u2014and that we all share responsibility for them.<\/p>\n

This series of events brings these perspectives together and explores questions of separation, belonging and solidarity. Between the anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, the \u201cMonth of Democracy\u201d and \u201cFreedom Week\u201d, we create space for exchange and new perspectives.<\/p>\n

The events are held in German.<\/p>\n

Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, 14 August 2026, 6:30 pm<\/strong>
\nBorderless? Perspectives of the Third and Fourth Generation East<\/em>
\nDiscussion with Elise Landschek (DIE ZEIT), Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Juliane Meckert and Flor Fischer<\/p>\n

Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 6:30 pm<\/strong>
\nNo Border Lasts Forever \u2013 Refugee Struggles in Times of Right-Wing Shift<\/em>
\nReading and discussion<\/p>\n

Friday, 30 October 2026, 6:30 pm<\/strong>
\nNiewiedervereinigung: 100 Interjections on German Unity<\/em>
\nReading with Paula F\u00fcrstenberg<\/p>\n

Thursday, 12 November 2026, 6:30 pm<\/strong>
\n1989 as a Mandate: Missed Opportunities, New Perspectives<\/em>
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