Wednesday, May 2
Prologue
4:00-5:45 p.m., Münzenbergsaal:
The unfinished system of Karl Marx: Critically reading Capital as a challenge for our time
With Patrick Bond (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Jan Toporowski (University of London), Kohei Saito (Osaka City University, Japan), Judith Dellheim (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung), Facilitation: Frieder Otto Wolf (Free University Berlin).
With simultaneous translation German-English.
6:00-7:00 p.m., Münzenbergsaal:
Karl Marx and the birth of modern society. His biography and the development of his works
With Michael Heinrich (Berlin). Facilitation: Antonella Muzzupappa (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung).
With simultaneous translation German-English.
8:00-9:30 p.m., Münzenbergsaal:
Assembly
Luxemburg Lecture with Michael Hardt (Duke University, USA), presentation of Michael Hardt‘s and Antonio Negri’s new book ‘assembly’ in cooperation with the German publisher Campus Verlag, facilitation: Thomas Atzert (translator of the book).
With simultaneous translation German-English.
Thursday, May 3
1:00-3:00 p.m.:
First phase of workshops
3:30-5:30 p.m.:
Second phase of workshops
6:30-8:30 p.m., Münzenbergsaal
Opening plenary: Why being or becoming a Marxist?
Welcome: Mario Candeias (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung)
Lecture by Wolfgang Fritz Haug (Esslingen)
Panel discussion with Katja Kipping (DIE LINKE), Katrin Röggla (Deputy president of the Academy of arts, Berlin, tbc), Zhang Shuangli (Fudan University, Shanghai, China). Facilitation: Rainer Rilling (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
8:45-10:30 p.m., Salon
Marxist sein im Film
Filme von Harun Farocki, präsentiert von Tom Holert (Harun Farocki Institut, Berlin).
Moderation: Ingar Solty
8:45-10:30 p.m., Münzenberg-Saal
Marxism-Feminism and the art of politics
In honour of Frigga Haug’s 80th birthday
with Katja Kipping (DIE LINKE), Daphne Weber (DIE LINKE/SDS), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Columbia University, New York). Facilitation: Sybille Stamm (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
Friday, May 4
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Third phase of workshops
11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m., Salon:
Luxemburg Lecture: Difficulties with the Marxist justification for the socialist state - reflections from within the Chinese context
Zhang Shuangli (Fudan University, Shanghai, China)
Facilitation: Marlies Linke (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Fourth phase of workshops
1:30-3:00 p.m., Salon
Luxemburg Lecture: Marx, class and politics
Arlie Russell Hochschild (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Video speech
Facilitation: Katharina Pühl (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
3:30-5:00 p.m., Salon
LuXemburg Lecture: Global Marx, class and politics
Gayatri Spivak (Columbia University, New York)
Facilitation: Maria do Mar Castro Varela (Alice-Salomon-Hochschule, Berlin)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Fifth phase of workshops
6:30 p.m., HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1, Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 Berlin):
„Dangerous classes“ – subjectivities between revolt and revolution
With Jasmina Metwaly (artist, Cairo, working on the subjects of an ongoing revolution), Rhian E. Jones (Goldsmiths, University of London, author of „Clampdown: Pop-Cultural Wars on Class and Gender“, UK), Patrick Eiden-Offe (Zentrum für Kultur- und Literaturforschung, Berlin, author of „Die Poesie der Klasse: Romantischer Antikapitalismus und die Erfindung des Proletariats“), Samar Tlily (activist in Manich Msameh and the UGTT, Tunisia).
Facilitation: Christian Frings (Cologne)
With simultaneous translation English/German.
A cooperation of HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Entrance: 5 €, reduced 3 €. Tickets at www.hebbel-am-ufer.de
9:00 p.m., HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1, Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 Berlin):
Concert: Kammerflimmer Kollektief.
A cooperation of HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Entrance fee: 15 €, reduced 10 €. Tickets at www.hebbel-am-ufer.de
10:00 p.m.
HAU Hebbel am Ufer (WAU, Hallesches Ufer 32, 10963 Berlin)
Party with DJs Aram Lintzel and Julian Weber.
A cooperation of HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
No entrance fee.
Saturday, May 5
10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m., Seminarraum 1:
The state we’re in – Marx and the analysis of the present situation
With Riccardo Bellofiore (Universität Bergamo, Italien), Jayati Ghosh (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India), Alfredo Saad-Filho (University of London, UK), Birgit Mahnkopf (Berlin School of Economics and Law). Facilitation: Thomas Sablowski (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m., Münzenbergsaal: The politics we’re in
With Luciana Castellina (Italien), Klaus Lederer (DIE LINKE), Vish Satgar (Wits University, South Africa), Moderation: Wenke Christoph (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung).
With simultaneous translation German-English.
12:15 p.m. -1:45 p.m.:
Sixth phase of workshops
12:15-1:45 Uhr p.m., Salon
Luxemburg Lecture
Marx, class and politics
Frank Deppe (Philipps-University, Marburg)
Facilitation: Loren Balhorn (tbc)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
2:30-4:30 p.m., Seminarraum 1:
Imperialism today: From U.S. empire to new global rivalries? Conflict and cooperation in a changing world
With Radhika Desai (University of Manitoba, Kanada), Patrick Bond (University of the Witwatersrand, Südafrika), Ingar Solty (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung). Facilitation: Greg Albo (York University, Toronto).
With simultaneous translation German-English.
3:00-5:00 p.m., Münzenbergsaal:
The rise of the radical right, class politics and the future of the national welfare state
With Christina Kaindl (DIE LINKE), Klaus Dörre (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena), Hans-Jürgen Urban (IG Metall), Facilitation: Sebastian Friedrich (Journalist und Autor)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
2:30-4:00 p.m., Salon
Kalliope-Team
Jenny und Eleanor Marx. Zwei Frauen im Schatten eines Genies
Ein fiktives Gespräch zwischen Mutter und Tochter
4:00-5:00 p.m., Salon
Lesung
Norbert Niemann (Bachmann-Preisträger, letzter Roman: "Die Einzigen", zuletzt bei Hanser erschienen: "Globalisierung in der Literatur/Literatur unter dem Diktat der Marktideologie")
5:00-8:00 p.m., Theater Hebbel am Ufer (HAU3, Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin):
Desire – Fetish – Virtuosity
Roundtable talks with Bini Adamczak (Berlin), Noam Yuran (Tel Aviv/Beer Sheva), Teresa Koloma Beck (München), Kevin Rittberger and further speakers.
Organized by Matthias Naumann, Johannes Wenzel (Futur II Konjunktiv) and Anja Quickert (Internationale Heiner Müller Gesellschaft)
A cooperation of HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Entrance fee: 5 €, reduced 3 €. Tickets at www.hebbel-am-ufer.de
8:00 p.m., Theater HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1, Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 Berlin):
Film
"Ceremony: The return of Friedrich Engels", by Phil Collins (UK 2017, 60 min.)
German Premiere.
English with German subtitles.
A cooperation of HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Entrance fee: 5 €, reduced 3 €. Tickets at www.hebbel-am-ufer.de
5:00-6:30 p.m.:
Seventh phase of workshops
5:00-6:30 p.m., Salon:
Luxemburg Lecture
“The interest of the law is allowed to speak insofar as it is the law of private interest“ (Marx)
Hermann Klenner (Berlin)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
7:30-9:30 p.m., Münzenbergsaal:
The art of revolutionary ‚Realpolitik‘ (Luxemburg) and new class politics
With Tithi Bhattacharya (Purdue University, USA), Bernd Riexinger (DIE LINKE), Sarah Leonard (The Nation, USA), Facilitation: Kerstin Wolter (DIE LINKE).
With simultaneous translation German-English.
7:30-9:30 p.m., Salon:
Classes, art and politics or The art of new class politics
With Lowkey (aka Kareem Dennis, Rapper, London, tbc). Facilitation: Ingar Solty (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
After this: Music
Sunday, May 6
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.:
Eighth phase of workshops
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Salon:
Luxemburg Lecture
Marx und die Kunst der neuen Klassenpolitik
Volker Lösch (Theaterregisseur)
With simultaneous translation German-English.
12:15-2:15 p.m., Münzenbergsaal:
Closing plenary:
Socialist/communist perspectives und utopias
With Karl-Heinz Roth (Stiftung für Sozialgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts, Bremen), Alex Demirovic (Goethe-University Frankfurt/M.), Kavita Krishnan (All India Progressive Women's Association, Indien), Facilitation: Mario Candeias (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung)
With simultaneous translation German-English.