First “Poetry Debates” event series will be launchedDie Politik der Poesie / The Politics of Poetry (Poetry Debates 1)

18 October 2021

Photo: MMB / Goethe Institut New Delhi

Under the title “The Politics of Poetry,” four public events will delve into negotiations of recent cultural and societal topics that are being addressed in contemporary poetry. Scholars and poets will put their views and works up for discussion in talks, readings, and roundtable discussions. The events will discuss topics such as the issues of public space that have been brought to the foreground by poetic interventions in the city; socio-political activism in social media poetry; “poetry in the Anthropocene,” questioning whether there is a future for our planet in the age of climate change; and forms of ‘poetic opposition’ in times of political crises and in dictatorships.

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Curated and hosted by Prof. Dr. Claudia Benthien