Hans Mayer Society
The Hans-Mayer-Gesellschaft (HMG) is a cultural, political and literary society that was founded on June 10, 2018 in Berlin . It is a registered association and has its seat in the city of birth of Hans Mayer (1907-2001) in Cologne . Hans Mayer was the city of Cologne's first literary prize winner.
Foundation and goals
The company was founded in the ver.di Education and Meeting Center after a conference on the subject of "Revolutions and rebellions in the 20th century", which was organized by the ver.di Education and Meeting Center Clara Sahlberg , the Association of Writers (VS ) and the Talheimer Verlag.
The society cherishes the memory of Hans Mayer and also promotes the study of his work and literary political activity in an international context. The purpose of the association is to promote literature, science, art and culture in terms of a humane, democratic and socially just society.
Mindful of the enlightened humanistic thinking of Hans Mayer, the association advocates tolerance and against all forms of hatred, racism, fascism, neo-fascism, anti-Semitism, sexism and homophobia as well as xenophobia. It promotes, supports and cooperates with institutions and associations that are also committed to these goals.
The purpose of the statutes is particularly realized by
- Research and publications aimed at the dissemination and understanding of the work of Hans Mayer,
- Studies that research and present the life path of Hans Mayer at the places of his work, also with regard to the political impact,
- interdisciplinary cooperation of various scientific disciplines that are affected by the work of Hans Mayer,
- Lectures and exhibitions as well as colloquia and congresses that deal with the work of Hans Mayer and related questions.
Events and projects
HMG co-organized the conference “Resistance is nothing but hope”, which took place at the beginning of June 2019 in the Clara Sahlberg education and meeting center in Berlin. The honorary member of HMG, Professor em. Jost Hermand , on "The Relevance of the 'Aesthetics of Resistance' by Peter Weiss for today's situation". Hans-Ernst Böttcher, President of the District Court of Lübeck i. R., also a member of the HMG, gave a lecture on the subject of "Resistance and law - a difficult relationship". Gudrun Hentges , Professor of Political Science at the University of Cologne, spoke about "Resistance to right-wing populism in Europe".
At the invitation of the “Löwenstein Research Association”, the chairman of the HMG, Heinrich Bleicher-Nagelsmann MA, gave a lecture on “Remembrance, Forgetting and Future” in Mössingen on January 27, 2019. In it he also remembered the honorary chairman of the VVN Tübingen-Mössingen, Hans Mayer.
The chairman of HMG and the deputy chairman, Heiner Wittmann , are currently working on a publication on Hans Mayer. To do this, they hold discussions with people who still knew Hans Mayer personally. These are u. a. Inge Jens , who was awarded honorary membership by HMG on her 92nd birthday in 2019, and Dr. Friedrich Dieckmann , Professor Alfred Grosser and Christoph Hein .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entered in the register of associations under VR 19904.
- ↑ https://vs.verdi.de/projekte/literatur-und-politik
- ↑ http://www.talheimer.de/
- ↑ https://vs.verdi.de/service/veranstaltungen/++co++a87ff114-57b2-11e9-82e9-001a4a160100
- ↑ http://www.initiative-loewensteinverein.de