Römerberg Talks

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Römerberg Talks, on May 7, 2011 (moderator Alf Mentzer between Ralf Bönt and Wolfgang Bonß )
Gisela Notz , Christina von Hodenberg and Insa Wilke (moderator) on the podium on April 28, 2018

The Römerberg Talks are a series of panel discussions that have been held in Frankfurt am Main since 1973 . You deal with current social and cultural issues.

organization

The Römerberg Talks are organized on a voluntary basis by a group of committed citizens. Admission is free.

The initiators of the first events were Heinz Willi Wirth , Willi Reiss (IG Metall chairman, member of the city administration of Frankfurt, later head of the city council) and Maria Christiana Leven. They formed the voluntary board of trustees that organized the events. Hilmar Hoffmann , the Frankfurt head of culture at the time, accepted Wirth's suggestion to hold "a round of talks ... in a relaxed setting as a kind of symposium" to discuss "explosive and current issues from art and culture", following the example of the Darmstadt Talks in September 1971 very benevolently.

The series was moderated for many years by Erhard Denninger together with Wilfried F. Schoeller . The organizers so far have also included Iring Fetscher , Klaus Reichert , Helmut Ridder , Alexander U. Martens and Eva Demski .

Since 2006, the informal group that is currently organizing the talks has been part of the Römerberg talk e. V. merged. Starting in the same year, the discussions are moderated by Alf Mentzer (senior editor for literature at hr2-kultur ).

The series of events is financially supported by the City of Frankfurt am Main and the State of Hesse. It is also supported by the Frankfurter Rundschau and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .

The duration of the conferences was initially different: Most of the time, discussion events lasting several days were held. For some time now, only one-day events have been organized that take place in spring and autumn.

The venue has also changed several times over the years. The podiums originally took place in the meeting room of the Frankfurt city ​​council in the town hall, the Römer . The name of the series of talks is derived from the public square in front of the town hall, the Römerberg , where larger political meetings are traditionally held. During the 1990s, they moved to the Paulskirche , whereas the series has been taking place in the Chagall Hall of the Schauspiel Frankfurt since the turn of the millennium .

Topics and participants

Subject on November 3, 2018

The events consist of lectures by invited speakers on the topic and panel discussions with the participation of the audience. The individual lectures with discussions take place approximately every hour and last up to eight hours including the lunch break:

The Römerberg Talks address current political and cultural problems and questions. Participants are politicians and artists as well as scientists and publicists. As a result, the discussions touch on points that are of great importance for the development of the state, economy, culture and civil society . In the early days, the student movement around 1968 was a topic that had to be dealt with in the discussion. In the mid-1980s, the so-called historians' dispute began with an article that the historian Ernst Nolte published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, because he was unable to present it as a speech at the Römerberg Talks in 1986. At the turn of the century around 1990, intellectuals from Western and Eastern Europe were invited to exchange ideas. In 2001 they responded to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York City. Europe was the topic of the Römerberg Talks several times (2019, 2014, 2003, 2002, 1997, 1992, 1990, 1988).

Participants included Pierre Berteaux , Hans Magnus Enzensberger , Erich Fried , Jean Améry , Karl Krolow , Peter O. Chotjewitz , Oskar Negt , Ernst-Otto Czempiel , Erhard Eppler , Horst-Eberhard Richter , Walter Boehlich , Claus Leggewie , Ekkehart Krippendorff , Harald Welzer and Daniel Cohn-Bendit .

In November 2018, the event took place for the first time in cooperation with the Normative Orders Cluster of Excellence at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main .

The events in detail (currently until 1973)

  • 2020: INTERVENTION: Don't be afraid! Civil fearlessness in times of hatred and agitation. Moderation: Hadija Haruna-Oelker , Alf Mentzer. This event, scheduled for March 21, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

reception

The Süddeutsche Zeitung described the Römerberg Talks in April 2015 as the “oldest debating club in the republic” and recalled the “always high level of excitement of its audience”.

literature

From 1983 to 2000 conference volumes were published for some events at irregular intervals, which were published by Athenaeum Verlag and S. Fischer Verlag .

Web links

Commons : Roemerberggespraeche  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All information on the history of the Römerberg Talks has been taken from: Römerberg Talks: Debate, controversy and urban public. Retrieved May 12, 2019 . and: Ingeborg Wirth: Board of Trustees. Retrieved May 8, 2011 .
  2. ^ Letter to the head of the cultural department, Hilmar Hoffmann. Retrieved on August 5, 2011 (facsimile of the letter from Willi Wirth to Hilmar Hoffmann of September 7, 1971). .
  3. ↑ Hilmar Hoffmann's reaction. Retrieved on May 8, 2011 (facsimile of the reply from Hilmar Hoffmann to Willi Wirth of September 17, 1971).
  4. ↑ Members of the Römerberg Discussions Association. Accessed on May 12, 2019 .
  5. ^ Marc Chagall, Commedia dell´Arte, 1959. In: Art in public space Frankfurt. Kulturamt, City of Frankfurt am Main, accessed on May 12, 2019 .
  6. ^ Römerberg Talks e. V: Römerberg Talks. Uninterrupted since 1973. Retrieved January 13, 2011 .
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  18. ↑ Frankfurt Römerberg Talks: Europe, Can You Still Be Saved? hr-2, May 6, 2019, accessed May 12, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Ludger Fitkau: Can Europe Still Be Saved ? Deutschlandfunk - Kultur heute, accessed on May 12, 2019 .
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  33. ↑ INTERVENTION 1968-2018: What is left? Achievements and the burden of political awakening. Retrieved May 12, 2019 .
  34. ↑ Römerberg Talks: 1968-2018 - What is left? hr-2, June 5, 2018, accessed May 13, 2019 .
  35. ^ Normative Orders: Römerberg Talks "1968-2018": Reform and Revolte – 1968 in a diachronic and transnational perspective. May 2, 2018, accessed May 16, 2019 .
  36. ↑ Normative Orders: Römerberg Talks "1968-2018": The benefits and disadvantages of the 1968 story for left politics. May 2, 2018, accessed May 16, 2019 .
  37. ^ Normative Orders: Römerberg Talks "1968-2018": How emancipatory was 1968? May 2, 2018, accessed May 16, 2019 .
  38. ↑ Normative Orders: Römerberg Talks "1968-2018": What did (and what does) mean “democratization of democracy”? May 3, 2018, accessed May 16, 2019 .
  39. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2017 - 45th Römerberg Talks - What should the theater do? The future of urban theaters. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
  40. ↑ Necati Öziri: debate on the future of the Municipal Theater XXXIV - Necati Öziri argues new type at the Römerberg talks in Frankfurt for political theater. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
  41. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2017 - INTERVENTION - The impotence of the enlightenment. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
  42. ↑ The impotence of the Enlightenment and the success of the authoritarian. In: Sociopolis. April 29, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
  43. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2016 - 44th Römerberg Talks - Longing for Borders - Searching for Identity in Times of Populism. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
  44. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2016 - INTERVENTION - In defense of the republic. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
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  47. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2015 - INTERVENTION - Islam. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
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  49. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2014 - 42nd But again war? Global Threat and the Peace Dilemma. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
  50. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2014 - INTERVENTION Exclusion and Containment. Old resentments, new nationalism in Europe. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
  51. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2013 - 41. Who's Afraid of Uncle Sam? The transatlantic alienation. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
  52. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2013 - INTERVENTION Print dies - so what? Public culture change. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
  53. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2012 - INTERVENTION Post-Democracy - Do we still have a choice? Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
  54. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2011 - 39. I don't like it. Democracy put to the test. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
  55. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2011 - INTERVENTION The Optimism of Engineers - How Much Risk is Responsible? Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
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  59. ↑ Römerberg Talks | 2007 - 35th The Berlin Republic - A factory tour. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
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