European unification does not unify—it divides. Is the EU simply a bureaucratic cover-up for the dysfunctional Fourth Reich? Or should we listen to countries where people are ready to die for being called Europeans?

Keti Chukhrov is an art theorist, philosopher, playwright, and poet. Her latest book Practicing the Good: Desire and Boredom in Soviet Socialism (2020, University of Minnesota Press) deals with the impact of socialist political economy on the epistemes of historical socialism.

Ingo Niermann is a writer and artist. A major focus of his work is the current crisis in Germany as a delayed effect of the German reunification. His most recent book is The Monadic Age: Notes on the Coming Social Order (2024, Sternberg Press), a series of thirty-three essays.

21.9., 18:00

Orpheum Extra
Orpheumgasse 8
8020 Graz ♿

Free admission

In English

Moderation: Daniel Mayer