Visual: Yukiko

Tirailleurs: Trials and Tribulations

From Cannon Fodder to Avant-Garde—The Forgotten Soldiers Who Freed Europe

Exhibition and Research Project

21.3–14.6.2026, Opening 20.3.2026, 18:00

Nduduzo Makhathini

Nduduzo Makhathini

Concert, Conversation

7.3.2026

Discourse. Pop. Love

11.3.2026

Max Czollek in Conversation with Melika Foroutan and Edin Hasanović

Cheikh Lô

Cheikh Lô

Concert

20.3.2026

 

 

Visual Afrodiaspora – Composing While Black

Abel Selaocoe & Bantu Ensemble

Concert

22.3.2026

Text

Illustration by Diana Ejaita

About Us

Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) is guided by the quest for strategies of how to live and better inhabit this world together.
Visual Kids’ Disco

Kids’ Disco

Bass and Balloons under the Disco Ball

Family and Children

22.2.2026
Şivan Perwer on stage

Şivan Perwer

Concert

6.3.2026

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heimaten flags at Haus der Kulturen der Welt

heimaten

2024–2027
Visual Afrodiaspora – Composing While Black

Afrodiaspora – Composing While Black

2025/2026

Concerts

Cover Global Fascisms

Global Fascisms – Reader (en)

Publication
Book cover: Aslı Erdoğan: When Does a Journey End?

Aslı Erdoğan: When Does a Journey End?

Publication

'haɪ̯maːtn̩ Vol. 7

Cover Pedagogies of Travesti Liberation

Pedagogies of Travesti Liberation

Publication
Photo: © Iman Salem /Archive Souq

Archive Souq at HKW

Aziza Ahmad for Archive Books

Resignifying Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)

HKW ventures to resignify each public space in its historic building with the names of women from different worlds who have contributed to the betterment of them.

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