Design: Büro Otto Sauhaus

The Possibility of Unvernunft

Jan Böhmermann & Gruppe Royale

Exhibition, Concerts, Shows, TV recordings, Performances, Film screenings, Talks

27 September – 19 October 2025

Sonic Pluriverse Festival

Bass Cultures

The Congos

Manou Gallo, The Congos, Sammy Dread

Concerts

4.7.2025

19:00-20:00 Manou Gallo
20:30-22:00 The Congos
22:00-00:00 Sammy Dread (DJ Set, Sylvia Wynter Foyer)

Courtesy Safia Siad

Archiving the Afrosonic

Safia Siad, Afro Sonic Innovation Lab, Department of Arts, Culture & Media, University of Toronto Scarborough

Lecture

5.7.2025
Ana Tijoux

Mohini Dey, Ana Tijoux, Sarah Farina

Concerts

5.7.2025

19:00-20:00 Mohini Dey
20:30-22:00 Ana Tijoux
22:00-00:00 Sarah Farina (DJ Set, Sylvia Wynter Foyer)

Workshop at the Sophie-Brahe-Schule (2023). Photo: Laura Fiorio

HKW—I feel you

Tour for blind, visually impaired, and sighted visitors

Guided tour

6.7.2025
heimaten flags at Haus der Kulturen der Welt

heimaten

2024–2027

All Dates
Visual Heimatization

Is that a thing? Colonialism and Memory Culture

Conversation

9.7.2025
Who Does Germany Belong To? Podcast

Who Does Germany Belong To?

The heimaten Podcast from Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Ndey Bassine Jammeh-Siegel & Diana Ejaita: The Mosaic Library

'haɪ̯maːtn̩ Vol. 3

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.
Internationaler Literaturpreis HKW: Shortlist 2024

Shortlist for the 2025 Internationaler Literaturpreis

Prize for Contemporary Literatures in Translation

17.7.2025 Award Ceremony
Indigo dyed fabric with a rice paste resist print inspired by the drain fly (Psychodidae) infestation of Alanna Lynch’s worm compost. Courtesy of Alanna Lynch

Open Call: L is for the Way You Look at Me Reading Group 2025

August–November

Submission deadline: 1.8.2025
Cover Reader Musafiri

Musafiri: Of Travellers and Guests – Reader (en)

Photo: Malte Seidel

A Chorus of Tongues

Audio installation

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.

Accessibility

Equal participation in and accessibility to exhibitions, cultural events, and performances is important to HKW. Here you will find detailed information on barrier-free transportation to and from HKW and the forms of accessibility within the building.

Welcome to HKW’s Website