Project area

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

Still from Dao (2026). Courtesy of Films That Matter

Dao (German Theatrical Release Premiere)

Dir.: Alain Gomis, 2026, France/Senegal/Guinea-Bissau

Film Screening

27.5.2026

  

Artist Talk: How to Trace the Tirailleurs as a Colonial Continuity in the Present

With Mario Pfeifer, moderated by Can Sungu and Paz Guevara

Conversation

29.5.2026
Tirailleurs: Reader covers

Book Launch: Tirailleurs Reader

With Britta Lange, Alia Mossallam, and Salah Yousif, moderated by Olga Schubert and Eric Otieno Sumba

Conversation

29.5.2026
Still from Cabascabo (1968/69). Courtesy of Argos Films

Walk-in Cinema

Tirailleurs: Trials and Tribulations

23.3.–8.6.2026
Photo: Milan Soremski/HKW

A Walk Through the Exhibition with…

Guided tour

21.3.–14.6.2026
Photo: Milan Soremski/HKW

Conversations on Art

23.3.–13.6.2026
Collage for The Dream That Refused Me (2021). Image: Zas Ieluhee in collaboration with Jabu Newman

Wùn Ná Kre

Installation by Zas Ieluhee

Installation

22.5.–14.6.2026

Online Magazin Teaser

Programme HKW

Internationaler Literaturpreis HKW: Shortlist 2026

Shortlist for the 2026 Internationaler Literaturpreis

Prize for Contemporary Literatures in Translation

Visual: Relational Work, Relational Power

Relational Work, Relational Power

June–September 2026

Conversations, Workshops, Comedy

Plural Citizenships Logo

Plural Citizenships

Belonging as Becoming

April–December 2026

Keynotes, Readings, Conversations, Performances, DJ Sets

Visual: Sonic Pluriverse Festival. Global Echoes of Gnawa

Sonic Pluriverse Festival

Global Echoes of Gnawa

June–August 2026

Concerts, DJ Sets, Film Screenings, Panel Discussions, Workshops

heimaten flags at Haus der Kulturen der Welt

heimaten

2024–2027
Book cover: Aslı Erdoğan: When Does a Journey End?

Aslı Erdoğan: When Does a Journey End?

Publication

'haɪ̯maːtn̩ Vol. 7

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.
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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

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