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19. bis 20. September – Nach dem Ende der Geschichte
8. Niddener Forum 2025 im Geschichtsmuseum der Nehrung
Das Geschichtsmuseum in Nida (Bild vom Februar – im September sieht es anders aus)
The history museum in Nida (picture from February – it looks different in September)Es ist wohl kaum verwunderlich, dass wir nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges auch den Träumen vom Ende der Geschichte erlegen sind.
Wir glauben, dass dies eine ernsthafte Diskussion wert ist und dass das Nida-Forum ein großartiger Ort dafür ist.
Das Thomas-Mann-Kulturzentrum veranstaltet im September 2025 das 8. Nida Forum – hier geht es um aktuelle Themen der Politik – auf Englisch und Litauisch, ein Vortrag ist auch auf Deutsch. Freier Eintritt zu den Veranstaltungen. Bitte Teilnahme anmelden bei: nidosforumas@gmail.com
The 8th Nida Forum “After the End of History“
19-20 of September, 2025 Curonian Spit History MuseumProgram
All lectures will be translated from English or Lithuanian into Lithuanian/English. Robert Menasse will speak German, but there will also be an English/Lithuanian translation.
September 18 (Thursday) Arrival
September 19 (Friday) Curonian Spit History Museum (Pamario g. 53, Nida)
9:45 Opening
Morning session, moderated by Dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė and Antanas Gailius
10:00–11:30 Edward Lucas (UK) ( Journalist, political commentator)„Identity Politics — what the „woke West” misses and needs to know“
Moderation Dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė
11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. Robert Menasse (A) (writer) in Deutsch!
“The future of the world begins in Europe” (Die Zukunft der Welt beginnt in Europa)
Moderated by Antanas Gailius
Afternoon session, moderated by Dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė and Antanas Gailius
3:00–4:30 p.m. Aleksandras Abišala (LT) (Member of the Reconstituent Seimas, signatory of the Act of March 11, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania)“On the Future of the European Union”
Moderated by Dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė
Excursion
September 20 (Saturday) Curonian Spit History Museum (Pamario g. 53, Nida)
Morning session, moderated by Dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė and Nikodem Szczygłowski
10:00–11:30 Iryna Starovoit (UA) (Poet, Professor at the Ukrainian Catholic University)
“Unbreakable Culture and the Art of Endurance: A Counterpoint to Catastrophe”
Moderated by Dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Luka Lisjak Gabrijelčič (SLO) (historian, political analyst, translator)
“Democracy after liberal hegemony”
Moderated by Nikodem Szczygłowski
Afternoon session, moderated by Dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė and Nikodem Szczygłowski
3:00–4:30 p.m. Karolis Kaupinis (LT) (film director, journalist)“Empire and Colony”
Moderated by Dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė
4:45–6:15 p.m. SAMUEL MAREC (SK) (publicist, writer, translator, author of the book Ako sa zbaviť zúfalstva zo Slovenska a poraziť Roberta Fica (How to Get Rid of Despair in Slovakia and Defeat Robert Fico)
“Slovakia – where history ends and begins again and again”
Moderator: Nikodem Szczygłowski
8:00 p.m. Iryna Starovoit poetry evening. Translations read by Marius Burokas
about….
Such a title need not be seen as ironic – or at least not just ironic. The longing for a peaceful and ordered life is as old as humanity itself. In the European culture, we also view time as linear, thus we keep expecting the future life to be better. Maybe that’s why all kinds of prophecies and utopias abound throughout the European history. It is probably little wonder that after the end of the Cold War we also succumbed to the dreams of the end of history. However, as expected, this time of hope and relative peace did not last long. For those of us sharing our borders with Russia, it never really happened at all. In fact, it never happened for anyone. The Tienanmen Square, the first and the second war in Chechnya, the attack on Georgia, the Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014, which turned into full-scale war in February 2022, the never ending conflicts in the Near East that have also broken into a real war have and still do emphatically point to us that history is far from over and that we must be prepared to its new twists. Have been preparing, are we prepared, are we ready for the fact that all the utopias and dreams eventually must be paid in full? So far, we have been paying in money and anxiety, whereas Ukraine is already paying in blood. We believe that is worth of a serious conversation and that the Nida Forum is a great place for it.
Organizer
Thomas Mann Cultural Center
Partners
Neringa Museums | Neringa Municipality
Contact: Dr. Lina Motuzienė, tel. Nr. 068473329, nidosforumas@gmail.com
Schlagwörter: Diskurs, Diskussion, Geschichte, Nida, Nida Forum, Politik
