Public lectures & discussions in Frankfurt today.
Thursday
Podium/Fishbowl mit Melda Demir (Universität Mainz), Lidia Ghirmai, Felix Schürmann (Universität Erfurt) u.a.
Diogo Fagundes
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Currently 76 Frankfurt institutions: Haus am Dom – Kath. Akademie Rabanus Maurus, Literaturhaus Frankfurt, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Städel Museum, Romanfabrik Frankfurt, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Hessen, Institut für Sozialforschung Frankfurt, Denkbar Frankfurt, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurter Sparkasse Engagement, Historisches Museum Frankfurt, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Instituto Cervantes Frankfurt, Union International Club Frankfurt, Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung im Holzhausenschlösschen, HSFK / PRIF Frankfurt, Jüdische Gemeinde Frankfurt, Bansamühle, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Die Käs, Brotfabrik, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Max-Planck-Institut für empirische Ästhetik, Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt, Platz vor der Philippuskirche, Alte Schmelze, Autorenbuchhandlung Marx, Crespo Foundation, Deutsch-Französische Gesellschaft Frankfurt, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Sigmund-Freud-Institut Frankfurt, Stadtbücherei Frankfurt, WDC-Hub im Museum Angewandte Kunst, Goethe-Uni Bürgeruniversität, Institut français Frankfurt, Klingspor Museum, Kulturcampus Frankfurt, Paulskirche, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Hessen, Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Stadtbücherei Oberursel, Stadthaus Frankfurt, Alter Kurpark, andré stocker design, basis e.V., Bibelhaus ErlebnisMuseum, Circle Cube, Club Voltaire Frankfurt, DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Fachzentrum Trauerseelsorge St. Michael, FGZ StreitClub, Forschungsverbund Normative Ordnungen, Forum Neues Frankfurt + ernst-may-gesellschaft, Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark, Friseur am Marktplatz, Georg-Voigt-Straße 14, Grüner Hörsaal, Haus am Dom – Frankfurt, Hugenottenhalle, Internationales Theater Frankfurt, Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt, Jugendherberge Sachsenhausen, Messe Offenbach, Niddator Unterführung, Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt, Rathaus Bad Soden, Stadtbücherei Frankfurt – Zentralbibliothek, Tagesaufenthalt Bärenstraße, Theodor-W-Adorno Platz 1, Volksbühne im Großen Hirschgraben, Weißfrauen Diakoniekirche Frankfurt, Weltkulturen Bibliothek and Weltkulturen Museum. In addition, lecture-format events are cross-imported from the sister sites museumsufer.app and ins.theater.
"Lecture" means a monologic contribution — one person addresses the audience (research talk, academic address, public lecture). "Reading" means literary formats — authors reading from their work, book launches, Buchmesse events. "Discussion" means dialogic formats with multiple voices — panels, debates, roundtables. The classification is automatic from the announcement; in edge cases, the description tips the balance.
Data is scraped several times a day directly from venue websites. Cancellations or programme changes usually surface within a few hours.
Many of them — university talks, Polytechnische lectures, many academy evenings. Others ask for a small contribution or registration. The note is shown on each entry; if in doubt, check the venue's detail page.
Frankfurt has an unusually dense public-lecture and discussion culture — from the university's citizens' programme through ecclesial academies to independent salons and foundations. But no shared programme. This site lays every house onto one searchable day view.
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