Debates on Europe

Debates on Europe is a series of events organized by the S. Fischer Foundation and the German Academy for Language and Literature in cooperation with local partners across Europe.

Is literature lost in war?

Two years into Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, Tanya Malyarchuk and Jurko Prochasko were our guests at the International Literature Days in Zürich. Catch up on this remarkable conversation about war, literature and mistrust in language itself!

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Debates on Europe is a series of events organized by the S. Fischer Foundation and the German Academy for Language and Literature in cooperation with local partners across Europe.

Past Debates

Since its inception in 2012 Debates on Europe has been hosted in places where the idea of Europe is at stake; often in places of conflict, where a contested past is made active in the present, weaponizing politics and dividing societies, places where issues of borders and cultural, ethnic and religious identity are at the top of the agenda.

Debates Digital

A series of digitally published content including articles and discussions by some of the outstanding writers, scholars and public intellectuals who are part of the Debates on Europe network.

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