Georgia and Moldova at the Leipzig Book Fair
This year’s Leipzig Book Fair takes place from 27 to 30 March. Debates on Europe will be present with two topical talks, focussing on the turbulent developments in Georgia and Moldova – and their cultural and historical backdrops.
Saturday, 29 March | 11 a.m. | Forum “Globale Perspektiven” | Hall 4 | E 305
QUO VADIS MOLDOVA?
Culture and politics in the space between past and future
In the current volatile geopolitical situation, the future of European political integration, economic prosperity and security is at stake. Moldova is – just as Ukraine and Georgia – key to that future.
At the Leipzig Book Fair, writer and journalist Paula Erizanu and politician, diplomat and novelist Oleg Serebrian, both leading figures in the Moldovan cultural and political scene, will talk about what lies ahead for a country on the fault lines between Ukraine, Romania and Russia – and what they expect from their peers in Bucharest, Berlin and Brussels.
The discussion, in English, will be chaired by Michael Martens, correspondent at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
For more information, see the programme of the Leipzig Book Fair.
Saturday, 29 March | 12 noon | Forum “Globale Perspektiven” | Hall 4 | E 305
QUO VADIS GEORGIA?
Culturally European, politically Russian?
Georgia is currently fighting for its survival as a constitutional state and independent country. But what does that mean?
A panel discussion with Georgian author and opposition politician, historian and literary scholar Lasha Bakradze and head of the Community Development Centre and co-founder of the Soviet Past Research Laboratory Anna Margvelashvili will shed light on the historical background of today’s dramatic events. Why is Georgian civil society so strongly striving for EU integration? And what role does culture play in this quest?
Moderated by Zaal Andronikashvili, research associate at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung in Berlin and professor at Ilia University Tbilisi.
The language of this discussion is German. For more information, see the programme of the Leipzig Book Fair.
