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

Photo: Milan Soremski/HKW

A Walk Through the Exhibition with…

Guided tour

13.6.2026 14:00

Where the Tirailleurs’ Stories Meet

With Samia Chabani (Ancrages, Marseille)

Conversation

13.6.2026 15:00

Moderated by Paz Guevara and Qu Chang

Violent Encounters: Rethinking War Experiences through the Prism of Gender

George Njung

Keynote Lecture

13.6.2026 16:30

With an introduction by Qu Chang

Matilda TheeGreat. Image: courtesy of the artist

Mesdames Tirailleurs

Matilda TheeGreat

Poetry Performance

13.6.2026 18:00

With an introduction by Dzekashu MacViban

Slavs & Tatars, I Utter Other (2014–), lecture performance. Image: courtesy of the artists

I Utter Other (2014–)

Slavs and Tatars

Lecture Performance

13.6.2026 19:00
Photo: Laura Fiorio

Childcare

Family and Children

13. & 14.6.2026 12:00–19:00
Tirailleurs: Trials and Tribulations. From Cannon Fodder to Avant-Garde, reader cover en

Tirailleurs: Trials and Tribulations– Reader (en)

Publication
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
Visual: Sonic Pluriverse Festival. Global Echoes of Gnawa

Sonic Pluriverse Festival

Global Echoes of Gnawa

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

June–August 2026

Gnawa Parade & Concert: Hicham Bilali & Black Koyo among others

Parade, Concert

26.6.2026

  

Vieux Farka Touré. Photo: Kiss Diouara

Vieux Farka Touré

Concert, DJ Set

26.6.2026

  

SaHHar. Photo: Dina Meddeb

saHHar

DJ Set

26.6.2026
Internationaler Literaturpreis HKW: Shortlist 2026

Shortlist for the 2026 Internationaler Literaturpreis

Prize for Contemporary Literatures in Translation

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

Cover Pedagogies of Travesti Liberation

Pedagogies of Travesti Liberation

Publication
Photo: © Iman Salem /Archive Souq

Archive Souq at HKW

Illustration by Diana Ejaita

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