„Interkulturelle Woche meets Lange Nacht der Demokratie 2024!“
Was ist das besondere an der Langen Nacht der Demokratie
Our program of the intercultural week 2024 in English
Our program of the intercultural week 2024 in English
Dear fellow citizens,
In Bayreuth, there are many different forms of action and events for democratic engagement that show how many people from all generations and different cultural circles are involved and prove that they care about our democracy.
We want to break new ground this year with the motto: “New spaces”. We are combining the Intercultural Week with the Long Night of Democracy under the headline “Intercultural Week meets Long Night of Democracy 2024”.
On 2 October 2024 in the Rotmainhalle in Bayreuth, you can attend the
“Market of Democracy – Diversity – Tolerance – Respect” in the Rotmainhalle in Bayreuth. We are already looking forward to seeing you! This will be framed by an exciting and colourful stage programme.
As every year, the Intercultural Week will kick off with the International Church Service (INGO) in the Bayreuth City Church on 21 September 2024. The aim is to make our network in Bayreuth visible, which has been committed to diversity, tolerance, democracy and against all forms of group-related misanthropy for many years. The offers and information are intended to encourage reflection, raise awareness and promote mutual understanding, but critical scrutiny is also desired. We also want to reach out to people who would not seek us out on their own.
We want to talk to each other, exchange ideas and also engage in controversial discussions. We want to enjoy music and culture, laugh and celebrate. I would like to thank everyone for the preparation and organisation. Thank you to all of you who, not just today, but every day anew, are committed to a free, peaceful Bayreuth characterised by diversity.
I cordially invite you to come by on 2 October 2024, and especially to the start of Intercultural Week, which we will celebrate together with an international church service (INGO) in the town church.
Thomas Ebersberger
Lord Mayor of the City of Bayreuth
Cohesion is our potential: in society, in politics and in Europe
14:00 noon: Guided tour in a foreign language – Russian
Dream and Reality, a Russian-language guided tour through the exhibition of Francisco de Goya and George Grosz. Afterwards we will draw together using various techniques in the museum workshop.
Organiser: Art Museum
Venue: Old Baroque Town Hall, Maximilianstraße 33, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: 5,00€
7.00 pm: The challenge of integration and diversity. African presence in Upper Franconia.
This event is about post-colonial memory culture in Germany and the need to make marginalised voices and perspectives visible. Current public debates and research projects are increasingly focussing on topics such as social integration, asylum and migration policy, intercultural understanding and colonialism.
Speaker: Dr Ibrahima Sene, research associate at the Chair of African History
Location: Seminar room in the courtyard, Protestant Centre Bayreuth, Richard-Wagner-Str. 24, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: free, donations welcome
7.00 pm: Autumn festival with accordion music and international specialities
The International Circle invites all Bayreuth residents to an autumn festival with selected wines, beers and delicious delicacies from French, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Ukrainian and Hispanic cuisine at the Bayreuth “Zentrum”. Accordion melodies from the various countries in the circle will be played to create an atmospheric setting for a lovely evening.
Organiser: DFG Bayreuth e.V.
Venue: Europasaal of the International Youth Cultural Centre, Äußere Badstraße
Admission: free
11.00 am.: Guided tour in a foreign language – Ukrainian
Public guided tour in Ukrainian-German through the old baroque town hall
Speakers: Dr Nataliya Yadzhak and Dr Beatrice Trost
Organiser: Art Museum
Venue: Old Baroque Town Hall, Maximilianstraße 33, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: Free admission and guided tour
5.00 pm: International church service to open the Intercultural Week in Bayreuth under the motto: “Christ connects worlds”
All people are invited – especially refugees as well as foreign fellow citizens and students. So that people of different origins and languages can join in the service, it will be held primarily in English and there will be a service booklet in different languages. The service will be accompanied by the gospel choir “Living Water” under the direction of Merle Neumann. Afterwards there will be a get-together with delicious intercultural finger food, provided by Condrobs e.V. If you like, you are welcome to bring some “finger food” for the buffet.
Organiser: City church
Venue: Stadtkirche Bayreuth, Kirchplatz 1, 95444 Bayreuth
11.00 am: Guided tour in a foreign language – French
Public guided tour in French / German through the old baroque town hall
Speakers: Mathilde Müller-Bulabois and Dr Beatrice Trost
Organiser: Art Museum
Venue: Old Baroque Town Hall, Maximilianstraße 33, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: Free admission and guided tour
1.00 pm: Guided tour in a foreign language – Chinese
Public guided tour in Chinese / German through the old baroque town hall
Speakers: Wenrui Feng and Dr Beatrice Trost
Organiser: Art Museum
Venue: Old Baroque Town Hall, Maximilianstraße 33, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: Free admission and guided tour
3.00 pm: Guided tour in a foreign language – Persian
Public guided tour in Persian / German through the old baroque town hall
Speakers: Dr Sahar Salehi-Müller and Dr Beatrice Trost
Organiser: Art Museum
Venue: Old Baroque Town Hall, Maximilianstraße 33, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: Free admission and guided tour
4 pm.: Sundays at the museum – art is fun
After a tour of the current exhibition, we will try out various painting techniques in the museum’s art workshop.
After a tour of the current exhibition, we will try out various painting techniques in the museum art workshop, e.g. acrylic paints, oil pastels, pastel chalks, working with them on paper and canvas. Try it out! Experiment! Get to know materials and techniques! Combine colours and shapes! Everything is possible! This offer is aimed at interested people who simply want to indulge in colours in a relaxed atmosphere on a Sunday afternoon.
Speaker: Ingrid Seidel
Organiser: Art Museum
Venue: Art Museum, Maximilianstraße 33, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: Fee 15 €
Registration: 0921/7645310
4.30 – 6.45 pm: Photo exhibition
What remained of my old home. Pupils from the secondary school
Bayreuth-Altstadt show photos of objects that they have brought to Germany from their home countries and that have a special meaning for them.
Organiser: Bayreuth-Altstadt secondary school
Venue: Bayreuth-Altstadt secondary school, Fantaisiestr.11, 95445 Bayreuth
Admission: free
4.30 – 6.45 pm: The Butterfly Project
A globally orientated initiative to commemorate the 1.5 million children and young
young people who were killed in the Holocaust. The pupils have worked on a biography of a Jewish child/young person and designed a butterfly in memory of them.
Organiser: Bayreuth-Altstadt secondary school
Venue: Bayreuth-Altstadt secondary school, Fantaisiestr.11, 95445 Bayreuth
Admission: free
6.00 – 7.30 pm: The Khmer – the glorious and painful history of a people
A lecture recounting the history of Cambodia, its cultural heritage, its economic development and its unique tourist attractions, from the Khmer period to the present day.
Khmer period until today. Speaker: Ludwig Frank Organiser: vhs
Venue: vhs, Richard-Wagner-Straße 21, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: 7 €
2.30 pm: Inclusive // Barrier-FREE
Tour with detailed image presentations for sighted and non-sighted people,
hearing and non-hearing people. Speaker: Philipp Schramm M.A. Organiser: Kunstmuseum
Venue: Kunstmuseum, Maximilianstraße 33, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: 5 €
11.00 am.: German-Czech reading hour
Speakers: Marie Rudolph, Stephanie Weith Organiser: RW21
Venue: RW21/Black Box, Richard-Wagner-Straße 21, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: free
5.30 – 9.00 pm: Fairlockend served up: Nepalese cooking and fair enjoyment
An amateur chef from Bayreuth shares his knowledge of traditional Nepalese dishes such as kebabs, pakora and pulses as well as the challenges faced by small farmers due to globalisation and climate change. He will provide information about fair trade and environmentally friendly shopping options in Bayreuth.
Speakers: Miriam Steinmüller, Romesh Yadav
Organiser: vhs, climate protection management
Venue: vhs, Richard-Wagner-Straße 21, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: €5 for food; registration by 19 September on the vhs website
12.00 noon: The short way to the heart is to cook together
Discover intercultural cuisine together! We cook international dishes together and eat together. Everyone can bring their own typical food and drinks. There are also activities and offers for children. A cookery afternoon for the whole family.
Costs: We are happy to receive a small donation
Organiser: Mama Mia Kinder- und Eltern-Zentrum Bayreuth in cooperation with the Bayreuth Volunteer Centre, “Meine Welt Deine Welt” project
Registration is not necessary.
Phone: 0921 560100
Mail: mamamia.bayreuth@yahoo.com
6.00 pm: 80 years on! Resistance against the Nazi regime – lessons for today?
Greeting: Lord Mayor Thomas Ebersberger
Theatre play with Jan Uplegger, Yumiko Tsubaki and Maria Hinze
“The measurement of democracy – a portrait of Wilhelm Leuschner”
From 7.30 pm: What is the significance of Nazi resistance today? Keynote speeches by representatives of the University of Bayreuth and Bayreuth’s twin city La Spezia, followed by a discussion with the audience Organiser: Wilhelm Leuschner Foundation
Venue: Bayreuth Centre, Äußere Badstraße 7a, 95448 Bayreuth, Kleinkunstbühne
10.00 am: 80 years after! Resistance against the Nazi regime – lessons for today? / Performance for school classes
Theatre play with Jan Uplegger, Yumiko Tsubaki and Maria Hinze
“Measuring Democracy – A Portrait of Wilhelm Leuschner” Followed by questions and discussion with the audience
Information at www.wilhelm-leuschner-stiftung.de Registration for school groups at the following email address post@wilhelm-leuschner-stiftung.de or phone 0921 – 150 72 69
Organiser: Wilhelm Leuschner Foundation
Venue: Bayreuth Centre, Äußere Badstraße 7a, 95448 Bayreuth, Europasaal
5.00 pm to 10.00 pm: Intercultural Week meets Long Night of Democracy 2024
Market of democracy-diversity-tolerance-respect
Various actors from the city provide offers that relate to the topic: “Diversity-Tolerance-Respect!” have reference. The offers and information are intended to stimulate reflection, raise awareness and promote mutual understanding, but critical scrutiny is also encouraged. We don’t just want to reach the “SowiesoDa” clients, but also people who wouldn’t come to us on their own. The event will be framed by a colourful and inspiring stage programme. The aim is for people to talk to each other, exchange ideas and engage in controversial discussions. This promotes respect for one another, strengthens understanding and ultimately contributes to our heterogeneous urban society living together peacefully and democratically.
Organiser: City of Bayreuth in cooperation with church representatives
Venue: Rotmainhalle
Admission: free
5.30 pm: Long Night of Democracy
A life for democracy – guided tour of the Wilhelm Leuschner Memorial
Who was Wilhelm Leuschner, who spent his youth in Bayreuth and eventually made a political career in Darmstadt, which led him early on to fight against the rise of the National Socialists? Who was the man who established close contact with the representatives of the resistance and maintained his stance until his violent death?
A tour of the Wilhelm Leuschner Memorial addresses these questions and dares to take a closer look at a man who has a lot to tell us today.
Duration: approx. 45-60 min.
Meeting point: Wilhelm Leuschner Memorial, Moritzhöfen 25
Admission: free
6.00 pm: Dance group “Iz Pertsem”
Traditional Ukrainian dances and popularising Ukrainian culture will be performed
through dance, song, but also through music and traditional costumes. Organiser: DPG in cooperation with the German-Ukrainian Society Venue: Ev. Zentrum, Richard-Wagner-Straße 24, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: free
5.00 pm: Round table “Racism and discrimination in schools”
The manifestation of racism and discrimination in schools has so far been the focus of little public interest. The fact that racism and discrimination exist there is beyond question for the members of the Integration Advisory Board. Pupils are to report on issues of racism and discrimination. The Integration Advisory Board will then make recommendations for action. The aim is to make discrimination a regularly recurring topic in lessons.
Organiser: Integration Advisory Board
Venue: New Town Hall, 12th floor, Luitpoldplatz 13, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: free
Wednesday, 09 October to 20 October, 6.15 – 7.45 pm: Books in dialogue: Masterpieces of French world literature
In this literature course, selected works of French literature will be discussed, focussing on enjoyment and personal experiences. Speaker: Dr Yomb May
Organiser: vhs
Venue: vhs, Richard-Wagner-Straße 21, 95444 Bayreuth
Admission: 2,60€