Avant-Garde Studies is a forum for discussing the historical avant-garde (Futurism, Dada, Surrealism, etc.) as well as other forms of experimentation in 19th and 20th-century art.
Until 2021 the group met at Birkbeck College, London. Now a New Programme of in-person Sessions has been announced to take place at the Centre for British Studies, Hu Berlin:
- 14 May 2024, 19:00-20:30 CEST: Else Lasker-Schüler: Poetry and Visual Art
- 11 Jun 2024, 19:00-20:30 CEST: Fernand Divoire’s Literary Strategy
- 16 JUL 2024, 19:00-20:30 CEST: Walter Benjamin, Einbahnstraße
ALL MEETINGS TAKE PLACE in person at the Centre for British Studies, HU Berlin, Mohrenstraße 60, 10117 Berlin, room 104.
READINGS ARE SHARED IN ADVANCE THROUGH OUR MAILING LIST. EACH MEETING STARTS WITH A BRIEF, INFORMAL INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXT/S BEFORE THE SESSION IS OPENED UP FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION.
TO JOIN THE MAILING LIST, RECEIVE THE TEXTS AND HEAR ABOUT FUTURE SESSIONS, PLEASE EMAIL avantgardestudygroup@gmail.com
MORE INFO HERE: https://www.agstudies.co.uk/study-group/
Evi Heinz 