Avant-Garde Studies: New Programme

The Avant-Garde Studies group is a forum for discussing the historical avant-garde (Futurism, Dada, Surrealism, etc.) and other forms of experimentation in 19th and 20th-century literature and art.

Thi summer semester, We have the following sessions planned:

  • 22 April 2025: Surrealist Manifestoes
  • 20 May 2025: Aldo Palazzeschi: Pains and Pleasures of Futurism
  • 24 June 2025: Grids: Bomberg to Bauhaus
  • 14 July 2025: Kurt Schwitters, Ursonate

All meetings take place from 7-8.30 pm in Room 104 at the Centre for British Studies, HU Berlin, Mohrenstr. 60, 10117 Berlin.

(READING) MaterialS ARE SHARED IN ADVANCE THROUGH OUR MAILING LIST. EACH MEETING STARTS WITH A BRIEF, INFORMAL INTRODUCTION TO THE materials BEFORE THE SESSION IS OPENED UP FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION.

TO JOIN THE MAILING LIST, RECEIVE THE Materials AND HEAR ABOUT FUTURE SESSIONS, EMAIL avantgardestudygroup@gmail.com