THE COMET – 150 years W.E.B. Du Bois
Contemporary Afrofuturism and Black Speculative Arts Symposium
- Dialogue
- Installation
- Music
To mark the 150th birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois HAU Hebbel am Ufer is putting on a three-day programme, curated by Natasha A. Kelly, in honour of the Black intellectual and cosmopolitan. Not many people in Germany know that starting in 1892 Du Bois was a research fellow at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, today’s Humboldt-University, and that many of his ideas arose during this period. The sociologist and activist dedicated his life to the political struggle against racism. His first science fiction short story “The Comet” (1920), which portrays a Black man as the last survivor of humanity, makes clear which role Du Bois played in the emergence of “Afrofuturism”. International activists, artists and academics, including Molefi Kete Asante, Reynaldo Anderson and Sheree Renée Thomas, will illuminate the visions of W.E.B. Du Bois. In lectures, conversations, films, a concert, and an exhibition both his influence on and his critique of German society, which remain valid to this day, will be put in focus.
A project by Natasha A. Kelly in collaboration with HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Funded by: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University.
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A project by Natasha A. Kelly in collaboration with HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Funded by: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University.
Location
HAU1
Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Access to the Parkett by means of a separate entrance with lift when necessary. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can be booked via the ticketing system. If you need any help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email at
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
