June 4–5 2026
Lācis & Co.
Female Acteurs – Transit – Narratives
The workshop explores the ways in which female authors, journalists, and artistsreflect on their migratory movements in the Eastern (Central) European avant-garde, and also seeks out echoes of reception, lines of comparison, and questions in thepresent.
June 4, Thursday
2–5 pm // Workshop I
with contributions from Annelie Bachmaier, Anna Kipke, Iryna Kovalenko, Nadine Menzel, Beata Paškevica, Matthias Schwartz, Marina Sivak, Katharina Tschelidze, IevgeniiaVoloshuk, Mimmi Woisnitza (de) (Registration until June 3 at asjalacis@posteo.de)
6 pm // The straitjacket of non-memory: Asja Lācis and the Latvian-Italian avant-garde
Lecture by Beata Paškevica (de)
June 5, Friday
10 am–5 pm // Workshop II
Continuation of Workshop I (de) – open to all
6 pm // The Knowledge of Poetry
Reading with Olga Martynova and Tatjana Hofmann (de)
7 pm // Transit Space Translation
Discussion with Nicolas Auzanneau, Margherita Carbonaro, and Lil Reif (de/en)