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Monday, 6/8/2026
at 7:00 PM



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As guests: Julika Griem & Niels Beintker

250 years of the USA. Capitalism as a form of society. German-French relations. And contemporary literary history. The selection of current historical non-fiction books that will be presented and discussed this evening shows the great diversity of this important literary genre: Jill Lepore: “We the People. A History of the American Constitution” (C.H. Beck) // Sven Beckert: “Capitalism. A History of a World Revolution” (Rowohlt) // Michael Werner: “This Side and That Side of the Nation: German-French Interconnections 1815–1870” (Heidelberg University Publishing) // Steffen Martus: “Narrated World. A Literary History of the Present 1989 to Today” (Rowohlt). Guests in the expert panel: the renowned radio journalist and moderator Niels Beintker and Julika Griem, director of the Institute for Cultural Studies in Essen.

ADMISSION: EURO 16.- / 10.-
STREAM TICKETS: EURO 8.-

The stream can be booked up to 5 minutes before the event starts & will then be available for 72 hours. You can find access to all STREAMING events at http://www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/stream. Your personal 4-digit access code can be found on your ticket. AND OFF WE GO! The STREAM starts about 5 minutes before the event begins.

Organizer: Stiftung Literaturhaus // in cooperation with the Institute for Contemporary History Munich-Berlin, LMU Munich & Collegium Carolinum

Foyer bar open from 6 PM

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