Wed, June 5, 2019 at 7:00 PM
RACE AND POLITICS III
The White Republic and Black Memory
Pierre Boulez Saal - Mozart Auditorium
The White Republic and Black Memory
The never-ending racial tensions in American society reflect distortions of their history that go back to the founding of the Republic in 1789, when slavery became the backbone of American political economy. The concept of slavery was not mentioned in the Constitution until the institution itself becomes abolished with the 13th Amendment in 1865. Four million enslaved were released into freedom without financial and other support. The leaders of the rebellious Confederacy were not charged with the crime of treason, and white supremacists in the South began to blockade all political changes and introduced an economic system that has been called “slavery by another name”. This history of oppression forms the background of American racism because it is not included in the narrative of the America that is exclusively white. The Black counter-narrative that intellectuals, preachers, and artists have been contributing to has not yet penetrated the mythical white American narrative.
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Manfred Henningsen
Lecture in English
Free admission. Please reserve a numbered ticket online, by phone or at the box office.
YOUR VISIT
How To Get There
Mozart Auditorium
Barenboim-Said Akademie
Französische Straße 33d
10117 Berlin
Germany
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Public Transport
U-Bahn U2 Hausvogteiplatz, U5 Museumsinsel, U6 Unter den Linden
S-Bahn S / U Friedrichstraße
Tram M1, 12 Mitte / Am Kupfergraben
Bus 147 Werderscher Markt; 100, 300, N5 Staatsoper
Bicycle
Bicycle racks are available on the street “Hinter der Katholischen Kirche.”
Car
Q-PARK parking garage Unter den Linden / Staatsoper
Bebelplatz 2
10117 Berlin
Theater rate (5.30 pm – 11.30 pm, paid in advance): €10
Please note there is a construction site across from the hall on Französische Straße. The street is narrowed, and cars or taxis are not allowed to stop in front of the Pierre Boulez Saal entrance.
Accesibility
To book wheelchair-accessible seating, other seats for visitors with disabilities, or companion seats, please contact us directly.
+49 30 4799 7411
tickets@boulezsaal.de
All wheelchair seats are accessible by elevator.
In order to make access as easy as possible, we kindly ask that you inform us of your requirements when booking your tickets.
Restrooms for visitors with disabilities are located in the basement and on the first floor.
Four parking spaces for visitors with disabilities are available on the street "Hinter der Katholischen Kirche".
