Regular digital content

The Kreisky Forum (Vienna), the Einstein Forum (Potsdam) and the Freiblickinstitut (Berlin) have all been live streaming debates, discussions, interviews and lectures (in both English and German) during the pandemic. The Kreisky Forum has also published a number of separate video broadcasts on YouTube.

Live discussions via social media

To keep track of forthcoming live events from the Kreisky Forum or the Freiblickinstitut, we encourage following their Facebook pages, where live activities will be listed as they are arranged.

Email notification of live discussions and YouTube/website listings

To keep up-to-date on the Kreisky Forum’s video broadcasts, we advise subscribing to their YouTube channel, where both these videos and the videos of former online events are uploaded.

To follow Einstein Forum debates, simply regularly visit their home page or subscribe to their newsletter, via which you will be informed as soon as new videos are uploaded or upcoming online events are planned. You can also access media from former Einstein Forum events in the archives folder on its website, where you can identify new multimedia material thanks to the camera symbol next to event entries.

Almost all of our members publish English-language content as well as media in their own vernaculars. However, the degree to which they work in English varies. In this section, we will, therefore, only provide links to those pages that are either exclusively or overwhelmingly reserved for regularly updated English-language content.

Live discussion website listings

The Academy of Ideas (London) is putting on a significant number of live, Zoom-based online debates, all of which are in English. De Balie (Amsterdam) primarily works in Dutch, but is producing a large amount of live content and has an exclusive listing for English-language events. We recommend looking at these partners’ events pages to keep track of their upcoming live discussions.

Regular podcasts

The Academy of Ideas is also currently producing a large number of podcasts in a variety of formats (debates, virtual book clubs and philosophical discourse). To listen to or to subscribe to receive these discussions, visit their SoundCloud account via the following link.

Email notification of live discussions and website media listings

The Einstein Forum (Potsdam) has been producing live online events and re-releasing archive footage of recent debates and, for example, videos of discussions with its former fellows on its website (often in English, sometimes in German). To see these videos or to stay informed of upcoming live events, you can either simply visit the Einstein Forum’s home page on a regular basis or subscribe to their newsletter. All of the fellows discussions and new online lectures will also ultimately be moved to the archives folder on the Einstein Forum’s website, where you will be able to identify them via the camera symbol next to the event entries.

In Spain, the CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània Barcelona) has been bringing as much of its programme online as is possible, resulting in live streams of a number of different activity formats.

Live discussion website listings

The CCCB’s activities mainly take place in Catalan and Spanish, but they also have events in a wide variety of other languages, depending on the speakers involved. The link below will take you to their events page in Spanish (the browsing language can be changed to Catalan or English in the top-right corner of the page), but please double-check the language of each individual event, as the language of the events will not necessarily correspond to the language you are browsing the website in.

Weekly video essays

The CCCB also produces a new video for the Soy Cámara online series every Friday. Produced by the CCCB in collaboration with universities and audiovisual practitioners, this series creates an experimental and participatory space in the internet’s ecosystem that reflects on the most pressing issues in contemporary society and puts a spotlight on the way that images are produced. You can find a full project description and all of the Soy Cámara online videos via the following link. Please note that this link will take you to the Spanish version of the website, but the page’s language can be changed to Catalan or English in the top-right corner of the page.

Our partners in Flanders and the Netherlands are producing a considerable amount of online material in Dutch and Flemish.

Live discussion website listings

Both De Balie (Amsterdam) and deBuren (Brussels) are live streaming a lot of panel discussions and debates. Furthermore, they also host, for example, virtual book clubs and online social sessions featuring live music, casual discussions and digital art formats. The best place to gain an overview of these different activities is via the events sections of their respective websites.

Podcasts and video performances

In addition to their live events, both De Balie and deBuren are regularly uploading podcasts and deBuren is also producing video art, such as its Bezette Stad/Besmette Stad series of videos which extrapolate van Ostaijen’s poetry into the context of the coronavirus lockdown. Both the podcasts and the video uploads can be accessed via the following links.

In Russia, the Sakharov Centre (Moscow) has been adapting to the lockdown by bringing its activities online and delving into new formats.

Live discussion website listings

The Sakharov Centre is now producing a large number of free-to-attend live discussions and lectures on a variety of themes. In addition to its continuing focus on human rights, freedom, progress and peace, the Sakharov Centre has also started to, for example, focus on the coronavirus’s impact and consequences in a series of quarantine conversations.  To find out about and/or follow these live discussions, visit the events page on the Sakharov Centre’s website via the following link.