Frankfurt Calling

Frankfurt Calling – Perspectives on Culture and Politics

Our cultural-political programme features thought leaders from all over the world, discussing the most important issues and topics of our time – throughout the entire week of the fair and on various stages.

What’s moving minds in 2024? What are the pressing issues of current world affairs that we have to face up to? Perhaps even more importantly: What strategies are out there to shape a more promising future?

Frankfurt Calling brings together international voices from the fields of politics, culture and the arts to explore new approaches to today’s pressing challenges from a global perspective. Frankfurter Buchmesse is cooperating with diverse partners on this year’s intellectually in-depth programme, featuring multiple cultural-political debates, lectures and renowned speakers.

Frankfurt Calling is a cultural-political programme organised by Frankfurter Buchmesse and its partners.

The #fbm24 programme will be published towards the beginning of September 2024.

Discover our first #fbm24 highligts at Frankfurt Calling

Event	Time	Location
Radici nel presente - Wurzeln in der Gegenwart ( Italienische Autor:innen berichten über die Lage in ihrem Land)	Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 11.00 a.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion
Ein Jahr nach dem 7. Oktober – Versuch einer Bestandsaufnahme	Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 12.00 p.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion
Künstliche Intelligenz und Sprache	Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 4.00 p.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion
Explosive Moderne: Über die Erhitzung der Gegenwart durch starke Gefühle"	Thursday, 17 October 2024, 12.00 p.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion
Democracy Depends on Reading	Thursday, 17 October 2024, 3.00 p.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion
Russland: Putins langer Krieg gegen Europa	Friday, 18 October 2024, 10.00 a.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion
Book-to-Screen Gespräch: Fatma Aydemir und Aslı Özarslan über die Literaturverfilmung Ellbogen	Friday, 18 October 2024, 2.00 p.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion
Recht auf Protest für alle? Über den Umgang mit Palästina-solidarischen Stimmen in Deutschland	Friday, 18 October 2024, 3.00 p.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion
Ungleich vereint – wie überwinden wir die Spaltung unserer Gesellschaft?	Friday, 18 October 2024, 4.00 p.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion
Der AfD-Komplex – Demokratie in Gefahr	Saturday, 19 October 2024, 10.00 a.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion
Menschen sind tolle Tiere	Saturday, 19 October 2024, 11.00 a.m.	Frankfurt Pavilion

Our event tip for 16 October

Questions that lead us to a more liveable future

Historian and author Yuval Noah Harari and philosopher Kohei Sato, a critic of capitalism, will discuss questions about the future and possible dangers posed by our modern information networks. The event takes place on the evening of 16 October from 7.30 to 9.00 pm.

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Impressions from the cultural-political programme

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