Public Events

"One Book – Many Worlds" invites not only LMU members to be part of the project but also the Munich public. The following event formats are open to everybody who is interested in embarking on a multifaceted discussion of related to climate.

For detailed information on all events as well as admissions, please visit our Event Website.

Events with Amitav Ghosh

To kick-off the project, Amitav Ghosh will visit Munich from the 17 to 20 November for a series of events.

• Sunday, 17 November 2024, 11:00: "Die Muskatnuss und die Planetare Krise." Matinée at Literaturhaus (book ticket)
• Tueday, 19 November 2024, 18:00: "Das Unvorstellbare denken, das Unglaubliche schreiben. Diskussionsabend zu Klimawandel und kreativem Schreiben mit Amitav Ghosh" at ÖBZ.
• Wednesday, 20 November 2024. 18:30: "Hiding From the Apocalypse. How the World's Wealthiest View the Future." Lecture at LMU’s Große Aula (free admission)

Interdisciplinary Lecture Series at RCC's Lunchtime Colloquium

In our interdisciplinary lecture series, two experts representing different disciplinary perspectives take on a theme from the book and exchange ideas as part of a joint short lecture and a subsequent discussion.

• 21 November 2024: "Discourses on Rising Waters – Stories and Politics"
  Prof. Dr. Elizabeth DeLoughrey, UCLA and Nakul Heroor. RCC
• 05 December 2024: "Climate Migration and Violence: Perspectives from Comparative Literature and Anthropology"
  Prof. Dr. Juliane Prade-Weiss, LMU Munich and Prof. Dr. Laura Otto, JMU Würzburg
• 09 January 2025: "Communicating the Unthinkable: Climate Change in Literary Studies and Human Geography"
  Prof. Dr. Helge Nowak, LMU Munich and Prof. Dr. Imke Hoppe, MSCL LMU Munich
• 16 January 2025: "Up in the Clouds? Atmospheric Physics and Ethics"
  Prof. Dr. Thomas Birner, LMU Munich and Prof. Dr. Markus Vogt, LMU Munich
• 23 January 2025: TBA

Green Vision Film Series

In collaboration with the Green Vision Film Series, we show four films related to the themes from Gun Island. 

• 22 October 2024, 18:00: Screning Anthropocene - The Human Epoch, Q&A with Prof. Dr. Helmut Trischler (book a free ticket)
• 03 December 2024, 18:00: Screening Banglavenezia, Q&A with Prof. Dr. Christof Mauch (book a free ticket)
• 14 January 2025, 18:00: Utama, Q&A with TBA (book a free ticket)
• 25 February 2025, 18:00: Echoes from Borderland, Q&A with TBA (book a free ticket)

One Book - Many Worlds Student Exhibition

In a course taught at the RCC during the winter term 2024/25, students will develop exhibits related to themes from Gun Island (See Course Description) The exhibition is forthcoming in April 2025.