Diskurszone Ost: An interdisciplinary exchange

„Diskurszone Ost“: A Group Fellowship with the association Perspektive hoch 3 e.V.

The association Perspektive hoch drei (Perspective Cubed) and its cultural, scientific, and publishing projects bring together people who have a special interest in eastern Germany with all its relationships, upheavals, and sentiments. The association emerged from the initiative Dritte Generation Ostdeutschland (Third Generation East Germany), which first attracted attention 15 years ago.

On November 15 and 16, 2025, the group held its “Diskurszone Ost” event at Schloss Wiepersdorf. Committed writers, artists, scientists, and journalists reflected together on “the” East of Germany. In an interdisciplinary, concentrated collaboration beyond the metropolises, the focus was on social engagement, personal empowerment, and reconciling the insights gained from the debates of recent months and years. The program also included a screening of the film Im Osten was Neues (Something New in the East) by Loraine Blumenthal, followed by a discussion with the director.

The participants on the picture: Stephan Pabst, Sophia Kesting, Michael Hacker, Loraine Blumenthal, Wenke Seemann, Nadja Smith, Dörte Grimm, Annette Rupp, Abini Zöllner, Judith Enders, Sarah Alberti, Sven Gatter, Mandy Schulze, Jonas Ludwig Walter, Elise Landscheck, Johannes Staemmler

For more information: perspektive-hoch-drei.de