Leipzig Reads: Panel Discussion „Law. Power. Politics.“ with Julia Borggräfe, Nina Poppel, Ilija Trojanow, and Jürgen Wertheimer

The Leipzig Book Fair’s accompanying program, „Leipzig Reads!,“ is making a guest appearance at the Forum Recht Foundation!

The panel discussion brings together two female authors and two male authors who, in their latest books, examine law, power, and politics from different perspectives. The legal scholar Julia Borggräfe shows how an effective government can strengthen trust in the state and democracy, and presents concrete solutions. The author Ilija Trojanow, who in his „Book of Power“ retells the seminal work of the „Bulgarian Machiavelli,“ Stojan Michailowski, reflects on the nature of power and its dangers. The political scientist and well-known political content creator on TikTok and Instagram, Nina Poppel, explains how democracy works, how the Basic Law affects our daily lives, and how political processes shape our rights. The literary scholar Jürgen Wertheimer, who has studied the figure of Cassandra in depth, analyzes the patterns of „foreseeable disasters,“ the power of deliberately ignoring knowledge, and asks whether literature can predict wars. The panel discussion is an event organized by “Leipzig liest,” the reading festival of the Leipzig Book Fair. The discussion will be moderated by Eric Marr, freelance host and journalist.

You can find more information about the authors in this PDF!

Julia Borggräfe, Nina Poppel, Ilija Trojanow, and Jürgen Wertheimer

Admission is free of charge. Registration is not required.

An event presented by „Leipzig liest,“ the reading festival of the Leipzig Book Fair.

For more information and the „Leipzig Reads“ program: www.leipziger-buchmesse.de/de/erleben/leipzig-liest/leipzig-liest-programm/

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