Welcome
Navid Kermani in Conversation with Omri Boehm - February 4
Navid Kermani in Conversation with Omri Boehm © Studio Pandan
Award winning German author and public intellectual Navid Kermani in conversation with Omri Boehm, Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at The New School. These two prominent thinkers will discuss how current global conflict and political division are reshaping public life
Kermani and Boehm will explore what it means to write, think, and speak publicly in an era defined by polarization, war, displacement, and deepening political fragmentation. Their conversation will touch on current developments in the Middle East and consider how these events reverberate in Germany, the United States, and beyond. Together, they will examine how the idea of “the West” is evolving, and whether literature, poetry, and religious thought can still offer common ground or moral orientation in fractured societies.
Date and Time: February 4th, 2026 at 6:30PM EST
Location: Goethe-Institut New York, 30 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003
More Information: https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/ney/ver.cfm?event_id=27197176