GOETHE MEDAL 2025
On August 28, 2025, Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, Chinese linguist Li Yuan, and Belgian writer David Van Reybrouck will be awarded the Goethe Medal in Weimar by the President of the Goethe-Institut, Gesche Joost.
FRIENDS OF FORSYTHE
For the 30th anniversary of Kunstenfestivaldesarts, the Goethe-Institut brings choreography legend William Forsythe to Brussels on 30 April 2025.
CULTURE MOVES EUROPE CELEBRATION
On 3 April 2025, the European Commission and the Goethe-Institut celebrate three years of Culture Moves Europe at the Royal Flemish Theatre (KVS). The largest EU programme for cultural mobility, which supports 7,000 artists and cultural professionals from 40 countries.
HALAQAT
22 to 28 January 2025 - The Halaqat project promotes cultural exchange between Europe and Arab countries. In its new phase, it will provide space for cultural actors from both regions to
artistically reflect on topics of care.
THEATRUM MUNDI: AN ULRIKE OTTINGER RETROSPECTIVE
From 6 December 2024 to 28 February 2025, the Goethe-Institut Brussels and CINEMATEK will present a comprehensive retrospective of the feminist film icon Ulrike Ottinger.
30 YEARS OF EUROPANETZWERK DEUTSCH
On 14 November 2024, the anniversary celebration of the exclusive Europanetzwerk Deutsch scholarship programme, which promotes German as a working and procedural language in the EU institutions, took place.
AFTER REASON
A weekend of discussions, performances, workshops and readings took place from 17 to 19 October 2024 in response to Kant anniversaries and to highlight Sonja Lindfors' work “One Drop” in the context of capitalism, coloniality and imperialism.
