Programme BritLitBerlin 2016

British Council Literature Seminar
Brit Crime – A New Golden Age of Crime
Writing?
Thursday 28 – Saturday 30 January 2016
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Programme
Thursday 28 January 2016
19:30 – 21:00
Senatssaal
Opening Event
Welcome speeches
Prof Dr Helga Schwalm Dean of the Philosophical
Faculty II, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof Dr Gesa Stedman Deputy Director of Centre for
British Studies
Rachel Launay Director British Council Germany
Reading
Philip Kerr, reading and in conversation with
John Mullan, followed by Q&A session
21:15 – 22:30
Senatssaal
Reception (wine and pretzels)
Friday 29 January 2015
09:30 – 11:00
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Welcome
Rachel Launay Director British Council Germany
John Mullan (chair)
Sophie Hannah, reading and in conversation with John
Mullan (chair), followed by Q&A session
11:00 – 11:30
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Jake Arnott, reading and in conversation with Cordelia
Borchardt (chair), followed by Q&A session
13:00 – 14:30
Restaurant “Cum
Laude”
Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Panel discussion
Panel discussion on seminar theme with Philip Kerr, Val
McDermid, Sophie Hannah, Jake Arnott, Bethan
Roberts, and Kate Summerscale, chaired by John
Mullan, followed by Q&A session
16:00 – 16:30
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Bethan Roberts, reading and in conversation with John
Mullan (chair), followed by Q&A session
18:00 – 19:30
Restaurant “Cum
Laude”
Dinner
20:00 – 21:30
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Public Reading
Welcome
Rachel Launay Director British Council Germany
Val McDermid, reading and in conversation with John
Mullan, followed by Q&A session
Saturday 30 January 2016
10:00 – 12:00
Centre for British
Studies
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Workshops 1-5
12:30 – 14:00
Restaurant “Cum
Laude”
Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Kate Summerscale, reading and in conversation with
John Mullan, followed by Q&A session
15:30 – 16:00
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Closing speeches
John Mullan (chair)
Cortina Butler Director Literature, British Council
Prof Dr Gesa Stedman Deputy Director, Centre for British
Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
16:00 – 16:30
Auditorium in
Grimm-Centre
Coffee
Workshop 6
Location Addresses
Senatssaal
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Main Building
Unter den Linden 6
10117 Berlin
Auditorium in Grimm-Centre
Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum (main library)
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 3
10117 Berlin
Restaurant “Cum Laude”
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Main Building
Platz der Märzrevolution
10117 Berlin
Centre for British Studies
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Großbritannien-Zentrum
Mohrenstraße 60
10117 Berlin