Free University of Berlin, Nordic Summer University | Duplicity/Duplicität: Betwixt intimates and strangers
The international symposium "Duplicity/Duplicität: Betwixt intimates and strangers" will be held in Berlin from 29–31 January 2026 and marks the opening of a three-year research project titled "Studies in Remoteness".
Topic
As a three-year collaborative research project, Studies in Remoteness aims to contribute foundational theoretical and historical work toward initiating a new field of interdisciplinary research in critical remoteness studies. Theorizing modernity by turning to its so-called outskirts, the project inquires sensoria of absence, distance, and neglect that have blossomed along the frontiers of colonial empires and sedimented among the margins of modern infrastructures of "global connectivity". Toward that end, the project brings together a network of scholars, artists, and activists to engage in community-based research practices and organizes a series of six symposia across the Baltic rim between 2026–2028.
Event Structure
29 January: welcome evening
30–31 January: two theme sessions with presentations, readings, discussions, and creative workshops
Call for contributions
The call for thematic session proposals is open until 1 December 2025.
Accepted formats are research and/or artistic presentations, reading sessions, hands-on or discussion sessions.
Application requirements:
- application of max. 2 pages
- session abstract
- facilitator bio
Participation without presentation
You can simply participate without contributing to the program.
For this, send a letter of intent and a bit of information about yourself, by 9 January, 2026.
Earlier applications are encouraged, as the symposium is first-come-first-served. Students may receive ECTS credit (further information available by request).
Cost
- 30 Euro membership fee to the Nordic Summer University
- 55 Euro participation fee for participants with institutional support
- Waived or recudec fee for students and in other cases
Application
Applications can be sent to to one (preferably both) of the following email addresses:
lindsey.drury@fu-berlin.de
helenahildur@gmail.com
More information available on the website of the Free University Berlin and the website of the Nordic Summer University.