Achille Mbembe

10 MAY 2026 / 16:00–18:00

Reading Ghosts is a reading group at ZK/U accompanying the project Ari in Transit at ZK/U. Ari, the peace statue, sits at the table as a participant. In five sessions, we read across history, migration, critical theory, and diasporic literature to ask: Who are the ghosts of German cultural memory?

Session 4 widens the lens with Achille Mbembe's Critique of Black Reason, asking whether the condition of the stranger is becoming the condition of the world. 

This group welcomes anyone willing to read and think together — artists, curators, researchers, or otherwise. Sessions are held in English. If you're interested in joning, please email johnshlee1(at)gmail.com.