Wolfgang Heise Conference in Berlin Marks 100th Birthday

A conference titled 'Wolfgang-Heise-Tagung' was held at the Literatur-Forum des Brechthauses in Berlin to mark the 100th birthday of the DDR philosopher Wolfgang Heise. Former students and young precarious academics gathered to discuss Heise's contemporary relevance. The event featured a poster with a blue linocut portrait of Heise, reminiscent of a puppet from a 1983 performance at the Knaack-Klub in East Berlin, where a parody puppet of Heise appeared during a festival of the Sektion Ästhetik und Kunstwissenschaften of Humboldt University. The author recounts the ironic atmosphere where both students and lecturers, including Heise, laughed at the parody.