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Mitmachen! Kotzebue Picknick 2025

Join us for the third Kotzebue Picnic 2025: Homecoming on 17–18 July in Weimar and online. We invite short intellectual, artistic or performative contributions—live readings, pre-recorded presentations, workshop papers or written pieces—to enrich our scholarly gathering. Please submit a 300-word proposal by 7 June 2025 (indicating format and mode). Celebrate with us the spirit of return, remembrance and creative transformation.

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Heute vor 264 Jahren kam August von Kotzebue in Weimar zur Welt

Following our literary walk marking the 264th birthday of August von Kotzebue, we are pleased to share the introductory remarks delivered at the start of the event. This brief text offers an overview of the playwright’s life, work, and legacy, placing him within the broader context of cultural memory—a chance to revisit the opening for those who attended, and an invitation to reflect for those who could not join.

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Reminiszenzen an Weimar: Literarischer Spaziergang zum Geburtstag August von Kotzebues

To commemorate August von Kotzebue’s 264th birthday, a public literary walk will take place in Weimar on 3 May 2025. Following in the footsteps of the celebrated dramatist, the walk links key places of his childhood and youth with vivid autobiographical reflections. Readings at each station bring to life Kotzebue’s early encounters with literature, theatre, and education – including his close bond with his uncle and mentor Johann Karl August Musäus. Organised by the Weimar City Archives, the event invites participants to rediscover the cultural topography of late 18th-century Weimar through the lens of a formative literary voice.

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Ein Grab, zwei Schriftsteller: Alexandre Dumas besucht August von Kotzebue

On today’s anniversary of the death of the writer August von Kotzebue (†23 March 1819), we commemorate his fate with a special literary source: Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) visited Kotzebue’s grave in Mannheim and vividly described this experience in his memoirs. The celebrated French author captures the peculiar atmosphere surrounding Kotzebue’s tomb. Dumas’ recollections first appeared in 1866 as a serialised pre-publication in the French newspaper Le Soleil. We present this essay both in the original French and in German translation and warmly invite you to explore these remarkable memoirs.

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Erinnerungen an Kotzebue in der Familie Nietzsche

In December 1911, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche penned her personal reflections on August von Kotzebue, prompted by Baroness Elisabet von Rosen’s recently published Revaler Theaterchronik. Rather than focusing on Kotzebue’s tenure at the Reval Theatre, Förster-Nietzsche used the occasion to explore her family’s historical ties to the controversial playwright. Her essay, published in the St. Petersburger Zeitung an 1 January 1912 and reprinted two decades later in the Revalsche Zeitung, provides a unique familial perspective on Kotzebue, challenging dominant narratives in 19th and early 20th-century German literary historiography. This blog post delves into Förster-Nietzsche’s portrayal of Kotzebue within the Nietzsche family, situating it within broader discussions of his public reception and Friedrich Nietzsche’s own critical engagement with his work.

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Kotzebue’s “Das Kind der Liebe” Returns to the London Stage

Kotzebue’s play from 1790 is returning to the London stage in a rare revival of its bold 1798 adaptation, “Lovers’ Vows” by Elizabeth Inchbald. Don’t miss this gripping tale of love, family, and social tensions, brought to life by the Historia Theatre Company at the Brockley Jack Theatre from 21 January to 1 February 2025.

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Das XIII. Kotzebue-Gespräch in Berlin

Die jährliche deutsch-estnische Tagung “XIII. Kotzebue-Gespräch/Kotzebue-kõnelused XIII” findet am 18. Oktober 2024 turnusgemäß in Berlin statt. Die Veranstaltung beschäftigt sich mit dem Beitrag Kotzebues zur Geschlechterdebatte um 1800 und beleuchtet weibliche Rollenbilder in Werk und Biographie des Schriftstellers.

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Zwischen Kotzebue und Nietzsche: Ein Brief als Zeugnis von Trauer, Trost und familiärer Nähe

Ein einzigartiges Zeugnis menschlicher Verbundenheit und historischer Tiefe: Der Brief von Christiane Kotzebue an ihre Nichte Erdmuthe Nietzsche öffnet ein Fenster in das private Leben und die emotionale Welt des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts. Er zeigt, wie familiäre Bande Trost und Halt in einer Zeit bieten konnten, die von persönlichen Verlusten und gesellschaftlichen Umbrüchen geprägt war.