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Female Peace Palace

Theatre and Resistance in Times of War

Festival from 31.3. - 23.4.2023

Münchner Kammerspiele & Monacensia im Hildebrandhaus

Female Peace Palace

The “Female Peace Palace festival is dedicated to the courage, vision and struggles of women in war and resistance. Comprising theatre and discussions, it draws a line from a visionary historic event during the First World War, which was largely organised from Munich – the first “Women’s Peace Congress” held in 1915 in The Hague – to current conflict zones. Placing their faith in art and theatre, the invited artists will search for ways to describe the dilemmas and hell of war, while at the same time dedicating themselves to finding the strength from which the future can grow. Together with guests from countries including Ukraine, Iran, Syria and Belarus, the “Female Peace Palace opens up a space for understanding about freedom, resistance and contradictions in the transnational spirit of The Hague in 1915. The festival is an invitation to start conversations and to dream at a time when, faced by hatred and war, we may lack the words and imagination.

The literary scholar Fabienne Imlinger meets activists, artists, scientists and curators for a conversation.

Click here to listen to the podcast!

Female Peace Palace
Versammlung | Assembly
Symposium with livestream

Did you miss our assembly? Watch all the talks here!

Women in War and Resistance - 22.4.2023 at Monacensia im Hildebrandhaus

Art and War: A Conversation with Writers from Conflict Zones - 22.4.2023 in der Monacensia im Hildebrandhaus

Queer Talk Show: Exile and Resistance - 22.4.2023 at Monacensia im Hildebrandhaus

Productions

Take part of Female Peace Palace

This was the #FemalePeacePalace walk on 30.3.
Dress rehearsal for Anti War Women and workshop visit...
Female Peace Palace
Campus #11 „Female* Peace Palace“
We (Be)Write Ourselves and Our Future
Female Peace Palace
SchulCampus #2 „Anti War Women“
Konzipiert von Julia Lena Maier (MK: Mitmachen) gemeinsam mit...
Female Peace Palace
Peace Palace Camp
Theater-Workshops in den Osterferien für alle im Alter von 14 – 23...

Looking further

#FemalePeacePalace #FemaleHeritage #FemaleSociety

Pacifism as utopia in war, war as metaphor and expression of patriarchal structures, ideology as self-deception? In her literary essay for the #FemalePeacePalace slam, Volha Hapeyeva analyses the causes and cruelties of war and also questions how pacifism could succeed. Because even democracy is “no guarantee for peace”.

Female Peace Palace Habibi Kiosk
Das Festival-Wohnzimmer im Habibi Kiosk
Der Habibi Kiosk wird den gesamten Festivalzeitraum lang zur lebendigen Bibliothek!

An exhibition at Monacensia

Around 1900, young women from all over moved to Munich and dared to live a free life as artists. Their rebellion against social barriers and bourgeois morals is reflected in their life plans and texts. Starting with Franziska zu Reventlow, Margarete Beutler and Emmy Hennings, the lives and works of the Bohemian women are presented in the context of literature, culture, politics and society.

Until 31.7.2023, Monacensia in the Hildebrandhaus
Free admission without registration

More about the sustainable cooperation between the Monacensia in the Hildebrandhaus and the Münchner Kammerspiele.

Part of “Female Peace Palace, a joint project between the Münchner Kammerspiele and the Monacensia im Hildebrandhaus. The project is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.