This symposium explores the possibilities and limitations of conceptual activism. What does it mean to engage in politics through concepts? Does ‘conceptual’ imply that this kind of activism has less practical relevance or lacks material power?

With Aylon Cohen, Gergana Mineva, Yv Nay, Asmae Ourkiya, Alexandra Papademetriou, Rubia Salgado, Ferdiansiyah Thajib, and Sifen Wibell

An Institute for Queer Theory (iQt) event in cooperation with ICI Berlin

Organized by Sagniquee Banerjee, Antke Antek Engel, Karolina (kasu keys) Heck, Friederike (Fred) Landau-Donnelly, Rafael Baioni, Samu/elle Striewski

The symposium is part of Queer Cohabitations, a series of events celebrating the Institute for Queer Theory’s 20th-anniversary (March-October 2026).

Registration required.

The discussion is participatory. Audience members are invited to join the speaker’s circle. There will be continuous movement between the inner, in-between, and outer circles of chairs, as well as between languages (German, English).

Part of the symposium Conceptual Activism.

Registration required.
Livestream available.

The ICI Berlin will be in spring recess from 6 April onwards.

We will resume our public activities on 4 May and look forward to the upcoming events and to seeing you there.