The Internationale Walter Benjamin Gesellschaft was an interdisciplinary consortium of academics, writers, media theoreticians, publishers and representatives from other cultural and social areas. The members of the society come from 19 countries, both within and beyond Europe. The Society was registered in Karlsruhe (Germany); Chairman of the Board of Directors was Bernd Witte, an internationally recognized Benjamin scholar and Professor of Modern German Literature in Düsseldorf (Germany). The IWBG represented an international forum for discourse. The Society supported research endeavors devoted to the creative and visionary potential of Benjamin’s works and their view of 20th century modernism. Special emphasis had been placed uponstrengthening academic ties to Latin America and Eastern and Central Europe. and different European venues. All activities were conducted conjointly with partner institutions. The society conducted conferences and exhibitions, as well as interdisciplinary and intermedial events, at regular intervals History Society founded in Karlsruhe – Mai 2000 |