Memories Across Diaspora Spaces is a two-day event that brings together literature,
knowledge, performance, and community. The collaboration betweenVIDC, bibliobox Bookstore, the
Department of Transcultural
Studies, and Zwischen den Zeilen creates spaces in which marginalized memories, narratives,
and voices can gain visibility and be heard. The event explores the potential of memory as a means of resistance, visibility,
and empowerment.
Wednesday, 28 May 2026 2:30–3:30 pm University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vordere Zollamtstraße 7, Flux 1, 1010 Vienna Maryam
Aras – Reading & Conversation
6:30–9:00 pm bibliobox Bookstore, Rosa-Luxemburg-Gasse 1-9/2 r01, 1160 Vienna Reading & Conversation
with Maryam
Aras Moderated by Mahsa Ghafari Performance by Iris
Neuberg
Thursday, 29 May 2026 6:30–9:00 pm bibliobox Bookstore Mirrianne Mahn – Reading & Conversation Moderated by Melanie Kandlbauer
Maryam Aras
is a literary scholar, critic, and freelance writer whose work focuses on postcolonialism and the reception of marginalized
authors in German-language literary criticism. She served on the jury for, among others, the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2023
and 2024. Her long essay Dinosaurierkind (Claassen, 2025) has received numerous awards,
including the Kurt Tucholsky Prize for Literary Journalism.
Mirrianne Mahn
is an author, theater maker, and consultant for diversity development. Her work combines artistic practice with intersectional
perspectives on society, cultures of remembrance, and discrimination. Her debut novel Issa
(Rowohlt, 2024) was nominated for several awards.
Curated by:Zehra Baraçkılıç
(University
of Applied Arts Vienna), arwa elabd (bibliobox Bookstore), Miriam Mona Mukalazi(VIDC
Global Dialogue)
A collaboration between VIDC (Vienna Institute for International
Dialogue and Cooperation), the bibliobox bookshop, Zwischen den Zeilen (Institute for Literary Diversity and Critical
Thinking) and the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Transcultural Studies).
