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Lost & Found
Lost & Found
A European Literary Map of London
A European Literary Map of London
An Exhibition
An Exhibition
1st February – 28th February 2026
Düsseldorf Central LibraryKonrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, 40210, Düsseldorf1st February – 28th February 2026
For centuries, writers have come to London from across Europe. Their encounters with the city – squalid slums of the East End, in the glitter and glamour of Belgravia, in the unspoilt expanse of Hampstead Heath – have left a mark: on the writer, on their work and, sometimes, on London itself. The exhibition uncovers these literary traces, revealing London and a Europe of the imagination. It is based on an interactive online map curated by the UCL European Institute, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Come and explore London through thematically arranged texts in over 25 languages, as a place where people, cultures and languages meet and are transformed.
Events
Events
Launch Event: The Call from London
Launch Event: The Call from London
Monday 02.02.2026 7pm (Entry from 6.30pm)
In the Herzkammer,Düsseldorf Central Library,Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, 40210, DüsseldorfMonday 02.02.2026 7pm (Entry from 6.30pm)
Registration via Eventbrite kindly requested. Link here.
The call from London: a sense of place, of European authors in the London culture landscape.
Join us for the opening of the Lost & Found literary exhibition, which reveals how European writers—arriving in London as guests, exiles, students, and wanderers—have long left their mark on the city and its literary imagination. A panel of academics, including Dr. Helen Palmer and Prof. Roger Lüdeke, from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf will offer a complementary perspective of how Londoners imagined “Europeans” from Shakespeare to Woolf, depicting them as rivals, exiles, comic types, or unsettling outsiders—from French fashions and Spanish Catholics to Italian lovers, Conrad’s exiles, and Woolf’s Lucrezia in Mrs Dalloway. The discussion will be moderated by Emily Grunert, director of the Literaturbüro NRW.
The event will be held in English and German.
Lost & Found - HHU Student Perspectives
Lost & Found - HHU Student Perspectives
Tuesday 03.02.2026 5-7pm
In the Herzkammer,Düsseldorf Central Library,Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, 40210, DüsseldorfTuesday 03.02.2026 5-7pm
Registration via Eventbrite kindly requested. Link here.
Students from the English and American Studies Department at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf will present their coursework as part of the Lost & Found: A European Literary Map of London exhibition. Their contributions range from live readings of poetry and creative writing to linguistic and literary analyses, exploring London and linking it to Düsseldorf through the perspectives of European and postcolonial writers and thinkers.
Bohdan Piasecki- in conversation!
Bohdan Piasecki- in conversation!
Sunday 22.02.2026 3-4.30pm
In the Herzkammer,Düsseldorf Central Library,Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, 40210, DüsseldorfSunday 22.02.2026 3-4.30pm
Registration via Eventbrite kindly requested. Link here.
Join us for a performance and conversation with award-winning Birmingham-based Polish poet Bohdan Piasecki!
Bohdan Piasecki is a poet who thrives on the energy of the live encounter. Originally from Poland, where he founded the country’s first poetry slam, he now lives and writes in Birmingham. His poems have a habit of turning up in unexpected places, including an airfield in Berlin, a bookshop in Beijing, an underground club in Tokyo, an upstairs room in an Eastbourne pub... This commitment to the stage led to him winning the first ever Forward Prize for Best Single Poem: Performed in 2023.
Bohdan’s practice is rooted in the belief that poetry is a shared act. He has spent years producing the poetry programme for Apples and Snakes and mentoring voices through the Roundhouse and Bellows collectives. He lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham, but he is most at home in the creative chaos of a festival or the quiet focus of a bookshop reading.
He writes and translates between Polish, French, and English, treating translation and multilingualism as a creative tool. He enjoys the tension between the composed concentration of the written word and the messy, beautiful life of the spoken poem.
This event is generously sponsored by the British Council.
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