Zwischenruf (Interjection – Politics and Culture with Cathrin Kahlweit)
Content description
The growing number of crises and dramas that keep the world in suspense requires calm assessment, intelligent explanation and fitting analysis – and a modicum of caution. In the talk series »Zwischenruf« artists, academics, journalists and politicians discuss urgent topical themes: they talk about social upheaval and the crisis of trust in society, about extremism and macho politics, fear of the future and resilience. The series is curated and moderated by the long-serving SZ correspondent and expert on Eastern Europe Cathrin Kahlweit.
About the journalist Cathrin Kahlweit
Cathrin Kahlweit was born in Göttingen in 1959. She studied Russian and political science in Göttingen, Tübingen, at the University of Oregon (USA) and at the Pushkin Institute (USSR). After attending the Hamburg School of Journalism and working as a freelance journalist for Bayerischer Rundfunk and various print media outlets, Kahlweit joined the foreign affairs editorial team at Süddeutsche Zeitung in 1989. In the years following German reunification, she reported primarily from Eastern Europe. After stints in Frankfurt and Munich, she moved to Berlin for a year in 2007, where she headed the editorial team of Anne Will's ARD talk show, but then returned to the SZ. Kahlweit moved to Vienna in 2012 as foreign affairs correspondent for Central and Eastern Europe, reported from the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2020, and returned to Eastern and Southeastern Europe from 2020 to 2024. Since 2025, Cathrin Kahlweit has been working as a freelance journalist and presenter in Munich and Vienna. She is the author of several books, including «Architects of Change: The Heirs of Gorbachev» (1993) and «Ladies' Choice: Women Politicians in Germany» (1994).
