Events
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ESF Conference „Territory, Tension & Taboo“21st Conference of the Emerging Scholars Forum of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries! Territory as a historical, legal, geographical, or cultural concept has become an essential interdisciplinary nexus within the field of…
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Was ist „Osteuropa“? Geschichte und Gegenwart eines widersprüchlichen KonzeptsSince the total invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, the term “Eastern Europe” has been omnipresent – whether in social media posts or feature articles: Everyone is talking about “Eastern Europe”. But what does…
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Past Events
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Das Begehren nach Sorge. Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme feministischer Care-DiskurseKeynote and discussion with Dr. Rosine Kelz at Sie*Krit 2024, “Who Cares?! …and for what?”. Teaching/learning festival in precarious times.
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Das Nicht(s)-Wollen wollen: Mittelalterliche Perspektiven auf ein volitionales ParadoxonMedieval debates about the human will take place against the backdrop of a particular tension: that between a person’s own will, usually considered free, and the will of an “other,” especially the will of God….
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Für Demokratie sorgen? Radikale Demokratietheorie und feministische Care Politics zusammendenkenAt the Sommerakademie Feministische Rechtswissenschaft 2024.
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Anti-Intellectualism, Attacks on Academic Freedom and Illiberal NeoliberalismThis interdisciplinary workshop will address the rise of neoliberal illiberal politics and their connection to anti-intellectualism and discourses around academic freedom. Based on the guest lecture, we will discuss a variety of cases, ranging from…
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Formale, förmliche und unförmige Widersprüche in Psychoanalyse und PädagogikIn psychoanalysis and pedagogy, there is a long tradition of thinking about contradictions, which are not only at the center of reflections on action in theory, but also in practice – qua connection of the…
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Orality in Philosophy
The role of orality in philosophy is an old and intriguing topic. Some have claimed that philosophy cannot exist as an oral tradition because sophisticated thought presupposes a written form. Others (including Plato) have claimed…
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State Anti-Intellectualism & the Politics of Gender and Race. Illiberal France and BeyondIn this guest lecture, Éric Fassin will present his new book State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender and Race (CEU Press 2024). Using France as his main case study and combining it with reflections…
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Reconstrucción de la identidad a traves de lazos afiliativos en las obras de Lucía Mbomío Nsué y Deborah Ekoka
Talk at the The 49th Annual Meeting of the African Literature Association: Filiations and Affiliations. Bonds, Entanglements, and Social Networks in African Literatures and Cultures.
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Work Meeting with Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Prof. Souleymane Bachir Diagne in Discussion with emerging scholars at the Research Training Groups 2686 Contradiction Studies. Prof. Dr. Souleymane Bachir Diagne is a philosopher in the Department of French at Columbia University in New…
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Possibilities and Limits of a Decolonized Anthropology from the Perspective of African PhilosophyIn this dialogue with renowned philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne, we will take up central themes in his work and connect them to ongoing conversations about anthropology and decolonization. Topics include: language and life, the postcolonial…
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