On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, the interdisciplinary collaborative research platform Worlds of Contradiction (WOC) is organizing the WOC Contradictions Festival from November 10–14, 2025, in cooperation with the DFG Research Training Group 2686 Contradiction Studies, the Berlin DFG Research Training Group 2638 Normativity, Critique, Change, the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research (IfS), and the Bremen Senate Chancellery.
The full program can be found here
Events:
- Monday, November 10, 2025 | 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Performance lecture | Weserburg
PHOEBE BOSWELL (LONDON): WE ARE MEMORY, EARTH, FREEDOM AND HOPE - Tuesday, November 11, 2025 | 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Lecture | Weserburg
Eva Fodor (Central European University, Vienna)
GENDER JUSTICE UNDER MODERATE AUTHORITARIANISM - Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Academic Ceremony | Haus der Wissenschaft
10 JAHRE WOC: ZUR AKTIALITÄT DES WIDERSPRUCHS | PANEL DISCUSSION AND RECEPTION - Thursday, November 13, 2025 | 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Book discussion | Weserburg
Onur Erdur (WOC Gastprofessor 2025):
SCHULE DES SÜDESNS
DIE KOLONIALEN WURZELN DER FRANZÖSISCHEN THEORIE - Friday, November 14, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Early Career Networking Workshop | Haus der Wissenschaft
CONTRADICTION STUDIES: RELEVANZ, ADAPTIONEN UND PERSPEKTIVEN - Friday, November 14, 2025 | 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion | Haus der Wissenschaft
WIE WIDERSPRÜCHLICH IST SOLIDARITÄT?