Panel Discussions
Past Events
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Leiden an Unwahrheiten? Warum wir Wahrheit brauchen. Eine Diskussion zwischen Michael Hampe, Olivia Erna Maegaard Nielsen, Tammo Lossau und Jonas TrochemowitzPeople suffer from contradictions and untruths. Against the background of this observation, Michael Hampe has developed a pragmatist concept of truth, which he believes can explain our striving for truth better than traditional theories of…
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35 Jahre Friedliche Revolution – Quo Vadis DDR-Erinnerungskultur in HamburgWith reference to the traveling exhibition Demokratie vor Ort – Persönliche Erinnerungen von Hamburger:innen aus der DDR, a discussion among experts will take place on the significance and development of the memory of the GDR…
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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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Wine from South Africa: colonial origins and transnational strugglesWine has been grown in South Africa since 1658. This viticulture was linked to European colonialism from the very beginning: European sailors drank the wine that enslaved people had to grow on plantations. Colonial continuities…
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Orality in PhilosophyThe 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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Widersprechen gegen das Vergessen. Tschechoslowakische Zwangsarbeiter*innen in der Region BremenForced laborers from the occupied territories of what was then Czechoslovakia (“Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia”) are among the most invisible victims of National Socialist crimes in and around Bremen. It is very difficult to…
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Wie weiter nach den Parlamentswahlen in Spanien?The panel discussion will be held in German and English with simultaneous translation. After the recent elections in Spain, a stalemate emerged in which neither the PP- nor PSOE-led coalition of choice could unite a…
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Widersprüche der Erinnerungskultur. Die Realität der postmigrantischen Gesellschaft anerkennen?Die deutsche Gesellschaft ist stark von Migrationsbewegungen und dadurch von einer Vielstimmigkeit an Vergangenheits- und Erinnerungsnarrativen geprägt und die hier lebenden Menschen stützen ihre Identitäten auf unterschiedliche kulturelle Praktiken des Erinnerns. Das sog. Kollektive Gedächtnis…
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Constitution and/or Declaration. Discussing the Question of the (Linguistic) Construction of ContradictionsIn this Lunchbox we want to discuss what it means to consider contradictions a product of declaration. In order to make clear the history and theoretical assumption of this concept, we want to give a…
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Afrospanish Literature. Between Activism and Creating ReferencesAt the 3rd Wuppertaler Malala Day 2023.