Archive 2016-2024

Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 1 p.m.

Nine tribes. The heritage of the indigenous peoples and the roots of modernity

With: Prof. em. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kohl (Emeritus Professor of Ethnology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, member of the “Normative Orders” research center)

C. H. Beck 2024


Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 1 p.m.

Relationality of human dignity. On the status of people with cognitive impairments in terms of justice theory

With Dr. Regina Schidel (member of the ConTrust research initiative at the “Normative Orders” research center at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)

Campus Publishing 2023


Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 1 p.m.

International Norm Disputes. The Link between Contestation and Norm Robustness

With: Prof. Lisbeth Zimmermann, Prof. Nicole Deitelhoff, Dr. Max Lesch, Antonio Arcudi and Anton Peez

Moderator: Prof. Tobias Wille

Oxford University Press 2023


Monday, October 9, 2023, 1 p.m.

No peace for a long time yet – Peace Report 2023

With: Prof. Dr. Christopher Daase (Professor of International Organizations, Member of the Research Center “Normative Orders” at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, PRIF)

transcript publisher 2023


Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 5-6.30 p.m. (CET)

The Global Machinery: Revisiting Technocracy, Depoliticization and International Organizations

With: Marieke Louis, PhD, Sciences Po Grenoble, Grenoble Alpes University, Lucile Maertens, PhD, University of Lausanne and Prof. Jens Steffek, Technical University of Darmstadt and Normative Orders
Discussant: Prof. Frédéric Mérand, CÉRIUM, Université de Montréal

Steffek, Jens: International Organization as Technocratic Utopia. Oxford University Press 2021
and
Marieke Louis, Lucile Maertens: Why International Organizations Hate Politics. Depoliticizing the World. Routledge 2021


Friday, October 22, 2021, 2 p.m.

Disputing Discipline. Child Protection, Punishment, and Piety in Zanzibar Schools

Junior Professor Dr. Franziska Fay (Junior Professor of Anthropology with a focus on Political Anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, former postdoctoral researcher in the “Normative Orders” research network)

Comment by Dr. Claudia Seymour (Senior Researcher with the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva)

Rutgers University Press 2021


Wednesday, September 22, 2021, 1 p.m.

Europe can do more! Peace report 2021

With: Prof. Dr. Christopher Daase(Professor of International Organizations, member of the research network “Normative Orders” at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and deputy managing board member of the Leibniz Institute Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research (HSFK))

transcript publishing house 2021


Friday, July 16, 2021, 1 p.m.

Armed non-state actors and the politics of recognition

With Prof. Dr. Anna Geis (Professor of Political Science, in particular International Security Policy and Conflict Research, at the Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg), Prof. Dr. Hanna Pfeifer (Professor of Political Science with a focus on radicalization and violence research at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Principal Investigator in the cluster project “ConTrust: Trust in Conflict”), Prof. Dr. Martin Saar (Professor of Social Philosophy, Principal Investigator in the cluster project “ConTrust: Trust in Conflict” and “Normative Orders”) and Prof. Dr. Reinhard Wolf (Professor of International Relations with a focus on radicalization and violence research). Dr. Martin Saar (Professor of Social Philosophy, Principal Investigator in the cluster project “ConTrust: Trust in Conflict” and “Normative Orders”) and Prof. Dr. Reinhard Wolf (Professor of International Relations with a focus on global governance at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main).

Manchester University Press 2021


28 January 2021, 12.30 p.m.

Pandemic Media. Preliminary Notes Towards an Inventory

Laliv Melamed, PhD (Post-Doc, “Configurations of Film”)
Philipp Dominik Keidl, PhD (Post-Doc, “Configurations of Film”)
Prof. Antonio Somaini (Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, Université Paris-3 Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Prof. Vinzenz Hediger (Professor of Cinema Studies, Goethe University, Member of “Normative Orders”, Program Director “Configurations of Film”)

Welcome Address by Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Co-Director of the Research Centre “Normative Orders” of Goethe University and Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy, Goethe University)

meson press 2020


December 15, 2020, 2 p.m.

The Normative Order of the Internet: A Theory of Rule and Regulation Online

Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann, LL.M. (Harvard) Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Insitut Hamburg, Research Network “Normative Orders” at Goethe University

Commentary by Prof. Dr. Stefan Kadelbach, LL.M. (Professor of Public Law, European Law and International Law at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and member of the research network “Normative Orders”)

Oxford University Press 2020


November 16, 2020, 12 noon

Clausewitz – inspiration for the battles of our time? A debate

Dr. Sebastian Schindler (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, author of “Clausewitz zur Einführung”) in conversation with Prof. Christopher Daase (Professor of International Organizations at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Research Network “Normative Orders”, Leibniz Institute for Peace and Conflict Research), Prof. Hanna Pfeifer (Cooperation Professorship for Political Science with a focus on Radicalization and Violence Research at Goethe University) and Dr. Tobias Wille (Research Associate at the Research Network “Normative Orders”)

“Clausewitz as an introduction” Junius Verlag 2020

Organizer:
Research Network “Normative Orders” of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Leibniz Institute Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research


September 23, 2020, 2 p.m.

Navigating Normative Orders – Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Introduction by Prof. Rainer Forst (Normative Orders) and Prof. Klaus Günther (Normative Orders).
With Dr. Ilaria Cozzaglio (Normative Orders), Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann, LL.M. (Harvard) (Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Insitut Hamburg, Normative Orders), Dr. Stefan Kroll (HSFK), Dr. Daniel Lambach (Normative Orders), Dr. Sofie Møller (Normative Orders) and Dr. Umberto Sconfienza (University Duisburg-Essen)

Campus 2020


September 10, 2020, 12:30 p.m.

Authoritarianism – perspectives on constitutional theory

Prof. Dr. Dr. Günter Frankenberg (Professor of Public Law, Philosophy of Law and Comparative Law and Associate Member of the “Normative Orders” Research Network at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)

Suhrkamp 2020


June 29, 2020, 12:30 p.m.

Peace Report 2020

Prof. Dr. Christopher Daase (Professor of International Organizations, member of the research network “Normative Orders” at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and deputy managing board member of the Leibniz Institute Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research (HSFK))

transcript publishing house 2020


October 31, 2019, 12:30 p.m.

Crypto-Politics. Encryption and Democratic Practices in the Digital Era

Dr. Linda Monsees (author, postdoctoral researcher at the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”), Prof. Peter Burgess (Professor and Chair of Geopolitics of Risk at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) and Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff (Director of the Leibniz Institute Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research, Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”, Professor of International Relations and Theories of Global Orders at Goethe University)

Routledge 2019


May 29, 2019, 12 noon

The Political Theory of Neoliberalism

PD Dr. Thomas Biebricher (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, postdoctoral researcher at the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)

Stanford University Press 2019


January 24, 2019, 12:30 p.m.

The early Christians – From the beginnings to Constantine

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Leppin (Professor of Ancient History at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)

C.H. Beck 2018


January 16, 2019, 12:30 p.m.

Comparative Constitutional Studies – Between Magic and Deceit

Prof. Dr. Dr. Günter Frankenberg (Professor of Public Law, Philosophy of Law and Comparative Law and Associate Member of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)

Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael Stolleis (Max Planck Institute for European Legal History)

Edward Elgar Publishing 2018


July 12, 2018, 12:30 p.m.

Critique of the ontology of intellectual property law

Prof. Dr. Alexander Peukert (Professor of Civil and Commercial Law at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)

Mohr Siebeck 2018


June 25, 2018, 12:30 p.m.

Peace report 2018

Prof. Dr. Christopher Daase (Professor of International Organizations at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” and Deputy Managing Director of the Leibniz Institute Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research (HSFK))

LIT Publishing House 2018


May 16, 2018, 12:30 p.m.

Legal Theory and the Media of Law

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Vesting (Associate Member of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” and Professor of Public Law, Law and Theory of the Media at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)

Edward Elgar Publishing 2018


April 23, 2018, 12:30 p.m.

Freedom of Expression and the Internet

Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann, LL.M. (Harvard) (Postdoctoral Fellow of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)

Council of Europe Publishing


April 17, 2018, 12:30 p.m.

Jurisprudence in the Berlin Republic

Prof. Dr. Thomas Duve (Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” and Professor of Comparative Legal History at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)

Suhrkamp 2018


February 5, 2018, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Politics and responsibility. Analyses of the change in political decision-making and justification practices. PVS Special Issue 52

Prof. Dr. Christopher Daase (Professor of International Organizations at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”, Leibniz Institute Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research) and Dr. Stefan Kroll (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Leibniz Institute Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research). With an input by Dr.Cord Schmelzle (Freie Universität Berlin) and a commentary by Dr. Eva Buddeberg (Associate Member of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)


January 23, 2018, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Conflicts of norms in pluralistic societies

Prof. Dr. Susanne Schröter (Professor of Anthropology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)

Campus publishing house 2018


2017

June 27, 2017, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Border and democracy. A tense relationship.

Nele Kortendiek (Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)
Marina Martinez Mateo (Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)

Campus publishing house 2017


January 17, 2017

“Competing Norms. State Regulations and Local Practice in sub-Saharan Africa”

Mamadou Diawara (Professor of Anthropology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)
Ute
Röschenthaler (Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)

Campus publishing house 2016


2016

December 13, 2016, 6 p.m.

The Transformation of Foreign Policy. Drawing and Managing Boundaries from Antiquity to the Present

Gunther Hellmann (Professor of Political Science with a focus on the foreign relations of Western European states at Goethe University and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)
Andreas Fahrmeir (Professor of Modern History with a special focus on the 19th century at Goethe University and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”). Century at Goethe University and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)
Miloš Vec (Professor of Legal and Constitutional History at the University of Vienna and Associate Member of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)

Oxford University Press (2016)


October 7, 2016, 12:30 p.m.

Negotiating Normativity: Postcolonial Appropriations, Contestations, and Transformations

Nikita Dhawan (Associate Member of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)
Elisabeth Fink
(Research Associate of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)
Johanna Leinius
(Research Associate of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)
Rirhandu
Mageza-Barthel (Research Associate of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”).

Springer International Publishing (2016)


June 23, 2016, 6 p.m.

Practices of criticism

Katja Backhaus (Member of the Board of Directors of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” and IGP Fellow) and David Roth-Isigkeit (Research Associate at the Chair of Public Law, European Law and International Law and Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”).

Campus publishing house 2016

News from the research institute

Event
16.06.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Trump and the Assault on the State

Lecture

Vortrag von Jeffrey Kopstein Professor der Politikwissenschaft an der University of California, Irvine) über die Gefahr einer Erosion des Staates und Wege gegen den Trend zur Zerstörung.

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News
19.05.2025

What can a baroque tapestry tell us about colonial iconography?

Lecture by Cécile Fromone on May 21. The professor at the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, director of the Cooper Gallery at the Hutchins Center and author will talk about the long-forgotten African origins of iconography and its colonial dimension.

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News
05.05.2025

Normative Orders Newsletter 01/25 published

The newsletter from Research Centre Normative Orders collects information on current events, reports, news and publications several times a year. Read the first issue 2025 here.

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News
05.05.2025

"Hitler. History of a Dictator" by Sybille Steinbacher will be published on May 15, 2025

The historian's new book deals with Hitler's origins, the roots of his anti-Semitism and his rise to power.

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News
29.04.2025

Public lecture series “Racism in the police” begins on May 13, 2025

Racism in the police has various dimensions. In the lecture series “Racism in the police - empirical findings, methodological approaches and controversies”, three empirical studies on police work will be presented.

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Publication
22.04.2025 | Encyclopedia

Edessa (Fourth Century bc to the Eighth Century ad)

Leppin, Hartmut (2025): "Edessa (Fourth Century bc to the Eighth Century ad)". In: Raja, Rubina (ed.): The Oxford Handbook of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East, Oxford Academic, pp. 491-506.

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News
10.04.2025

Shaping the future - between climate change, technology and social responsibility

A new series of lectures by the research center as part of the “Fixing Futures” exhibition on the implications of climate change and technological progress.

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