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19.09.2023 | Brussels

Times of crisis, radical times? – New forms of radicalization

Liberal societies in Europe have been under pressure for some time to deal with new forms of protest and radicalization. It seems that these tendencies are being reinforced by the current acute crises. The Crisis Talk explores the questions of how threatening these developments really are for society and democracy and what approaches are available to meet these challenges. The example of Islamism shows that although terrorist attacks in Europe are on the decline, Islamist propaganda continues unabated, is constantly changing and, like many other extremisms, defies established categories. These threats need to be highlighted in order to strengthen social cohesion in Europe.

 

Program

Greeting
Lucia Puttrich
Hessian Minister for Federal and European Affairs

Prof. Dr. Julian Junk
PRIF Leibniz Institute Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research and Head of the “Extremism Resilience” Research Unit at the Hessian University of Applied Sciences for Public Management and Security

Impulse
Prof. Dr. Andreas Zick
Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG), Bielefeld University

Panel discussion
Prof. Dr. Andreas Zick

Dr. Christiane Höhn
Chief Advisor to the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator in the Council of the EU

Prof. Dr. Corinne Torrekens
Head of the Research Group on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Gender Equality (GERME) at the Free University of Brussels. EU MSCA Doctoral Network VORTEX.

Moderator: Dr. Thomas Gutschker, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Brussels

Afterwards, we invite you to join us for coffee and cake.


The event will be simultaneously interpreted (English/German).

The event takes place both analog and digitally.

Follow the event on the YouTube channel Hesse in Berlin and Europe. Via streamline@lv-bruessel.hessen.de you can ask your questions.

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