“What can democracy still be today?” Panel discussion with Jörg Bong and Nicole Deitelhoff on May 16, 2023

When revolutions broke out in 1848, first in Paris and later in the then German Confederation, democracy was seen as a promise and a hope. 175 years after the revolution, its institutionalization in the Federal Republic of Germany has become a matter of course and the struggles of 1848/49 have largely been forgotten. What challenges, crises and possibly dangers does the democratic present face? How can drawing on democratic efforts in German history be instructive and helpful for us today? And is there an untapped democratic potential in our society: can and should democracy be even more than it already is?
These and other questions will be discussed by literary scholar and journalist Jörg Bong with political scientist and co-founder of the Paulskirche network Prof. Nicole Deitelhoff under the moderation of Rebecca Schmidt, Managing Director of the Research Center Normative Orders, under the title “What can democracy still be today?” on May 16, 2023 at 6 p.m. in the Historische Villa Metzler. The event is open to the public. Admission is free. The panel discussion is being organized by the “Normative Orders” research center at Goethe University with the “ConTrust – Trust in Conflict” research initiative, the Museum Angewandte Kunst, the Paulskirche network and the City of Frankfurt am Main.