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Handbook of Leadership. Applied Business Psychology for Managers
Felfe, Jörg; Dick, Rolf van (eds.) (2025): Handbook of Leadership. Applied Business Psychology for Managers. Springer.
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Voluntary or compulsory? Military service, peace and democratic responsibility
Review of the 58th “Römerberggespräche”. The topic of compulsory military service and the question of what a democratic state is allowed to demand of its citizens were at the center of the 58th “Römerberggespräche” “Conditionally ready for action? Military service and the duty to serve the state”, which took place on November 15 in cooperation with the Research Centre Normative Orders in the Chagallsaal at Schauspiel Frankfurt.
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Goethe Lecture Offenbach on ableist discrimination
Regina Schidel presented a critique of ableist discrimination as part of the Goethe Lectures Offenbach. In her lecture “I can, therefore I am? / Ich kann, also bin ich?”, she discusses the practical manifestations and philosophical origins of ableism.
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Satanic Politics. Democracy after Liberalism
Lecture by Michael Rosen (Harvard University) as part of the lecture series “At the Crossroads? On the crisis of democracy” in the winter semester 2025/2026
more information › Demokratien verteidigen. Zur Aktualität des Gewaltbegriffs bei Camus und Derrida
Vortrag von Christine Abbt (Universität St. Gallen) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie” im Wintersemester 2025/2026
more information › Civil Geopolitics and the Dilemmas of the Democratic State
Vortrag von David Owen (Universtiy of Southampton) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie” im Wintersemester 2025/2026
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Vortrag von Christine Hentschel (Universität Hamburg) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie” im Wintersemester 2025/2026
more information › How Democracy Relies on the Future
Vortrag von Jonathan White (LSE) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie” im Wintersemester 2025/2026
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Reconsidering Legal Subjectivity In and Through the Anthropocene
Internationale Konferenz organisiert vom Wissenschaftsnetzwerk Recht im Anthropozän (RiA) in Kooperation mit dem Forschungszentrum Normative Ordnungen.
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Vinzenz Hediger becomes new director of the Cinémathèque suisse
Prof. Dr. Vinzenz Hediger will become Director of the Cinémathèque suisse in Lausanne from January 2026. The Cinémathèque suisse has been preserving, restoring and promoting Swiss and international film heritage since 1948. It is recognized by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) as one of the ten most important cinematheques in the world – due to the size, diversity and quality of its collections.
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Book launch of Lea Ypis “Indignity. A Life Reimagined” at the Frankfurt Book Fair
As part of the book presentation of Lea Ypis “Indignity. A Life Reimagined” on October 15, questions about dignity, identity, freedom and responsibility in times of extreme historical change were discussed.
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Exemplarity in Global Politics
Noyes, Dorothy; Wille, Tobias (2025): Exemplarity in Global Politics. Bristol University Press. (Link)
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