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 center

Event
27./28.11.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Reconsidering Legal Subjectivity In and Through the Anthropocene

Conference

Internationale Konferenz organisiert vom Wissenschaftsnetzwerk Recht im Anthropozän (RiA) in Kooperation mit dem Forschungszentrum Normative Ordnungen.

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Event
06.11.2025 | Brussels

Menschenrechte unter Druck: Wie kann die EU zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement in Zeiten globaler Machtverschiebungen stärken?

Panel Discussion, Lecture

Zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure, die sich für Menschenrechte einsetzen, sehen sich nicht nur in autoritären Staaten zunehmender politischer Gewalt ausgesetzt – seien es rechtliche Einschränkungen, digitale Eingriffe wie Internetshutdowns oder physische, gar tödliche Gewalt. Die EU bekennt sich zum Schutz der Menschenrechte und unterstützt zivilgesellschaftliche Initiativen. Doch wie wirksam sind diese Maßnahmen? Dieser Crisis Talk bringt politische, wissenschaftliche und zivilgesellschaftliche Perspektiven zusammen.

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News
23.10.2025

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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News
23.10.2025

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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Publication
23.10.2025 | Monograph

Exemplarity in Global Politics

Noyes, Dorothy; Wille, Tobias (2025): Exemplarity in Global Politics. Bristol University Press. (Link)

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Event
15.11.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Bedingt einsatzbereit – Wehrdienst und die Pflicht zum Dienst am Staat

Panel Discussion, Lecture

Ein Gespenst geht wieder um in Deutschland – 2026 kommt der Wehrdienst zurück „Zunächst freiwillig“, wie es heißt. Angesichts der veränderten Sicherheitslage in Europa seit dem russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine ist die Frage nach der "Kriegstüchtigkeit" wieder aktuell – und mit ihr die Frage, was Einzelne für den Staat leisten sollen.

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Event
06./07.11.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Kolja Möller - Volk und Elite

Workshop

Workshop zum "Buch Volk und Elite - Eine Gesellschaftstheorie des Populismus" von Kolja Möller

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Publication
01.10.2025 | Encyclopedia

Moralisieren

Schmelzle, Cord (2025): „Moralisieren“. In: Pollmann, Anna; Möllmann, Christopher: Schlüsselbegriffe gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts. Ein kritisches Vokabular, Wallstein, S. 544–561.

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Publication
01.10.2025 | Anthology

Dis.Ordering Distribution. Infrastructures, Formats and Practices in the Circulation of Culture.

Storz, Cornelia; Hediger, Vinzenz; Krings, Matthias (eds.) (2025): Dis.Ordering Distribution. Infrastructures, Formats and Practices in the Circulation of Culture. Emerald Publishing.

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