Frankfurter Stadtgespräche

The research center regularly invites interesting personalities from science, politics or culture to think about and discuss current social issues in an open discussion in Frankfurt’s city centre. With the “Stadtgespräche”, the research network addresses Frankfurt’s urban society and provides impulses at the interface between theory and practice.

Past events:

The Islamic headscarf between religious freedom, state neutrality and equal rights
Seyran Ateş in conversation with Prof. Dr. Ute Sacksofsky
1. November 2019

The crime of the Holocaust is not time-barred – The tasks of history and justice
PD Dr. Boris Burghardt and Günther Feld in conversation with Prof. Dr. Sybille Steinbacher
25. April 2019

In the name of God? Monotheism and violence
Prof. Dr. Mouhanad Khorchide in conversation with Prof. Dr. Harmut Leppin
19. April 2017

Happiness. Fortuna and Felicitas: ambivalences of the art of living
Stefan Sagmeister in conversation with Prof. Dr. Martin Seel
20. April 2016

Migration with misunderstandings. Germans and their citizenship
Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth in conversation with Prof. Dr. Andreas Fahrmeir

February 25, 2016

In the name of the market? TTIP, its arbitration tribunals and the self-restraint of state policy
Prof. Dr. Armin von Bogdandy in conversation with Prof. Dr. R. Alexander Lorz
November 10, 2015

Responsibility, leadership and restraint. Germany’s changing role in foreign policy
Stephan Steinlein in conversation with Prof. Gunther Hellmann
October 16, 2014

The emotional balance of capitalism. Greed for money as a structural principle?
Prof. Ute Frevert in conversation with Prof. Sighard Neckel
September 25, 2014

Who started it all? The sense and nonsense of historical attributions of guilt
Prof. Christopher Clark in conversation with Prof. Christoph Cornelißen

May 26, 2014

Values or economy? Germany’s contribution to international cooperation
Tanja Gönner in conversation with Prof. Rainer Klump
March 19, 2014

Virtuous Orient – sinful Occident? Pornography and sexuality between East and West
Hoda Salah in conversation with Prof. Susanne Schröter
12. December 2013

The end of the internet? On the regulation of the digital society
Markus Beckedahl in conversation with Prof. Alexander Peukert
November 20, 2013

Punishment is a must? What we get from criminal law
Minister of State Jörg-Uwe Hahn in conversation with Prof. Klaus Günther
July 3, 2013

This side of Eden. Religion between pontiff and post-secularism
Prof. Michael Sievernich SJ in conversation with Prof. Thomas M. Schmidt
22. May 2013

What does art do? The arts and the current crises
Prof. Carl Hegemann in conversation with Prof. Christoph Menke
March 8, 2012

Democracy in crisis? What intervention the current upheavals require
Dr. Joachim Gauck in conversation with Prof. Klaus Günther

February 4, 2012

What can film do? Images of time and society in contemporary cinema
Sebastian Schipper in conversation with Prof. Martin Seel
December 8, 2011

Growth without end? On the economics of more
Prof. Hans Christoph Binswanger in conversation with Prof. Bertram Schefold and Dr. Toni Föllmi

June 30, 2011

What to do with the protest? On the future of our democracy
Dr. Erhard Eppler in conversation with Prof. Peter Niesen
5. May 2011

Interference wanted?
Thea Dorn in conversation with Prof. Rainer Forst
24. November 2010

The politics of art in a globalized world
Dr. Juliane Rebentisch in conversation with Dr. Clémentine Deliss
16. September 2010

What does tolerance mean? Dealing with cultural and religious difference
Feridun Zaimoglu in conversation with Prof. Rainer Forst
27. May 2010

After the crisis? Learning from the financial crisis: what was and what is to come
Tom Koenigs in conversation with Prof. Reinhard H. Schmidt

March 11, 2010

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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