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 center

News
30.06.2025

Article "Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?" by Amadeus Ulrich published in EJPT

The article "Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?" by Amadeus Ulrich has just been published open access in the European Journal of Political Theory (EJPT). Ulrich brings the perspective of radical realism into a productive dialog with Adorno's critical theory.

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30.06.2025

Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay awarded the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose University Prize 2025

Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay (Junior Professor of Ethnology with a focus on Political Anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and former postdoctoral researcher at the Research Center Normative Orders at Goethe University) receives the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose University Award 2025 in the category Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Publication
25.06.2025 | Online article

Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?

Ulrich, Amadeus (2025): Ideology and suffering: What is realistic about critical theory? European Journal of Political Theory, 0(0).  https://doi.org/10.1177/14748851251351782

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News
24.06.2025

New series “Vertrauensfragen” in the Frankfurter Rundschau initiated by Hendrik Simon

Democracy thrives on debate - if it serves the joint search for solutions. There is often a problem with this cooperation. The new FR series “Vertrauensfragen”, initiated by Hendrik Simon (Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) Frankfurt location at Goethe University's Research Centre Normative Orders ), examines why this is the case and how we can do better.

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Publication
23.06.2025 | Working Paper

Untrustworthy Authorities and Complicit Bankers: Unraveling Monetary Distrust in Argentina

Moreno, Guadalupe (2025): “Untrustworthy Authorities and Complicit Bankers: Unraveling Monetary Distrust in Argentina”. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Discussion Paper 25/3.

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News
22.05.2025

Does deliberative democracy have a future in the age of oligarchs, autocrats and patriarchs?

On June 3, Prof. Simone Chambers will give a lecture on the value of democracies and the future of the form of government.

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Publication
19.05.2025 | Anthology

Klimaethik. Ein Reader

Sparenborg, Lukas; Moellendorf, Darrel (Hrsg.) (2025) : Klimaethik. Ein Reader. Suhrkamp.

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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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