Goethe Lectures Offenbach – Archive


October 24, 2019, 7 pm

Cult of immediacy – authoritarian leaders and regimes

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”)

August 20, 2019, 7 p.m.

How free are we in the digital echo chamber

Prof. Dr. Klaus Günther (Co-Director of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” and Professor of Legal Theory, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)


May 16, 2019, 7 p.m.

From the ‘intellectual-moral turn’ to the exhaustion of German conservatism

PD Dr. Thomas Biebricher (Goethe University Frankfurt / Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)


March 20, 2019, 7 p.m.

Crisis and society: A disaster story

Dr. Peer Illner (Postdoctoral researcher at the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)


October 23, 2018, 7 p.m.

Children’s rights and criticism: Decolonial perspectives on a field of development cooperation

Dr. Franziska Fay (postdoctoral researcher at the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)


August 15, 2018, 7 p.m.

The crisis of the liberal world order

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”)


April 10, 2018, 7 p.m.

In the name of the law: Intellectual property and copyright in the African context

Prof. Dr. Mamadou Diawara (Professor of Anthropology at the Institute of Anthropology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)


December 12, 2017, 7 p.m.

Self-optimization. Practice and criticism of taking performance-enhancing psychotropic drugs

Dr. Greta Wagner (Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)


July 3, 2017, 7 pm

Unpredictability and Fairness: Trump’s basic concepts of international politics

Dr. Stefan Kroll (Postdoc of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)


April 27, 2017, 7 pm

The return of borders: Is globalization coming to an end?

With Prof. Dr. Jens Steffek (Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” and Professor of Political Science with a focus on Transnational Governance)


November 9, 2016, 7 pm

Religion as an option. The market of world views

With Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Schmidt (Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)



April 25, 2016, 7 pm

Salafists and jihadists – the “young savages” of the Ummah

Prof. Dr. Susanne Schröter (Professor of Ethnology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)


February 2, 2016, 7 pm

Europe’s future: single market, citizens’ union and common scientific area

Prof. Dr. Rainer Klump (Rector of the University of Luxembourg, Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)


May 21, 2015, 7 p.m.

Burnout. The social suffering of exhaustion

Prof. Dr. Sighard Neckel (Professor of Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)


June 23, 2015, 7 p.m.

Who has the power on the Internet?

Dr. Matthias Kettemann (Postdoc of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)

October 12, 2015, 7 p.m.

The emergence of writing in Egypt and Mesopotamia

Prof. Dr. Annette Imhausen (Professor of the History of Science of the Pre-Modern World at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)


November 26, 2015, 7 p.m.

Banks and human rights – between aspiration and reality

Dr. Manuel Wörsdörfer (Postdoc at the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)

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Event
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Global Health Justice: Principles and Practice

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The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective

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Rechtsgeschichte des frühneuzeitlichen Hispanoamerika

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Event
18.04.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Das Prinzip Donald Trump und die Verrohung der Welt

Panel Discussion, Lecture

Ein neuer Politikstil macht international Karriere. Er ist gekennzeichnet von Vulgarität, Verrohung und erklärter Rechtsfeindschaft. Machtinteressen werden nicht mehr juristisch bemäntelt. Stattdessen wird das angebliche Recht des Stärkeren zur Staatsdoktrin gemacht – innenpolitisch wie außenpolitisch. Treibende Kraft hinter dieser Verrohung der politischen Sitten ist ein US-Präsident, der nicht nur die amerikanische Gesellschaft und Kultur, sondern auch die globale Ordnung nach seinen Vorstellungen und Interessen umgestaltet. Die Römerberggespräche wollen diesen Politikstil verstehen.

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Event
14.07.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

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Lecture Series

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10.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

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Lecture, Lecture Series

The lecture series examines questions of the climate crisis as challenges for democratic
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of future generations.

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Event
13.05.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Failed States and Cloudy skies: Tipping Points, Overshoot and Permanent Emergency, after America

Lecture Series

The lecture series examines questions of the climate crisis as challenges for democratic
societies and focuses on issues of political legitimacy, fossil fuel resistance, and the interests
of future generations.

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Event
22.04.2026

Political Legitimacy, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change

Lecture, Lecture Series

Lecture by Ross Mittiga (SOAS London). The lecture series examines questions of the climate crisis as challenges for democratic societies and focuses on issues of political legitimacy, fossil fuel resistance, and the interests of future generations. It is organized by Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf and Dr. Lukas Sparenborg.

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Event
30.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Recht und Angst in Demokratien

Lecture
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