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17.11.2025
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Democracy at a crossroads? The Research Centre Normative Orders invites to discuss future perspectives of democratic orders

The lecture series “At a crossroads? On the Crisis of Democracy” looks at these developments from an international and interdisciplinary perspective. It examines the causes, manifestations and dynamics of democratic crises as well as possibilities for the renewal and defense of democratic principles in a globally networked but increasingly fragmented world.

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03.07.2025
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The ’68 movement and its consequences

Panel discussion with the prominent 68ers Rainer Langhans and Christa Ritter and the social philosopher Martin Saar – event organized by the Research Centre Normative Orders at Goethe University

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25.06.2025
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How those persecuted by the Nazi regime experienced West German democracy

Book launch and discussion with the author Stefanie Schüler-Springorum and Michel Friedman

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29.04.2025
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Shaping the future

Between climate change, technology and social responsibility. Lecture series of the research center “Normative Orders” as part of the exhibition “FIXING FUTURES” of the Museum Giersch of the Goethe University

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26.11.2024
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How do you feel about migration?

The 56th Römerberg Talks discuss immigration as a question of national destiny

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07.11.2024
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Police use of force: problems and how to deal with them

Police use of force: problems and how to deal with them. Goethe Lectures Offenbach on November 11, 2024 at the Klingspor Museum

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28.10.2024
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Innovative views on Kant’s philosophy

The American philosopher Christine M. Korsgaard takes over the Dagmar Westberg Visiting Professorship

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26.06.2024
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What does “colonial” mean?

The next event in the “Frankfurter Schule” series is dedicated to the recent intensive discourse on colonialism. The historian and author Dan Diner and the lawyer and journalist Miloš Vec will take part in the discussion

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21.06.2024
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The foundations of public power

Renowned Kant expert Arthur Ripstein speaks at the Frankfurt Lectures of the Research Center Normative Orders

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News from the research center

Event
28./29.05.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Global Health Justice: Principles and Practice

Conference

Following the research focus of the Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme, the "Global Health Justice: Principles and Practice" conference places a particular emphasis on themes such as the human right to health, political activism and health justice issues, and problems of structural injustice and vulnerable populations in health care. Keynote lectures by Jonathan Wolff, Kanchana Mahadevan, and Caesar Atuire.

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Publication
26.03.2026 | Monograph

The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective

Duve, Thomas; Herzog, Tamar (eds.): The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024 (portugiesisch 2025; spanisch 2026).

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Publication
26.03.2026 | Monograph

Rechtsgeschichte des frühneuzeitlichen Hispanoamerika

Duve, Thomas; Egío, José Luis  (2023): Rechtsgeschichte des frühneuzeitlichen Hispanoamerika, Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023.

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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

Democracy Over Time and the Climate Crisis

Lecture Series

Vortrag von Anja Karnein (Binghamton). Die Vortragsreihe untersucht Fragen der Klimakrise als Herausforderungen für demokratische Gesellschaften und konzentriert sich auf Themen wie politische Legitimität, Widerstand gegen fossile Brennstoffe und die Interessen künftiger Generationen. Sie wird organisiert von Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf und Dr. Lukas Sparenborg.

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Event
10.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Capital Investment, Inequality, and State Power in a Time of Climate Emergency

Lecture, 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
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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