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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
13.11.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

When Design Gets Political

Exhibition, Conference, Panel Discussion, Lecture, Workshop

Der dritte Tag der Design Policy Days an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt richtet sich an alle, die Design als politische Kraft denken. Gemeinsam mit dem Deutschen Designtag und der World Design Capital 2026 widmet er sich in Roundtables, Projektpräsentationen, Workshops und Ausstellungen der institutionellen Politik: Wie lässt sich Design methodisch, strukturell und normativ in politische Entscheidungsprozesse integrieren – und wie kann Politik selbst als Gestaltungsfeld verstanden werden?

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Event
20.10.2026 | Frankfurt

Dr. h.c. Gerhard Wiese – Wirken als Ankläger im Auschwitz Prozess

Movie, Panel Discussion

Der Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozess von 1963 bis 1965 gilt als ein zentraler Wendepunkt in der juristischen und öffentlichen Auseinandersetzung mit den nationalsozialistischen Verbrechen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Wiese, der als junger Staatsanwalt zum Anklägerteam des Prozesses gehörte, berichtet aus seiner Perspektive auf die damaligen Ermittlungen und die Hauptverhandlung. Im Gespräch mit der Historikerin Dr. Katharina Rauschenberger (Fritz Bauer Institut) wird die Bedeutung des Prozesses für die strafrechtliche Aufarbeitung der NS-Verbrechen in den Blick genommen.

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Publication
21.09.2026 | Working Paper

Dimensionen wehrhafter Demokratie in unsicheren Zeiten

Abich, Leon; Adams, Cosima; Biebricher, Thomas; Britz, Gabriele; Daase, Christopher; Deitelhoff, Nicole; Dönges, Jan; Krause, Leon; Nitzschner, Patrick; Siebert, Hannes; Siefert, Julian; Stephanblome, Isabelle (2026): "Dimensionen wehrhafter Demokratie in unsicheren Zeiten". DemoReg Working Paper 3.1.

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Event
10.02.2027 | Frankfurt am Main

Shifting Visions of Peace and Security

Panel Discussion, Lecture Series

Podiumsdiskussion im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times” mit Lisbeth Zimmermann (Goethe University/Normative Orders), Antonia Witt (PRIF), Siddarth Tripathi (University of Erfurt). Moderation: Jonas Wolff (Goethe University/PRIF/Normative Orders).

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Event
03.02.2027 | Frankfurt am Main

AI, War, and Big Tech

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Ingvild Bode (University of Southern Denmark)im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
16.12.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

International arms control in a world of uncertainties

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Malte Göttsche (TU Darmstadt/PRIF) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
02.12.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Enabling Authoritarianism: UN Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Sarah von Billerbeck (University of Reading) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
25.11.2026 | Frankfurt

Deterrence in “Post-Liberal Times“

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Maria Mälksoo (Copenhagen University) (Goethe-Universität/PRIF/Normative Orders) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
18.11.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

The Case for (Neo)colonialism: Neotrusteeship in International Relations as the ‘Imperial Mind’ of the ‘Colonial Present’

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Nick Lemay-Hébert (Manchester University) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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