Lecture
“Planetary Crime” – on the end of the political in the polycrisis
Lecture as part of the series “Shaping the future – between climate change, technology and social responsibility” Lecture by Prof. Dr. Christoph Burchard (Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, […]
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The discreet charm of the old Indies: Congo, Brazil, and colonial fantasy in a French baroque tapestry
Kantorowicz Lecture Lecture by Cécile Fromont (Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Faculty Director of the Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art at Harvard University) A […]
more information › Sustainability and justice
Lecture as part of the series “Shaping the future – between climate change, technology and social responsibility” Lecture by Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy at […]
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The end of the West – What’s next?
57th Römerberg Talks Die globale politische Landschaft hat sich verändert. Ist es zu früh, das „Ende des Westens“ zu verkünden? Die Wertegemeinschaft, die ihn einst ausmachte, scheint jedenfalls gespalten und […]
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LA PERMISSION (FR 1967. D: Melvin van Peebles)
Lecture & Film “Black Atlantic Cinema” Lecture: Greg de Cuir Jr Lecture: A Black American in Paris Melvin van Peebles left the United States to live and work in Europe […]
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Law in the Anthropocene
Lecture as part of the event series “Climate in court/Climate Contested“ with Dr. Johan Horst (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory) and Prof’in. Dr. Doris Schweitzer (Goethe […]
more information › Key Works of Afro-Brazilian Short Film
Lecture & Film: Black Atlantic Cinema Lecture: Janaína Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro) Lecture: Key Works of Afro-Brazilian Short Film Janaína Oliveira has a Ph.D. in History and is a professor […]
more information › SAMBIZANGA (1972. D: Sarah Maldoror)
Lecture & Film “Black Atlantic Cinema” Lecture: Jennifer Blaylock (Rowan University) Lecture: The Thin Green Line Between Canons and Revolutions. On Sarah Maldoror’s Sambizanga (1972) What happens to the revolutionary […]
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MANDABI The Postal Money Order (SN 1968. D: Ousmane Sembene)
Lecture & Film “Black Atlantic Cinema” Lecture: Daniel Fairfax (Frankfurt) Lecture: Symbolic Capital: Mandabi (1968) by Ousmane Sembene An adaptation of his own novella Le Mandat, Ousmane Sembene’s Mandabi (1968) […]
more information › Legal battles in the Anthropocene. A legal-theoretical discussion of legal procedures for climate protection
Lecture as part of the event series “Climate in court/Climate Contested“ with Prof. Dr. Dr. Maximilian Pichl (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences) The event series “Klima vor Gericht/Climate Contested. Interdisciplinary […]
more information › THE TERROR AND THE TIME (GY 1979. D: Victor Jara Collective)
Lecture & Film “Black Atlantic Cinema” Lecture: Iyabo Kwayana (New Hampshire) Lecture: Terror and the Time: A Reflection on Poetic Resistance This talk will explore the poetry of Martin Carter […]
more information › CONFUSION NA WA (NG 2013. D: Kenneth Gyang)
Lecture & Film “Black Atlantic Cinema” Lecture: Didi Cheeka, Vinzenz Hediger Lecture: Nollywood and the Black Atlantic. On Kenneth Gyang’s “Confusion Na Wa” (2013) Rather than wait for government support […]
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