Ignorance. Creates. Racism.

Public lecture

Racism is a problem. Nobody wants to be a racist and yet racism persists in our society. What unconscious contribution do we make every day to maintaining racist normality? How can we counter political racism in our society? And what role do universities play as places of knowledge production? In his public lecture, Prof. Dr. Lorenz Narku Laing will develop new perspectives on racism and anti-racism. His aim is not only to inform, but also to entertain. He invites us to embark together on an anti-racist journey for the good of our society, based on current scientific studies.

Laing is a professor of racism research at EvH Bochum and founder of Diversityberatung Vielfaltsprojekte GmbH. He advises DAX companies, theaters, federal ministries and leading NGOs on discrimination, among others. In 2023 he was honored for his work with the German Diversity Award and in 2021 with the Best Teaching Award of Zeppelin University. The diversity trainer continues to serve on the advisory board of the Bochum Center for Disability Studies, is a member of the presidential assembly of the Protestant Church Congress, a liaison lecturer at the Hans Böckler Foundation and advises the Federal Chancellery as a member of the Expert Commission on Antiracism. Laing is committed to combating discrimination in sport with his award-winning project “Sport shapes diversity”. He is a Senior Fellow of Humanity in Action e.V., a New Bridge Fellow of Atlantik-Brücke and was “Leader of Tomorrow” at the St. Gallen Symposium. He holds a PhD in Political Theory from the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science at LMU Munich, a Master’s degree in Political and Administrative Science from Zeppelin University and studied Sociology, Philosophy and Law at GU Frankfurt.

All are welcome! Please send a short registration to office@normativeorders.net