Events calendar

Mapping the networks of gendered performance, labor, and mobility

Priyadarshini Shanker (University of North Carolina, Wilmington) This talk intervenes in three prevailing frameworks of Indian film and media studies - auteurist approaches, history of film movements, and digital media studies - through three case studies that centralize the optics of feminist performances. Shanker proposes corporeal intervention that potentially recasts the historiography of Indian cinema […]

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Trusting as a skillful act: a critical reconstruction of the sociological theory of trust

Lecture by: Gil Eyal (Colombia University) "Trust" has become one of the keywords of our time. Politicians and the media bemoan the decline of trust in science and experts, as well as in public institutions more generally. Global consultancies like McKinsey and Deloitte sell trust measurement and trust building as part of their portfolio. The […]

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General suspicion – social conflicts surrounding so-called clan crime

Lecture and discussion With Mohammed Ali Chahrour (co-editor of the book "Generalverdacht") and Dr. Robert Pelzer (TU Berlin) In recent years, the social discourse surrounding so-called clan crime has intensified, particularly in major German cities. While police situation reports and high-profile cases in the media give the impression that there is a considerable threat, civil […]

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Police Accountability – Practices and Dilemmas of Independent Police Complaints Bodies and Police Control

Conference of the Research Project "Police Accountability: Towards International Standards" / ConTrust Praxisforum In times of expanding police powers as well as increasing discussions about legitimacy and problems within the police, the question of police accountability and control becomes vital. How is police accountability organized? How are police complaints bodies dealing with complaints? What are […]

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Memories of a Milk City (1991) and Tales of Planet Kolkata (1993)

Ruchir Joshi (film-maker, columnist and writer based in Calcutta) This program includes two essay films Memories of a Milk City (1991) and Tales of Planet Kolkata (1993) by Ruchir Joshi, an Indian film-maker, cultural writer, and novelist based in Kolkata. Shot on 16 mm, both films reimagine the form of the essay film to propose […]

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Policing the Climate Crisis – Panel discussion on the criminalization of climate protests

Panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Stephan Lessenich (Institute for Social Research & Goethe University), Dr. Jannik Rienhoff (lawyer, Marburg) & a representative of Green Legal Impact Germany e.V. as well as a collective member of Print Shop for All (former activist with end Fossil: occupy!) Participation also possible via Zoom: Here... ID code: 401979 Or […]

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Varieties of Democratic Corporate Governance: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives

Interdisciplinary Conference This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars at the intersection of philosophy, politics, economics, law, sociology and history to critically examine the problem of unchecked corporate. Goethe University Frankfurt, Campus Westend Building "Normative Orders", Room 5.01 Please register as soon as possible by emailing Mchugh@em.uni-frankfurt.de Participants: Rutger Claassen (Utrecht) Martin O'Neill (York) Hannes Kuch […]

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Behavioral Measurement Conference

International Conference Precise measurement is a hallmark of empirical scientific practice. Going back to the intellectual tradition of the revealed preference paradigm, empirical economic research is classically characterized by its strong emphasis of choice-based, behavioral approaches and corresponding measurement protocols. In recent years, the spectrum of measured characteristics (different sorts of preferences, behavioral biases, as […]

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Between Enchantment and Criticism Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne and the Folklore of Modernity – Bhaskar Sarkar (Santa Barbara)

Ray's 1969 musical, which became one of his biggest hits, was based on a short story written by his grandfather for the magazine Sandesh, which he had founded in 1913 to improve the quality of literature for children in Bengal. In his adaptation, Ray transforms this enchanting story of two untalented musicians into a musical. […]

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News from the research center

News
30.06.2025

Article "Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?" by Amadeus Ulrich published in EJPT

The article "Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?" by Amadeus Ulrich has just been published open access in the European Journal of Political Theory (EJPT). Ulrich brings the perspective of radical realism into a productive dialog with Adorno's critical theory.

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30.06.2025

Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay awarded the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose University Prize 2025

Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay (Junior Professor of Ethnology with a focus on Political Anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and former postdoctoral researcher at the Research Center Normative Orders at Goethe University) receives the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose University Award 2025 in the category Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Publication
25.06.2025 | Online article

Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?

Ulrich, Amadeus (2025): Ideology and suffering: What is realistic about critical theory? European Journal of Political Theory, 0(0).  https://doi.org/10.1177/14748851251351782

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24.06.2025

New series “Vertrauensfragen” in the Frankfurter Rundschau initiated by Hendrik Simon

Democracy thrives on debate - if it serves the joint search for solutions. There is often a problem with this cooperation. The new FR series “Vertrauensfragen”, initiated by Hendrik Simon (Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) Frankfurt location at Goethe University's Research Centre Normative Orders ), examines why this is the case and how we can do better.

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Publication
23.06.2025 | Working Paper

Untrustworthy Authorities and Complicit Bankers: Unraveling Monetary Distrust in Argentina

Moreno, Guadalupe (2025): “Untrustworthy Authorities and Complicit Bankers: Unraveling Monetary Distrust in Argentina”. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Discussion Paper 25/3.

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News
22.05.2025

Does deliberative democracy have a future in the age of oligarchs, autocrats and patriarchs?

On June 3, Prof. Simone Chambers will give a lecture on the value of democracies and the future of the form of government.

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Publication
19.05.2025 | Anthology

Klimaethik. Ein Reader

Sparenborg, Lukas; Moellendorf, Darrel (Hrsg.) (2025) : Klimaethik. Ein Reader. Suhrkamp.

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19.05.2025

What can a baroque tapestry tell us about colonial iconography?

Lecture by Cécile Fromone on May 21. The professor at the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, director of the Cooper Gallery at the Hutchins Center and author will talk about the long-forgotten African origins of iconography and its colonial dimension.

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News
05.05.2025

Normative Orders Newsletter 01/25 published

The newsletter from Research Centre Normative Orders collects information on current events, reports, news and publications several times a year. Read the first issue 2025 here.

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