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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]