Events calendar

Criticism of ideology. Today!

Panel discussion With: Alenka Zupančič, Mladen Dolar, Slavoj Žižek,Rainer Forst, Regina Kreide and Martin Saar Moderation: Frank Ruda The contemporary world seems to be in disarray: an impending (or rather, already occurred) ecological crisis of unprecedented magnitude is juxtaposed with unprecedented forms of socio-economic and political inequality; new forms of technological domination and control coincide […]

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Climate criminal law and the material concept of injustice – problems of a liberal justification of criminal law in view of the challenges of climate change

Lecture by Philipp-Alexander Hirsch (MPI Freiburg) Participation via Zoom here... Meeting ID: 941 9219 9198 ID code: 810115 Part of the virtual lecture series "Climate Crisis and Criminal Law" 1st block "Climate Criminal Law in the Narrower Sense - Climate Protection Criminal Law" Organizer Research Center "Normative Orders", research initiative "ConTrust - Trust in Conflict" […]

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Nigerian Digital Humor and the Cultural Politics of Public Trust

ConTrust Speaker Series Lecture by James Tunde Yeku (HU Berlin) My talk examines to what extent digital humour mediates encounters of public conflict and trust between internet subjects and the state in Nigeria. Specifically, I reflect on how the country's police apparatus functions as a mirror of the neurosis and antinomies of the Nigerian state […]

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Russia’s war in Ukraine: What can diplomacy and soft power achieve?

Academia meets Diplomacy With Prof. Dr. Vinzenz Hediger (Goethe University, ConTrust) and Norman Thatcher Scharpf (Consul General of the United States of America) Moderation: Prof. Dr. Tobias Wille (Goethe University, ConTrust) Welcome: Dr. Rebekka Göhring (Goethe University) and Astrid v. d. Malsburg (Frauen mit Format) Please register in advance am@frauenmitformat.de "Academia meets Diplomacy" is a […]

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Sensual attractions on the highway: Satyajit Ray’s ABHIJAAN – Ravi Vasudevan (Delhi)

Dilapidated cars speeding along potholed country roads, cab drivers loitering in cheap bars, pimping and opium trafficking, sensual attractions and fistfights: Satyajit Ray and his lead actor Soumitra Chatterjee invite us into a world of physical impulses and spaces beyond what is usually associated with Ray's oeuvre. Film historian Ravi Vasudevan is the co-director of […]

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ConTrust Methods Lab

The Methods Lab is a workshop dedicated to the critical discussion of methodological approaches to trust research. By means of the inputs of two external invited scholars, the participants will discuss the applications, strengths and limitations of both qualitative and quantitative methods. To workshop aims at ConTrust and affiliated scholars, as well as other researchers […]

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News from the research center

Event
10.02.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Satanic Politics. Democracy after Liberalism

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Michael Rosen (Harvard University) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie" im Wintersemester 2025/2026

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Event
04.02.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Demokratien verteidigen. Zur Aktualität des Gewaltbegriffs bei Camus und Derrida

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Christine Abbt (Universität St. Gallen) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie" im Wintersemester 2025/2026

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Event
29.01.2026

Civil Geopolitics and the Dilemmas of the Democratic State

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von David Owen (Universtiy of Southampton) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie" im Wintersemester 2025/2026

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Event
14.01.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Vom Retten der Welt zum Vorbereiten auf den Kollaps: Neuorientierungen in katastrophischen Zeiten

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Christine Hentschel (Universität Hamburg) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie" im Wintersemester 2025/2026

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Event
10.12.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

How Democracy Relies on the Future

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Jonathan White (LSE) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie" im Wintersemester 2025/2026

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Event
26.11.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Krise der Demokratietheorie? Eine soziologische Intervention

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Jenni Brichzin (Universität der Bundeswehr München) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie" im Wintersemester 2025/2026

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Event
27./28.11.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Reconsidering Legal Subjectivity In and Through the Anthropocene

Conference

Internationale Konferenz organisiert vom Wissenschaftsnetzwerk Recht im Anthropozän (RiA) in Kooperation mit dem Forschungszentrum Normative Ordnungen.

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News
23.10.2025

Vinzenz Hediger becomes new director of the Cinémathèque suisse

Prof. Dr. Vinzenz Hediger will become Director of the Cinémathèque suisse in Lausanne from January 2026. The Cinémathèque suisse has been preserving, restoring and promoting Swiss and international film heritage since 1948. It is recognized by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) as one of the ten most important cinematheques in the world - due to the size, diversity and quality of its collections.

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News
23.10.2025

Book launch of Lea Ypis "Indignity. A Life Reimagined" at the Frankfurt Book Fair

As part of the book presentation of Lea Ypis "Indignity. A Life Reimagined" on October 15, questions about dignity, identity, freedom and responsibility in times of extreme historical change were discussed.

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