Events calendar

“Motivation, attitudes and violence in the everyday lives of police officers”: The MEGAVO study

Lecture series: Racism in the police - empirical findings, methodological approaches and controversies Lecture by Dr. Jochen Wittenberg (DHPol) Reports from people affected by racism about unprovoked police checks, humiliation or problematic use of force by the police continue unabated. They occupy the public debate; numerous political initiatives have been fighting for clarification, in some […]

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Sociological knowledge of the environment. Between Gaia and atmosphere, milieu and environment

Spring Conference of the Sociological Theory Section of the DGS Please register at: bogner@soz.uni-frankfurt.de   Program Thursday, May 15, 2025 11.00-11.15 a.m. Greeting 11.15-13.30 Panel I: Historical perspectives Martin Hauff: The social organism and its surrounding sphere. The concept of the environment in Albert Schäffle, a systems theorist avant la lettre Arne Dreßler: Physical determinism […]

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Encruzilhadas das águas / Water Crossings, routes for the Black Brazilian Cinemas’ experiences

Lecture & Film "Black Atlantic Cinema" Lecture: Janaína Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro) "We are always in the middle of the journey," says essayist and poet Dionne Brand in A Map to the Door of No Return. The crossing of the Atlantic marks Black people's historical and aesthetic experiences, bringing fragmentation and incompleteness, but also the […]

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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 tropical menagerie set in a lush landscape surrounds almost imperceptible human characters and architectural structures in the eight tableaux of the Old Indies, a Baroque […]

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“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, International and European Criminal Law, Comparative Law and Legal Theory at Goethe University, founding spokesperson of the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S), Research Center […]

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Police practice between state mandate and public criticism. Challenges, coping strategies, risk constellations in the context of police racism

Lecture series: Racism in the police - empirical findings, methodological approaches and controversies Lecture by: Prof. Dr. Astrid Jacobsen (IKRIS / Police Academy of Lower Saxony) Reports from people affected by racism about unprovoked police checks, humiliation or problematic use of force by the police continue unabated. They occupy the public debate; numerous political initiatives […]

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Equality in time? Intergenerational perspectives on the law

Lecture as part of the series "Shaping the future - between climate change, technology and social responsibility" Lecture by Prof. Dr. Gabriele Britz (Professor of Public Law at Goethe University, former judge of the Federal Constitutional Court) As part of the exhibition "FIXING FUTURES: Planetary Futures between Speculation and Control", the MGGU - Museum Giersch […]

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News from the research center

Event
22.04.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

New Directions in Terrorism and Political Violence Research

Lecture Series

Lecture Series mit Vorträgen von Orla Lynch, Leena Malkki und Tore Bjørgo veranstaltet vom Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) in Kooperation mit dem Forschungszentrum „Normative Orders“ und der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

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Event
12.05.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Zwischen Transformation und Abolitionismus

Book Presentation

Buchvorstellung mit Christine Graebsch, Katrin Höffler, Jochen Bung & Ronen Steinke

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Event
20.04.2026 | Brussels

Militärische KI verantwortungsvoll nutzen und Regulierung neu denken

Panel Discussion, Lecture

Künstliche Intelligenz findet im Militär immer breiteren Einsatz, von Logistik und Training über Missionsplanung und Zielidentifikation bis hin zu autonomen Waffensystemen. Gleichzeitig wächst die Bedeutung von Mikroprozessoren immer stärker, der Zugang zu seltenen Erden und Chips wird zur zentralen Ressource. KI kann das Kampfgeschehen beschleunigen und damit destabilisierend wirken. Der Wettlauf um neue Fähigkeiten birgt jedoch auch Eskalationsrisiken. Wir laden Sie ein, diese Themen im nächsten Crisis Talk gemeinsam mit unseren hochkarätigen Podiumsgästen zu diskutieren.

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Event
28./29.05.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Global Health Justice: Principles and Practice

Conference

Following the research focus of the Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme, funded by Höppsche Stiftung, the "Global Health Justice: Principles and Practice" conference places a particular emphasis on themes such as the human right to health, political activism and health justice issues, and problems of structural injustice and vulnerable populations in health care. Keynote lectures by Jonathan Wolff and Kanchana Mahadevan.

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Publication
26.03.2026 | Monograph

The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective

Duve, Thomas; Herzog, Tamar (eds.): The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024 (portugiesisch 2025; spanisch 2026).

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Publication
26.03.2026 | Monograph

Rechtsgeschichte des frühneuzeitlichen Hispanoamerika

Duve, Thomas; Egío, José Luis  (2023): Rechtsgeschichte des frühneuzeitlichen Hispanoamerika, Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023.

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Event
14.07.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Democracy Over Time and the Climate Crisis

Lecture Series

Vortrag von Anja Karnein (Binghamton). Die Vortragsreihe untersucht Fragen der Klimakrise als Herausforderungen für demokratische Gesellschaften und konzentriert sich auf Themen wie politische Legitimität, Widerstand gegen fossile Brennstoffe und die Interessen künftiger Generationen. Sie wird organisiert von Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf und Dr. Lukas Sparenborg.

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Event
10.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Capital Investment, Inequality, and State Power in a Time of Climate Emergency

Lecture, Lecture Series

The lecture series examines questions of the climate crisis as challenges for democratic
societies and focuses on issues of political legitimacy, fossil fuel resistance, and the interests
of future generations.

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Event
13.05.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Failed States and Cloudy skies: Tipping Points, Overshoot and Permanent Emergency, after America

Lecture Series

The lecture series examines questions of the climate crisis as challenges for democratic
societies and focuses on issues of political legitimacy, fossil fuel resistance, and the interests
of future generations.

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