Events calendar

Constitutivism and the Value of an Action

Second lecture of the 11th Dagmar Westberg Lectures By Christine M. Korsgaard. Korsgaard is one of the most important moral philosophers and Kant interpreters of our time. Her work is dedicated, among other things, to a justification of human dignity, a foundation for our right actions and the justification of the moral status of animals. […]

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How We Can Be Free

Third lecture of the 11th Dagmar Westberg Lectures By Christine M. Korsgaard. Korsgaard is one of the most important moral philosophers and Kant interpreters of our time. Her work is dedicated, among other things, to a justification of human dignity, a foundation for our right actions and the justification of the moral status of animals. […]

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Problematized police use of force and how to deal with it

Under certain circumstances, the police are authorized to use force in exceptional cases to enforce police measures. This can lead to mistakes, overstepping of legal boundaries and abuse. At the same time, the practice resulting from this authority to use force is highly controversial in society. Against this background, specific uses of force by the […]

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Policing Racism – Confronting (structural) racism in the police force

Symposium on racism in the police force From right-wing chat groups to racial profiling - a large number of racist incidents in the police force have become public in recent years. Scientific research also shows that racist and anti-democratic attitudes are widespread within the police force, even beyond these scandalized incidents. Studies make it clear […]

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Selective Solidarities in Times of Multiple Crises

International Conference Registration: manstetten@em.uni-frankfurt.de Schedule as .pdf: Here...   Schedule Thursday, November 14th 2024 13:00 - 13:30 GretaWagner: Welcome and Introduction 13:30 - 14:15 Annette Schnabel & Ulf Tranow (Düsseldorf): Scoping Out Solidarity - A Proposal for a Theoretical Approach to Analyzing the Boundaries of Solidarity 14:30 - 15:15 Stephan Lessenich (Frankfurt): Solidarity - the […]

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LITTLE SENEGAL (DZ/FR/DE 2001. D: Rachid Bouchareb)

Lecture & Film "Black Atlantic Cinema" Lecture: Boukary Sawadogo (New York) Lecture: Blackness: Politics and Affect of Kinship in Little Senegal Little Senegal (2001) by the Algerian French director Rachid Bouchareb brings to the fore Africa's relation to Black America through intimacy, affect, and a space with fraught history to race and racism. While African […]

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Limits of trust? – Areas of tension between science, politics and society

Second ConTrust Practice Forum Forum for exchange between science and practice, with Vera King, Andreas Schindel, Tobias Singelnstein, Tobias Wille, Nicole Deitelhoff, Florian Meesmann (Editorial Director MDR Aktuell), Ayse Asar, LL.M. (State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art) - requested and Rebecca C. Schmidt, among others Democracy is currently facing a question […]

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Making teaching diverse – How can diversity be promoted in the seminar context and discrimination stopped?

Workshop How can diversity in university teaching be actively promoted and discrimination specifically prevented? What exactly contributes to an inclusive, respectful learning atmosphere? Where is discrimination hidden in all the digital tools we use? What role do subconscious prejudices play in the teaching context? And should mistakes happen: How can they be addressed and dealt […]

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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, […]

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News from the research center

Event
19.11.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Unerwünscht. Die westdeutsche Demokratie und die Verfolgten des NS-Regimes

Book Presentation

Der Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Stefanie Schüler-Springorum schildert die Erfahrungen von überlebenden Juden und Sinti und Roma, von ehemaligen Zwangsarbeitern und Homosexuellen in Westdeutschland in der Nachkriegszeit.

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News
04.09.2025

Rainer Forst awarded the Goethe Plakette of the City of Frankfurt am Main

On September 4, 2025, the political philosopher and Director of the Research Centre Normative Orders Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst was awarded the Goethe Plakette of the City of Frankfurt am Main. With this award, the city honors personalities who have set standards far beyond Frankfurt's borders through their academic work and/or their public impact.

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Event
15.10.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Aufrecht. Überleben im Zeitalter der Extreme

Book Presentation

ACHTUNG RAUMÄNDERUNG! In ihrem jüngsten Werk begibt sich Lea Ypi auf eine Reise in die Vergangenheit ihrer Familie und verknüpft persönliche Erinnerungen mit den großen politischen und gesellschaftlichen Umbrüchen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Forschungszentrum Normative Ordnungen lädt gemeinsam mit dem Netzwerk FrauenmitFormat, dem Honorarkonsulat der Republik Albanien in Frankfurt am Main und dem Suhrkamp Verlag herzlich zur Vorstellung des neuen Buches von Prof. Dr. Lea Ypi mit anschließender Diskussionsrunde mit Prof. Dr. Lea Ypi, Honorarkonsulin Dr. Jonela Hoxhaj und Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst unter der Moderation von Rebecca C. Schmidt ein.

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Publication
02.09.2025 | Journal article

Beyond Myth Busting: How Engagement with Ethical Dilemmas Can Improve Debates and Policymaking on Migration

Schmid, Lukas; Ruhs, Martin; Bauböck, Rainer; Mourão Permoser, Julia (2025): "Beyond Myth Busting: How Engagement with Ethical Dilemmas Can Improve Debates and Policymaking on Migration". In: Ethics & International Affairs, 39 (1), S. 26-36.

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Publication
01.09.2025 | Journal article

Roundtable: Ethical Dilemmas and Migration Policymaking

Schmid, Lukas; Ruhs, Martin; Bauböck Rainer, Mourão Permoser, Julia (Hrsg.) (2025): "Roundtable: Ethical Dilemmas and Migration Policymaking". In: Ethics & International Affairs, 39 (1)

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Publication
21.08.2025 | Anthology

Autoritäre Treiber eines Systemwechsels. Zur Destabilisierung von Institutionen durch die AfD

Frankenberg, Günter; Heitmeyer, Wilhelm (Hrsg.) (2025): Autoritäre Treiber eines Systemwechsels. Zur Destabilisierung von Institutionen durch die AfD. Campus Verlag.

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News
31.07.2025

Shaping the future - a review

As part of the exhibition "Fixing Futures. Planetary futures between speculation and control", our four-part lecture series "Shaping the future - between climate change, technology and social responsibility" took place.

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News
30.07.2025

What remains of "1968" - event review

What can we learn from the 1968 movement for our own time and where do we perhaps need new ideas and utopias? The event "Utopia and awakening of the 1968ers - What remains of political rebellion and individual self-liberation" on July 14, 2025 at the Historisches Museum was dedicated to these questions

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News
10.07.2025

Impressions from the Crisis Talk "Europe in a multipolar world"

The Crisis Talk "Europe in a multipolar world - How can the EU meet the challenges of major powers?" held on July 1, 2025 at the Representation of the State of Hesse to the European Union was dedicated to the question of how the EU should shape its influence and assume its responsibilities in this international environment.

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