In contemporary political discussions, diagnoses of a crisis of democracy are often linked to the statement that social cohesion is at risk and needs to be strengthened. However, the answers to the question of what form of cohesion is characteristic and desirable for a democracy are diverse. They range from nationalist to cosmopolitan positions, from […]
The Record and the Narrative. The Documentary Cinema of Ra'anan Alexandrowicz Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, born in Jerusalem in 1969, is one of the most important documentary filmmakers of our time. His award-winning cinematic investigations into questions of law, power and testimony in Israel and Palestine are shown at all the world's major festivals. "The Law in […]
The Record and the Narrative. The Documentary Cinema of Ra'anan Alexandrowicz Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, born in Jerusalem in 1969, is one of the most important documentary filmmakers of our time. His award-winning cinematic investigations into questions of law, power and testimony in Israel and Palestine are shown at all the world's major festivals. "The Law in […]
The Record and the Narrative. The Documentary Cinema of Ra'anan Alexandrowicz Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, born in Jerusalem in 1969, is one of the most important documentary filmmakers of our time. His award-winning cinematic investigations into questions of law, power and testimony in Israel and Palestine are shown at all the world's major festivals. "The Law in […]
Lecture & Film "Black Atlantic Cinema" Lecture: Greg de Cuir Jr Lecture: A Black American in Paris Melvin van Peebles left the United States to live and work in Europe in 1959, and was invited to Paris for screenings on the strength of the short films he had made a few years earlier. After finding […]
Please register in advance: haeusler@soz.uni-frankfurt.de Programs 10:00 Welcome and Introduction: Martin Saar 10:30 Keynote: Clarissa Hayward: "Power: A Structural View" (Moderation: Martin Saar) 11:45 Coffee 12:15 Rainer Forst: "Noumenal Power and Democracy" Regina Kreide: "Digital Power. The Mimicry of Authoritarianism " Uwe Volkmann: "The Power of Democracy: A Legal Perspective" (Moderation: Elif Oezmen) 14:15 […]
Tandem Workshop with Jonathan Wolff (Oxford) and Louis Larue (Aalborg) Organized by Katarina Pitasse Fragoso (JQYA Fellow) Please register here... Programs 17h30h - Introduction - Katarina Pitasse Fragoso (Frankfurt Goethe University) 17h45 - The Philosophers Have Only Interpreted the World - Jonathan Wolff (Oxford University) 18h15 - Respondent - Louis Larue (Aalborg University) 18:35 […]
Book workshop Introduction to the debate: Klaus Günther & Benno Zabel Registration requested at: office.zabel@jur.uni-frankfurt.de March 14 and 15, 2025 Program March 14, 2025 14.00 to 16.00 Panel I Moderation: Jochen Bung Critique of the resilient and sovereign subject of punishment (chapters 3, 5 and 6) Doris Schweitzer, Max Pichl and Klaus Günther What […]
57th Römerberg Talks Die globale politische Landschaft hat sich verändert. Ist es zu früh, das „Ende des Westens“ zu verkünden? Die Wertegemeinschaft, die ihn einst ausmachte, scheint jedenfalls gespalten und geschwächt. Nicht nur Europas Verhältnis zu den USA muss in den nächsten Jahren neu austariert werden. Global sind autoritäre Regime, denen Rechtsstaat und Menschenrechte nichts […]