Keynote at the International Congress of DAVO: From the Arab spring to ISIS
Keynote at the 25th International Congress of DAVO “Politics, Reiligion and Society in the Middle East” by Prof. Dr. Gilles Kepel (Institut d’études politiques de Paris), 4 October 2018
Welcome Adresses by:
Prof. Dr. Susanne Schröter (Director of the Frankfurt Research Center on Global Islam (FFGI))
Staatsminister Boris Rhein (The Hessen State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts)
Prof. Dr. Rolf van Dick (Vice-President of the Frankfurt University)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Director of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”)
Prof. Dr. Günter Meyer (Chairman of DAVO)
Presented by:
Cooperation of the Frankfurt Research Center on Global Islam (FFGI) at the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” with the the German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO) under the patronage of the Hessen State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts
News from the research center
New series “Vertrauensfragen” in the Frankfurter Rundschau initiated by Hendrik Simon
Democracy thrives on debate - if it serves the joint search for solutions. There is often a problem with this cooperation. The new FR series “Vertrauensfragen”, initiated by Hendrik Simon (Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) Frankfurt location at Goethe University's Research Centre Normative Orders ), examines why this is the case and how we can do better.
more information ›Untrustworthy Authorities and Complicit Bankers: Unraveling Monetary Distrust in Argentina
Moreno, Guadalupe (2025): “Untrustworthy Authorities and Complicit Bankers: Unraveling Monetary Distrust in Argentina”. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Discussion Paper 25/3.
more information ›Klimaethik - Ein Reader
Presentation of the book with Lukas Sparenborg (Research Associate at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University) and Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf (Professor of International Political Theory and Philosophy at Goethe University, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, Member of the Research Centre Normative Orders)
more information ›Utopie und Aufbruch der 1968er – Was von politischer Rebellion und individueller Selbstbefreiung geblieben ist
The panel discussion with Rainer Langhans, Christa Ritter, who has been a member of Langhans' self-awareness group since 1978, and the social philosopher Martin Saar is dedicated to utopian ideas that emanated from the 1968 movement and sheds light on its ideals, impulses, individual and socio-political after-effects.
more information ›Territorial Justice by Lea Ypi
Workshop on the new book by Lea Ypi (LSE). With, among others: Andrea Sangiovanni and Ayelet Shachar.
more information ›A different view: The relevance of victims' perspectives on policing and racism
Europa in einer multipolaren Welt – Wie kann die EU den Herausforderungen gegenüber Großmächten begegnen?
Impuls von Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff mit anschließender Podiumsdiskussion
more information ›Does deliberative democracy have a future in the age of oligarchs, autocrats and patriarchs?
On June 3, Prof. Simone Chambers will give a lecture on the value of democracies and the future of the form of government.
more information ›Klimaethik. Ein Reader
Sparenborg, Lukas; Moellendorf, Darrel (Hrsg.) (2025) : Klimaethik. Ein Reader. Suhrkamp.
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