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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Under the title Endangered Democracy, the “Profs gegen Rechts” network at the University of Bremen is organizing a series of lectures in cooperation with the Worlds of Contradiction collaborative research platform.
The strengthening of anti-democratic forces in Germany and many other parts of the world is a real threat to society and to university teaching and research. In light of this, researchers from a variety of academic fields will be speaking over the course of four evenings as part of the lecture series. The lectures will take place on May 7, June 4, June 18, and July 2 from 6:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the “Blue Rotunda” room of the Cartesium building (Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 5). Aimed at university members and interested members of the public, the lectures will also be available as a video stream. Interested parties can contact noellen@uni-bremen.de to receive a link.
The lecturers are nationally renowned experts from academia and public life who address topics such as constitutional law, right-wing extremism research, racism in the media landscape, and the AfD's higher education and climate policy. The lectures, which will be held in German, are as follows:
May 07, 2025
Prof. Dr. Rita Nikolai, Professor of Education, University of Augsburg: "Die Schulpolitik der AfD"
June 04, 2025
Dr. Susanne Götze, journalist and author: “AfD, Trumpisten und neoliberale Netzwerke: Rollback beim Klimaschutz und Comeback des fossilen Autoritarismus”
June 18, 2025
Prof. Dr. Ralf Michaels, Director, Max PIanck Institute for Foreign and Private International Law, Hamburg: “Staatsraison als Ersatzverfassung?”
July 02, 2025
Prof. Dr. Katajun Amirpur, Professor of Islamic Studies and First Commissioner for Criticism of Racism, University of Cologne, in conversation with Prof. Dr. Yasemin Karakaşoğlu, Professor of Intercultural Education, University of Bremen: “Rassismuskritik als Hochschulentwicklungsaufgabe und die Auseinandersetzung mit Antisemitismus und Wissenschaftsfreiheit”
About "Profs gegen Rechts" and Worlds of Contradiction
“Profs gegen Rechts” is a newly founded network of professors from almost all faculties at the University of Bremen, which has formed in response to the rapid strengthening of anti-democratic groups. The group is committed to a respectful, confrontational, and democratic university. Academic freedom is a core issue for “Profs gegen Rechts.” Said freedom does not, however, include the freedom to discriminate. “Profs gegen Rechts” claim the term to mean a freedom in their working, learning, and development spaces that is committed to the search for truth, reason, and the preservation of democracy.
Worlds of Contradiction (WOC) is an interdisciplinary and collaborative research platform that encompasses the humanities, cultural studies, social sciences, law, and education. Its aims are to develop and carry out research projects, support early-career researchers, implement research-based learning projects and transfer projects with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinary collaborative projects that serve the internationalization of the participating academic fields. WOC explores concepts of contradiction and their epistemic framings, including concepts such as difference, aporia, and paradox, in a number of different research projects.
https://www.woc.uni-bremen.de/projects/ringvorlesung-gefaehrdete-demokratie/ (only available in German)
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