Events / Ludger Hagedorn

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	“Original Gender, Definitive Gender”: Zinaida Gippius and the Androgynous Ideal	Mon, 16.01.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Mischa Gabowitsch Valentina Parisi Ludger Hagedorn	“Original Gender, Definitive Gender”: Zinaida Gippius and the Androgynous Ideal Mon, 16.01.2023 Speakers: Mischa Gabowitsch Valentina Parisi Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The presentation contextualized Gippius’ ideas in the framework of the aesthetic utopia of Russian modernism, which viewed life itself as an act of artistic creation. Read more
“Original Gender, Definitive Gender”: Zinaida Gippius and the Androgynous Ideal Mon, 16.01.2023 Speakers: Mischa Gabowitsch Valentina Parisi Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The presentation contextualized Gippius’ ideas in the framework of the aesthetic utopia of Russian modernism, which viewed life itself as an act of artistic creation. Read more
	Tsimtsum as a Political Theology for the Secular Age	Mon, 05.12.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Rafał Zawisza	Tsimtsum as a Political Theology for the Secular Age Mon, 05.12.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Rafał Zawisza Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his presentation, Rafael Zawisza will concentrate on the political consequences of the heterodox theogonies that sprang from tsimtsum (contraction), the kabbalistic vision of creation, in the regional context of Central-Eastern Europe. Read more
Tsimtsum as a Political Theology for the Secular Age Mon, 05.12.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Rafał Zawisza Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his presentation, Rafael Zawisza will concentrate on the political consequences of the heterodox theogonies that sprang from tsimtsum (contraction), the kabbalistic vision of creation, in the regional context of Central-Eastern Europe. Read more
	Open Societies and Democratic Sustainability in the Shadow of Big Tech	Tue, 22.11.2022	Lecture	Allison Stanger Ludger Hagedorn	Open Societies and Democratic Sustainability in the Shadow of Big Tech Tue, 22.11.2022 Speakers: Allison Stanger Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture There is growing public awareness that the velocity of technological innovation has outstripped the West’s efforts to harness it to the common good. An unprecedented shift in the balance of power between multinational industry and national governments has been a necessary condition for these new challenges. While many of these problems are in some ways new, they have also been previously encountered. Learning from past thought on existential threats to human values can help us better protect and defend the contemporary free world. Read more
Open Societies and Democratic Sustainability in the Shadow of Big Tech Tue, 22.11.2022 Speakers: Allison Stanger Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture There is growing public awareness that the velocity of technological innovation has outstripped the West’s efforts to harness it to the common good. An unprecedented shift in the balance of power between multinational industry and national governments has been a necessary condition for these new challenges. While many of these problems are in some ways new, they have also been previously encountered. Learning from past thought on existential threats to human values can help us better protect and defend the contemporary free world. Read more
	Ancient Philosophy and Modern Freedom in Times of Crisis	Mon, 21.11.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Carlos Fraenkel Ludger Hagedorn	Ancient Philosophy and Modern Freedom in Times of Crisis Mon, 21.11.2022 Speakers: Carlos Fraenkel Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Can we learn something from ancient philosophy? Yes, Carlos Fraenkel argued, a great deal. Since the Soviet Bloc crumbled, more people than ever are free to live as they please. What liberal societies fail to teach us is how to make good use of all that choice. The last few years have thrown us into ever-growing confusion: extreme weather, populist upheaval, billionaires buzzing through space juxtaposed with capsized migrant dinghies washing up on shores, war in Europe, etc. The ancients, Fraenkel argues, can help us fix the mess. Read more
Ancient Philosophy and Modern Freedom in Times of Crisis Mon, 21.11.2022 Speakers: Carlos Fraenkel Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Can we learn something from ancient philosophy? Yes, Carlos Fraenkel argued, a great deal. Since the Soviet Bloc crumbled, more people than ever are free to live as they please. What liberal societies fail to teach us is how to make good use of all that choice. The last few years have thrown us into ever-growing confusion: extreme weather, populist upheaval, billionaires buzzing through space juxtaposed with capsized migrant dinghies washing up on shores, war in Europe, etc. The ancients, Fraenkel argues, can help us fix the mess. Read more
	„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache	Thu, 17.11.2022	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyGeorg Witte	„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache Thu, 17.11.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyGeorg Witte Series: Lecture Der Ukrainekrieg hat den Osteuropadiskurs nachhaltig erschüttert. Nаchdem geokulturelle Konfrontationen des „Ostens“ und „Westens“ seit dem Ende des Kalten Kriegs fast schon erledigt schienen, beobachten wir derzeit ein bemerkenswertes Wiederaufleben der Block-Konfrontationen. Es stellen sich unerwartete Fragen: Wie ist ein Osten neu und wieder zu denken unter den Prämissen einer Dekolonisierung Russlands, gerade im Hinblick auf kulturelle und sprachliche Hegemonien? Kann die russische Kultur „bestraft“ werden (Oleksiy Radynski), und wenn ja, von wem und wie? Gewinnt der Westen eine neue historische Bedeutung ausgerechnet als antihegemoniale Projektionsfläche? Schließlich: Was heißt es vor diesem Hintergrund, unseren eigenen Diskurs zu dekolonisieren? Read more
„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache Thu, 17.11.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyGeorg Witte Series: Lecture Der Ukrainekrieg hat den Osteuropadiskurs nachhaltig erschüttert. Nаchdem geokulturelle Konfrontationen des „Ostens“ und „Westens“ seit dem Ende des Kalten Kriegs fast schon erledigt schienen, beobachten wir derzeit ein bemerkenswertes Wiederaufleben der Block-Konfrontationen. Es stellen sich unerwartete Fragen: Wie ist ein Osten neu und wieder zu denken unter den Prämissen einer Dekolonisierung Russlands, gerade im Hinblick auf kulturelle und sprachliche Hegemonien? Kann die russische Kultur „bestraft“ werden (Oleksiy Radynski), und wenn ja, von wem und wie? Gewinnt der Westen eine neue historische Bedeutung ausgerechnet als antihegemoniale Projektionsfläche? Schließlich: Was heißt es vor diesem Hintergrund, unseren eigenen Diskurs zu dekolonisieren? Read more
	Logik, Wahn, Gespenster	Fri, 30.09.2022	Festivals	Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyDaniel Kehlmann, Anna Badora, Julia Kreusch, Günther Franzmeier, Markus Meyer	Logik, Wahn, Gespenster Fri, 30.09.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyDaniel Kehlmann, Anna Badora, Julia Kreusch, Günther Franzmeier, Markus Meyer Series: Festivals Szenische Lesung aus Geister in Princeton, im Anschluss: Daniel Kehlmann im Gespräch mit Ludger Hagedorn über die Bedrohlichkeit von Gespenstern, auch und gerade in Zeiten der Rationalität. Read more
Logik, Wahn, Gespenster Fri, 30.09.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyDaniel Kehlmann, Anna Badora, Julia Kreusch, Günther Franzmeier, Markus Meyer Series: Festivals Szenische Lesung aus Geister in Princeton, im Anschluss: Daniel Kehlmann im Gespräch mit Ludger Hagedorn über die Bedrohlichkeit von Gespenstern, auch und gerade in Zeiten der Rationalität. Read more
	Reflections on Mass Violence: War, Excess and Responsibility	Tue, 20.09.2022	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Nergis Canefe	Reflections on Mass Violence: War, Excess and Responsibility Tue, 20.09.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nergis Canefe Series: Lecture This talk examined the role of judgment and philosophical engagement in the determination of the scope of international [criminal] law in such crises. Specifically, it examined what Kurt Flasch aptly called "the spiritual mobilization" of philosophy. It revisited Jan Patočka's interpretation of the First World War in the sixth of his Heretical Essays. As Patočka declared, the "excessive" character of the 20th century was best exemplified in the dangerously romantic conception of "force." Read more
Reflections on Mass Violence: War, Excess and Responsibility Tue, 20.09.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nergis Canefe Series: Lecture This talk examined the role of judgment and philosophical engagement in the determination of the scope of international [criminal] law in such crises. Specifically, it examined what Kurt Flasch aptly called "the spiritual mobilization" of philosophy. It revisited Jan Patočka's interpretation of the First World War in the sixth of his Heretical Essays. As Patočka declared, the "excessive" character of the 20th century was best exemplified in the dangerously romantic conception of "force." Read more
	How left-wing parties deal with immigration: Notes from France	Mon, 04.07.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Madeleine Schwartz	How left-wing parties deal with immigration: Notes from France Mon, 04.07.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Madeleine Schwartz Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, Schwartz discussed her recent reporting on the French socialist and leftist parties to elaborate on how left-wing parties deal with changing social patterns. Read more

	Sprache Macht Politik	Tue, 21.06.2022	Panels and Discussions	Ludger Hagedorn Nelia VakhovskaThomas Weiler, Iryna Herasimovich, Sława Lisiecka, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Ursula Ebel, Manfred Müller	Sprache Macht Politik Tue, 21.06.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nelia VakhovskaThomas Weiler, Iryna Herasimovich, Sława Lisiecka, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Ursula Ebel, Manfred Müller Series: Panels and Discussions Die Zusammenhänge von Sprache, Macht und Politik sind wieder allgegenwärtig. Vor dem Hintergrund des Krieges in der Ukraine gewinnen Lüge und/oder Authentizität der Sprache eine lang vergessene Dringlichkeit. Dieser Jubiläums-Abend der ÖGfL und des IWM widmete sich den Zusammenhängen von Sprache und Krieg, Übersetzung und politischer Einflussnahme und erläuterte, welch herausragende Bedeutung in Zeiten von Krieg und Propaganda gerade die Übersetzer*innen haben. Read more
Sprache Macht Politik Tue, 21.06.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nelia VakhovskaThomas Weiler, Iryna Herasimovich, Sława Lisiecka, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Ursula Ebel, Manfred Müller Series: Panels and Discussions Die Zusammenhänge von Sprache, Macht und Politik sind wieder allgegenwärtig. Vor dem Hintergrund des Krieges in der Ukraine gewinnen Lüge und/oder Authentizität der Sprache eine lang vergessene Dringlichkeit. Dieser Jubiläums-Abend der ÖGfL und des IWM widmete sich den Zusammenhängen von Sprache und Krieg, Übersetzung und politischer Einflussnahme und erläuterte, welch herausragende Bedeutung in Zeiten von Krieg und Propaganda gerade die Übersetzer*innen haben. Read more
	Behind the Shields of Fantasy: The Populist Aesthetics of Status Loss	Mon, 20.06.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Adam Sitze Johannes Völz Ludger Hagedorn	Behind the Shields of Fantasy: The Populist Aesthetics of Status Loss Mon, 20.06.2022 Speakers: Adam Sitze Johannes Völz Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The talk explored the potentials of relational sociology for the study of populism and, particularly its aesthetic dimension. In complementary ways, the works of Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu offer a theoretical foundation to further develop existing approaches to populism that focus on aesthetics and performativity. Read more
Behind the Shields of Fantasy: The Populist Aesthetics of Status Loss Mon, 20.06.2022 Speakers: Adam Sitze Johannes Völz Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The talk explored the potentials of relational sociology for the study of populism and, particularly its aesthetic dimension. In complementary ways, the works of Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu offer a theoretical foundation to further develop existing approaches to populism that focus on aesthetics and performativity. Read more