Events / Ludger Hagedorn

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Capitalism on Edge	Mon, 29.03.2021	Lecture	Albena Azmanova Ludger Hagedorn Wolfgang Merkel	Capitalism on Edge Mon, 29.03.2021 Speakers: Albena Azmanova Ludger Hagedorn Wolfgang Merkel Series: Lecture Albena Azmanova’s new book Capitalism on Edge puts precarity at the root of such social pathologies as the rise of populism and the inability of liberal democracies to effectively manage crises. The author observes that, while we have been discussing the crisis of capitalism in the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, neoliberal capitalism has mutated into a new form, “precarity capitalism”, marked by the massification of political, economic and psychological insecurity. Read more
Capitalism on Edge Mon, 29.03.2021 Speakers: Albena Azmanova Ludger Hagedorn Wolfgang Merkel Series: Lecture Albena Azmanova’s new book Capitalism on Edge puts precarity at the root of such social pathologies as the rise of populism and the inability of liberal democracies to effectively manage crises. The author observes that, while we have been discussing the crisis of capitalism in the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, neoliberal capitalism has mutated into a new form, “precarity capitalism”, marked by the massification of political, economic and psychological insecurity. Read more
	Marginalized (not only) in Times of Lockdown	Mon, 22.03.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Alison Smale Ludger Hagedorn Noémi Kiss	Marginalized (not only) in Times of Lockdown Mon, 22.03.2021 Speakers: Alison Smale Ludger Hagedorn Noémi Kiss Series: Seminars and Colloquia In recent months, culture and the arts have suffered severely under pandemic-related restrictions. While artists, freelancers, independent projects, and even publicly funded cultural institutions are struggling for economic survival, we easily overlook the fact that—also in “normal times”—the autonomy of culture is increasingly being called into question. With respect to the immediate effects of this political and economic pressure on the arts, there is a major divide between cultural centers and those operating on the periphery. Most heavily affected by the asymmetric consequences of these pressures are not the trend-setter elites in cultural centers, or the publicly funded (non-)artists on the semi-peripheries, but all those who do not move to the cultural capitals. That is, those who decide to uphold cultural projects on the periphery—where they are most direly needed. Within Europe, there is also a significant East-West divide, not only in terms of the distribution of funding, but also in regard to the autonomy of art. This talk dealt with the situation of cultural actors on the periphery, confronted with emigration, poverty, de-/nationalization, walls, borders, ghettos, diseases, regime changes, and a new intra-European colonization. Read more
Marginalized (not only) in Times of Lockdown Mon, 22.03.2021 Speakers: Alison Smale Ludger Hagedorn Noémi Kiss Series: Seminars and Colloquia In recent months, culture and the arts have suffered severely under pandemic-related restrictions. While artists, freelancers, independent projects, and even publicly funded cultural institutions are struggling for economic survival, we easily overlook the fact that—also in “normal times”—the autonomy of culture is increasingly being called into question. With respect to the immediate effects of this political and economic pressure on the arts, there is a major divide between cultural centers and those operating on the periphery. Most heavily affected by the asymmetric consequences of these pressures are not the trend-setter elites in cultural centers, or the publicly funded (non-)artists on the semi-peripheries, but all those who do not move to the cultural capitals. That is, those who decide to uphold cultural projects on the periphery—where they are most direly needed. Within Europe, there is also a significant East-West divide, not only in terms of the distribution of funding, but also in regard to the autonomy of art. This talk dealt with the situation of cultural actors on the periphery, confronted with emigration, poverty, de-/nationalization, walls, borders, ghettos, diseases, regime changes, and a new intra-European colonization. Read more
	The Sociological Truth of Fiction	Mon, 01.03.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Jan Vana Kapka Kassabova Ludger Hagedorn	The Sociological Truth of Fiction Mon, 01.03.2021 Speakers: Jan Vana Kapka Kassabova Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Social scientists often refer to literary fiction as a source of inspiration, social understanding, and deep insights into the “Zeitgeist” or “episteme”. In passing, they often subsume literature into conceptual frameworks, approaching it as “fictional” data to be translated or converted into “factual” scholarly discourse. This presentation tried to develop an epistemological-theoretical model which treats novels as allies endowed with their own agency – not passive objects to be gutted by sociological theory. Read more
The Sociological Truth of Fiction Mon, 01.03.2021 Speakers: Jan Vana Kapka Kassabova Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Social scientists often refer to literary fiction as a source of inspiration, social understanding, and deep insights into the “Zeitgeist” or “episteme”. In passing, they often subsume literature into conceptual frameworks, approaching it as “fictional” data to be translated or converted into “factual” scholarly discourse. This presentation tried to develop an epistemological-theoretical model which treats novels as allies endowed with their own agency – not passive objects to be gutted by sociological theory. Read more
	Whose Story? Which Sacrifice?	Mon, 08.02.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore	Whose Story? Which Sacrifice? Mon, 08.02.2021 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Series: Seminars and Colloquia Sacrifice may be a topic of intense philosophical-theological academic debate, but it is also the everyday experience of millions of ordinary people. Scholarly reflection on sacrifice has produced an ambiguous discourse which stretches across numerous disciplines from anthropology, to religious and social studies, to ethics. Sacrifice has of course developed within the religious-cultic context and can be traced in global religions and local cults alike. Read more
Whose Story? Which Sacrifice? Mon, 08.02.2021 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Series: Seminars and Colloquia Sacrifice may be a topic of intense philosophical-theological academic debate, but it is also the everyday experience of millions of ordinary people. Scholarly reflection on sacrifice has produced an ambiguous discourse which stretches across numerous disciplines from anthropology, to religious and social studies, to ethics. Sacrifice has of course developed within the religious-cultic context and can be traced in global religions and local cults alike. Read more
	Belarusian Protests: In Search of Democracy, or the Restructuring of State Institutions	Mon, 07.12.2020	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Pavel Barkouski	Belarusian Protests: In Search of Democracy, or the Restructuring of State Institutions Mon, 07.12.2020 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Pavel Barkouski Series: Seminars and Colloquia For more than 100 days in Minsk, citizens’ protests against the authorities, which falsified the results of the last presidential elections, have not subsided. Forms of suppression unprecedented in Europe – violence and brutality against protesters – have forced many citizens to reconsider their attitude to what is happening. If initially the protest was inspired by the desire to establish democratic mechanisms for the change of power, we are now talking about a more basic level of relations within the framework of the social contract. Citizens insist on a return to the meaning of constitutional rights. Read more
Belarusian Protests: In Search of Democracy, or the Restructuring of State Institutions Mon, 07.12.2020 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Pavel Barkouski Series: Seminars and Colloquia For more than 100 days in Minsk, citizens’ protests against the authorities, which falsified the results of the last presidential elections, have not subsided. Forms of suppression unprecedented in Europe – violence and brutality against protesters – have forced many citizens to reconsider their attitude to what is happening. If initially the protest was inspired by the desire to establish democratic mechanisms for the change of power, we are now talking about a more basic level of relations within the framework of the social contract. Citizens insist on a return to the meaning of constitutional rights. Read more
	Mental Illness as a Cultural and Societal Phenomenon	Mon, 23.11.2020	Seminars and Colloquia	Anna Kiedrzynek Eric Reinhart Ludger Hagedorn	Mental Illness as a Cultural and Societal Phenomenon Mon, 23.11.2020 Speakers: Anna Kiedrzynek Eric Reinhart Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The collapse of communism in the CEE region 30 years ago was the start of a long-term process of sociopolitical change, in which a major transformation of the mental health system was expected. Unfortunately, this transformation is not yet complete. For example, in Poland people with severe mental illnesses and disabilities are treated in large psychiatric institutions and lack access to community-based care. The stigma around people with severe illnesses remains higher there than in Western European countries (according to The Lancet Psychiatry): they face exclusion on many levels and often remain marginalized. It is crucial that mental illnesses is seen, by both academic researchers and journalists, as not just a biological fact but also a societal and cultural phenomenon. Read more
Mental Illness as a Cultural and Societal Phenomenon Mon, 23.11.2020 Speakers: Anna Kiedrzynek Eric Reinhart Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The collapse of communism in the CEE region 30 years ago was the start of a long-term process of sociopolitical change, in which a major transformation of the mental health system was expected. Unfortunately, this transformation is not yet complete. For example, in Poland people with severe mental illnesses and disabilities are treated in large psychiatric institutions and lack access to community-based care. The stigma around people with severe illnesses remains higher there than in Western European countries (according to The Lancet Psychiatry): they face exclusion on many levels and often remain marginalized. It is crucial that mental illnesses is seen, by both academic researchers and journalists, as not just a biological fact but also a societal and cultural phenomenon. Read more
	Philosophische Miniaturen	Sat, 26.09.2020	Visual and Performing Arts	Jan Frei Ludger Hagedorn Michaela AdelbergerJakob Rendl	Philosophische Miniaturen Sat, 26.09.2020 Speakers: Jan Frei Ludger Hagedorn Michaela AdelbergerJakob Rendl Series: Visual and Performing Arts Die “Philosophischen Miniaturen” stellten in Lesungen und Gesprächen das Werk des Philosophen Jan Patocka vor. Patocka ist nicht nur der wichtigste tschechische Philosoph des 20. Jahrhunderts, sondern war auch eng mit der Charta 77 verbunden. Read more
Philosophische Miniaturen Sat, 26.09.2020 Speakers: Jan Frei Ludger Hagedorn Michaela AdelbergerJakob Rendl Series: Visual and Performing Arts Die “Philosophischen Miniaturen” stellten in Lesungen und Gesprächen das Werk des Philosophen Jan Patocka vor. Patocka ist nicht nur der wichtigste tschechische Philosoph des 20. Jahrhunderts, sondern war auch eng mit der Charta 77 verbunden. Read more
	How to Be a Climate Change Journalist in Ukraine and Why Environmental Storytelling Can Help Spread Important Ideas	Mon, 14.09.2020	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Mariana Verbovska	How to Be a Climate Change Journalist in Ukraine and Why Environmental Storytelling Can Help Spread Important Ideas Mon, 14.09.2020 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Mariana Verbovska Series: Seminars and Colloquia Since Ukraine is an agrarian country, the importance of knowledge about climate change cannot be overestimated. In fact, today we already have regions where we harvest potatoes and corn twice a year, and regions where grapes and peaches ripen, which have not even been cultivated before. It is very important to talk not only about climate change as a global catastrophe, but also about the new challenges and opportunities that come with it. Read more
How to Be a Climate Change Journalist in Ukraine and Why Environmental Storytelling Can Help Spread Important Ideas Mon, 14.09.2020 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Mariana Verbovska Series: Seminars and Colloquia Since Ukraine is an agrarian country, the importance of knowledge about climate change cannot be overestimated. In fact, today we already have regions where we harvest potatoes and corn twice a year, and regions where grapes and peaches ripen, which have not even been cultivated before. It is very important to talk not only about climate change as a global catastrophe, but also about the new challenges and opportunities that come with it. Read more
	Covid-19 and Holocaust Memory	Mon, 06.07.2020	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann	Covid-19 and Holocaust Memory Mon, 06.07.2020 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann Series: Seminars and Colloquia The presentation reviewed some of the most recent digital commemorative projects by Holocaust memorials and museums in light of earlier expressions of digital commemorative culture, especially in relation to the privately initiated Instagram Stories project Eva.Stories that in 2019 became a driving force towards a new social media memory. Read more
Covid-19 and Holocaust Memory Mon, 06.07.2020 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann Series: Seminars and Colloquia The presentation reviewed some of the most recent digital commemorative projects by Holocaust memorials and museums in light of earlier expressions of digital commemorative culture, especially in relation to the privately initiated Instagram Stories project Eva.Stories that in 2019 became a driving force towards a new social media memory. Read more
	Religious Perspectives on Global Solidarity in the Era of Global Crises	Mon, 29.06.2020	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Ludger Hagedorn	Religious Perspectives on Global Solidarity in the Era of Global Crises Mon, 29.06.2020 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia All three global crises of recent times – the financial crisis of 2008, the refugee crisis, and now the coronavirus crisis – have been, among other things, tests of solidarity. But what is it that decides in a concrete situation, whether solidarity is extended to those in need or not? Especially interesting are those cases, when people feel forced to make difficult choices between solidarity to one group versus solidarity to another. The talk tried to distinguish between two concepts of solidarity, one that could be called civic solidarity (to one’s family, friends, compatriots, etc.) and another one offering a broader sense of global solidarity (to all human beings as such). Read more
Religious Perspectives on Global Solidarity in the Era of Global Crises Mon, 29.06.2020 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia All three global crises of recent times – the financial crisis of 2008, the refugee crisis, and now the coronavirus crisis – have been, among other things, tests of solidarity. But what is it that decides in a concrete situation, whether solidarity is extended to those in need or not? Especially interesting are those cases, when people feel forced to make difficult choices between solidarity to one group versus solidarity to another. The talk tried to distinguish between two concepts of solidarity, one that could be called civic solidarity (to one’s family, friends, compatriots, etc.) and another one offering a broader sense of global solidarity (to all human beings as such). Read more