Events / Shalini Randeria

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Towards Democratic Renewal: Theory and Practice	Thu, 22.06.2023 - Fri, 23.06.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Charles Taylor Clemena Antonova Dilip Gaonkar Kim Scheppele Ludger Hagedorn Olga Shparaga Shalini RanderiaRebecca Tapscott, Yogendra Yadav, Stephen Sawyer, Mukulika Banerjee, Madhulika Banerjee, Craig Calhoun, Jayson Harsin, Gesche Keding, Gerasimos Makris	Towards Democratic Renewal: Theory and Practice Thu, 22.06.2023 - Fri, 23.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Clemena Antonova Dilip Gaonkar Kim Scheppele Ludger Hagedorn Olga Shparaga Shalini RanderiaRebecca Tapscott, Yogendra Yadav, Stephen Sawyer, Mukulika Banerjee, Madhulika Banerjee, Craig Calhoun, Jayson Harsin, Gesche Keding, Gerasimos Makris Series: Conferences and Workshops During this conference, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States will discuss how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. These scholars will also identify and evaluate opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
Towards Democratic Renewal: Theory and Practice Thu, 22.06.2023 - Fri, 23.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Clemena Antonova Dilip Gaonkar Kim Scheppele Ludger Hagedorn Olga Shparaga Shalini RanderiaRebecca Tapscott, Yogendra Yadav, Stephen Sawyer, Mukulika Banerjee, Madhulika Banerjee, Craig Calhoun, Jayson Harsin, Gesche Keding, Gerasimos Makris Series: Conferences and Workshops During this conference, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States will discuss how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. These scholars will also identify and evaluate opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
	Degenerations of Democracy, Regenerations of Democracy	Wed, 21.06.2023	Panels and Discussions	Charles Taylor Dilip Gaonkar Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaCraig Calhoun, Mukulika Banerjee, Yogendra Yadav	Degenerations of Democracy, Regenerations of Democracy Wed, 21.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Dilip Gaonkar Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaCraig Calhoun, Mukulika Banerjee, Yogendra Yadav Series: Panels and Discussions During this double panel of public presentations, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States discussed how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. At the same time, these scholars also identified and evaluated opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
Degenerations of Democracy, Regenerations of Democracy Wed, 21.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Dilip Gaonkar Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaCraig Calhoun, Mukulika Banerjee, Yogendra Yadav Series: Panels and Discussions During this double panel of public presentations, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States discussed how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. At the same time, these scholars also identified and evaluated opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
	Angst und Angstmacherei	Thu, 03.11.2022	Other	Martin Schürz Shalini Randeria Misha Glenny	Angst und Angstmacherei Thu, 03.11.2022 Speakers: Martin Schürz Shalini Randeria Misha Glenny Series: Other Wie bezahlen wir die wirtschaftlichen Folgen von Pandemie und Krieg? Martin Schürz präsentierte sein Buch Angst und Angstmacherei (Schürz/Marterbauer 2022) ein Plädoyer für einen besseren Sozialstaat. Read more

	Democracy - A Fragile Way of Life	Tue, 15.06.2021	Lecture	Shalini Randeria Till van Rahden	Democracy - A Fragile Way of Life Tue, 15.06.2021 Speakers: Shalini Randeria Till van Rahden Series: Lecture After the Cold War ended, liberal democracy was taken for granted. Now it is in crisis: citizens distrust parliamentary politics, the people’s parties are losing members and votes, and social media are crowding out public debates. Challenging the sense of despair that informs recent studies on how democracy dies, Till van Rahden argued that it might prove more useful to explore what keeps it alive. A fruitful point of departure is the insight that democracy is not only a matter of elections and political parties, constitutions and parliaments, but is grounded in democratic experiences. The attention is less on how democratic government works, but on what equality, freedom, and justice feel like. A focus on democratic forms and aesthetics allows us to revisit the cultural and social foundations of democracy. No matter how stable a democracy may seem, it will wither and perish without ways of life that allow for and encourage democratic experiences. Read more
Democracy - A Fragile Way of Life Tue, 15.06.2021 Speakers: Shalini Randeria Till van Rahden Series: Lecture After the Cold War ended, liberal democracy was taken for granted. Now it is in crisis: citizens distrust parliamentary politics, the people’s parties are losing members and votes, and social media are crowding out public debates. Challenging the sense of despair that informs recent studies on how democracy dies, Till van Rahden argued that it might prove more useful to explore what keeps it alive. A fruitful point of departure is the insight that democracy is not only a matter of elections and political parties, constitutions and parliaments, but is grounded in democratic experiences. The attention is less on how democratic government works, but on what equality, freedom, and justice feel like. A focus on democratic forms and aesthetics allows us to revisit the cultural and social foundations of democracy. No matter how stable a democracy may seem, it will wither and perish without ways of life that allow for and encourage democratic experiences. Read more
	Capitalism, Alone	Thu, 15.04.2021	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Shalini RanderiaBranko Milanovic	Capitalism, Alone Thu, 15.04.2021 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Shalini RanderiaBranko Milanovic Series: Panels and Discussions We are all capitalists now. For the first time in human history, the globe is dominated by one economic system. In Capitalism, Alone, leading economist Branko Milanović explains the reasons for this decisive historical shift since the days of feudalism and, later, communism. Surveying the varieties of capitalism, he asks: How did capitalism become the dominant system in all parts of the world? And what needs to change for capitalism to deliver a more equitable future? Read more
Capitalism, Alone Thu, 15.04.2021 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Shalini RanderiaBranko Milanovic Series: Panels and Discussions We are all capitalists now. For the first time in human history, the globe is dominated by one economic system. In Capitalism, Alone, leading economist Branko Milanović explains the reasons for this decisive historical shift since the days of feudalism and, later, communism. Surveying the varieties of capitalism, he asks: How did capitalism become the dominant system in all parts of the world? And what needs to change for capitalism to deliver a more equitable future? Read more
	Die Impfung - Ein knappes Gut?	Sun, 14.03.2021	Panels and Discussions	Shalini RanderiaKatharina T. Paul, Barbara Prainsack, Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt	Die Impfung - Ein knappes Gut? Sun, 14.03.2021 Speakers: Shalini RanderiaKatharina T. Paul, Barbara Prainsack, Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt Series: Panels and Discussions „Niemand ist sicher, bevor wir alle sicher sind“, warnen internationale Organisationen vor dem allerorts aufgekommenen Impfnationalismus. Denn mit den nun verfügbaren Covid-Impfstoffen stellen sich neue drängende Fragen: Wer bestimmt, welche Länder und Bevölkerungsgruppen überhaupt Zugang zu einem Impfstoff erhalten? Brauchen wir eine globale Impfstrategie, um den Wettlauf gegen die Ausbreitung von Mutationen zu gewinnen? Welche Lehren können wir aus früheren Pandemien und der Geschichte von Impfungen ziehen? Read more
Die Impfung - Ein knappes Gut? Sun, 14.03.2021 Speakers: Shalini RanderiaKatharina T. Paul, Barbara Prainsack, Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt Series: Panels and Discussions „Niemand ist sicher, bevor wir alle sicher sind“, warnen internationale Organisationen vor dem allerorts aufgekommenen Impfnationalismus. Denn mit den nun verfügbaren Covid-Impfstoffen stellen sich neue drängende Fragen: Wer bestimmt, welche Länder und Bevölkerungsgruppen überhaupt Zugang zu einem Impfstoff erhalten? Brauchen wir eine globale Impfstrategie, um den Wettlauf gegen die Ausbreitung von Mutationen zu gewinnen? Welche Lehren können wir aus früheren Pandemien und der Geschichte von Impfungen ziehen? Read more
	Spielarten des "sanften" Autoritarismus	Wed, 03.03.2021	Lecture	Dirk Rupnow Shalini RanderiaTilmann Märk	Spielarten des "sanften" Autoritarismus Wed, 03.03.2021 Speakers: Dirk Rupnow Shalini RanderiaTilmann Märk Series: Lecture Im Mittelpunkt des Vortrags steht der widersprüchlich anmutende Begriff des „sanften“ Autoritarismus (soft authoritarianism). Er bezieht sich auf Demokratien, die in vielen Teilen der Welt von zunehmend autoritären Praktiken gekennzeichnet sind. Gegenwärtig werden liberale Werte wie Institutionen mit formalen, rechtstaatlichen Mitteln von durch Wahlen legitimierten Politikern unterminiert, die somit die Grundlagen von Demokratie von innen aushöhlen. Anhand von Beispielen wie voter suppression und gerrymandering in den USA, autocratic legalism in Polen und Ungarn sowie Angriffen auf die Pressefreiheit, auf zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen oder die Universitätsautonomie in der Türkei, wird im Vortrag hinter die „sanften“ Züge dieser neuen Ausprägung von Autoritarismus geblickt. Ferner wirft der Vortrag die dringliche Frage nach den Möglichkeiten sowie Grenzen zivilgesellschaftlichen Widerstands gegen diesen weichgezeichneten Autoritarismus auf. Read more
Spielarten des "sanften" Autoritarismus Wed, 03.03.2021 Speakers: Dirk Rupnow Shalini RanderiaTilmann Märk Series: Lecture Im Mittelpunkt des Vortrags steht der widersprüchlich anmutende Begriff des „sanften“ Autoritarismus (soft authoritarianism). Er bezieht sich auf Demokratien, die in vielen Teilen der Welt von zunehmend autoritären Praktiken gekennzeichnet sind. Gegenwärtig werden liberale Werte wie Institutionen mit formalen, rechtstaatlichen Mitteln von durch Wahlen legitimierten Politikern unterminiert, die somit die Grundlagen von Demokratie von innen aushöhlen. Anhand von Beispielen wie voter suppression und gerrymandering in den USA, autocratic legalism in Polen und Ungarn sowie Angriffen auf die Pressefreiheit, auf zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen oder die Universitätsautonomie in der Türkei, wird im Vortrag hinter die „sanften“ Züge dieser neuen Ausprägung von Autoritarismus geblickt. Ferner wirft der Vortrag die dringliche Frage nach den Möglichkeiten sowie Grenzen zivilgesellschaftlichen Widerstands gegen diesen weichgezeichneten Autoritarismus auf. Read more
	Homo Itinerans	Tue, 27.10.2020	Lecture	Alessandro Monsutti Ayşe Çağlar Shalini Randeria	Homo Itinerans Tue, 27.10.2020 Speakers: Alessandro Monsutti Ayşe Çağlar Shalini Randeria Series: Lecture Afghan society has been indelibly marked in by war and the exodus of a large part of its population. But it also characterized by the presence of innumerable international and nongovernmental organizations, as well as armed forces from many countries. Adopting mobility as an analytical key, and mindful of the significance of analysing processes and phenomena across scales, Alessandro Monsutti presented a global though intimate ethnography of Afghanistan based on my new book that offers a decentered perspective on the contemporary world. Read more
Homo Itinerans Tue, 27.10.2020 Speakers: Alessandro Monsutti Ayşe Çağlar Shalini Randeria Series: Lecture Afghan society has been indelibly marked in by war and the exodus of a large part of its population. But it also characterized by the presence of innumerable international and nongovernmental organizations, as well as armed forces from many countries. Adopting mobility as an analytical key, and mindful of the significance of analysing processes and phenomena across scales, Alessandro Monsutti presented a global though intimate ethnography of Afghanistan based on my new book that offers a decentered perspective on the contemporary world. Read more
	Beach Encounters	Tue, 13.10.2020	Lecture	Amade M'charek Mieke Verloo Shalini Randeria	Beach Encounters Tue, 13.10.2020 Speakers: Amade M'charek Mieke Verloo Shalini Randeria Series: Lecture Her talk told a story about forensics as an art of paying attention. It offered some of the ingredients of the book that Mohsen Lihidheb and Amade M'Charek are currently working on in the context of the Emma Goldman Award. Read more

	Public Health & Migrant Workers	Fri, 21.08.2020	Conferences and Workshops	Ayşe Çağlar Ranabir Samaddar Shalini Randeria	Public Health & Migrant Workers Fri, 21.08.2020 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Ranabir Samaddar Shalini Randeria Series: Conferences and Workshops This symposium on migrants and public health was a platform to investigate and integrate some of the primary concerns arising from the state of public health in India, privatisation of the health care system, the skewed nature of governance in addressing public health concerns in our cities’ poor, overcrowded neighbourhoods, and the fact that workers leading the response against the pandemic are rendered disposable for fear of disease and contamination. How do these binaries coexist and become new sites of discrimination? Read more
Public Health & Migrant Workers Fri, 21.08.2020 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Ranabir Samaddar Shalini Randeria Series: Conferences and Workshops This symposium on migrants and public health was a platform to investigate and integrate some of the primary concerns arising from the state of public health in India, privatisation of the health care system, the skewed nature of governance in addressing public health concerns in our cities’ poor, overcrowded neighbourhoods, and the fact that workers leading the response against the pandemic are rendered disposable for fear of disease and contamination. How do these binaries coexist and become new sites of discrimination? Read more