Events / Charles Taylor

	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
	To be in Contact with the World	Thu, 05.05.2022	Social and Networking Events	Charles Taylor Misha GlennyRajeev Bhargava, Hartmut Rosa, Elisabeth von Thadden	To be in Contact with the World Thu, 05.05.2022 Speakers: Charles Taylor Misha GlennyRajeev Bhargava, Hartmut Rosa, Elisabeth von Thadden Series: Social and Networking Events Charles Taylor, one of the outstanding philosophers of our age, turned 90 on November 5, 2021. Taylor has been closely associated with the Institute for Human Sciences for more than three decades. His life and work have always been inseparably bound up with one another. He is a scholar, a committed citizen, and a public intellectual. Many researchers owe him an immense debt of gratitude being the intellectual inspiration behind their own work and, most importantly, for his generosity and charming esprit. Rajeev Bhargava and Hartmut Rosa, two of Taylor’s long time intellectual companions, honored his work and personality. Read more
To be in Contact with the World Thu, 05.05.2022 Speakers: Charles Taylor Misha GlennyRajeev Bhargava, Hartmut Rosa, Elisabeth von Thadden Series: Social and Networking Events Charles Taylor, one of the outstanding philosophers of our age, turned 90 on November 5, 2021. Taylor has been closely associated with the Institute for Human Sciences for more than three decades. His life and work have always been inseparably bound up with one another. He is a scholar, a committed citizen, and a public intellectual. Many researchers owe him an immense debt of gratitude being the intellectual inspiration behind their own work and, most importantly, for his generosity and charming esprit. Rajeev Bhargava and Hartmut Rosa, two of Taylor’s long time intellectual companions, honored his work and personality. Read more
	Popular Sovereignty, Majority Rule, and Electoral Politics	Thu, 30.05.2019 - Sat, 01.06.2019	Conferences and Workshops	Aishwary Kumar Ayşe Çağlar Charles Taylor Ewa Atanassow Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaBenjamin Lee, Michael Ignatieff, Craig Calhoun, Nilüfer Göle, Luciana Chamorro, Arudra Burra, Mukulika Banerjee, Deval Desai	Popular Sovereignty, Majority Rule, and Electoral Politics Thu, 30.05.2019 - Sat, 01.06.2019 Speakers: Aishwary Kumar Ayşe Çağlar Charles Taylor Ewa Atanassow Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaBenjamin Lee, Michael Ignatieff, Craig Calhoun, Nilüfer Göle, Luciana Chamorro, Arudra Burra, Mukulika Banerjee, Deval Desai Series: Conferences and Workshops The three concepts-popular sovereignty, majority rule and electoral politics-as embodied in institutional arrangements and practices, are seen as constitutive of the modern democratic project as it has evolved over the last three hundred years or more. However, in recent decades those concepts and their institutional expressions are beginning to threaten and undermine the spirit and norms of democracy everywhere, including in economically advanced liberal societies in the West. This conference interrogated and explored this challenge “internal” to the democratic project itself. Read more
Popular Sovereignty, Majority Rule, and Electoral Politics Thu, 30.05.2019 - Sat, 01.06.2019 Speakers: Aishwary Kumar Ayşe Çağlar Charles Taylor Ewa Atanassow Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaBenjamin Lee, Michael Ignatieff, Craig Calhoun, Nilüfer Göle, Luciana Chamorro, Arudra Burra, Mukulika Banerjee, Deval Desai Series: Conferences and Workshops The three concepts-popular sovereignty, majority rule and electoral politics-as embodied in institutional arrangements and practices, are seen as constitutive of the modern democratic project as it has evolved over the last three hundred years or more. However, in recent decades those concepts and their institutional expressions are beginning to threaten and undermine the spirit and norms of democracy everywhere, including in economically advanced liberal societies in the West. This conference interrogated and explored this challenge “internal” to the democratic project itself. Read more
	Is Liberal Democracy at Risk?	Sun, 26.06.2011	Panels and Discussions	Charles TaylorGeorge Soros	Is Liberal Democracy at Risk? Sun, 26.06.2011 Speakers: Charles TaylorGeorge Soros Series: Panels and Discussions Wir leben im Zeitalter der Demokratie. Waren in den fünfziger Jahren nur ein Viertel der souveränen Staaten Demokratien, so sind es heute bereits mehr als die Hälfte – und ihre Zahl steigt weiter. Gerade haben Tunesien und Ägypten den Weg der Demokratisierung eingeschlagen und der anhaltende „arabische Frühling“ bestätigt eindrücklich die Anziehungskraft der Demokratie. Read more
Is Liberal Democracy at Risk? Sun, 26.06.2011 Speakers: Charles TaylorGeorge Soros Series: Panels and Discussions Wir leben im Zeitalter der Demokratie. Waren in den fünfziger Jahren nur ein Viertel der souveränen Staaten Demokratien, so sind es heute bereits mehr als die Hälfte – und ihre Zahl steigt weiter. Gerade haben Tunesien und Ägypten den Weg der Demokratisierung eingeschlagen und der anhaltende „arabische Frühling“ bestätigt eindrücklich die Anziehungskraft der Demokratie. Read more
	Religion in Public Life	Sun, 04.07.2010 - Fri, 17.12.2010	Conferences and Workshops	Charles Taylor Krzysztof Michalski Marcin Król Michael J. SandelJosé Casanova, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Nilüfer Göle, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, Sudipta Kaviraj	Religion in Public Life Sun, 04.07.2010 - Fri, 17.12.2010 Speakers: Charles Taylor Krzysztof Michalski Marcin Król Michael J. SandelJosé Casanova, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Nilüfer Göle, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, Sudipta Kaviraj Series: Conferences and Workshops The IWM invited forty graduate students and young postdoctoral researchers in the humanities or social sciences to take part in the Summer School within the Institute’s research focus on “Religion & Secularism”. It provided a forum for study and discussion with leading scholars on major questions and challenges related to the topic. Read more
Religion in Public Life Sun, 04.07.2010 - Fri, 17.12.2010 Speakers: Charles Taylor Krzysztof Michalski Marcin Król Michael J. SandelJosé Casanova, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Nilüfer Göle, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, Sudipta Kaviraj Series: Conferences and Workshops The IWM invited forty graduate students and young postdoctoral researchers in the humanities or social sciences to take part in the Summer School within the Institute’s research focus on “Religion & Secularism”. It provided a forum for study and discussion with leading scholars on major questions and challenges related to the topic. Read more
	The Public Role of Religion	Fri, 20.05.2005	Panels and Discussions	Charles Taylor Marcin KrólLeszek Kołakowski, Adam Michnik	The Public Role of Religion Fri, 20.05.2005 Speakers: Charles Taylor Marcin KrólLeszek Kołakowski, Adam Michnik Series: Panels and Discussions The 3rd Tischner Debate's participants were Charles Taylor, Leszek Kołakowski, Adam Michnik and Prof. Marcin Król. Krzysztof Michalski chaired the discussion. Read more

	On Concepts of Order	Sun, 04.07.2004 - Sat, 17.07.2004	Conferences and Workshops	Charles Taylor Krzysztof Michalski Marcin KrólArchon Fung, John Gray, Edward Miliband, MP, Andrew Moravcsik, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Aleksander Smolar	On Concepts of Order Sun, 04.07.2004 - Sat, 17.07.2004 Speakers: Charles Taylor Krzysztof Michalski Marcin KrólArchon Fung, John Gray, Edward Miliband, MP, Andrew Moravcsik, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Aleksander Smolar Series: Conferences and Workshops The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) organized the Summer School in cooperation with six partner institutions in East-Central Europe: the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology, Charles University, Prague; the Institute for Contemporary History, Prague; the Erasmus of Rotterdam Chair and the Collegium for Interdepartmental Studies, both at the University of Warsaw; the New Europe College, Bucharest; and the Society for Higher Learning, Bratislava. Read more
On Concepts of Order Sun, 04.07.2004 - Sat, 17.07.2004 Speakers: Charles Taylor Krzysztof Michalski Marcin KrólArchon Fung, John Gray, Edward Miliband, MP, Andrew Moravcsik, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Aleksander Smolar Series: Conferences and Workshops The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) organized the Summer School in cooperation with six partner institutions in East-Central Europe: the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology, Charles University, Prague; the Institute for Contemporary History, Prague; the Erasmus of Rotterdam Chair and the Collegium for Interdepartmental Studies, both at the University of Warsaw; the New Europe College, Bucharest; and the Society for Higher Learning, Bratislava. Read more