Past Event Category: Democracy
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Jan 82026: Joseph Vogl, “Epoche des Amok”
Joseph Vogl
Volkstheater: Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1, 1070 Wien, Österreich
Donnerstag, 8. Januar 2026 Joseph Vogl (Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Princeton University): »Epoche des Amok«
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Dec 182025: Mouhamadou El Hady Ba, “Decolonial Coups d’Etat?”
Mouhamadou El Hady Ba
Senatssaal of Humboldt University, Berlin
Humboldt University Mosse Lecture mosselectures.wisc.edu/berlin Mouhamadou El Hady Ba (Dakar, Senegal), “Decolonial Coups d’Etat?” Senatssaal of Humboldt University December 18, 2025 19:15 CET Moderator: Joseph Vogl (Humboldt University) The lecture will be held in English. Lecture Series Description: Writing at the beginning of the 20th century, Max Weber observed that, owing to its internally rationalized …
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Dec 42025: Anna-Bettina Kaiser, “Staatsstreich, Ausnahmezustand, Regression”
Anna-Bettina Kaiser
Senatssaal of Humboldt University, Berlin
Humboldt University Mosse Lecture mosselectures.wisc.edu/berlin Anna-Bettina Kaiser (Berlin, Germany), “Staatsstreich, Ausnahmezustand, Regression” Senatssaal of Humboldt University December 4, 2025 19:00 CET Moderator: Lothar Müller (Humboldt University) The lecture will be held in German. Der Staatsstreich als Form des Verfassungsumbruchs hat ausgedient, heute sterben Demokratien einen langsamen Tod – so lautet derzeit eine gängige Annahme. Doch …
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Nov 202025: Irina Scherbakowa: “Der lange Schatten des Stalinismus. Putins Russland 2025” / “The Long Shadow of Stalinism: Russia 2025”
Irina Scherbakowa
Volkstheater: Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1, 1070 Wien, Österreich
Donnerstag, 20. November 2025, 19 Uhr Irina Scherbakowa (Memorial): “Der lange Schatten des Stalinismus. Putins Russland 2025”
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Oct 92025: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Washburn Auditorium, Lesley University
Doris Kearns Goodwin 9 October 2025, 16:00 Lesley University Washburn Auditorium 10 Phillips Place Cambridge, MA 02138 Lesley University event announcement RSVP: giving@lesley.edu Doris Kearns Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker, Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author, and a partner in Pastimes Productions. Goodwin is often called upon by the …
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Oct 22025: Eliot Higgins, “Demanufacturing Consent: How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy”
Eliot Higgins
Volkstheater: Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1, 1070 Wien, Österreich
Donnerstag, 2. Oktober 2025, 20 Uhr Eliot Higgins (Bellingcat): “Demanufacturing Consent: How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy” Anschließendes Gespräch mit Barbara Tóth (Reporter ohne Grenzen, Falter)
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Jul 102025: Shaul Magid, “On the Obsession with Defining Antisemitism: Why Do Jews Find It So Difficult to Talk about Antisemitism Today?”
Shaul Magid
Senatssaal of Humboldt University, Berlin
Humboldt University Mosse Lecture mosselectures.wisc.edu/berlin Magid Shaul (Cambridge, MA), “On the Obsession with Defining Antisemitism: Why Do Jews Find It So Difficult to Talk about Antisemitism Today? Senatssaal of Humboldt University July 10, 2025 19:00 CET Respondent: Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (TU Berlin) Lecture Description: Whereas Jews have often disagreed on almost all matters of their history …
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May 152025: Steven E. Aschheim, “Reflections on Liberal and Humanist Nationalism in Times of War: George Mosse and the Contradictions of Jewishness, Zionism and Israel”
Steven Ascheim
Senatssaal of Humboldt University, Berlin
Humboldt University Mosse Lecture mosselectures.wisc.edu/berlin Steven E. Aschheim (Hebrew University, emeritus), “Reflections on Liberal and Humanist Nationalism in Times of War: George Mosse and the Contradictions of Jewishness, Zionism and Israel” Senatssaal of Humboldt University May 15, 2025 19:00 CET With Ethel Matala de Mazza Im Sommersemesters 2025 widmen sich die Mosse Lectures dem derzeit …
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Feb 272025: Johannes von Moltke, “Prophets of Deceit: Genealogies of Agitation and the Critical Theory of ‘Metapolitics'”
Pyle Center (702 Langdon St, Madison WI) Room 213 History Department event page
2025 George L. Mosse Lectures Johannes von Moltke (University of Michigan), ““Metapolitics”: Acceleration, Appropriation, and Agitation in the New Right’s Culture Wars” Lecture Series Description: In this series of talks, Johannes von Moltke sheds light on the New Right’s mobilization of arts and ideas in today’s culture wars: its media strategies, identity politics, conspiracy theories, and …
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Feb 252025: Johannes von Moltke, “Making the World Glow: Right-Wing ‘Metapolitics’ and the Accelerationist Impulse”
Johannes von Moltke
Pyle Center (702 Langdon St, Madison WI) Room 213 History Department event page
2025 George L. Mosse Lectures Johannes von Moltke (University of Michigan), ““Metapolitics”: Acceleration, Appropriation, and Agitation in the New Right’s Culture Wars” Lecture Series Description: In this series of talks, Johannes von Moltke sheds light on the New Right’s mobilization of arts and ideas in today’s culture wars: its media strategies, identity politics, conspiracy theories, and …