internal project meeting
29. May 2026 - 09:15
Venue: Am Planetarium 7
Organizer: Imre Kertész Kolleg
On 29 May, the Working Group ‘Imagining the Democratic Self’ will commence its activities.
As a part of Research Area 3 within the Cluster of Excellence “Imaginamics”, the Working Group picks up on a long tradition in political thinking that reflects on the need to root liberal democracy in everyday life and seeks to take it from the realm of political theory to empirical research, aiming to gain insights into practices of imagining the democratic self and their role in articulating…
Debate
14. May 2026 - 16:00
Venue: Old University Library building
Organizer: Faculty of Sociology, University of Warsaw
The team of the “Illiberal Constitutionalism” (VW Stiftung) project, Helsinki Foundation in Warsaw, and the Faculty of Sociology is proud to invite you to a debate on The Future of Illiberalism.
On May 14th, 2026, at 16:00, the discussants: Katarina Batkova, Matej Slavik, Anna Wojciuk, Edit Zgut-Przybylska, and the moderator: Marta Bucholc, will gather to discuss possible scenarios for the future of illiberal tendencies, especially in East Central Europe. The event will take place in room 107…
Panel Discussion
16. April 2026 - 18:30
Venue: Seminar Room 113, Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3, Jena
In an era shaped by political instability, war, and economic disruption, pursuing an academic career can present even profounder challenges and more pressing questions than is already the case. This discussion brings together early-career and established researchers to reflect on how global crises are reshaping academic pathways, research agendas, the conditions under which knowledge is produced, whose knowledge is circulated and whose is side-lined. Together, we will explore what it means to…
