Dates
"The USA before, with and after Trump" - a discussion with Margit Mayer (FU Berlin) and Christoph Scherrer (Uni Kassel) [in German]
Location: via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95789231500?pwd=L1V4SWFVRGlhZUpsVlU4U3VVMTR3QT09 Kenncode: 059049
Cornel West, Afrofuturism, and the Black Panther Phenomenon - Guest Lecture by Robert Pirro
The Political Sciende Department of the JFK-I is very happy to welcome Prof. Robert Pirro (Georgia Southern University) for a guest lecture moderated by Dr. Thomas Greven !
Location: Online via webex: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=mc0fb4833bd00acaeb1a2a617b1a39d66 Meeting number:121 900 6351 Password:iMth7AB53np
3rd Weizenbaum Conference: Democracy in Flux – Order, Dynamics and Voices in Digital Public Spheres
Please register here About the Conference The spread of digital technologies has contributed to a multi-faceted change of democratic orders, actors, and practices. At the intersection of long-term evolution of democracies and the emergence of social media, we observe a profound redistribution of communication and political power. Traditional mass media are losing their privileged position as gatekeepers of the public sphere; social media are establishing new norms of social relevance and simultaneously give voice to ideas, opinions, and actors, which used to be marginalized. This development seems full of ambivalences. Thus, the changing conditions of communication have spawned a situation of democracy in permanent flux. The debate on how digital technologies have changed public spheres and impacted democracy has been scattered across different scientific disciplines, political arenas, and civil society. The 2020/2021 Annual Weizenbaum Conference “Democracy in Flux – Order, Dynamics and Voices in Digital Public Spheres” aims to bring together these various perspectives and seeks to initiate an interdisciplinary exchange on the linkages between digital public spheres and democracy. About the Weizenbaum Institute The Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society – The German Internet Institute is a collaborative project from Berlin and Brandenburg funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Coordinator of the consortium is the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). The aim is to better understand the dynamics, mechanisms and implications of digitalisation. To this end, the Weizenbaum Institute investigates the ethical, legal, economic and political aspects of digital change. This creates an empirical basis for responsible digitalisation. On the basis of the research findings, action options are developed for government, the economy and civil society, in order to shape the digital transformation in a responsible interdisciplinary manner. More information here
American Evangelicals and Africa: Why Some African Christians Were Praying for a Trump Victory - Guest Lecture by Prof. William Glass
The Political Science Department of the JFK-I is very happy to welcome Prof. William Glass (University of Warsaw) for a guest lecture moderated by Dr. Thomas Greven !
Location: Online via webex: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=mc0fb4833bd00acaeb1a2a617b1a39d66 Meeting number:121 900 6351 Password:iMth7AB53np
Margit Mayer will be joining a panel discussion on "Protest and Policing in the time of the pandemic"
Freedom of expression and assembly are core features of democracy. However, restrictions to rights to liberty have been justified to prevent the spread of serios infectious disease. Regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic have therefore sought to restrict public assemblies. At the same time in 2020 the #BlackLivesMatter movement responded dynamically to police violence. Further significant protests in the UK in 2020 included protest events of Extinction Rebellion and protests over government response to the pandemic. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021 responds to these protest events and has immediately resulted in further protests. At the same time, Northern Ireland is experiencing a return to violent protest. This panel brings together a group of experts who are reflecting on protest and policing in the times of the pandemic. Speakers will discuss continuities and discontinuities, as well as the future of protest, how it is policed and how protest responds to policing. Please register for the event here Meeting ID: 893 6583 8098, password: 685025
Location: via Zoom: Meeting ID: 893 6583 8098, password: 685025
Curd Knüpfer will discuss "Fake news - no more? Disinformation and Fact-Checking in US Media"
The spread of disinformation has increased significantly over the past years, and so have its countermeasures: among them fact-checking. While the phenomenon of disinformation is often linked to specific events or media formats, it is a long-term development, with underlying structural forces that have shaped the US media system for years: resulting in an increasing segmentation of audiences, a fragmentation of the media landscape, and today’s highly polarized US society. While all of this poses a severe challenge to traditional journalism, “fact-checking” has emerged as an effective weapon to counter disinformation. Together with our experts, we will discuss this development from a journalistic and an academic perspective – with a focus on the US, but through a transatlantic lens.
Location: via ZOOM Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m9uQAoQYSZm1u0
Amerikahaus: "What way forward for America at home and abroad? A Post-Election Analysis" by Lora Anne Viola
Location: Via youtube livestream. No registration required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAJrnYO-3zI&feature=youtu.be
Lora Anne Viola will join a panel discussion on "The Future of Transatlantic Relattions"
Location: Live on youtube: https://youtu.be/cPkNTrFVdWk
Berlin Talks by FUBis and FU-BEST withLora Anne Viola and Christian Lammert
Location: Online via erbex events. Event address: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/onstage/g.php?MTID=e75f70bce239e73ae08c52282576eff74 Event password: BjUeYrZS976
Democracy and Its Limits - Open Online Conference
"Democracy and Its Limits: The United States in Perspective" is the 2020 entry of the annual conference of The Political Science Section of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS) also knowns as the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (DGfA) .
Location: Online Conference; please register beforehand.
Prof. Viola als Redner bei Konferenz »Europa. USA. Geteilte Zukunft?«
Lora Viola will be a speaker at this years Bad Homburg Conference , giving her insights into the current US foreign policy at the panel "Transatlantic Security and Foreign Policy under Stress" .
Lecture Series: Prof. Dr. Christoph Raetzsch (Aarhus University) will talk about "Smart City Visions in the United States and Europe: From Vertical to Horizontal Spaces
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Habelschwerdter Allee 45 Hs 1b Hörsaal
Dear Canada, Welcome to the world of European fragmented politics
A guest lecture by the Ambassador to Germany (Canada) and Special Envoy to the European Union, Stéphane Dion, PhD.
Location: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Comparing the Divided America of the Turbulent 1960s to the Divided America Today
A Guest Lecture by Jim Willis , Professor Emeritus of Journalism at Azusa Pacific University
Location: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 201
Panel: Don't Blame the Working Class: Understanding Class Politics and Racism in the Trump Era
A panel with Thomas Greven (JFKI), Sherry Linkon und John Russo (both Georgetown University)
Location: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 201
Thomas Schwartz (Vanderbilt) - From John McCloy to George Bush: America's Foreign Policy Establishment, European Unity, and German Reunification, 1945-1990
Location: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 201
"The Great Broadening“ - Guest lecture by Prof. Sean Theriault (University of Texas, Austin)
Guest lecture by Prof. Sean Theriault (University of Texas, Austin)
Location: Freie Universität Berlin John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien Abteilung Politik Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 319
BrownBag Lunch: Is Canada Exceptional? by Prof. Andrew Stark (University of Toronto)
The Political Science Department of the John F. Kennedy Institute cordially invites everyone to a brown bag lunch with Professor Andrew Stark from the University of Toronto titled "Is Canada Exceptional? - Canada in an Age of Right-Wing Populism" .
Location: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien Political Science Department Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Booklaunch Event: Contours Of The Illiberal State
Prof. Dr. Chrsitian Lammert and Prof. Boris Vormann will be presenting their newest anthology in the Odradek Bookstore on the 8. May, with an adjacent dicussion and reception afterwards.
Location: Buchhandlung Odradek Gustav-Müller-Straße 1 10829 Berlin
Michael Herron (Darthmouth College)
Location: Room 201
Talk & Discussion with Prof. Lammert "Yes we did: What is left of President Obama's Legacy?"
Location: Museum THE KENNEDYS Auguststraße 11-13 10117 Berlin
Sonja Thielges (IAAS Potsdam), Framing Climate Policy in the U.S. Rust Belt. The Case of Michigan and Indiana
Location: JFKI, Room 340
Jeremy Mayer (George Mason University) on "Searching for the Truth - The New Social Media Environment In the USA“
Location: JFKI Room 201
Larry LeDuc (University of Toronto), After NAFTA?: Canada and the Politics of Trade
Location: JFKI, Room 340
Nancy Foner (Hunter College), Fear, Anxiety, and Immigration in the Contemporary United States
Location: JFKI, Room 340
Professor Sean Theriault: Does America's Political System Still Work?
Location: John-F-Kennedy-Institute Room 340
DISCUSSION Contemporary Politics in the Trump Era
Location: JFKI, Room 319
The „Future of the Transatlantic Foreign and Security Partnership“
Location: Seminar Room Graduate School of North American Studies Lansstraße 5-9
Joseph "Tex" Dozier: Trump's America: Campaigning and Governing in 2016 and Beyond
Location: John-F.-Kennedy-Institute, Room 319
Professor Michael C. Herron: Allegations of Voter Fraud and the 2016 PresidentialElection
Location: JFKI, Room 319