Dates
Guest Lecture Series "US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times" - Andreas Heinemann-Grüder (Univerity of Bonn):"What Determines a War's End? Insights from the War in Ukraine"
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Guest Lecture Series "US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times" - Rohan Mukherjee (London School of Economics): "Rising Powers and International Order in the Age of Trump"
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Guest Lecture Series "US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times" - Rachel Tausendfreund (DGAP): "The New Right Foreign Policies"
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Guest Lecture Series "US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times" - Peter Trubowitz (London School of Economics): "Trump 2.0: Strategy or Chaos?"
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Guest Lecture Series "US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times" -Hilde Eliassen Restad (Oslo Nye University College): "The Foreign Policy of the Right-Wing Counterrevolution"
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Guest Lecture Series "US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times" - Catherine Lu (McGill University):"Can the U.S. and Canada Ever Be Friends? Inequality, Solidarity, and Political Friendship""
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Guest Lecture Series "US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times" - Nathalie Tocci (Istituto Affari Internazionali): "Navigating Contradiction: Europe in an Open-Closed World"
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Guest Lecture Series "US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times" - Desh Girod (Georgetown University): "Frozen Assets: Greenland, Canada, and Trump's Foreign Policy"
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Guest Lecture Series "US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times" - Gideon Rose (American Academy/ Council on Foreign Relations):"What's Next for European Strategy?"
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Guest Lecture Series "US Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times" - Jonathan D. Caverley (Masachusetts Institute of Technology /U.S. Naval War College): "Europe Can Manage, but not Avoid, Defense Industrial Dependence""
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Lora Anne Viola at the Short Talk "USA-Between Hyteria and Reason" with Georg Diez
Location: Humboldt Lab in the Humboldt Forum Schloßplatz 1, 10178 Berlin, Entrance Passage 1st floor, exhibition „After Nature“ in German language.
Inauguration Watch Party and Discussion
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 201
Guest lecture - Michael Kimmage (Catholic University of America): "What Is It with Russia and the United States? Explaining a Recurring Conflict"
Location: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Mike Cowburn (Viadrina University/ Frankfurt Oder): Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries: Faction and Ideology in the Twenty-first Century
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Jordan Tama (American University): "Prospects for Foreign Policy Bipartisanship after the U.S. Election”
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 201
Lora Anne Viola at Falling Walls Science Summit
Location: Event Location Falling Walls Science House Karl-Marx-Allee 34 10178 Berlin or online Germany
"The US Elections: A First Appraisal"
Location: John F. Kennedy institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340 (hybrid, online via Webex after registration at: politics@jfki.fu-berlin.de)
Lora Anne Viola at Harris vs. Trump –The Analysis the morning after: What does the outcome of the American presidential election for Germany and Europe?
Location: Landesvertretung NRW Hiroshimastraße 12-16 10785 Berlin Please register here in order to attend the event: https://table.media/events/harris-vs-trump?utm_source=nrw&utm_medium=event&utm_campaign=event_koop_nov_us24_jnz For online participation via Zoom please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9417277674851/WN_w-7TQv02QBOgbG6_mk5akw#/registration
Lora Anne Viola, Julia Simon and Christian Lammert @Trump vs. Harris. Countdown to the US Election
Location: Online via ClickMeeting (technical requirement: https://www.atlantische-akademie.de/technik/
Seth Masket (University of Denver): "Still Trump´s Party: How Local Republican Leaders made up their Minds in the 2024 Presidential Nomination"
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R340
Research Colloquium S8 - Richard Sigurdson (Visiting Professor, Calgary University): North American Christian Nationalism in a Trans-Atlantic Context
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I.
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 R319
Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware - God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America
Location: Online via Webex Please register at politics@jfki.fu-berlin.de to receive the link
Research Colloquium S6 - Eric Monnet (Paris School of Economics): Central banks and the absorption of international shocks (1890-2021)
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I.
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 R319
Research Colloquium S5 - Mike Cowburn (Viadrina University Frankfurt/Oder): Mouthpiece or Mobilizers? Right-Wing Media, Republican Elites, and “Critical Race Theory
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I.
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 R319
Research Colloquium S4 - Valentina Ausserladscheider (Universität Wien): Sociology of Stranded Assets
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I.
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 R319
Research Colloquium S3 - Laura Kettel (Aarhus University): State-Level Housing Policy
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I.
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 R319
Research Colloquium S2 - Cathie Jo Martin (Boston University) - Book presentation: Education for All? Literature, Culture and Education Development in Britain and Denmark
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I.
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 R319
Research Colloquium S1 - Michael Schwan (U of Groningen), Marc Schneiberg (Reed College), Mark Cassell (Kent State U) : Conventional Politics, Path Dependency, and the Distribution of Paycheck Protection Program Loans Across Congressional
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I.
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 R319
Social Science Research Colloquium: Derek John Hattemer (University of Basel): Underwriting Autarky. Commercial Life insurance for the Masses in Interwar Germany and Italy, 1923-1939
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R319
Race, Multilateral Institutions and International Relations - S09: Mariam Salehi (FU Berlin): The 'Justice Industry' and Struggles For Racial Justice
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
CANCELED: Race, Multilateral Institutions and International Relations - S08: Robert Knox (University of Liverpool): On Racial Capitalism
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Social Science Research Colloquium: Thomas Rixen (FU Berlin): Explaining Institutional Change in Global Finance
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R319
Race, Multilateral Institutions and International Relations - S07: Tarak Barkawi (London School of Economics): Race and battle in the Production of the Military History: The US in Korea, 1950-51
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Social Science Research Colloquium: Sascha Münnich (European University of Viadrina): Varieties of Anti-Capitalism: On the problem of building a trans-national movements for the regulation of financial markets across European democracies
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R319
Race, Multilateral Institutions and International Relations - S06: Ayse Zarakol (University of Cambridge): Is the Disorder of Our Times Unprecedented?
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Social Science Research Colloquium: Marcin Serafin (Polish Academy of Sciences); Studying Inflation Experiences through Diaries
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R319
Race, Multilateral Institutions and International Relations - S05: Siba N. Grovogui (Cornell University): No Partial Public Sympathies: Ethics of Justice and Citizenship in the African Diaspora
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Race, Multilateral Institutions and International Relations - S04: Lukas Hakelberg (FU Berlin): The Whitenes of Wealth Management: Colonial Economic Structure, Racism. and the Emergence of Tax Havens in the British Caribbean
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Social Science Research Colloquium: Brett Christophers (Uppsala University):Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World - GUEST: PROF. MARGIT MAYER
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R319
Kimberly Wehle (School of Law at the University of Baltimore): Trumpism and the Fate of the Rule Law under the U.S. Constitution
Location: Online via Webex:: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m725f1e5bf5abda96c7588a0fd6e5853b Password: 7X3qJeqtDu3 Or hybrid: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 201
Race, Multilateral Institutions and International Relations - S03: Ntina Tzouvala (Australian University): Racism and International Law: A Materialist Approach
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Social Science Research Colloquium: Ria Wilken (FU Berlin): The (old) Housing Question? Mapping Crowding, Tenure, Rents, and Inequality in the Neighborhoods of European Cities in the Long Run
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R319
Social Science Research Colloquium: Jonas von Ciriacy-Wantrup (FU Berlin): Looking Behind the Politics of Regional Growth Models
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R319
Race, Multilateral Institutions and International Relations - S02: Robbie Shilliam (Johns Hopkins University): Black Studies and Security Studies: Retrieving an Intimate Relationship
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Race, Multilateral Institutions and International Relations - S01: Zoltán Búzás (University of Notre Dame): Race and Hegemonic Delegitimation: The Sino-American Case
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room 340
Social Science Research Colloquium: Tod van Gunten (University of Edinburgh): Ideology and Consensus in the American Economics Profession
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin R319
A.J. Bauer (University of Alabama) giving guest lecture titled "Notes on Conservative Camp: The Perverse Pleasures of Consuming Right-Wing Media"
A.J. Bauer is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from New York University. He is co-editor of News on the Right: Studying Conservative News Cultures (Oxford, 2019).
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 340 Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium So9 -Georg Rilinger (MIT): "The social order of digital markets"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Location: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Research Colloquium So8 - Kathy Thelen (MIT): Attention Shoppers: American Retail Capitalism and the Rise of the Amazon Economy
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Location: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Research Colloquium So7 - Laura Flierl: "Anti-eviction struggles in Oakland and Barcelona"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Location: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Research Colloquium So5 - Dieter Plehwe (WZB): "Global Neoliberal Think Tanks and Climate Policy: The Atlas Network"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Location: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Research Colloquium So4 - Michael Doyle (Columbia University): "Cold Peace: Avoiding the New Cold War"
Michael Doyle is university professor at the University of Columbia (NYC), specializing in international relations theory, international security, and international organizations. Doyle previously served as assistant secretary-general and special adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2001 to 2003. Doyle has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1992 and is the former chair of the Academic Council of the United Nations System. He has also been a vice president, senior fellow and a member (and chair) of the Board of Directors of the International Peace Institute between 1992 and 2018. He served as chair of the board of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) from 2006–2013. In 2015, Doyle helped develop the Model International Mobility Convention which represents a shared framework among over 40 academics. This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I.
Location: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 340
The Political Science Section of GAAS: Sources of Legitimacy - Rethinking US-American Democracy
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium So3 - Andrea Binder (FU Berlin): "Offshore Finance: Scoping the Eurodollar System 1977-2022"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Location: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
[ONLINE] Research Colloquium So2 - David Schultz (Hamline University): “The Role of Swing States and Swing Voters in the Coming 2024 US Presidential Election”
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Location: Please note: This talk will be held online via Webex: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=mb19df88615086670393278050407fb68
Research Colloquium So1 - Mark Schwartz (University of Virginia): "Triffin reloaded: The matrix of contradictions around global quasi-state money"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Please find the complete program here .
Location: JFK-I Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin Room: 319
Research Colloqium S08 - Jared Sonnicksen (RWTH Aachen): The Places People Make. Re-Exploring Federal-Democratic Dynamics of State- Making in the U.S
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Research Colloqium S07 - Clara Heinrich (JFK-I): BlackRock’s ‚Stakeholder Capitalism‘ On the Productive Power of the Structurally Privileged
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Research Colloqium S06 - Margit Mayer (JFK-I, Emeriti): The Left in the US and the Democratic Party
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Research Colloqium S05 - Michael Herron (Dartmouth): Evaluating claims of Election Malfeasance in 2020 and beyond
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Location: Room 319 John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien Abteilung Politik Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloqium S04 - James Wood (University of Cambridge): Does American Politics Research Have A Political Economy Problem? A Quantitative Text Analysis on How Political Science Is Economical on Economics, 1950-2018:
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
"Imagining Native American/Indigenous Futures" - Guest Lecture by David Treuer (University of Southern Carolina)
David Treuer , professor of English at the University of Southern Carolina, is giving a guest lecture at the Henry-Ford-Bau of the FU Berlin. This talk has been organized in cooperation with The American Academy in Berlin . The event can be attended without previous notice or reservation.
Location: Freie Universität Berlin, Henry Ford Bau, Lecture Hall D (1st floor) Garystraße 35 14195 Berlin
Research Colloqium S03 - Mike Cowburn (GSNAS): Partisan Polarization in Congressional Nominations: How Ideological & Factional Primaries Influence Candidate Positions
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Research Colloqium S02 - Erik Haustein (Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg): Do Natural Disasters Affect Household Saving? Evidence From the August 2002 Flood in Germany
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Christian Lammert is joining the online panel: Lame Duck Presidency? Die USA nach den Zwischenwahlen
Location: Online via ClickMeeting Please sign up here: https://atlantischeakademie.clickmeeting.com/usa-nach-der-wahl/register
Research Colloqium S01 - Danielle Kerrigan (McGill University): The benevolent landlord: Understanding Housing Policy towards landlords in Phoenix
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Panel Discussion on "Populism, Political Movements and Challenges for Democracy in Canada"
Location: The event is held in lecture hall -1.2009 in the "Holzlaube" on Fabeckstraße 23-25. Live stream at https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m2f7474c65b4be71826daddc3bb2c572c
Mike Cowburn (GSNAS) speaks at the Atlantik Forum: "Whose Party is it Anyway? Intra-Party Politics in a Partisan Era"
Location: Online via ClickMeeting, you can sign up here: https://atlantischeakademie.clickmeeting.com/atlantic-forum-whose-party-is-it-anyway-intra-party-politics-in-a-partisan-era/register
Penny Von Eschen (University of Virginia): Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989
Location: JFKI, room 201
Research Colloquium S05: Curd Knüpfer (JFKI): Right-Wing Counterpublics
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium S08: Christian Lammert / Sebeastian-Kohl: Collaboration Project Brainstorming
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloqium S07: Ernesto Domínguez López (University of Havanna) hält einen Vortrag zu " Right-Wing Populism in the US: Cultures and Trends"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
William Glass - Protest and Change in a Democracy: The Civil Rights Movement
Prof. William Glass from the University of Warsaws American Studies Center is giving a lecture in conjuncture with Dr. Thomas Grevens seminar American Politics and Film . The lecture titled " Protest and Change in a Democracy: The Civil Rights Movement " is open to the public and will be held in room 340 at the John F. Kennedy Institute.
Location: Room 340 John F. Kennedy Institute Lansstraße 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium S06: Hannah Pool (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies): Financial Passages - The Role of Money and Borders in Undocumented Migration
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium S04: Inaugural lectures: Sebastian Kohl, Céline Teney
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. Information about the inaugural lecture can be found here . You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium S03: Hans Noel (Georgetown University) will give a talk on "The Dynamics of Ideology: How Donald Trump could change what it means to be “conservative” in the United States"
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium S02: Kenton Card (UCLA): Housing Politics from the Streets to the Statehouse: Comparing Policies and Movements in Los Angeles and Berlin 2008-2020
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
Research Colloquium S01: Christian Güse - Guarantueeing the Flow
This open lecture is part of the combined research colloquium of the Political Science & Sociology Departments of the JFK-I. You may find all lectures that are part of this series here , as well as an overview here .
Location: John F. Kennedy Institute Room 319 Lansstr. 7-9 14195 Berlin
"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
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