Workshop Announcement: "Trust and the Public Sphere"

From August 26 - 27, 2021, the online workshop "Trust and the Public Sphere“ will be hosted by Dr. Kerstin Reibold from the Chair of Political Theory at the University of Potsdam and by Professor Dimitrios Panagos from the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.
 

Trust is a basic requirement for the creation and maintenance of fundamental social and political institutions, values and beliefs.  Indeed, some have gone as far as arguing that cooperation, a necessary component of all of these social projects, is impossible without trust.  It is perhaps not all that surprising, then, that trust and its corresponding conceptual correlates (e.g., the absence of trust; distrust/mistrust; trustworthiness; etc.) are important foci for both normative and empirical scholars.
 

The work on these trust-related concepts reveals a wealth of new and interrelated approaches among scholars along multiple dimensions of interest. Among others, there has been increased attention to the normative desirability of trust in circumstances of continued injustice and the duties that are associated with becoming trustworthy.
 

Along the same lines, even though the scholarship illustrates that these trust-related concepts are connected to numerous fundamental social and political phenomena (e.g., social cohesion; the public good; rights and duties; historic injustice; risk; coercion; inter and intra group relations; etc.), there is significant debate about the nature and scope of these connections, as well as the causal mechanisms at play.
 

By bringing together philosophers, political theorists and political scientists this workshop aims to identify some of the most recent developments in the literature and highlight numerous challenges associated with the theorization and application of trust-related concepts.
 

Speakers include Christian Budnik (University of Zurich), Hale Doguoglu (Western University), Nikolas Kirby (Harvard University), Carolyn McLeod (Western University), Gloria Origgi (Institut Nicod), Dimitrios Panagos (Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador) and Kerstin Reibold (University of Potsdam).
 

If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please register here.
 

For further information, you can consult the official website of the workshop here.
 

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Kerstin Reibold (reibolduni-potsdamde) or Professor Dimitrios Panagos (dpanagosmunca).

Vorlesungsreihe: The 'Self' and the 'Other' in Political Theory.

This term the Lehrstuhl will host five fabulous guest speakers on the overall theme of The 'Self' and the 'Other' in Political Theory.

As all academic disciplines, Political Theory has been questioned and critiqued for it’s omission or straight up exotisation of the ‘Other’. Yet, in conversation with other disciplines, a variety of critical approaches have developed over the years to engage with the material basis, politics and images creating ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ and their real life consequences. This online lecture series invites students and academic researches alike, to engage with multiple forms of anti-colonial, post-colonial, de-colonial, anti-racist, feminist and anti-capitalist critiques and intersectional engagements with the question of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in Political Theory. Our guest speakers bring together refreshing views stemming from Post-/De-Colonial Theory, Feminism and/or Marxism.

15 April – Bafta Sarbo (Berlin) - ‘Rasse’ als Konzept in der Politischen Theorie

29 April – Claudia Brunner (Klagenfurt) - Epistemische Gewalt: feministisch-dekoloniale Perspektiven

13 May – Gilbert Achcar (London) - Marxism and Orientalism

27 May – Vishwas Satgar (Johannesburg) - Imperialism, Non Euro-centric Marxism and the Eco-cide Question

10 June – Mike Cole (Lincoln) - Public Pedagogy and Political Theory: from Marx and Engels to anti-racist feminist ecosocialism

Please join us at the following address: https://uni-potsdam.zoom.us/j/65076203457

Meeting ID: 70114769

Keine Voranmeldung/Registrierung erforderlich.

Datenschutzrechtlicher Hinweis: Alle Sitzungen werden aufgezeichnet und zeitnah veröffentlicht.

Kontakt für Nachfragen: Eleonora Roldán Mendívil – roldanmendiviluni-potsdamde

Aktuelle und Geplante Aktivitäten des Lehrstuhls

Am 12. Mai 2021 hält Dr. Hänel einen (Online-)Vortrag auf dem Understanding Gendered Violence: The Value of Testimonial and Qualitative Evidence Workshop an der University of Cambridge.
 

Am 25. Mai 2021 hält Dr. Hänel einen Vortrag im Kolloquium von Prof. Niesen an der Universität Hamburg.
 

Am 26. Mai 2021 hält Dr. Hänel einen (Online-)Vortrag auf dem Novamigra's Phd And Postdoc Workshop “Values In An Imperfect World: Migration Ethics And Non-Ideal Conditions” an der University Duisburg-Essen.
 

Am 25. und 26. Juni 2021 hält Dr. Hänel einen Vortrag auf dem Workshop Feministische Perspektiven auf die Globalisierung  and der Universität Kassel.
 

Am 1. Juli 2021 hält Dr. Hänel die Keynote auf der 2nd Munich Graduate Conference in Ethics (LMU).
 

Am 14. Juli 2021 hält Dr. Hänel einen (Online-)Vortrag im Kolloquium von Prof. Kreide an der Universität Gießen.
 

Am 7. September 2021 hält Dr. Hänel einen (Online-)Vortrag auf dem MANCEPT workshop on Epistemic Injustice in Asylum Policy and Practice.