Past events

27 Mar. 2019, 16:05-18:00

Rilke, Heidegger, and the struggle for the Open (Das Offene)

Lecture by professor Hans Ruin, Södertörn University, Stockholm 

13 Mar. 2019, 14:00-16:00

Global Governance and the Problem of the Second Best

Lecture by Karen J. Alter (Professor of Political Science and Law at Northwestern University) & Cristina Lafont (Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University).

11 Mar. 2019, 16:00

Book Launch: European Film and Television Co-production Policy and Practice

Book launch at Cinemateket, The Danish Film Institute.

8 Mar. 2019, 13:00

Co-produce or Perish. An Interpretive Study of European Film Co-production Policies

Public Defence of PhD thesis by Petar Mitric.

7 Mar. 2019, 15:15-17:00

Nietzsche’s philosophy and its influence on Spanish Literature. The case of Theatre

Lecture by Sergio Santiago Romero (Madrid)

4 Mar. 2019, 13:00

Religion, Psyche and Subjectivity

A research seminar sponsored by the CEMES Group 'Religion and Modern European Cultures' All are welcome. 

11 Dec. 2018, 14:00-18:00

Lecture by Marija Bartl

This lecture by Marija Bartl (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam) is part of the Lecture Series: Lecture Series - Rethinking Law, Democracy and Capitalism.

7 Dec. 2018, 14:00-16:00

Lecture by Samuel Moyn: Human Rights History after the Inequality Debate

Human Rights History after the Inequality Debate. This lecture is part of the Lecture Series: Lecture Series - Rethinking Law, Democracy and Capitalism.

6 Dec. 2018, 16:00-18:00

Movement and Gender in Late Ottoman Contexts

Public Panel Debate, Co-organized by NASIM (Netværk af Akademikere, Studerende og Interesserede i Mellemøsten) and CEMES.

6 Dec. - 7 Dec. 2018

Enlightenment and Religion: Ideas and Practices in Local and Trans-European Perspective

This conference contributes to the on-going religious turn in Enlightenment studies, offering a historical perspective on the role of religion within intellectual history, jurisprudence and cultural history.

4 Dec. 2018, 15:00-17:00

Agamben's Theology: A Critical Reading of The Kingdom and the Glory

Guest lecture by Adam Kotsko. He is the translator of many of Agamben's most theologically focused works, and will engage in a critical reading of The Kingdom and the Glory.

3 Dec. 2018, 15:00-17:00

Neoliberalism's Demons. On the political theology of late capital

AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS. CEMES and the research group Religion and Modern European Cultures is proud to announce an Author Meets Critics session with Adam Kotsko on his new book Neoliberalism's Demons. On the political theology of late capital.

29 Nov. 2018, 16:15-17:00

Paneldebat om den ortodokse kirkes fremtid

CEMES debat: Spørgsmålet om de Ukrainske ortodokses fremtid er ved at splitte de ortodokse kirker – og kan medføre, at den ortodokse kirke deler sig i to.

29 Nov. 2018, 14:00-16:00

Reforming capitalism: from its neoliberal to its liberal form

Lecture by Colin Crouch

22 Nov. - 23 Nov. 2018

Women and Radical Thought: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

This workshop takes up the question of women’s participation in and contributions to radical circles and thought.

20 Nov. - 21 Nov. 2018

Europe as a Philosophical Challenge

The question of Europe today poses itself with urgency: What is meant by ‘Europe,’ and what will be its future? With this conference we wish to ask what it would mean for philosophy to realize that its avenue for approaching Europe has perhaps been exhausted.

8 Nov. - 9 Nov. 2018

Media Populism and European Democracy

With this workshop, we wish to set the research agenda for an investigation of media populism from a multidisciplinary perspective

10 Oct. 2018, 14:00-16:00

Governing Europe in a Globalizing World: Neoliberalism and its alternatives following the 1973 Oil Crisis

CEMES: AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS DEBATE. Laurent Warlouzet presents his book followed by discussions

5 Oct. 2018, 14:00-16:00

The Future of the World: Futurology, Futurists, and the Struggle for the Post Cold War Imagination

CEMES: AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS DEBATE  Jenny Andersson, economic historian and CNRS Research Professor (Paris) will give a lecture on her new book. All are welcome. 

4 Oct. 2018, 9:30-17:30

Transformations of European Social Democracies since the 1980s

The aim of this workshop is to explore in more detail the roots, characteristics and consequences of the transformations of European Social Democracies taking place since the 1980s in a European perspective.