Past events

13 May 2019, 14:00-16:00

Writing Time: The Aesthetics of Ephemerality in Nineteenth-Century Periodical Literature

Talk by Sean B. Franzel, associate professor of German at University of Missouri.

13 May 2019, 14:00-16:00

Sovereignty and Self-Determination at the Paris Peace Conference and Beyond

Author Meets Critics. CEMES panel debate with Professor Leonard V. Smith (Oberlin College, Ohio) and Dr. Volker Prott (Aston University, Birmingham).

2 May 2019, 10:00-17:15

1925-1950: Nordic Avant-Garde in its European Context

The inter-war period has, unfortunately, become increasingly relevant for cultural and European studies today, since it seems to offer parallels to the current refugee problems, nationalism and internal European conflicts.

24 Apr. 2019, 14:00-16:00

An Intellectual History of Basic Income: How a Fringe Idea Went Global

CEMES Lecture by Daniel Zamora Vargas (post-doctoral researcher in Sociology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium)

17 Apr. 2019, 16

Lineages of Authoritarian Liberalism

Lecture by Michael Wilkinson (Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science).

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.