Nicht immer ist es einfach, die Bilder und Nach­richten einzuordnen und zu bewerten. Auch in Deutsch­land polarisiert und verun­sichert die Debatte viele. Eine Einord­nung des laufenden Konflikts fällt ange­sichts der komplexen und viel­schichtigen Hinter­gründe schwer. Meinungs­verschiedenheiten bleiben häufig nicht aus – auch weil wir aus ganz unter­schiedlichen Perspektiven auf die Situation schauen. Die Anzahl der anti­semitischen Straf­taten in Deutsch­land ist deutlich angestiegen. Das jüdische Leben ist unsicherer geworden. Gleich­zeitig fühlen sich viele Menschen mit palästinen­sischen Wurzeln in ihrer Sorge um Freunde und Familien­angehörige allein­gelassen.

Die Württem­bergische Landes­bibliothek hat zusammen mit der Landes­zentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württem­berg Expert*innen aus der Wissen­schaft eingeladen, um zur sach­lichen Einord­nung der aktuellen Situation beizutragen. Darunter auch Claudia Baumgart-Ochse (PRIF), die einen Vortrag zu Friedens­strategien im Nahen Osten halten wird.

Wann: 16. Mai 2024, 18 Uhr

Wo: Württem­bergische Landes­bibliothek, Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 10, 70173 Stuttgart & im Stream

Der Eintritt ist frei. Der Vortrag wird aufge­zeichnet und anschließend über L.I.S.A. – Wissen­schaftsportal der Gerda Henkel Stiftung veröffent­licht. Informationen über kurz­fristige Änderungen sowie der digitale Zugang finden sich auf der Webseite der Württem­bergischen Landes­bibliothek.

Darüber disku­tieren drei Expert*innen aus den Natur- und Geistes­wissenschaften:

• Jana Baldus, Politik­wissen­schaftlerin am PRIF Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konflikt­forschung,
• Lukas Mengelkamp, Histo­riker an der Philipps-Uni­versität Marburg,
• Sophie Kretzschmar, Physi­kerin an der RWTH Aachen.

Mode­ration: Max Schalz, RWTH Aachen

Wann: Donners­tag, 16. Mai 2024 um 18:30 Uhr

Wo: Hör­saal H05 des Hörsaal­gebäudes C.A.R.L. (Claßen­straße 11)

Der Eintritt ist frei, eine An­meldung ist nicht erforder­lich.

Weitere Infor­mationen finden sich auf der Web­seite der RWTH Aachen.

When: Friday, May 17, 2024

Where: Veröld - House of Vigdís, Uni­versity of Iceland, Brynjólfsgata 107, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland & Online

Further infor­mation and the registration link can be found on the event website.

Program

9:45–10:00 a.m. | Coffee and Light Break­fast

10:00–10:10 a.m. | Opening Remarks

• Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector, Uni­versity of Iceland

10:10–10:15 a.m. | Remarks on Behalf of ACONA

• Arvid Bell, Lecturer on Govern­ment, Harvard Uni­versity; Member, ACONA Executive Board
• Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Professor of Inter­national Affairs, Uni­versity of Iceland; ACONA Associate

10:15–11:00 a.m. | Opening Con­versation: Strategies for Global Se­curity: Nordic Nations’ Approaches to Nuclear Threats

• Margot Wallström, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, King­dom of Sweden
• Moderator: TBD

11:00–11:15 a.m. | Distinguished Greetings: A Chinese Pers­pective on Arms Control

• Fan WANG, President, China Foreign Affairs Uni­versity (TBC)

11:15–11:30 a.m. | Coffee Break

11:30–12:30 a.m. | Expert Panel: Echoes of Rey­kjavík: From Arms Race to Common Ground

• Guðmundur Hálfdánarson, Pro­fessor in History, Uni­versity of Iceland
• Edward M. Ifft, former U.S. arms control negotiator; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Insti­tution, Stanford Uni­versity
• Pavel Palazhchenko, former personal inter­preter to Mikhail Gorbachev; Head of the Inter­national Relations and PR Department, Gorbachev Foundation; Member, ACONA Inter­national Advisory Board
• Bo QU, Associate Professor and Director, Institute of Inter­national Relations, China Foreign Affairs Uni­versity (TBC)
• Moderator: Christian Oster­mann, Director, History and Public Policy Program, Wilson Center; Member, ACONA Exe­cutive Board

12:30–1:15 p.m. | Lunch

1:15–2:00 p.m. | Inno­vation Round Table: Design Thinking, Nego­tiation Campaigns, and New Ideas for Nuclear Diplomacy

• Mariana Budjeryn, Senior Research Asso­ciate, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center, Har­vard Kennedy School; ACONA Associate
• Sascha Hach, Research Asso­ciate, Peace Research Insti­tute Frankfurt; ACONA Associate
• Valeriia Hesse, ACONA Fellow ‘24 and Winner of the January 2024 ACONA Boot Camp Nego­tiation Award; Researcher, Odesa Center for Non­proliferation
• TBD, ACONA Fellow ‘24 and Winner of the May 2024 ACONA Boot Camp Policy Brief Award
• Commentator: Bruce Turner, U.S. Perma­nent Representative to the Confe­rence on Disarmament
• Moderator: Arvid Bell, Lecturer on Govern­ment, Harvard Uni­versity; Member, ACONA Executive Board

2:00–2:30 p.m. | Keynote: The Future of Nuclear Diplomacy

• Bruce Turner, U.S. Permanent Repre­sentative to the Confe­rence on Disarmament

2:30–2:45 p.m. | Coffee Break

2:45–4:15 p.m. | Expert Panel: Avoiding Nuclear Esca­lation Today: Deterrence, No First Use, or New Forms of Diplo­macy?

• Jyri Lavikainen, Researcher, Finnish Foreign Policy, Northern Euro­pean Security and NATO Research Programme, Finnish Institute of Inter­national Affairs
• Amy Nelson, Fellow, Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Techno­logy, Brookings Insti­tution
• Guy Roberts, former U.S. Assistant Secre­tary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Bio­logical Defense Programs
• Tong ZHAO, Senior Fellow, Nu­clear Policy Program, Carnegie China
• Moderator: Christopher Daase, Professor of Inter­national Orga­nization, Goethe Uni­versity Frankfurt; Deputy Director, Peace Research Institute Frank­furt; Member, ACONA Executive Board

4:15–4:45 p.m. | Closing Keynote: Modern Diplo­macy and The Future of the Nuclear Order

• Melissa Parke, Executive Director, Inter­national Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN); former Minister for Inter­national Development, Common­wealth of Australia

4:45–5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks

• Mariana Budjeryn, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center, Har­vard Kennedy School; ACONA Associate
• Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Professor of Inter­national Affairs, Uni­versity of Iceland; ACONA Associate

5:00–6:00 p.m. | Closing Reception

Ziele des Pro­­jekts sind die För­­­derung von Bildung zur Welt­­­bürger­schaft (Global Citizen­­ship) im Sinne der UN-Nach­haltig­­­keits­ziele, das Ver­binden lokaler und globa­ler politi­scher Pro­zesse sowie die nach­­­haltige Stär­kung der Frank­­­furter Städte­­­partner­schaften.

Als Abschluss des Gipfels findet eine öffent­liche englisch­sprachige Podiums­diskussion statt. Anschlie­ßend gibt es bei einem Empfang die Gelegen­heit für offenen Austausch.

Begrüßung

• Stefan Kroll, Leiter Wissenschafts­kommunikation und Vorstands­mitglied (PRIF)

Podiumsdiskussion

• Eileen O'Sullivan, Dezer­nentin für Bürger*innen, Digitales und Inter­nationales der Stadt Frankfurt
• Raphaela Schlicht-Schmälzle, Wissen­schaftliche Mitarbeiterin am DIPF
• Delegierte aus Frank­furt und den Partner­städten

Host

• Tina Cramer, Referentin Wissens­transfer (PRIF)
• Helene Reiner, Journa­listin und Moderatorin

Wann: 17. Mai 2024, 11:00 bis 12:30 Uhr, anschließender Empfang

Wo: Paulskirche, Frankfurt am Main

Für eine Teilnahme an der öffent­lichen Podiums­diskussion wird um eine vorhe­rige Anmeldung per E-Mail an lang@prif.org bis zum 09. Mai gebeten. Schul­klassen sind ausdrück­lich will­kommen. Das Poster (PDF) kann hier runtergeladen werden. 

Das Projekt findet im Rah­men des Netz­werk Pauls­kirche statt, wird von der Stadt Frank­furt am Main sowie der Stiftung junge Weltbürger ge­fördert und von PRIF, mit Unterstützung des Leibniz-Instituts für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation (DIPF), koor­diniert.

Darüber diskutieren:

• Daniel Cohn-Bendit
  Politiker und Publizist, Mitglied Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
• Dr. Daniel Mullis
  PRIF – Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Dr. Britta Schellenberg
  Geschwister-Scholl-Institut für Politikwissenschaft, LMU München

Moderation: Andreas Schwarzkopf (Frankfurter Rundschau)

Wann: 21. Mai 2024, 19:00 Uhr

Wo: Haus am Dom, Domplatz 3, Frankurt/Main

Der Eintritt ist frei, eine Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich. Die Hybrid­­veranstaltung findet in Ko­operation mit der Frankfurter Rund­schau und dem Haus am Dom statt. Sie kann per Livestream verfolgt werden.

The envisaged program addresses global challenges and vulner­abilities arising in indi­genous peoples’ worlds, ranging from CoVID19, environ­mental crisis contexts, indi­genous-specific genocide or neo-colonial develop­ments to meta questions relating metho­dologies or legal framework(s).

While EMPI follows common panel formats it also includes a keynote speech, book fare, docu­mentary, museum visit including a follow-up debate on ‘decolon­ising academia’ and oppor­tunities for junior-senior-peer advice, including dedi­cated (student) skills sessions. It further provides spaces for inter­disci­plinary encounters, dis­cipline-specific reflec­tions and dialogue on the field of indi­genous studies.

When: June 4–7, 2024

Where: Sciences Po Paris, Law School, Paris, France

The con­ference is co-funded by Uni­versité franco-alle­mande (ufa) & Deutsche Stiftung Friedens­forschung (DSF).

Call for Papers

Please submit the following infor­mation until no later than March 31 2024 to EMPI.June2024@gmail.com:

1. Full name,
2. Career stage,
3. University or institute of affi­liation,
4. Title of your paper,
5. Paper abstract (max 300 words),
6. A couple of key words,
7. The session of your choice (find below) and
8. Stating if you would like to be con­sidered for one of the 10 MA/PhD student grants or the 10 grants for indi­genous indivi­duals to parti­cipate at this year’s Meeting

Regarding your sub­mission, you will be con­tacted by April 15 2024. Feel free to submit abstracts in non-English lan­guages (e.g. French or Spanish).

Here you can find the complete Call for Papers.

Conference Sessions

I) Indigenous Peoples and Environ­mental Justice

• The first panel offers to (re)define the emer­ging field of environ­mental justice as shaped and under­stood by indi­genous peoples, empha­sizing concep­tual issues, criteria and thresholds. It provides possi­bilities to explore the rights of nature (e.g. bio­diversity, agri­culture), including inter­sections with human rights regimes and hard law issues such as pro­cedural law. Indi­genous cosmo­logies may find a place and further articu­lation in these over­lapping claims; Other related chances lie with bio-cultural rights for indi­genous peoples to channel their voices into the persisting State-centric legal order, and the value attri­butable to indi­genous environ­mental activism.

Disciplines poten­tially re­presented: Law, political science, legal and political anthro­pology, geography, sustain­ability studies, human ecology

II) Multi­plicity of Legal Orders

• The second panel will examine how legal orders engage with indi­genous peoples’ rights and prove relevant for indi­genous peoples, em­blematic being neighboring legal orders such as peasants’ rights or minority regimes. How are indi­genous peoples’ rights situated in specific orders such as inter­national human rights pro­tection mechanisms, regional safe­guards (e.g. the Inter-American human rights frame­work) or relevant consti­tutional reform processes? How can the multi­plicity of legal orders be contex­tualized and postulated in other frame­works, for example the right to water? Especially in European contexts, minority rights have proven funda­mental as alter­native legal venues, spilling over to inspire pro­gressive develop­ments in the field of indi­genous rights and vice versa. Comp­arative work in such group and collective rights contexts promises to provide an interesting space of further con­ceptual and beyond exploration.

Disciplines potentially re­presented: Law, legal positivism, theory/philosophy, inter­national relations and political science, possibly legal anthro­pology

III) Legal Anthro­pological Encounters and Legal Pluralism

• The third panel explicitly addresses legal anthro­pology and legal pluralism as proper fields of research, some of the most shaping (sub)disci­plines in the field of indi­genous studies offering an array of methodo­logical approaches to engage with justice procedures. Namely ethno­graphic methods or locali­sation/vernacular­isation approaches have been serving as methodo­logical tools across the social sciences. Finally, the panel shall provide oppor­tunities for specific or endemic questions to be discussed in relation to the panel theme, such as conflicts of rights and legal hierarchies, or pre-colonial realities.

Disciplines potentially re­presented: Legal anthro­pology, law

IV) Indigenous Methodo­logical Encounters and Decolonial Theory

• The goal of the fourth panel is to uncover a wide range of decolon­izing approaches beyond the discipline of history and to consider decolonizing academia as a cross-cutting, main­streaming exercise across social sciences including law. The necessity of acknow­ledging the need to decolonize the law, insti­tutions and society has become a pre­vailing concern in both aca­demia and everyday life, spurring trans­formative develop­ments at broader levels and alienating us from per­spectives that consider indi­genous peoples objects of inquiry. Methods such as partici­patory action research are key, as is including and channeling indi­genous voices explicitly and actively.

Disciplines potentially re­presented: Methods, decolonial studies, history, education, theory/philo­sophy, relevant social science disciplines

V) Global Crisis Contexts

• The fifth panel will discuss current crisis contexts that impact indi­genous peoples’ lives either by ignorance or targeted action, i.e. geno- or ethno­cidal policies, lower level per­secution or resettle­ment. Commonly observed are secondary impacts (or collateral damage) caused by resource extraction, defores­tation, infra­structure projects and armed conflicts. The panel may also illuminate specific contexts of the recent past including the pandemic, the subsistence and energy crises.

Disciplines potentially re­presented: Law, inter­national relations/political science

VI) Indigenous Peoples, Vulnerable Groups and Inter­sectionalities

• When dealing with indigenous peoples as collective wholes, internal vulner­abilities including inequali­ties may be ignored. The sixth panel engages dedicated grounds of dis­crimination such as gender, age or disability as well as the inter­sectional relevance and impact of violations, and aims to give context to these mani­festations through insights into relevant law and society debates. These indicators of inter­sectional violations may be quali­tative or quanti­tative. The panel may heighten scholars’ awareness of power and insti­tutionalism and their shaping of potential vis-à-vis internal differences.

Disciplines potentially re­presented: Law, socio-political approaches, law and society studies, gender studies, diversity approaches

VII) Indigenous Self-Deter­mination: Approaches and Per­spectives

• Self-deter­mination in its collective form may take a variety of directions, including political struggles of self-governance and territorial autonomy or questions of self-determined develop­ment. Despite being a powerful collective right, self-deter­mination has been considered a far-reaching umbrella right that channels other demands. Its salience may be traced back to claims for lands and natural resources, which intrinsi­cally relate to par­ticipation and the larger context of self-deter­mination. The theme also lends itself for (legal and political) theo­retical explorations.

Disciplines potentially re­presented: Law, political science, legal and political theory, inter­national relations

VIII) Open-Topic Stream

• This stream is open to subjects not hitherto covered, allowing groups of scholars to present on a topic of their choice. Panels must be constituted before­hand, including at least three panelists and a chair and/or convenor; A discussant may or may not form part of the selection of panelists. Topics shall broadly coincide with the con­ference’s main theme. In case of doubt, the question may be for­warded to the conference con­venors before the submission date.

Der Vor­trag findet im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung „Diversität und Diskurs. Antisemitismus. Erinnerungskultur. Demokratie. Wie (un-)politisch ist die Universiät?“ statt. Ent­lang der Forschungsfelder Erinnerungskultur, Antisemitismus und Demokratie setzen sich Wissenschaftler*innen mit den Möglichkeiten und Grenzen wissen­schaftlicher Diskurse auseinander. Die Ring­vorlesung wird von der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt gemeinsam mit dem Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaften und der Jüdischen Akademie des Zentral­rats der Juden in Deutschland organisiert. 

Wann? Dienstag, 02. Juli 2024 | 18:00 - 20:00 Uhr

Wo? Hörsaalzentrum HZ 6, Campus Westend, Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 5, Frankfurt a. M.

Informationen über weitere Veranstaltungen im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung finden Sie im Gesamtprogramm.

However, aca­demic engagement with these developments has so far been dominated by an insti­tutionalist perspective that rarely looks beyond formal insti­tutions, state leaders, and their often grand policy agendas. Little knowledge exists about how African communities ‘on the ground’ experience the governance of these insti­tutions, that is, scholars have rarely explored the sites and actors most impacted by regional norms and policies. The MIASA conference aims at filling this lacuna by scrutinizing regional governance as experience, that is, as seen through the lived realities, narratives, practices, perceptions, and cosmo­logies of a variety of actors ‘on the ground’. Such actors may be indi­viduals and (organized) groups that interact with regional norms and policies, local officers of regional orga­nizations, civil society groups, religious and spiritual orders, national government officials, local leaders, ‘ordinary’ citizens, etc. And their experiences may be contem­porary or past, direct or indirect, cognitive, affective, visual, bodily, or otherwise. In centering the experiences of African commu­nities, the conference deliberately takes a micro-perspective, i.e. through lived and every-day realities, on an allegedly macro phenomenon, i.e. (regional) institutions and ‘grand’ policy programs. Such a shift in perspective generates new conceptual and empirical knowledge about the everyday politics and sustain­ability of African regional governance.

Due to its explo­rative character, the conference is intended to cut across several disciplines and methodo­logical approaches by bringing together socio­logists, anthro­pologists, political scientists, historians, legal experts, economists, scholars of the environment, as well as socio­linguists, scholars of peace and conflict and African studies. We invite contri­butions that explore regional governance as experience in a broad range of policy fields, including for instance trade, health, gender, migration, social welfare, human rights, sustain­ability etc.

We specifically, but not exclusively, invite contri­butions on the following topics/themes:
● Citizens as practitioners, implementers and partners in regional trade agreements
● Citizens and regional democratic governance
● Women and LGBTQI+ civil society as partners in regional governance
● Sports regionalism
● Religious and spiritual orders in regional governance
● Regional health governance and local health priorities
● Experiencing AfCFTA and its inclusivity/adaptability
● The role of symbols and arts for experiencing regional governance
● The role of ‘translators’ and ‘brokers’ of regional governance (e.g. journalists, chiefs,
artists, idols, public intellectuals, community leaders, local NGOs etc.)
● Border areas as spaces of experiencing regional governance
● Informal practices, rules, norms, processes and forums in African regional governance
● The role of local structures/office of regional institutions
● Diplomats and their construction of regional integration

The conference will be organized around different thematic panels, based on presentations of papers or short think pieces (5-7 pages). It will also include a keynote lecture as well as several interactive formats (e.g. world cafés, roundtables with civil society groups, etc.). Working languages during the conference are English and French. A simul­taneous translation will be provided throughout.

Funding: All travel expenses for selected participants will be covered by MIASA.

Submission Details:
● Paper title and abstract of maximum 250 - 300 words (formatted to a template
including: research question, summary of project/findings, key primary or secondary
data)
● Short biographical note (max. 500 words) indicating your current academic position,
ongoing and past research, publications, etc. OR a CV of not more than 3 pages
● Deadline: 24 March 2024

Please send your submission as pdf-documents in English or French to Ahmed Al Maqtari (ahmedaalmaqtari@gmail.com) and Dr Marko Scholze (scholze@em.uni-frankfurt.de). Please always send your application to both addresses. Successful applicants will be notified in April.

Conveners and Organizers (in alphabetical order):
Dr André Adjo, National Center for Scientific and Technological Research (CENAREST),
Libreville, Gabon
Dr Juliana Appiah, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
Prof Mamadou Diawara, Director (Germany) MIASA, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Dr Fortuné M Mboula, University Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon
Dr Densua Mumford, University of Leiden, Netherlands
Dr Fabert Mensah Ngoma, University Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon
Dr Marko Scholze, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Dr Antonia Witt, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany

When: 4-6 July 2024

Where: University Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon

Download the Call for Papers as a PDF here.

Die Konti­nuität des rechten Terrors von Kassel, Wächters­bach bis Hanau, aber auch der Erfolg der AfD bei der Landtags­wahl 2023 zeigen: die extreme Rechte in Hessen ist er­starkt. Mit der Konfe­renz bieten wir einen Ort, um in Work­shops, Podien und Key­notes eine Bestands­aufnahme vorzu­nehmen sowie über die Ideolo­gien der extremen Rechten und Gegen­strategien zu sprechen. Neben dieser wissen­schaftlichen Perspek­tive werden auch Akteur*innen aus der Zivil­gesellschaft ihre Projekte vor­stellen und so einen Ein­blick in aktuelle Auseinander­setzungen geben. Von Hessen aus richten wir in Work­shops den Blick auch auf bundes- und europa­weite Entwick­lungen Rechts­außen und deren Über­schneidungen mit der sogenannten bürger­lichen Mitte.

Wann: 11.–13. Ok­tober 2024

Wo: Studierenden­haus Bocken­heim