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Prof. Dr. Tine Stein accepted as Permanent Fellow at the LSI of HU Berlin (08.2025)
Law and Society Institute of Humboldt University Berlin
Prof. Dr. Tine Stein has been accepted as a Permanent Fellow at the Integrative Research Institute for Law & Society (LSI) at Humboldt University in Berlin. The LSI brings together interdisciplinary research on the interactions between law and society and connects researchers from different disciplines.
Dr. Verena Frick successfully completes habilitation process (07.2025)
July 2, 2025 | Georg August University of Göttingen
On July 2, Dr. Verena Frick successfully completed her habilitation procedure with a trial lecture. This was preceded by a specialist lecture and the successfully reviewed habilitation thesis on "The Democratic City." The Faculty of Social Sciences at Georg August University of Göttingen has awarded her the title of private lecturer with venia legendi in political science. The Political Theory and History of Ideas department warmly congratulates PD Dr. Frick on her habilitation.University Association Dissertation Award for Dr. Tobias Adler-Bartels (06.2025)
The University Association of Göttingen has awarded the 2024 Dissertation Prize to Dr. Tobias Adler-Bartels for his dissertation on "Radical Conservatism and the Liberal Question – Morphology and Radicalization of Conservative Ideology in Germany from the Vormärz to the Weimar Republic." The prize is endowed with EUR 5,000. His work was selected as one of two outstanding dissertations university-wide. In addition to Dr. Adler-Bartels, Dr. Shayan Hundrieser from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science also received the award. The award ceremony is planned to take place during the 2025 Academic Year Celebration. The Political Theory and History of Ideas department congratulates Dr. Adler-Bartels on this special award.
Bookmarket on the Crisis of Liberal Democracy (02.2025)
February 5, 2025 | 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. | Foyer of the ZHG
The master's seminar "New Books on the Crisis of Liberal Democracy" by Prof. Dr. Tine Stein cordially invites you to a book market, which will take place on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, from 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. in the foyer of the ZHG. The event will present selected books on the crisis of liberal democracy with posters, short presentations, and personal discussions. Visitors will have the opportunity to engage in lively exchanges with the seminar students. Refreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksiy Makeyev in Göttingen (01.2025)
January 24, 2025 | Georg August University of Göttingen
On January 24, 2025, a group of interested students and lecturers from the University of Göttingen studying sociology, political science, and international law met with the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Oleksij Makejew. The ambassador had several appointments in Göttingen and the surrounding area that day, which were arranged by Viola von Cramon, former member of the German Bundestag and former member of the European Parliament, and he was happy to accept the invitation from the Institute of Political Science. Moderated by Prof. Tine Stein, the ambassador willingly answered questions from students and faculty. The topics discussed included aspects of the conditions for the success of sanctions policy, democratic self-government in Ukraine, the German population's willingness to support Ukraine, and how politics can raise awareness of the "turning point." The audience thanked Ambassador Makeyev with loud applause for taking the time to participate in the discussion and for explaining his positions and perspectives.
Executive Board of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) (01.2025)
Our colleague Dr. Verena Frick was elected to the Executive Board of the German Political Science Association for the 2024-2027 term. In this role, she will focus particularly on the interests of Q scientists and on the international networking of the DVPW. Further information can be found on the DVPW website.
Dr. Sven Altenburger honored for dissertation (11/2024)
November 29, 2024 | Georg August University of Göttingen
On November 29, 2024, our former chair staff member
Access to Transcendence (08.2024)
In the podcast "mit herz & haltung" (with heart & attitude), Tine Stein spoke about the current difficulties facing the Catholic Church as an institution of salvation.
What makes a resilient democracy? (08.2024)
Tine Stein gave an interview on the necessity of a resilient democracy as part of the University of Regensburg's "Pillars of Democracy" series.
Completion of a doctoral project (07.2024)
July 16, 2024 | Georg August University of Göttingen
On July 16, Tobias Adler-Bartels successfully defended his dissertation "Radical Conservatism and the Liberal Question – Morphology and Radicalization of Conservative Ideology in Germany from the Vormärz to the Weimar Republic" in a public defense. In addition to his primary supervisor Tine Stein, the examination committee also included Prof. Dr. Hubertus Buchstein (University of Greifswald) and Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Knelangen (CAU Kiel).Workshop discussion "Can the Judiciary Defend Democracy?" (May 2024)
May 21, 2024 | Humboldt University of Berlin
On May 21, Campbell MacGillivray will present the results of his dissertation research to date in a workshop discussion at the Integrative Research Institute Law & Society (LSI) at Humboldt University in Berlin. The link to the discussion can be found here.
Discussion round in Slovakia (May 2024)
May 7, 2024 | Study trip organized by the Hans Böckler Foundation
On May 7, Campbell MacGillivray moderated a discussion panel with Professor Emília Sičáková-Beblavá (Institute of Public Policy, Comenius University) and Dr. Max Steuer (Department of Political Science, Comenius University and 'Talking Courts' project coordinator). The discussion, held before a multidisciplinary audience of scholarship holders, covered a wide range of topics, including the recent history of Slovakia and the effects of non-democratic practices, the founding of the Slovak Republic in 1993 after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the impact of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on the text and practice of the Slovak constitution, and the implementation of government policy since then.
Dr. Nicolás Fraile from Argentina as a visiting scholar at the department (01.2024)
In December 2023 and January 2024, Dr. Nicolás Fraile from the University of Buenos Aires - Gino Germani Research Institute (Department of Political Theory) was a guest at the Department of Political Theory and History of Ideas. Dr. Fraile's research focuses on democratic theory and political theory, in particular Weimar political theory and the compatibility of public administration and democracy. In Göttingen, he presented the results of his dissertation on Hermann Heller and the problem of political unity and conducted research in the extensive archives of the Göttingen State and University Library. He also discussed current political developments in Argentina with students as part of PD Dr. Martin Beckstein's seminar "Theories of Democratic Regression."
Martin Beckstein presents the subject of political science (12.2023)
December 20, 2023 | 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. | ZHG 105
As part of the social sciences lecture series in the BA SoWi program, Martin Beckstein will present the subject of political science at the University of Göttingen on December 20, 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. (ZHG 105).
Christmas Lecture (12.2023)
December 5, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. | ZHG 103
As part of this year's Christmas lecture by the Political Science Department, Martin Beckstein will give a talk on "Santa Claus's Disciplinary System." The lecture will take place on Tuesday, December 5, in ZHG 103, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Interview with Martin Beckstein: "The alliance's program meets all the criteria of a populist party" (10.2023)
October 24, 2023 | Welt TV
Against the backdrop of Sahra Wagenknecht's announcement that she would be founding a new party, PD Dr. Martin Beckstein was asked for his assessment by Welt TV on October 24.Completion of two doctoral projects (04.2023)
January 18, 2023, and April 24, 2023 | Georg August University of Göttingen
On April 24, 2023, Sven Altenburger successfully defended his dissertation
Chair substitution and leave of absence for Verena Frick (04.2023)
Summer semester 2023 | Leibniz University Hannover
Verena Frick will be representing the Chair of Political Theory and History of Ideas at Leibniz University Hannover in the summer semester 2023 and is therefore on leave from Göttingen.
German-Italian conference at Villa Vigoni: "How many faces does sovereignty have?" (May 2022)
May 16 to May 19, 2022 | Villa Vigoni
Verena Frick and Fernando D'Aniello (Università Federico II Napoli) are organizing a German-Italian conference on the topic "How many faces does sovereignty have?/ Quante facce ha la sovranità?". The basic idea behind this interdisciplinary discussion is to use the case law of the Federal Constitutional Court as a starting point for a fundamental reassessment of the future and present of the idea of sovereignty in Europe. To this end, representatives from both countries from the fields of political theory and philosophy will engage in discussion with legal experts. The conference program can be found here.
Conference "Basic Political Concepts in the 21st Century" (06.2021)
June 3 and 4, 2021 | Georg August University of Göttingen
On June 3 and 4, the conference "Basic Political Concepts in the 21st Century," organized by the Political Theory and History of Ideas department, took place as a digital event. Eight panels with a total of seventeen presentations and two keynotes were planned. While the first day was devoted to historical and methodological perspectives, on the second day we dealt with political-theoretical controversies and the basic concepts discussed in them. The detailed program and further information can be found here.DVPW Perspective Conference "Interdisciplinary Research" (11/2019)
Verena Frick, together with Anna Fruhstorfer, Sebastian Huhnholz, Oliver W. Lembcke, and Sebastian Wolf, is organizing this year's first DVPW Perspective Conference. The conference on the topic of "Interdisciplinary Research – Opportunity or Risk for Young Academics" will take place on November 7–8, 2019, in Berlin. All interested parties are welcome to attend! Information about the program and registration can be found at here.
Two new DFG projects (fall 2019)
Tine Stein has secured two projects from the DFG on the topic of "Politics and Ethics of Finitude," which will examine the ecological transformation of society from a political theory perspective. One research project focuses on initiatives such as urban gardening and citizen energy cooperatives, while the other focuses on the critique of growth in ecological-political thinking.
Symposium on "Heavenly Sources" (04.2019)
On Friday, April 12, 2019, a symposium on Tine Stein's work "Heavenly Sources and Earthly Law: Religious Prerequisites of the Liberal Constitutional State" took place at the Institute for Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Theology in Zurich (CH). Detailed information about this event can be found here, and a report on it can be accessed here.
"Trust in Democracy" (04.2019)
The German Bishops' Conference and the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) have commissioned a working group to draft a new Joint Statement on the current crisis of democracy. Tine Stein is a member of this working group. At a press conference on April 11, 2019, she, together with Reiner Anselm (Munich/EKD), Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck (Essen), and Eva Senghaas-Knobloch (Bremen) presented the new Joint Statement "Trust in Democracy" on April 11, 2019, at the Catholic Academy in Berlin (Hannoversche Str. 5). A press report can be found here, and the Joint Statement can be downloaded here.
Sven Altenburger on "Rethinking American and German Conscription" (03.2019)
On March 15, Sven Altenburger spoke at the Fifth Political Theory Graduate Conference at the London School of Economics and Political Science on "Rethinking American and German Conscription."
Verena Frick theoryblog member (08.2018)
Verena Frick has joined the theoryblog team and begins there with the highly recommended plea "More Law, Please. On the State of Political-Theoretical Legal Research"
Interview with Tobias Adler-Bartels on 1968 and Conservatism / the New Right (03.2018)
For the special issue "1968 – 50 Years Later" of the journal Der Landtag (parliamentary journal for Schleswig-Holstein), Tobias Adler-Bartels gave an interview on questions of the similarities and differences between the "68ers" and the New Right or radical conservative circles. The issue can be downloaded here.