Calendar
Meet the Scientist | with Martyna B. Linartas
A public presentation and discussion with doctoral researcher Martyna B. Linartas on the challenge of wealth inequality in liberal democracies at the Humboldt Lab of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Location: Humboldt Lab in the Humboldt Forum Berlin Schloßplatz 1 10178 Berlin
Short Talk | Democracies under Pressure #2: Freedom as a Problem
As part of the short talk series Democracies under Pressure , Philosopher and SCRIPTS researcher Stefan Gosepath will answer questions about self-contradictions, legacies and unfulfilled promises of the liberal script in a short talk with Christoph D. Piorkowski. Language: German. An event of the Cluster of Excellence Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS) in cooperation with Humboldt Labor of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin . Live & on site in the exhibition “Nach der Natur” of the Humboldt Labor on Wednesday, 19 April 2023 at 6.30 p.m Register for the event here.
Location: Humboldt Lab in the Humboldt Forum Schloßplatz 1, 10178 Berlin, Entrance Passage 1st floor, exhibition „After Nature“
Short Talk | Democracies under Pressure #3: Contestations
As part of the series Democracies under Pressure , SCRIPTS director and political scientist Prof. Dr. Tanja A. Börzel answers questions on the situation and challenges of contemporary liberal democracies in a short talk with Christoph D. Piorkowski. Language: German. An event of the Cluster of Excellence Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS) in cooperation with Humboldt Labor of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin . Live & on site in the exhibition “Nach der Natur” of the Humboldt Labor on Wednesday, 22 May 2023 at 6.30 p.m. Register for the event here.
Location: Humboldt Lab in the Humboldt Forum Schloßplatz 1, 10178 Berlin, Entrance Passage 1st floor, exhibition „After Nature“
Short Talk | Democracies under Pressure #1: Putin’s Russia
As part of the short talk series Democracies under Pressure , Political scientist and Eastern Europe expert Gwendolyn Sasse answers questions about Putin's fight against the liberal-democratic order in a short talk with Christoph D. Piorkowski. Language: German. Live & on site in the exhibition “Nach der Natur” of the Humboldt Labor on Wednesday, 15 March 2023 at 6.30 p.m. An event of the Cluster of Excellence Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS) in cooperation with Humboldt Labor of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin . Register for the event here.
Location: Humboldt Lab in the Humboldt Forum Schloßplatz 1, 10178 Berlin, Entrance Passage 1st floor, exhibition „After Nature“
Conference | DVPW "Politics and Profession"
The German Association for Political Science (DVPW), together with SCRIPTS and the Otto Suhr Institute (OSI) of Freie Universität, is organising the conference "Politics and Profession" for political scientists and those interested in Berlin. Registration until 05 Feb 2023 here .
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Henry-Ford-Building Garystraße 35 14195 Berlin
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Michael Zürn – Future of democracy and liberal orders
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Workshop | Academic freedom: conceptualisation, contestations and constitutional challenges
The workshop is orgqanized by the SCRIPTS project team on Academic Freedom and supported by SCRIPTS, the Center for Global Constitutionalism at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE).
Location: Novotel Budapest Danube Budapest Hungary
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Rahel Jaeggi – Solidarity with liberalism at the moment of its fall
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Schirin Amir-Moazami – The liberal script read postcolonially
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Katharina Bluhm – Russia as the Pioneer of a New Illiberal Conservatism?
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Gülay Çağlar – Gender justice in the liberal script: feminist perspectives
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Christoph Möllers, Andreas Reckwitz and Hedwig Richter – Böckenförde Roundtable
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Christian Volk – Protest and democracy
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Book Talk [CANCELLED] | Cristóbal Kaltwasser - Riding the populist wave: Europe's mainstream right in crisis
This book talk with Prof. Dr. Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser about his book - "Riding the populist wave: Europe's mainstream right in crisis" (Cambridge University Press 2021) can unfortunately not take place in 2022 . The event will be made up for in 2023, information will follow.
Location: Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS Edwin-Redslob-Straße 29, 14195 Berlin Conference Room (3rd floor) Access is not barrier-free.
Panel Discussion | Making Sense of a Midterm Election: Liberal Order Rescued?
A panel discussion in German language with Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Thomas Risse, Johannes Thimm, Dominik Tolksdorf, and Sarah Bressan (moderation) to make sense of the midterms’ impact on US politics and foreign policy, liberal democracy, and the liberal international order. Live with free admission at the silent green.
Location: silent green Kuppelhalle Gerichtsstraße 35, 13347 Berlin
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Stefan Gosepath – The problem with merit
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Inauguration Lecture | Diffusion of Policy Ideas on Gender and Diversity Change in Academic Institutions by Kathrin Zippel
Prof. Kathrin Zippel, Ph.D. has been Einstein Professor of Sociology with a focus on Gender Studies at the Institute of Sociology of Freie Universität Berlin and a member of the Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS since 2022. Her public inaugural lecture will take place as part of the lecture series "Diversität und Exzellenz – Ein Spannungsverhältnis?!" of the Berlin University Alliance.
Location: Henry-Ford-Bau, Hörsaal A Freie Universität Berlin Garystraße 35, 14195 Berlin
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Jürgen Gerhards – What an open refugee policy has to do with liberal values and why some countries open their borders to refugees and others do not
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Mark Hallerberg – (Re-)Allocation and the Liberal Script
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Andreas Eckert – Does Africa have a liberal script? And does it need one?
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Gudrun Krämer – MENA and more: Islamism as a counter-conception to the liberal script
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Marianne Braig – Ownership, Rejection and Reclaiming: Liberal Scripts in Latin America
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Science Slam | The Berlin Clusters of Excellence at the Berlin Science Week
At our cluster science slam, scientists try everything to entertain their audience, regardless of whether the subject is e.g. mathematics, neuroscience or active material. The sky is the limit when it comes to what’s possible. Costumes, props, movies, power-point presentations or other experimental setups – it is all allowed. Only time sets the limits – every slammer will have ten minutes at most. And the audience will decide which presentation is best!
Location: Roadrunner’s Paradise Saarbrücker Str. 24 Berlin, Berlin 10405 Germany http://www.roadrunners-paradise.de/
Lecture | Lisa Wedeen: Scientific Knowledge, Liberalism, and Empire – a Revisiting
Open SCRIPTS Jour Fixe at the Oyoun in Berlin-Neukölln with a lecture by Lisa Wedeen, followed by comments & discussion with Andreas Eckert, Anne Menzel, Mohamed Amer Meziane and Schirin Amir-Moazami.
Location: Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Str. 32 12049 Berlin
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Tanja Börzel and Thomas Risse – Liberal partial orders: Liberal orders beyond the national community
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Lecture Series | On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script: Michael Zürn – The liberal script: Does it exist and what could it be?
This lecture is part of the public lecture series "Contestations about and in liberal orders: On the Critique and Future of the Liberal Script.", organised by SCRIPTS for the "Offener Hörsaal" series at FU Berlin.
Location: Lecture Hall 1b Rostlaube Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin U3 Dahlem-Dorf or Freie Universität Berlin (Thielplatz), Bus 110, M11, X83
Workshop | Lisa Wedeen on "Interpretive Social Science and the Theorizing of Violent Orders"
Academic workshop with SCRIPTS Senior Fellow Prof Lisa Wedeen, Mary R. Morton Professor of Political Science at University of Chicago and co-director of the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory , on “Interpretative Social Science and the Theorizing of Violent Orders”. Invitation by the DVPW Working Group Violent Orders, organised by Freie Universität Berlin/INTERACT group in cooperation with SCRIPTS. Open for guests, please register until 19 Oct 2022.
Location: Edwin-Redslob-Straße 29, 2nd floor, R13 (SCRIPTS building)
Tandem-Guided Tour | The Gender of Science
How Gender orders Science and Science biologises Gender: A tandem guided tour with Johannes Heß and Tobias Klee through the object scape in the Humboldt Laboratory's exhibition "After Nature" at the Humboldt Forum.
Location: Humboldt Lab at Humboldt Forum Berlin, Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin
Discussion | Futuring the Liberal Script #7: Ukraine – Talking of War
A conversation with Gwendolyn Sasse, Director of the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) and SCRIPTS Principal Investigator, with Kateryna Mishchenko, writer, publisher and translator, moderated by the journalist Jens Bisky, on occasion of Sasse's new book " Der Krieg gegen die Ukraine. Hintergründe, Ereignisse, Folgen ". Live with free admission at silent green .
Location: silent green Gerichtsstraße 35, 13347 Berlin
"Meet the Scientist" with Heiko Giebler at Humboldt Lab Berlin
As part of the “Meet the Scientist” series, Heiko Giebler reflects on limits, results and opportunities of global survey research on attitudes towards the liberal script and answers questions from visitors of the Humboldt Lab in Berlin (in German). Heiko Giebler is head of the SCRIPTS Junior Research Group “Comparative Survey” and the survey “PALS – Public Attitudes towards the Liberal Script”. An event organised by the Humboldt Lab of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in cooperation with SCRIPTS. Live & on site on 13 October 2022 at 5 p.m. (local time). Please book a free ticket in advance at the Humboldt Lab .
Location: Humboldt Lab at Humboldt Forum Berlin, Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin
Workshop | Peripheral Liberalism
This workshop is organised by the SCRIPTS research group " Peripheral Liberalism " and will take place at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Location: Day 1 - HUB_X, 1st floor, Humboldt Forum, Schloßpl. 1, 10178 Berlin Day 2 - SCRIPTS Villa, Edwin-Redslob-Straße 29, 14195 Berlin
Panel discussion | Putin's Wars & the Global Order
Prof. Mathias Albert (Universität Bielefeld), Prof. Tanja Börzel, director of SCRIPTS (Freie Universität Berlin), Prof. Thomas Risse, Senior Professor at SCRIPTS (Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. Antje Wiener (Universität Hamburg) discuss "Putin's Wars & the Global Order" on Thursday, 22 Sept 2022. Recording available on YouTube . Normal 0 21 false false false DE X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4
Discussion | Futuring the Liberal Script #6 at Silent Green
A conversation with Gudrun Krämer, professor em. of Islamic Studies at Freie Universität Berlin and SCRIPTS alumni professor, in conversation with Yassin Musharbash, journalist at DIE ZEIT and ZEIT Online, moderated by Sonja Zekri, journalist for Süddeutsche Zeitung, on occasion of Krämer's new book " Der Architekt des Islamismus ".Watch the recording on YouTube .
Location: silent green Kuppelhalle Gerichtstraße 35 13347 Berlin
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Yi Edward Yang - China's Strategic Narratives and International Order
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Wei Liang - BRICS minus China? China Shock and the Future of the World Trade Organization
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Guest Lecture | "US White Evangelical Populism: How We Got Here and Its Political Future" with Marcia Pally at FU Berlin
The guest lecture by Marcia Pally (New York University) at Freie Universität Berlin looks at how white evangelicalism affects US domestic and foreign policy and embraces the populist right. Public event on site at Freie Universität Berlin and in livestream ( here ), moderated by Prof. Thomas Risse.
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Hörsaal/Lecture Hall -1.2009 (UG) Holzlaube Fabeckstr. 23-25, 14195 Berlin
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2022 | Discussion "Der Ukraine-Krieg und das liberale Skript"
A panel discussion (in German) with SCRIPTS experts from the areas of sociology, political science and history about the Russian-led war in Ukraine and its consequences for the liberal script as part of the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2022 .
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Building 5b Campus Library - Basement Silberlaube Fabeckstraße 25, 14195 Berlin
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2022 | "Meet the Scientists of Excellence" at the Humboldt Lab
As part of the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2022 , researchers from Berlin's Clusters of Excellence get into conversation (in German) about their current research with all interested Berliners. On behalf of SCRIPTS, Gwendolyn Sasse will present her current analyses of the Russian-led war in Ukraine.
Location: Humboldt Labor im Humboldt Forum Berlin Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin
Workshop | Berlin4Ukraine: Meet & Learn
Together with SCRIPTS and other partners, BR50 is organizing a network and career event for Ukrainian researchers that fled from Ukraine and came to Berlin.
Location: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) Leibniz-Saal Jägerstraße 22/23 10117 Berlin
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Oliver Stuenkel - The Tech War and Future of Global Order
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Encounterings & collective reflections | Future Perfect with Denise Ferreira da Silva & guests
A day of encounterings and collective reflections with artist and philosopher Denise Ferreira da Silva & guests invites to speculative exercises on the im/possibility of global/racial un/justice. A recording of the event is available on YouTube.
Location: SAVVY Contemporary Reinickendorfer Strasse 17 13347 Berlin
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Pu Xiaoyu - Rethinking China's Rise in a Changing Global Order
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Exhibition | What about academic freedom?
An interactive exhibition with different stations about the influence of deliberately spreading disinformation and conspiracy theories on social media - and what we can do about it. Each station has been prepared by a scientist and consists of a poster dedicated to a subtopic. The stations are in German and English. The open forum is the final programme of the exhibition. The exhibition shows how digital disinformation spreads on social media. But what can we as a civil society do about it? Scientists and activists from the social sciences, media literacy and psychology will give short lectures on solution strategies, after which participants can talk directly to the lecturers about their experiences with misinformation on the Internet and ask questions.
Location: Mall Anders Ground floor @ Wilma Shoppen (former Wilmersdorfer Arcaden) Wilmersdorfer Str. 46 10627 Berlin
"Meet the Scientist" | How does research on scientific freedom work?
As part of our "Meet the Scientist" series at Mall Anders, researchers from SCRIPTS, FU Berlin and Academy in Exile/HU Berlin will present their current research on academic freedom and respond to answers from the audience on the site of our exhibition "What about academic freedom?" .
Location: Mall Anders Ground floor @ Wilma Shoppen (former Wilmersdorfer Arcaden) Wilmersdorfer Str. 46 10627 Berlin
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Alastair Iain Johnston - How Discourses of Order Create Disorder: Comparing the US, 'Rules Based Order' and China's 'Community of Common Destiny'
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Exhibition Programme | Open Forum "How to confront disinformation?"
The Open Forum is the closing programme of the exhibition "New Media and Information Disorder in Liberal Society" which tries to explain how digital disinformation spreads on social media. Researchers and activists from the social sciences, media competency and psychology will give short presentations on solution strategies. Participants can talk directly with the speakers about their experiences with online disinformation, ask questions, and work together on individual solutions.
Location: Mall Anders Ground floor, Wilma Shoppen (former Wilmersdorfer Arcaden) Wilmersdorfer Str. 46 10627 Berlin
Discussion | "Another Marshall Plan? Myths and Truths 75 years later" at Humboldt Lab
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, SCRIPTS hosted a public discussion in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy Berlin, the John F. Kennedy Institute at Freie Universität Berlin, and the Humboldt Lab of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The speakers were Jessica Gienow-Hecht , David W. Ellwood, Sergey Lagodinsky, Petra Pinzler (Moderation). The event took place on site at the Humboldt Lab. A blog article by Jessica Gienow-Hecht ( here ) and David W. Ellwood ( here ) accompanied the event.
Location: Humboldt Lab at Humboldt Forum Berlin, Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin
Public Presentation | "Laborastories" with Researchers from Berlin's Clusters of Excellence at Mall Anders
In the format of storytelling, researchers from the Berlin Clusters of Excellence present current research projects (in German), hosted by the Berlin University Alliance in cooperation with SCRIPTS.
Location: Mall Anders Ground floor, Wilma Shoppen (former Wilmersdorfer Arcaden) Wilmersdorfer Str. 46 10627 Berlin
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Min Ye - The Belt and Road: China's Evolving Global Grand Strategy
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Exhibition | "Digital disinformation as a contestation of liberal societies" at Mall Anders
Organized by the Knowledge Exchange Lab at SCRIPTS, this exhibition at Mall Anders in Berlin explores disinformation in liberal societies. What is disinformation, what facts? How do we decide what to believe? A programme of talks, the open forum, will round off the exhibition on 11 June.
Location: Mall Anders Ground floor, Wilma Shoppen (former Wilmersdorfer Arcaden) Wilmersdorfer Str. 46 10627 Berlin
Discussion | Futuring the Liberal Script #5 at Silent Green
A conversation with Prof. Philipp Lepenies, holder of the SCRIPTS Professorship “Sustainable Development” , and economic journalist Ulrike Herrmann at silent green Berlin on occasion of Lepenies’ new book “ Verbot und Verzicht ”, moderated by Silke Burmester. Watch the recording on YouTube .
Location: silent green Kuppelhalle Gerichtstraße 35 13347 Berlin
Guest Lecture | "Border Anxiety in a Globalizing World" with Beth A. Simmons
The guest lecture by Beth A. Simmons (University of Pennsylvania Law School) looks at evidence, causes and consequences of growing anxiety about state borders on a global scale. Livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R-uoNKiMkPk
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon - Shock to the System: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and the Prospet for Liberal Ordering
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Rosemary Foot - Institutional Pathways in the Challenge to Liberal Order: China at the United Nations
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Workshop on “Horizon Europe” for early career researchers
Two representatives of the German Research Organisations will explain how to raise funds from the EU framework programme "Horizon Europe". The event is hosted by SCRIPTS and BR50 and takes place via Zoom.
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Margaret M. Pearson - China's Political Economy and International Backlash
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Internal Workshop | Weber, the Liberal Script and the Globalisation of International Society
Workshop of the Einstein Research Group and SCRIPTS, organised by Prof. Andrew Hurrell and Dr. Álvaro Morcillo Laiz. Restricted access for invited participants.
Talk & Discussion | "Meet the Scientist" with SCRIPTS researchers at Mall Anders
Researchers from Berlin Clusters of Excellence present their research and answer questions at the Mall Anders (in German). T hea Céline Kirsch will speak about digital border regimes.
Location: Mall Anders Ground floor @ Wilma Shoppen (former Wilmersdorfer Arcaden) Wilmersdorfer Str. 46 10627 Berlin
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Scott Kennedy - Beyond Decoupling: Maintaining America’s High-Tech Advantages over China
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
[Cancelled!] Virtual Lecture Series | G. John Ikenberry - A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Science Slam | "Ein exzellenter Science Slam. Wie junge Forschende in Berlin unsere Welt von morgen mitgestalten" at Mall Anders
Young scientists from four Clusters of Excellence of the Berlin University Alliance present their research work in a science slam in the Mall Anders learning lab in the Wilma Shoppen shopping centre. Technical vocabulary or long lists do not have a place here. Instead, be curious about neuroscience, intelligence research, liberal orders, and catalysis research for more sustainability - anything that serves to illustrate this is permitted: costumes, props, films, PowerPoint presentations or experimental set-ups. The only limit is time; the slammers have fifteen minutes each! Many of the candidates are taking part in a science slam for the first time and are ready to leave the ivory tower of science. In the end, the audience decides who will be honoured as the winner. If you want to go deeper into the content, the participants will be ready to talk to the visitors afterwards over cool drinks. Come to our Science Slam - it's very excellent!
Location: Mall Anders Ground floor, Wilma Shoppen (former Wilmersdorfer Arcaden) Wilmersdorfer Str. 46 10627 Berlin
Virtual Lecture Series | "China's Global Rise" Courtney J. Fung - Looking to Lead? China and UN Peacekeeping
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST.
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Internal discussion | Knowledge exchange with SCRIPTS and foreign policy actors
In collaboration with the German Federal Foreign Office, SCRIPTS' Knowledge Exchange Team (Politics) organises an internal panel discussion with foreign policy actors and scholars. The panel discussion addresses questions regarding policy strategies and narratives of the actors of the Indo-Pacific and beyond, especially in light of the Russian invasion.
Virtual Lecture Series | China’s Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?
This lecture is part of the virtual public lecture series "China's Global Rise - Contesting the Liberal World Order?", organised by SCRIPTS and IN-EAST (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
Location: Online (Zoom Webinar)
"Meet the Scientist" with Michael Zürn at Humboldt Lab
As part of the "Meet the Scientist" series, SCRIPTS director Prof. Michael Zürn presents research on authoritarian populism and answer questions from visitors of the Humboldt Lab in Berlin (in German). An event organised by the Humboldt Lab of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Live & on site on 24 March 2022 at 4 and 5 p.m. respectively (local time).
Location: Humboldt Labor im Humboldt Forum Berlin Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin
Roundtable | ZEITENWENDE? Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
A special public event on the occasion of the Russian-led war in Ukraine. Seven SCRIPTS experts and fellows met at an online roundtable on Tue, 15 March at 18:00 to analyse the implications of this "Zeitenwende" (watershed moment) from diverse regional perspectives.
Regional Conference on Asian Scripts
The conference will take place virtually on 21–23 February 2022, and is hosted by the Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS under the lead of Prof. Michael Zürn , Co-Director of SCRIPTS, and Principal Investigator and GIGA President Prof. Amrita Narlikar . A second event is envisioned to take place later in 2022, hopefully in person. The deadline for panel and paper proposals has passed. The conference is open to invitees only.
International Symposium | From Berlin Wall to New Conflict: Eastern European Cleavages and Encounters
The Institute for East European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, led by SCRIPTS Principal Investigator Prof. Katharina Bluhm, is celebrating the seventieth anniversary of its founding in 1951. The international symposium, organized in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde (DGO), is a key event in the celebrations and also serves as a platform for discussing the cultural, political, economic, and social complexities of Eastern Europe over the past thirty years.
Berlin Science Week Panel | How (not) to Increase Vaccination Willingness
What can Public and Global Health learn from the COVID-19 vaccination campaign? A discussion with Prof. Heike Klüver (Principal Investigator, Cluster of Excellence "SCRIPTS"), Dr. Katrin Schmelz (Postdoctoral Researcher, Cluster of Excellence "Politics of Inequality", Universität Konstanz), Dr. Martin Bergfelder (Head of Corona Taskforce, Federal Foreign Office Germany), and Prof. Mujaheed Shaikh (Professor of Health Governance, Hertie School). Moderation: Julia Vismann, science journalist
Location: Humboldt Lab at Humboldt Forum Berlin, Schlossplatz, 10178 Berlin
Berlin Science Week Panel | The Dance Floor is a Political Space!
A Knowledge Exchange on the Role of Clubs for Liberal and Open Societies, with Researchers of the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script – SCRIPTS“, the Berlin Clubcommission and actors from the arts and culture scene.
Location: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin & Online
Workshop | Refugees and the (Global) Cold War
This international workshop, hosted by the Research Unit ‘Borders’ of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Contestations of the Liberal Script’ (SCRIPTS), brings together established and emerging scholars to chart the intersection between refugee history and Cold War history. To attend, please contact the organizer Dr Bastiaan Bouwman ( sebastiaan.bouwman@fu-berlin.de ).
Discussion | Futuring the Liberal Script #4 Automation and the Future of Work
A conversation with Dr. Aaron Benanav and Prof. Dr. Philipp Staab
Location: silent green Kuppelhalle Gerichtstraße 35 13347 Berlin
SCRIPTS Workshop | Global Leadership Crisis, Rising Inequalities, and Culture Wars: Contestations of the Liberal Script in the US
Follow-up workshop of the online conference with the University of Wyoming (UWYO) in 2021.
Launch Event | "The Future of the Liberal International Order" – 75th Anniversary Edition of the Journal International Organization
The Knowledge Exchange Lab took the 75 th anniversary issue of the renowned journal International Organization (IO) as an occasion to exchange and openly discuss about the future of the Liberal International Order (LIO). During the panel discussion some of the contributors of the special issue exchanged with selected high ranking foreign policy officers from the Federal Foreign Office, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Department of State. The event took place on Friday, 08 Oct 2021, both at the Humboldt Labor and online.
Location: Humboldt Lab at Humboldt Forum Berlin, Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin
Panel | Retrenchment from the Global Order? US Foreign Policy under Trump and Beyond
Location: Livestream from the Washington State Convention Center, US
International Workshop | Blurring Boundaries? Illiberal conservatism and the New Right
International Workshop organized by SCRIPTS Berlin (Research Units Borders and Orders) and OEI Sociology , Freie Universität Berlin.
Location: Online
DVPW Congress 2021: DoE11 | International Organizations in Comparison
While the typologization and comparison of political systems with regard to states had become an established part of political science early on, international organizations (IOs) have long been analyzed primarily in individual case studies. Given the more than 400 IOs that states have created since the end of World War II, it is surprising that the systematic comparison of IOs has only recently become the subject of political science. Distinctions between regional and global IOs, between program and operational IOs, and between mission-specific and cross-purpose IOs, have been complemented by recent work on the institutional design of IOs. This not only shows that IOs vary in the extent to which they are legalized, differ in terms of the endowment of their own authority, involve transnational actors to varying degrees, or seek to promote deliberation among state actors to varying degrees. These recent studies also seek to explain the observed variance and/or discuss possible implications, for example, for the effectiveness and legitimacy of governance beyond the nation-state. Following on from this and similar research, the panel "International Organizations in Comparison" would like to explore the following research questions and invites submissions of relevant papers: How do IOs differ in terms of their effectiveness and how can observed differences in performance be explained? How do IOs cope with increasing pressures to reform and what strategies are particularly promising to address them? What are the forms of resolution of deficit IOs and why do IOs differ in this respect, and what implications does this have for global governance?
Location: Online
DVPW Congress 2021: DoD07 | Fake News, Truth und Academic Freedom
Academic freedom is constitutive of the liberal script in so far as it is inherent to individual self-determination and social progress. International and European Law protect academic freedom as a core value, yet freedom of science and the academic profession are increasingly under pressure in many countries all over the world. Where academic freedom is contested, we often also observe rejection of scientific evidence and Expertise, alongside open attacks on (scientific) facts and findings. Why and how is academic freedom contested? Who contests it and how do different contestants and contestations relate to each other? Which arguments are employed? The panel invites contributions from various disciplines.
DVPW Congress 2021: DoD20 | Political Polarization
Political polarization has been a much-debated topic in recent years. Strong polarization has the potential to impair society’s ability to reach consensus, making it more likely that social groups with irreconcilable interest form and put burdens on pluralistic foundations of liberal democracies. To better understand and describe political polarization in Germany, this panel brings together four papers with different perspectives on political polarization. The first two contributions evaluate the extent of two types of polarization conceptualizations. On the one hand, Traber et al. focus on public opinion polarization, the degree to which issue preferences diverge between different social groups. Their analysis reveals that the polarization of issue preferences has been surprisingly stable in Germany. Wagner and Harteveld, on the other hand, study affective polarization, as the dislike between citizens with opposing political identities in multiparty-systems. Using 30 years of data from Germany reveals the extend of out-party animus and proposes explanations for variation between parties. The other two contributions focus on the effect of events on polarization. Ellger studies the effect that politically motivated crimes against politicians can have on polarization in Germany. The results suggest that violent acts can generate political divides in societies. Similarly, Hunger and Hutter study the polarization in German society that emerges as a consequence of protest against the corona measures. Taking together, the four contributions of the panel describe the extend of polarization and investigate the effects of violent and protest events on polarization in Germany.
Location: Online
DVPW Congress 2021: DiE10 | Inequalities
The liberal script assigns the free market as the key mechanism of allocation, which invariably results in uneven outcomes. Welfare states attempt to reduce inequalities via, for instance, progressive taxation. Efforts to address one form of inequality may negatively impact another inequality. For instance, efforts to increase gender equality may lead to greater inequality across social class. In addition, the sustainability of welfare states becomes questionable when faced with reduced tax bases due to declining birth rates, aging populations, and tax evasion. Adding to that complexity are the rights and opportunities for immigrants in a given country. This panel invites contributions on questions such as: Are the current contestations part of a longer-term social history, or are they more a product of a post-Cold War world? What happens to public support for the welfare state as inequality increases? Is the crisis of the liberal script a crisis of capitalism?
Location: Online
DVPW Congress 2021: DiD03 | Challenges to the Liberal International Order
The Liberal International Order (LIO) is increasingly under stress: Among the transatlantic core, the Biden Administration will not resume U.S. leadership in world affairs, let alone hegemony. (Right-wing) populist challenges are unlikely to recede on either side of the Atlantic. China is increasingly assertive, particularly with regard to core liberal values such as international human rights and the rule of law. Many states in the global South contest the LIO as both exclusionary and partial to the wealthy in the global North. Last not least, exogenous challenges such as Covid-19 and climate change further challenge the LIO’s resilience. The roundtable with leading experts from around the world will discuss these and other contestations of the global liberal order including possible remedies.
Discussion | Futuring the Liberal Script #3: "Sortiermaschinen" with Steffen Mau
Sociologist Steffen Mau in conversation with writer Nora Bossong live from the silent green Berlin, moderated by Yara Hoffmann
Location: silent green Gerichtsstraße 35, 13347 Berlin
Discussion & Book Launch | "Sortiermaschinen" with Steffen Mau at Humboldt Labor
Steffen Mau in conversation with Stefan Gosepath and Naika Foroutan, moderated by Christiane Hoffmann
Location: Online (Livestream)
Anticolonial Solidarity: Political Theory and Global History in Dialogue (Limited Access)
Political Theory and Global History in Dialogue” commences an interdisciplinary dialogue on the central question—what is anticolonial solidarity? It is important to pose this question now, when appeals to “solidarity” proliferate among politicians and public health officials seeking to legitimate otherwise unpopular mobility restrictions. Their picture of solidarity in elite frameworks of nationalist-communitarianism or liberal-internationalism, however, contrasts sharply with ways of seeing solidarity typical of transnational anticolonial movements. Engaged citizens and activists continue to contest local injustices rooted in global structures of European colonialism and the legacies of informal imperialism: from the so-called Mediterranean “refugee crisis” to state-corporate invasion of indigenous territory at Standing Rock or Unist’o’ten. From this perspective, the rhetorical performance of a “crisis of solidarity” occludes the vibrant history and present of more radical, transformative practices of anticolonial solidarity. We thus propose to approach our question by thinking about both solidarity and anticolonialism together, as well as reflecting on the importance of histories of freedom, oppression, and resistance in the formation of contemporary solidarities.
Data Science Summer School
The Data Science Summer School is a series of theoretical and practical workshops on the exciting methods and technologies currently employed by industry, government, and civil society to address the world's most complex problems.
Location: Online
Discussion | Futuring the Liberal Script #2 The Democratic Regression
Michael Zürn in conversation with Claus Offe, moderated by Yara Hoffmann
Location: silent green Kuppelhalle Gerichtstraße 35 13347 Berlin
Roundtable „Contestations of the Liberal Script in a Global Perspective” (Restricted Access)
Since at least World War II and incorporated into the UN Charter, several liberal principles have characterized the international order, such as (collective) self-determination, basic human rights, an open international economic system, as well as rule-based and principled multilateralism. For the past ten years or so, this liberal international order (LIO) has become increasingly contested, both from within core Western powers (right- and left-wing populism) and external challengers (China, Russia, etc.). The roundtable will discuss these various contestations from global perspectives. Participants from around the globe will raise critical issues with regard to the LIO and its inclusionary as well as exclusionary features. Open to registered participants of the WISC Conference
Location: Online
The Effects of Global Populism: Assessing Impact on the International Order (Registration Mandatory)
This online workshop will bring together a group of twenty International Relations (IR) scholars who share a common interest in research on the international dimension of contemporary populism. During two days, participants will offer critical insights on the implications of the rise of populist leaders in global politics. Organized in four roundtables, participants will discuss the best approaches to study the effects of populism on foreign policy and diplomacy, international cooperation and regional integration, international security and human rights, and international economy and trade. The workshop aims to contribute to the growing debate, both within and outside the SCRIPTS Cluster, about the potential impact of populist phenomena on the international order established after World War II and consolidated in the post-Cold War era.
Location: Online
Book Launch Discussion - "Riding the Populist Wave: Europe's Mainstream Right in Crisis" - Prof. Dr. Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, IRC Senior Fellow
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Video conference
Book Launch: Effective Governance Under Anarchy (Restricted Access)
Policy-makers and academics have long promoted an agenda that sees well-governed, democratic and consolidated states in the Global North as the model for stabilisation efforts and development programmes. However, areas of limited statehood with weak and ineffective institutions can be found everywhere–and still be well-governed.
Book Presentation | Effective Governance Under Anarchy
Speakers: Tanja A. Börzel (Freie Universität Berlin) and Thomas Risse (Freie Universität Berlin). Presentation of the Book "Effective Governance Under Anarchy: Institutions, Legitimacy, and Social Trust in Areas of Limited Statehood" hosted by the Journal Regulation & Governance
Location: Online
WORKSHOP: “China and the contestation of the liberal economic order”
Workshop organizers: Tanja A. Börzel (Freie Universität Berlin) Julia Langbein (Centre for East European and international Studies, Berlin)
Can the Liberal Script still be saved?
With: Tanja A. Börzel , Marcelo Caruso , Gudrun Krämer , Lena Röllicke , Gwendolyn Sasse , Lukas Stoetzer Moderation: Volker Wieprecht
Location: Humboldt Forum Berlin
Futuring the Liberal Script #1 Degrees of Freedom
Location: silent green, Berlin
WORKSHOP: International Actors and the Contestation of Liberal Democracy
The Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile’s Institute of Political Science, The Cluster of Excellence, “Contestation of the Liberal Script” and the Pontificia Universidad Católica do Rio de Janeiro's Institute of International Relations are soliciting abstracts for a three-day online workshop, titled “ International Actors and the Contestation of Liberal Democracy ,” to be held March 24-26.
Ad Hoc Session: Public Discourses on the Admission of Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Similarities and Differences between Countries
Scripts PI Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gerhards and Dr. Daniel Drewski are organizing an ad hoc session with the topic "Public Discourses on the Admission of Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Similarities and Differences between Countries" at the 40th Congress of the German Sociological Association. The 40th Congress of the German Sociological Association (DGS) in Berlin ›Societies under Tension‹ focuses on societal tensions, conflicts, diagnoses of the re-ordering of societies and the corresponding challenges for sociology as a social science. Please find the session overview below. Participation is only possible for congress participants.
Location: Digital
Conference: Global Leadership Crisis, Rising Inequalities, and Culture Wars Contestations of the Liberal Script in North America
On September 14-16, 2020, SCRIPTS will co-host its first regional conference with our international partner, the University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY), entitled “Global Leadership Crisis, Rising Inequalities, and Culture Wars Contestations of the Liberal Script in North America”. Thanks to an open call for papers, we will have a great set of contributions from various disciplinary backgrounds with speakers from all over the globe. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the conference will take place virtually, but we very much look forward to three days of stimulating discussions. Please check out the program below for further information! The conference is non-public and participation is restricted.
Opening Conference 2020
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Dahlem Cube @Seminaris Campus Hotel Takustr. 39, 14195 Berlin, Germany