News of the Max-Weber-Kolleg

13. Jun 2024, 10.00 am - 5.00 pm

Workshop with Mercator Fellow Klaus Bosselmann: "Private property and public commons – narrowing the gap"

Jentower, Jena

In June, Klaus Bosselmann from the University of Auckland will be our guest in Jena as a Mercator Fellow in the Collaborative Research Center TRR294 “Structural Change of Property”. He has been working for many years on environmental issues at the…

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Two New Job Advertisements of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences “Religion and Urbanity” (FOR 2779)Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe „Religion und Urbanität“ (FOR 2779)

The Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences “Religion and Urbanity” (FOR 2779) currently invites applications for the following position with 40 hours per week.

  • Research Coordinator (f/m/d) | Pay category E 13 TV-L (100 %)
  • R…

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Lecture: "Dispose of things. How capitalism is forcing the end of private ownership of consumer goods"

As part of the project "Agenda Future-Oriented Consumer Research", a cooperation between the University of Kassel and the Max Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt, Professor Hartmut Rosa, Director of the Max Weber-Kolleg and Co-Speaker of the…

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10. Jun 2024, 9.00 am - 11. Jun 2024, 6.00 pm

Environments in Transition: Reflections from South Asia

C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" (Campus)

Interdisciplinary Workshop of ICAS:MP, Module 4 (Normative Conflicts and Transformations)

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8. Jun 2024, 9.30 am - 7.00 pm

Workshop: Genocide in Comparative Perspective

C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" (Campus)

Interdisciplinary Workshop of ICAS:MP, Module 4 (Normative Conflicts and Transformations)

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6. Jun 2024, 9.15 am - 7. Jun 2024, 6.00 pm

Performing the political: Alternative forms of organization and critique under conditions of democratic deconsolidation

C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" (Campus)

Interdisciplinary Workshop of ICAS:MP, Module 4 (Normative Conflicts and Transformations)

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In "Embodiment, Political Economy and Human Flourishing", Frédéric Basso and Carsten Herrmann-Pillath outline a concrete utopia for an economic order centered on human dignity and care for life on earth

In their publication "Embodiment, Political Economy and Human Flourishing", the two authors present embodied economics as a fundamental alternative to behavioral economics and other projects that combine economics and psychology in terms of the…

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103rd Catholic Day: University of Erfurt takes part with its Open-air Campus

"The future belongs to the people of peace": This is the motto of the next Catholic Day, which will take place in Erfurt from 29 May to 2 June 2024. The University of Erfurt will also be taking part in this event – with an open air campus on 31 May…

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