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Upcoming Events

Keynote Speech at the IASTE Conference

Alexandria, Egypt – May 23-26, 2025
The conference theme is “Tradition and Cosmopolitanism.”

New Publications

New Commentaries/Blogs

Each week, since 4th March a short opinion piece will appear Open Access, normally every Monday, under Commentaries.

‘Are Left and Right Obsolete Terms? 4^th March, 2025

‘Positioning Oneself on Israel after the Destruction of Gaza.’ 10^th March, 2025

‘Barbarism and the Figure of the Barbarian: Making sense of the new barbarism.’ 17^th March, 2025

‘A PostWestern Europe: Revisiting an old concept.’ 24^th March, 2025

‘The Rise of Authoritarismism: A Sociological Perspective.’ 31^st March, 2025

‘Europe, Russia and War.’ 7^th April 2025

‘Gaza and Europe.’ 14^th April 2024

The Allure of Authoritarianism and the Future of Democratic Politics

DOI Link

Special section on the controversy on ‘anti-anti-semitism in Germany’ in the European Journal of Social Theory

Past Events

Talk at Oxford Brookes, Oxford

26th March, 2025

Hope as a Political Idea

Talk on “Senses of the Future” – Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

Paris, France – October 18, 2024

Book Presentation: “Senses of the Future” – University of Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany – October 16, 2024
Presentation at the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability.”

Talk on Hope – University of Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany – October 2024
Annual conference at the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability.”
Topic: Hopeful Attachments in a Ruin Planet