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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? 4th March, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

‘Gaza and Europe.’ 14th April 2024

The Allure of Authoritarianism and the Future of Democratic Politics

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

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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