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The Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: Projects

»Democratic Vistas: Reflections on the Atlantic World«
beginning 2021
The research focus »Democratic Vistas: Reflections on the Atlantic World« explores the Atlantic World’s potentials and limitations in addressing the future of democracy. We take as our guide the American poet Walt Whitman, who, in his 1871 essay Democratic Vistas, recognized democracy’s contingency.
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»Planetary Crises – Planetary Thinking?«
beginning 2020

The working group »Planetary Crises – Planetary Thinking?« starts from the diagnosis of crisis – humanity is currently facing challenges that are unique in its history. The current situation can justifiably be described as a planetary crisis.
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»Complexity in Science, Culture and Society«
beginning 2017
Scientists and scholars from the natural and life sciences, the humanities and social sciences at Goethe University are conducting joint research on the question of what constitutes »complex systems« and how »systems« that we deem to be »complex« can be understood more precisely.
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»Interdisciplinary Study of Religions«
beginning 2013
»Religion« is the subject not only of theology, but also of other disciplines, especially history, cultural studies, social sciences and philosophy. With its research focus »Interdisciplinary Study of Religions«, the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften connects scholars from different disciplines and national and international institutions and brings them into conversation about the multi-layered relationships of religions in society.
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Completed projects
Since 2009, the following projects have been hosted at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: »Justitia Amplificata« (2009-2020), History Programme (2014-2018), Italy–Germany (lecture series, 2017-2019), »The digital self« (2012-2014), »Reconfiguring American Politics« (2010/11), »Commodity aesthetics« (2010), »Development cooperation« (2009/2010).
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Zhiyi Yang (right) in conversation with Anke Sauter at the panel discussion »Research and Society« with the Hessian Minister for Science and the Arts Angela Dorn and researchers of the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften.
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Events | FKH

20 April 2023
Lecture | John McCloy Lecture
Sigmar Gabriel (Vorsitzender der Atlantik-Brücke, Bundesminister a. D.): »Deutschland, die EU und die transatlantischen Beziehungen nach der ›Zeitenwende‹«
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27 April 2023
Lecture | Series »Sinophone Classicism« | hybrid
Mingwei Song (Wellesley College): »Archaeology and Futurology in Contemporary Sinophone Science Fiction«
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Hölderlins »Patmos« in Homburg. Vortrag von Prof. Christian Metz über das weltberühmte Gedicht aus Hölderlins Spätwerk
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Podcast | Interview
Johannes Völz, member of the FKH board of directors, in conversation with Central European University's online magazine »Review of Democracy« about his project on the aesthetics of populism
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Publication | John McCloy Transatlantic Forum
Booklet on the inauguration of the John McCloy Transatlantic Forum, with keynote address by Charles Kupchan now available
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Fellows
»Sharing a common world through narratives« – Portrait of Nojang Khatami in the UniReport of Goethe University
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Official launch of the Frankfurt-Tel Aviv Center for the Study of Religious and Interreligious Dynamics
Long-standing cooperation between Menachem Fisch and Christian Wiese receives an institutional framework
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Lecture (in German) | »Zwischen postdigital und Tradition. Klassische chinesische Kunst im Metaversum« | Lei XUE
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