https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/philosophy-and-history/ Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität | Neues aus Forschung, Lehre, Studium Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:27:48 +0000 de hourly 1 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-fav_guo-blau-32x32.jpg https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/philosophy-and-history/ 32 32 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/when-opera-meets-democracy-research/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:46:53 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87564 As democratic norms face growing strain, a new interdisciplinary series in Frankfurt – part of the DemoReg research network – brings together social research and music theater to explore the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/professor-matthias-lutz-bachmann-honored-as-distinguished-guest-of-salamanca/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:37:50 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87459 Professor Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, Chair of Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt, has been named a Huésped Distinguido (Distinguished Guest) by the City of Salamanca. The honor was conferred on February 11, […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/more-than-romance-the-global-meanings-of-a-kiss/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:28:55 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87447 Ahead of Valentine’s Day, the European cultural broadcaster Arte turned its attention to a familiar yet surprisingly complex human gesture: the kiss. In the hour-long documentary “Warum wir küssen” [Why […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/medieval-philosophy-new-volumes-from-herders-library-unveiled-at-goethe-university/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:04:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87098 For 20 years, “Herders Bibliothek der Philosophie des Mittelalters” [Herder’s Library of Medieval Philosophy] has been developed at Goethe University. It is edited by Alexander Fidora, Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, Isabelle Mandrella, […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/new-insights-into-juergen-habermas-intellectual-contributions/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:39:51 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=86285 Deutsche Version Renowned Frankfurt philosopher and sociologist hands over the second part of his preliminary legacy to University Library Frankfurt For decades, he has been regarded as one of the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/there-are-no-static-conditions-in-economic-change/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:19:04 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=85209 In his new book “Gefährliche Rivalitäten” [Dangerous Rivalries], historian Werner Plumpe shows how history has always been shaped by economic competition. UniReport: To ask a somewhat cheeky question – do […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/goethe-university-acquires-two-new-dfg-research-groups/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:00:28 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=83381 Goethe University Frankfurt has been awarded another humanities research unit funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG): The unit, titled “Power and Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church,” will investigate […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/fritz-bauer-institute-turns-30/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:39:17 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=82218 Delivering valuable contributions to a critical awareness of history and the preservation of democracy Outstanding research and valuable educational work: for 30 years, the Fritz Bauer Institute has been making […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/political-science-philosophy-and-medicine-goethe-university-frankfurt-acquires-three-prestigious-erc-grants/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:36:49 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81814 European Research Council makes available around €5.5 million for basic research For their visionary research projects, three top Goethe University researchers will receive European Research Council (ERC) funding for the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/a-milestone-on-the-long-path-of-interpreting-empedocles/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:15:27 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81672 A meeting of Hellenic scholars recalled the influential edition of the Strasbourg Papyrus 25 years ago, which had its origins in Frankfurt. Its editors are already preparing a new publication […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/from-november-4-goethe-university-invites-you-to-the-11th-dagmar-westberg-lecture-on-the-westend-campus/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 07:42:34 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81390 FRANKFURT. “Value and Freedom in Kant’s Moral Philosophy”: American philosopher Prof. Christine M. Korsgaard (Harvard University) will discuss central aspects of and offer new interpretations on Kant’s practical philosophy in […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/a-complex-relationship/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 07:50:26 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80560 A summer school at Goethe University Frankfurt looks at the connection between religion and European expansion from a postcolonial perspective.  In recent years, the term “postcolonial” has transitioned from academic […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/the-dwindling-influence-of-american-theory/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:54:22 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80216 American postdoc Gregory Jones-Katz, currently a member of the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften – Institute for Advanced Studies, investigates the history of American philosophy and cultural studies from the 1960s to the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/frankfurt-and-national-socialism-a-new-look-at-the-years-1933-to-1945/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:13:29 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80211 How did Nazi rule and ideology take hold in Frankfurt’s local politics and municipal administration? Which measures were taken to alter and adapt the economy of the metropolis on the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/the-public-use-of-reason-juergen-habermas-turns-95-years-old/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:56:57 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80163 By Rainer Forst On June 18, Jürgen Habermas, who has had a lasting impact on the humanities and social sciences at Goethe University, turns 95, and our academic community, of […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/researchers-goethe-university-martin-saar-philosopher/ Fri, 17 May 2024 09:27:35 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=79853 Philosophy’s scientific roots run deep. “Even our ‘founding fathers’, the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle, pursued questions such as the following very seriously: How do communities evolve? What holds them […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/putting-hitler-research-on-a-new-footing/ Wed, 15 May 2024 09:32:47 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=79838 German Research Foundation-funded project “Collection of Adolf Hitler’s Speeches, 1933-1945”, headed by Professor Christopher Cornelißen, to publish new edition of Hitler’s post-1933 speeches His piercing voice is unmistakable, it is […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/the-unreconciled-theorist/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:44:45 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=79720 Philipp Felsch’s book Der Philosoph: Habermas und wir, discusses contemporary and intellectual history and its relation to the work of a great Frankfurt philosopher. A review by Felix Kämper In […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/the-frankfurt-documents-the-beginning-of-a-new-order/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=85206 75 years ago, the Allies issued the mandate to draw up a West German constitution – in the I. G. Farben Building By Stefan Kadelbach The constitutional history of the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/how-would-adornos-erziehung-nach-auschwitz-look-like-today/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 09:57:12 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=78658 Anti-Semitism in 2023: On the situation of educational institutions – an essay by Sabine Andresen and Wolfgang Meseth The phenomenon is not new: When something goes drastically wrong and triggers […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/meet-the-scientists-researching-at-goethe-university-social-philosopher-martin-saar/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:39:57 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=74512 We wanted to know: Why did our scientists want to become scientists in the first place? What are they working on, and what do they still want to discover? You […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/the-ethics-of-protest/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:58:06 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=73662 A discussion evening held in late June at Goethe University Frankfurt’s Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften Institute for Advanced Studies took a philosophical look at the pro-democracy protests in Israel. [Editor’s note: This […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/tense-struggles-for-the-best-arguments/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:02:25 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=73690 Each year, scientists from countries other than Germany have the chance to receive the Humboldt Research Award, which recognizes their entire academic record to date. One of the latest laureates […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/my-love-of-classical-chinese-saved-me/ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:01:48 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=72593 The historian Prof. Qin Shao is researching and teaching in the Department 08 with Prof. Iwo Amelung in the summer semester as part of a faculty exchange with the long-standing […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/ukrainian-historian-svitlana-potapenko-is-a-guest-at-goethe-university-on-a-fellowship/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:23:52 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=60770 „We never thought this could really happen!“ Svitlana Potapenko is still stunned when she talks about 24 February 2022: the day Russia starts the war against Ukraine. On that day, […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/short-term-funding-for-ukrainian-historians/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:26:45 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=55530 The POLY research group on premodern Christianities at Goethe University is offering five fellowships to Ukrainian academics specialised in medieval or early modern history. The Russian attack on Ukraine is […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/we-cant-begin-early-enough-to-reflect-critically-and-venture-out-onto-the-rocky-road-of-forming-judgements/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:19:47 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=52036 Historian Ralf Roth remarks on his anthology examining the political suppression and economic threats to scientific freedom in the past and present. UniReport: Professor Roth, the events which caused you […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/postgraduate-academy-in-mali-to-strengthen-basic-research-in-africa/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:18:41 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=42552 Strengthening basic research in African countries – this is the goal of the new postgraduate academy in the Mali city of Bamako – in particular in the humanities and social […]]]>