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Virtual Book Launch of "Global Capital and Social Difference"
We are happy to announce the Virtual Book Launch of "Global Capital and Social Difference" which is the conference proceedings of the GSP conference in New Delhi 2016. Both the authors of the volume and many of the participants in the discussion are GSP lecturers from all of our partner universities. The book launch will take place on Mon, Dec 14, 2020 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM CET If you want to take part, register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3139571202084550156
"Why Are the Statues Falling?" by Prof. Manuela Boatcă
Over the past months, US and European cities have seen numerous statues knocked off their pedestals, covered in graffiti, sprayed with blood-red paint and, in some cases, removed by the authorities, scared of the protesters’ rage. The targets are invariably men who held power capital, at various times in history, which they employed both for political and economic reasons, as well as for fostering slavery and racism. What place do these statues hold in the collective memory and why are they being contested right now?
"Keine Forschungsreisen, keine Begrüßung im Hörsaal" - Prof. Manuela Boatcă über ihr Forschungsfreisemester (German article)
LEUTE IN DER STADT: Für die Freiburger Soziologin Manuela Boatca läuft ihr aktuelles Forschungsfreisemester ziemlich anders als geplant. Zum Artikel: https://www.badische-zeitung.de/keine-forschungsreisen-keine-begruessung-im-hoersaal
Increasing critical thinking
Society is constantly changing – how can a subject like sociology cope with the multitude of voices? For three years now, Prof. Dr. Manuela Boatcă has taught at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Freiburg. For Boatcă, who took her degree in English studies and German studies in Bucharest, Romania, before studying sociology in Germany and gaining her PhD at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, teaching means both being aware of one’s own power when conveying knowledge, and learning from the students. Annette Hoffmann spoke to her about an altered conception of sociology, knowledge production and political engagement.
Dec 6th, 2018: Global Cinema - Pad Man (2018)
On thursday, December 6th our GSP students will be screening the movie "Pad Man" (2018) in the Mediaraum from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Description of the movie on the internet platform IMDB: "Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India."
Dec 7th, 2018 - Guest Lecture: Dr. Wiebke Keim - Authoritarian Restoration - Global and Local Dynamics
We are very pleased to announce that Wiebke Keim will give a guest lecture on December, 7th: "Authoritarian Restoration - Global and Local Dynamics". The lecture starts at 2:00 p.m. c.t. in the Übungsraum 1 - KG IV, 5th floor. This event is part of the lecture series "Toward a Non-Hegemonic World Sociology: Common Tools, Located Knowledge and Productive Connections (Paris / Freiburg / Naples) held in cooperation with the Institute for Sociology.
American Revolutionary: the Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs - Opening of the film series "Global Cinema"
As the first movie of this years film series "Global Cinema", GSP will be showing the following movie tonight, 15 November 2018. American Revolutionary: the Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs Trailer: https://youtu.be/_JvyZtNA4CU "Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. Rooted for 75 years in the labor, civil rights and Black Power movements, she challenges a new generation to throw off old assumptions, think creatively and redefine revolution for our times. " - PBS
Guest Lecture: Stéphane Dufoix/Eric Macé - "On some ways to build a non-hegemonic world sociology "
We are very pleased to announce that Stéphane Dufoix (Université Paris Nanterre et IUF) and Eric Macé (Université de Bordeaux) will give a guest lecture on October, 19th: "On some ways to build a non-hegemonic world sociology". The lecture starts at 4:00 p.m. c.t. in the Mediaraum - KG IV, 5th floor. This event is part of the lecture series "Toward a Non-Hegemonic World Sociology: Common Tools, Located Knowledge and Productive Connections (Paris / Freiburg / Naples) held in cooperation with the Institute for Sociology.
