theory

In early September, Prof. Dr. Eva Marlene Hausteiner, head of the Chair of Political Theory and History of Political Thought, was on the philosophy magazine Sein und Streit (Deutschlandfunk). The central thread of her audio essay is the tension between outrage and outrage fatigue. It is about whe...

In their essay on the Eric Voegelin Library, Dr. Eno Trimçev, the library’s director, and Dr. Łukasz Święcicki (University of Siedlce) introduce this lesser-known resource of European Voegelin research. The core of the Eric Voegelin Library – which in total houses five separate collections – consis...

On Monday, May 26, as part of the Colloquium for Political Theory and History of Ideas, a public guest lecture will be given by Dr. Cord Schmelzle. Cord Schmelzle is a Senior Researcher at the Research Institute for Social Cohesion (FGZ) at Goethe University Frankfurt. In his lecture, he will addres...

On February 23, 2025, the Fachschaftsinitiative (FSI) cordially invites you to the election evening for the Bundestag elections at Kochstraße 4a (PSG III, blue building) starting from 4 pm! Together we want to follow the election results live, discuss them and spend the evening in a convivial atmosp...

At the end of February 2024, the Bavaria Model United Nations Conference will once again take place at Nuremberg Castle - organized by FAU students for students worldwide. This year, over 100 delegates from Germany, the USA and Cameroon are expected to attend. The event will kick off with a exper...

Research colloquium on political theory and the history of ideas – PD Dr. Ariane Leendertz (Bayrische Akademie der Wissenschaften) – Governing in the Interdependence Zone: The Conference of Minister Presidents in the History of the Federal Republic of Germany – Monday, January 27, 18:15-19:45, Kochstr. 4, Room 00.012

From September 30 - October 2, 2025, the second part of the double conference of the DVPW Section for Political Theory and History of Ideas will take place in Erlangen. It is dedicated to the basic concept of the public sphere in political theory. The conference in Erfurt in March 2025, which will f...

Professor Dr. Michael Krennerich passed away on December 28, 2024 after a long and serious illness surrounded by his family. A detailed obituary is published in German.

In collaboration with federal states, municipalities, and representatives of refugees, a team from FAU and the University of Hildesheim, together with four federal states, has developed a mechanism to distribute asylum seekers from federal states to municipalities. Using an algorithm, the individual...

What does it mean if French president Macron refuses to rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine? On "Deutschlandfunk Kultur", Prof. Dr. Eva Marlene Hausteiner comments on the announcement - and on the turmoil it has caused among friends and allies.