Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of the Institute for Global Reconstitution

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The world is living through an important moment where a multiple crisis (a "polycrisis") takes the form of  plural and simultaneous global threats: the rise of aggressive militaristic states and the right-wing populist parties, catastrophic consequences of climate change, and the increasing vulnerability to fatal pandemics. The conference aims to examine the potential of new beginnings arising from the polycrisis. The discussion will take place at the intersection of  political theory, philosophy of nature, and policy analysis. It will turn around the concept of the formative powers, particularly in two main areas: political constitutionalism (the constituent power) and the natural energies (natura naturans). 

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In the area of political constitutionalism the conference will explore the themes of constituent power, the challenges to the traditional approaches to constitutionalism and constitutions, and the visions for the constitution of democratic polities in the new circumstances and beyond the usual standards. These new visions will have to address the crisis in its global and domestic implications. In the field of nature politics, the conference will address the nexus between nature and technology, alternatives to extractivism, and the environmental ontologies, while also reflecting on the perspectives of global climate governance in the current situation of polycrisis. 

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‍Speakers

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Michael Marder (University of Basque Country)

Bara Kolenc (University of Ljubljana)

Alexander Etkind (CEU)

Oxana Timofeeva (IGRec)

Andreas Kalyvas (New School of Social Research)

Artemy Magun (IGRec)

Swaralipi Nandi (Loyola Academy)

Gregor Moder (University of Ljubljana)

David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto)

Ewa Atanassow (Bard College Berlin)

Peter Niesen (University of Hamburg)

Jan Smolensky (New School of Social Research)

Olga Bashkina (KU Leuven)

Regina Kreide (Univerisity of Giessen) 

Robin Celikates (Humboldt University)

Roberto Nigro (Leuphana University Lüneburg) 

Keti Chukhrov (Upssala University)

Ilya Kalinin (IGRec)

Peter Safronov (University of Amsterdam)

Angelina Davydova (IGRec)

Ertug Tombus (Humboldt University)

Ian James (Cambridge University)

Felix Jaitner (independent researcher)

Maria Kochkina (independent researcher)

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Practical details

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Date: 10-11 October

‍Language: English

‍Venue: Hörsaal 3075, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Hauptgebäude, 2. Obergeschoss

Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin

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For participation in the conference please register on this webpage above.