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Lecture Series "Signatures of World Society"

Winter Semester 2026/2027

• Wednesday, November 25, 2026, 4:15 p.m., X-E0-001 & Zoom: Joint Book Launch “The Anthropocene Crisis. A World System Science Approach” & “Climate Change. Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America III” - Roundtable with Mathias Albert, Barry Buzan, Olaf Kaltmeier & Eleonora Rohland (in collaboration with the CIAS Colloquium)
• Tuesday, January 12, 2027, 6:15 p.m., X-E0-001: “Der transnationale Raum der (Lohn-) Arbeit: Kapitalistische Ausbeutung und ökologische Transformation am Beispiel der asiatischen und europäischen Batterieproduktion” – Lecture by Stefanie Hürtgen (in German & in collaboration with the seminar “Global Capitalism”)
• Tuesday, January 19, 2027, 6:15 p.m., X-C3-107 & Zoom: “Democracy at Stake: Populism in a Sociological-global Perspective” – Lecture by Tobias Werron

You can find more information about the lecture series here.

Annual Retreat 2026

This year's retreat will take place in Bad Salzuflen from December 3 to 4, 2026.