Global Reconstitution: Constituens et Naturans

This two-day conference (Oct 10-11) is the first annual interdisciplinary conference of the Institute for Global Reconstitution (IGRec).

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

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

‍The conference is organized in partnership with the Center for Comparative Research on Democracy (CCRD) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Bard College Berlin.

Please register here.

Speakers: Bara Kolenc (University of Ljubljana), Ewa Atanassow (Bard College Berlin), Alexander Etkind (Central European University), Roberto Nigro (Leuphana University), Regina Kreide (University of Giessen), Gregor Moder (University of Ljubljana), David Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto), Peter Niesen (University of Hamburg), Andreas Kalyvas (New School of Social Research), Artemy Magun (IGRec), Oxana Timofeeva (IGRec), Ian James (Cambridge University)

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For more information, e-mail [email protected].

Time: 9:00 am – 8:00 pm CET/GMT+1

Location: Hörsaal 3075, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hauptgebäude, 2. Obergeschoss, Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin