Our next guest lectures are planned for the summer semester 2025...

Martin Guillermo-Ramírez (Secretary General of the Association of European Border Regions, Gronau)

Cross-Border Cooperation: Removing Obstacles for European Integration

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 6 p.m. – Zoom

Dr R. Melis Baydag (German Institute of Development and Sustainability, Bonn)

The Politics of Aid in Middle Powers: Ideas, Interests and Leaders

Thursday, May 15, 2025 – 3.30 p.m. – INT 109

Dr Pierrick Bruyas (Université de Strasbourg, France)

Multilinguism and European Union Law

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - 6 p.m. – Zoom

Prof Dr Birte Wassenberg (Sciences Po Strasbourg, France)

Der Europarat: Europas Wertegemeinschaft (in German)

Thursday, June 26, 2025 – 16 p.m. – INT 014

Previous lectures in the series:

Dr Miranda Böttcher (SWP, Berlin/ Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Netherlands)

Foresight at the Science-Policy Interface

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 – 6:00 p.m. – Zoom

Dr Consuelo Thiers (University of Edinburgh, UK)

The Psychology of Security

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 6:00 p.m. – Zoom

Prof Volodymyr Dubovyk (DAAD Visiting Scholar/ Associate Professor and Director, Center for International Studies, Odesa Mechnikov University)

The Way Forward for Ukraine's and Euroatlantic Security

Wednesday, December  4, 2024 – 8:30 a.m. – INT 101

Prof Dr Amnon Aran (City, University of London, United Kingdom), Prof Dr Karen Smith (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)

Analysing Feminist Foreign Policy: Towards the Next Agenda

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 6:00 p.m. – Zoom

Prof Dr Birte Wassenberg (Sciences Po Strasbourg, France)

Grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit in Europa (in German)

Thursday, June 27, 2024 – 6:00 p.m. – INS 002

Christian Rabini, MA (International Police Cooperation, Munich Police Department)

Complexity Thinking in Theory - and Practice

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 6:00 p.m. - UA 030

Prof Dr Rahel M. Schomaker (Carinthian University of Applied Sciences, Austria & University of Administrative Sciences Speyer)

International Administrations as Players in Global Relations

Monday, November 27, 2023 - 6:00 p.m. - Zoom

Dr Amy Below (California State University, East Bay, United States)

The UNFCCC and Global Climate Governance

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 6:00 p.m. - Zoom

Prof Dr Birte Wassenberg (Sciences Po Strasbourg, France)

(Re)Bordering in der EU: Vom Europa ohne Grenzen zur Festung Europa (in German)

Thursday, June 29, 2023 – 6 p.m. – KG A 101

Prof Sumit Ganguly, Ph.D. (Indiana University, United States)

The Sino-Indian Rivalry: Origins, Evolution and Possible Futures

Monday, June 12, 2023 – 6 p.m. – Zoom

Marie Moulin M.A. (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)

The Place of the German Democratic Republic in Franco-German Relations: A French View

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 – 6 p.m. – KG A 306

Prof Andrea Ghiselli, Ph.D. (Fudan University, China)

The Protection of Citizens Overseas in Chinese Foreign Policy

Monday, Mai 8, 2023 – 10.15 a.m. – Zoom

Dr Johannes Plagemann (GIGA Institute for Asian Studies, Hamburg)

Konkurrierende Konnektivitätsstrategien in Asien (in German)

Thursday, January 12, 2023 – 6 p.m. – Zoom

Prof Dr Karin Aggestam (Lund University, Sweden)

Swedish Feminist Foreign Policy and Peace Diplomacy

Monday, Dezember 5, 2022 – 6 p.m. – Zoom

Prof Dr Heinz Gärtner (University of Vienna an Institute for Peace, Vienna, Austria)

Großmachtkonkurrenz, Krieg und Neutralität (in German)

Tuesday, November 22, 2022 – 6 p.m. – KG A 205

Dr Leslie Wehner (University of Bath, United Kingdom)

Populist Leaders from Latin America and Foreign Policy

Monday, November 21, 2022 – 6 p.m. – Zoom

Prof Dr Tadeusz Lebioda (University of Wroclaw, Poland)

Infrastruktur des deutsch-polnischen Dialoges im Kalten Krieg (in German)

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 – 6 p.m. – UA 030

Prof Dr Olivier Schmitt (University of Southern Denmark & Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale, Paris, France)

French Defence Policy in a New Strategic Environment

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 – 6 p.m. – Zoom

Prof Dr Kai Oppermann (TU Chemnitz)

Die visuelle Public Diplomacy autokratischer Staaten: Fallstudien zu China und Nordkorea (in German)

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 – 6 p.m. – KG A 201

Prof Dr Birte Wassenberg (Sciences Po Strasbourg, France)

Der Europarat und Russland: eine Geschichte von Annäherung und Entfremdung (in German)

Thursday, June 23, 2022 – 6 p.m. – Zoom

Prof Dipl. Ing. Andreas Hildenbrand (George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

Arktis – Great Power Competition (in German)

Monday, June 30, 2022 – 6 p.m. – INS 002

Dr Sibel Oktay (University of Illinois, Springfield, United States)

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 – 4.15 p.m. – Zoom

European Foreign Policies: Public Attitudes and Voting Behavior

Prof Dr Werner Wintersteiner (Alpe-Adria-University, Klagenfurt, Austria)

Tuesday, January 25, 2022 –  6.00 p.m. – Zoom

Kosmopolitismus: Komplement oder Herausforderung der Wissenschaft von den Internationalen Beziehungen

Dr Rebecca Webber Gaudiosi (Center for Governance and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts, United States)

Monday, December 13, 2021 - 6.00 p.m. - Zoom

Developing Strategies for Environmental Policy Negotiations at the United Nations -- An Insider’s Account

Prof Dr Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle (Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach, Austria)

Thursday, December 2, 2021 - 6.00 p.m.- Zoom

Zwischen Korruptionssumpf, Stabilitätsanker und Machtzentrum: Die Exekutive im politischen System Österreichs

Prof Dr Birte Wassenberg (Sciences Po Strasbourg, France)

Grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit in Europa

Thursday, July 8, 2021 - 6.00 p.m. - Zoom

Dr Avinash Paliwal (SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom)

Myanmar: Causes and Consequences of the Coup 2021

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 – 6.00 p.m. - Zoom

Prof Dipl. Ing. Andreas Hildenbrand (George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

Sicherheit und Strategie in der Arktis

Monday, May 10, 2021 - 6.00 p.m. - Zoom

Dr Mischa Hansel (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg)

Gefährliche Hacks verhindern: Multilaterale Sicherheitspolitik und die Umsetzung globaler Cybernormen

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - 6.00 p.m. - Zoom

Dr Amnon Aran (City, University of London, United Kingdom)

Israeli Foreign Policy since the End of the Cold War: From Engagement to Entrenchment

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 10.15 a.m. - eRS 101

Prof Dr Kai Opppermann (TU Chemnitz)

"Ein Bild sagt mehr als 1000 Worte": Die visuelle public diplomacy Chinas Nordkoreas

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 10.15 a.m. - KAP 209

Prof Chris Alden, Ph.D. (London School of Economics, United Kingdom)

China's Africa Policy: Partner or Predator?

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 10.15 a.m. - UA 136

Prof Dr Reinhard Wolf (Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main)

Respekt als Konzept der internationalen Politik

Monday, November 18, 2019 - 6.15 p.m. - KG A 205

Dr Tim Geiger (Institute of Contemporary History, Berlin)

Im Maschinenraum der Diplomatie: Die Edition "Akten zur Auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (AAPD)"

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 6.00 p.m. - KG A 205

Sarah Sporys, MA (Albrecht-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau)

Zum 70. Jahrestag der Gründung der NATO: Zurückblicken um weiterzugehen. Erinnerung und transatlantische Beziehungen

Wednesday,  June 5, 2019 – 6.00 p.m. - UA 141

The lecture was part of the research and teaching project "Memory Matters!? Memory and Foreign Policy".

Round table event "The State and Future of Foreign Policy Analysis"

Participants: Prof Dr Klaus Brummer (KU), Prof Stephen B. Dyson, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut), Dr Mischa Hansel (Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden), Prof Dr Sebastian Harnisch (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg), Prof Dr Kai Oppermann (Technische Universität Chemnitz), Prof Dr Wolfgang Wagner (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Prof Michael Young, Ph.D. (State University of New York-Albany)

Friday, May 24, 2019 - 2.15 p.m. - UA 141

Prof Dr Sandra Destradi (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität der Bundeswehr & GIGA, Hamburg)

Populismus, Außenpolitik und Internationale Beziehungen: Einblicke aus Indien und dem Globalen Süden

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - 10.15 a.m. - O17-011

Cécile Blaser, MA (Université de Fribourg/Universität Freibourg, Switzerland)

Standardisierung von Erinnerung: Konzept und Eindrücke aus dem Feld

Monday, January 14, 2019 – 6.00 p.m. - UA 141

The lecture was part of the research and teaching project "Memory Matters!? Remembering and Foreign Policy".

Dr Eric Sangar (Sciences Po Lille, France)

Methodische Überlegungen zur Analyse von Emotionen in den internationalen Beziehungen

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 12.30 p.m. - KG A 102

Prof Dr Bernhard Stahl (University of Passau)

Außenpolitische Verantwortung ohne Gewissen? Deutschlands Beschweigen von Massenverbrechen

Thursday, November 22, 2018 – 6.00 p.m. - UA 030

Prof Dr Marko Trajkovic (University of Nis, Serbia)

An Ethical Crisis of Leadership

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 12.30 a.m. - KG A 102

Prof Sumit Ganguly, Ph.D. (Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University, United States)

The Origins and Evolution of Indian Foreign Policy

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - 6.00 p.m. - UA 141

Dr Philipp Münch (Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, Hamburg)

Zwischen nationalen und institutionellen Interessen: Die Logik der NATO am Beispiel der Afghanistan-Intervention

Monday, June 25, 2018 - 6.00 p.m. - KG A 205

Dr Katja Wezel (World History Center, University of Pittsburgh, United States)

Erinnerungskonflikte als Hindernis der Verständigung: Die baltischen Staaten und Russland nach dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 – 6.00 p.m. - KG A 205

The lecture was part of the research and teaching project "Memory Matters!? Remembering and Foreign Policy".

Georg Walter, MA (Euroinstitut, Kehl)

Die grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit an den Binnengrenzen der EU: Zwischen europäischer Kohäsionspolitik und Nebenaußenpolitik von Gebietskörperschaften

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 – 6.00 p.m. - KG A 205

Prof Juliet Kaarbo, Ph.D. (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

National Roles and Socialisation: The Cases of an Independent Scotland and UK Foreign Policy Post-Brexit

Monday, April 30, 2018 - 10.15 a.m. - UA 141

Dr Nicolas Blarel (Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands)

Inside-out? Understanding when and how federal and coalition politics influence India's foreign policy

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - 6.15 pm - UA 141

PD Dr Nina Leonhard (Centre for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr, Potsdam)

Vom 'Ehrenmal' der Bundeswehr zum 'Wald der Erinnerung': Militärisches Totengedenken unter postheroischen Vorzeichen

Monday, December 11, 2017 – 6.00 p.m. - KG A 101 

The lecture was part of the research and teaching project "Memory Matters!? Remembering and Foreign Policy".

Prof Dr Sebastian Harnisch (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)  

Der Mythos der deutschen Hegemonie: eine rollentheoretische Klarstellung der deutschen Führungsrolle in der Kanzlerschaft Angela Merkels

Monday, November 27, 2017 – 2.00 p.m. - KG A 101

Günter Frommelt, MBA (Deputy Head of Protocol of the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein)

Rolle und Aufgabe des internationalen Protokolls bei der Pflege bilateraler und multilateraler Beziehungen

Thursday, November 9, 2017 – 6.00 p.m. - UA 030

Dr Jamie Gaskarth (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)

British Foreign Policy: From Great to Wraith Power

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 – 6.00 p.m. - KG A 103

Prof Michael Young, Ph.D. (State University of New York, Albany, United States)

Still Crazy? Measuring Personality at a Distance

Thursday, July 6, 2017 - 12.15 p.m. - INS 002

Prof Dr Birte Wassenberg (Sciences Po Strasbourg, France)

Die Beziehungen des Europarates und der EG/EU - Zwischen Konkurrenz und Zusammenarbeit

Monday, June 26, 2017 – 6.00 p.m. - KG A 205

Prof Ulrich Krotz, Ph.D. (European University Institute, Florence, Italy)

Divided We Stand: The EU's Global Engagement Through CSDP Military Operations and Civilian Missions in 21st Century World Politics

Monday, May 15, 2017 - 6.00 p.m. - KG A 101

Veljko Milonjic, MA (Consul General of Montenegro in Bavaria)

Montenegro on the Way towards NATO and the EU - Goals and Challenges

Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 12.15 p.m. - INS 002

Jeff Montrose, MA (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)

The Jacksonian Tradition and United States Foreign Policy

Tuesday, 17 January 2017 - 6.00 p.m. - KG A 105

Dr Patrick Mello (School of Politics at the Technical University of Munich, Munich)

Fuzzy-Set QCA als Erklärungsansatz für das Konfliktverhalten von Demokratien

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - 10.15 a.m. - KG A 304

Prof em Dr Leonid Luks (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)

Woran scheiterte die "erste" russische Demokratie? - Zum 100. Jahrestag der Russischen Revolution

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 – 2.00 p.m. - UA 030

The lecture was part of the research and teaching project "Memory Matters!? Remembering and Foreign Policy".

Dr Kai Oppermann (University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom)

Politische Ursachen und Konsequenzen des Brexit

Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 6.00 p.m. - KAP 010