German political scientist
Professor Herfried Münkler already appeared in 2003 and 2013 at SIAF
Herfried Münkler held the chair of Theory of Politics at the Humboldt University in Berlin from April 1992 to September 2018. He has been a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 1993. His research interests include political theory and the history of ideas, political culture research, the theory and history of war, and risk and security as sociopolitical categories. In 2009, he received the Leipzig Book Fair Prize for his book "The Germans and Their Myths." His work "The Thirty Years' War" attracted great interest in the media and the public. In 2019, together with his wife, he published the book "Abschied vom Abstieg." 2021 saw the publication of the book „Marx, Wagner, Nietzsche. Welt im Umbruch“ (Marx, Wagner, Nietzsche. World in upheaval).
Thursday, 26. September 2013, 18:15 – 20:00 h
At the University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich, KOH-B-10
Controlling and communicating information has become more important than controlling territory, and non-territorial actors are playing an increasingly important role. Are geopolitical strategies a thing of the past or will the old challenges of the Europeans return if the USA, as announced, shifts the focus of its engagement to the Pacific region?
Tuesday, 08. November 2022, 18:30 – 20:00 h
At the University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich, KOL-G-201 (Aula)