Digitales Symposium 3.0
The digital international symposium 3.0 of the Stiftung Forum Recht is dedicated to the mediation of law and the rule of law. We ask about the potentials and challenges of the points of contact between the rule of law and democracy, human rights and historical narratives of injustice.
Impetus for the rule of law
How can the rule of law be communicated? How do you issue (human) rights? What role does the rule of law play in political education?
The symposium will explore these and other questions in three thematic blocks. Multi-perspective short impulses and selected international mediation and exhibition projects will be presented and discussed with the aim of accompanying the Stiftung Forum Recht on its way to sharpening its profile.
Rule of law and
injustice
What influence do (trans)national experiences of injustice have on the formation of constitutional states and the appreciation and criticism of the rule of law?
What challenges and problems could be associated with a teleological perspective on German and European constitutional history?
And what consequences should be drawn from this for the teaching of law and the rule of law?
Do we need the experience of injustice to be able to effectively address the development of a constitutional state?
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More informationKeynote speech by Prof. Dr. Andreas Wirsching
(Institute for Contemporary History, Berlin/Munich)
About
Prof. Dr. Andreas Wirsching, born in 1959, is Director of the Institute of Contemporary History Munich-Berlin and holds the Chair of Modern History at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He studied history and Protestant theology, obtained his doctorate at the University of Erlangen in 1988 and habilitated in modern and contemporary history at the University of Regensburg in 1995. From 1996 to 1998, he taught as Professor of Modern and Contemporary History of Western Europe at the University of Tübingen. From 1998 to 2011, he held the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Augsburg. He is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. His main areas of research are: Comparative German and French history in the 20th century, the history of the Weimar Republic, communism, fascism and National Socialism 1918 - 1945, German and European history since the 1970s and the history and theory of modernity.
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More informationKeynote speech by Prof. Dr. Peer Zumbansen
(McGill University, Montreal)
About
Professor Zumbansen studied law and philosophy in Frankfurt, Paris (Nanterre) and Harvard. After his second state examination and his habilitation in civil and corporate law, legal theory and philosophy as well as comparative law, he accepted a research professorship in Toronto. In 2014, he was appointed Professor of Transnational Law and Founding Director of the Transnational Law Institute at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London. Since January 2021, he has held the new Professorship of Business Law at McGill University, Faculty of Law, in Montreal, Canada. Visiting professorships in Yale, Melbourne, Bremen, Rome, Lucerne, St Gallen, Bilbao, Dublin, Bilbao and Sao Paulo, among others. Zumbansen is the author and editor of numerous books on private and commercial law, legal theory and transnational law. Most recently, he edited "The Many Lives of Transnational Law: Critical Engagements with Jessup's Bold Proposal" (Cambridge 2020) and the "Oxford Handbook of Transnational Law" (Oxford 2021). From 2000-2013 he was founding co-editor of the German Law Journal (www.germanlawjournal.com).
RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY
Democracy and the rule of law are mutually dependent, but describe different aspects of the principles of social order and participation.
What role should democracy education play in teaching the rule of law as a result?
How could approaches to law, the rule of law and the rule of law be shaped that do not relate to democracy in terms of content?
What forms and goals should the teaching of the rule of law pursue?
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More informationKeynote speech by Prof. Dr. Nora Sternfeld
(University of Fine Arts, Hamburg)
About
Nora Sternfeld is an art educator and curator. She is a professor of art education at the HFBK Hamburg. From 2018 to 2020 she was documenta Professor at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. From 2012 to 2018 she was Professor of Curating and Mediating Art at Aalto University in Helsinki. In addition, she is co-director of the /ecm - Master's program for exhibition theory and practice at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, in the core team of schnittpunkt. ausstellungstheorie & praxis, co-founder and partner of trafo.K, office for education, art and critical knowledge production (Vienna) and since 2011 part of freethought, platform for research, education and production (London). In this context, she was also one of the artistic directors of the Bergen Assembly 2016 and has been a BAK Fellow, basis voor actuele kunst (Utrecht) since 2020. She publishes on contemporary art, educational theory, exhibitions, historical politics and anti-racism.
Rule of law and human rights
Over the past decade, numerous museums and cultural institutions have emerged internationally that have placed a special thematic focus on human rights in relation to their national history.
How does the German concept of the rule of law fit into the context of "rule of law", "état de droit" etc.?
How do the ideas, concepts and systems associated with the terms differ?
What significance do human rights play in the German understanding of the rule of law?
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More informationKeynote speech by Prof. Dr. Angelika Nußberger
(University of Cologne)
About
Angelika Nußberger has been a professor at the University of Cologne since 2002, holding the Chair of Constitutional Law, International Law and Comparative Law and Director of the Institute for Eastern European Law and Comparative Law. She is currently establishing an academy for European human rights protection at the university. She is also a member of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, an international judge at the Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina and an advisor on international law to the German Federal Foreign Office. From 2011 to 2019, she was the judge elected for Germany at the European Court of Human Rights, and from 2017 until the end of her mandate she was its Vice-President. She studied Slavic Studies, Modern German Literature and Romance Studies as well as Law in Munich and Würzburg. She studied in Moscow in 1985 and was a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School from 1994 to 1995.
Project presentations
Rule of law and injustice
Mediation and exhibition concepts on the rule of law in contrast to historical experiences of injustice
How do narratives of injustice shape the communication of the rule of law in curatorial practice and educational work and what pitfalls are associated with this?
Archive Bürgerbewegung Leipzig e.V.
Speakers: Achim Beier; Balthasar Dusch
On October 9, 1989, more than 70,000 people took to the streets of Leipzig to demonstrate against the SED dictatorship. This so-called "Day of Decision" marked the end of SED rule and the GDR after 40 years. One month later, the Wall fell and the path to the reunification of the two German states was cleared. This historically significant event was preceded by many small acts of protest. Since the association was founded in 1991, the Archiv Bürgerbewegung Leipzig e.V. has been collecting the testimonies left behind by the GDR opposition, the citizens' movement and the initiatives and parties that emerged in 1989/90 in order to secure them, preserve them permanently, make them accessible and make them available to the public.
Achim Beier studied history as well as communication and media studies at the University of Leipzig from 1992 to 1999. Since 2006, he has worked on projects at the Archiv Bürgerbewegung Leipzig e.V. He has designed traveling and open-air exhibitions as well as internet presentations. One of his main focuses is on the East Central European influences on the peaceful revolution in the GDR. He also organizes the STOLPERSTEINE memorial project for the victims of National Socialist tyranny in Leipzig.
Balthasar Dusch (*1993) has been working for the Archive Bürgerbewegung Leipzig e.V (ABL) since 2019. Studied History and Political Science at the University of Regensburg (B.A.) and Medieval and Modern History at the University of Leipzig (M.A.). At the ABL responsible for the indexing project of the files of the federal office of the Association of Victims of Stalinism (VOS).
NS Documentation Center Munich
Speaker: Dr. Mirjam Zadoff
The Nazi Documentation Center is a central place of learning and remembrance that commemorates the crimes of the Nazi dictatorship and deals with its causes, manifestations and consequences up to the present day. A permanent exhibition documents the history of National Socialism in Munich, the city's special role in the dictatorship's system of terror and the difficulties of dealing with this past since 1945. Media and educational offers as well as a wide range of events invite visitors to delve deeper into the content and topics.
Mirjam Zadoff is Director of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism. She previously held the Alvin H. Rosenfeld Chair of Jewish Studies and was Professor of History at Indiana University in Bloomington. She is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and has been a guest lecturer at ETH Zurich, UC Berkeley, HU Berlin and the University of Augsburg. Her publications include: Der rote Hiob. Das Leben des Werner Scholem (2014), Nächstes Jahr in Marienbad (2007), as well as the forthcoming volume Tell me about yesterday tomorrow.
Apartheid Museum Johannesburg
Speaker: Emilia Potenza
The Apartheid Museum was opened in Johannesburg in 2001. It is considered the world's first museum dedicated to the history of South Africa in the 20th century, focusing on the history of apartheid.
Beginning with the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 and ending with the transition to democracy in 1994, the Apartheid Museum impressively illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid.
Emilia Potenza is Curator of Exhibitions and Education at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. She is passionate about history, education and art and the interdisciplinary potential of these topics. Together with her colleagues, she has created various approaches to the history of South Africa for a broad spectrum of visitors and provided impetus for critical debate.
Her professional career is characterized by her commitment to the fight against racism and discrimination through education. As a student and later as a teacher, she was actively involved in the resistance against apartheid in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly through the establishment of South Africa's first non-racist teachers' organization. She is the author of numerous history and English textbooks.
Emilia has worked at the Apartheid Museum since it was founded in 2001.
Rule of law and democracy
Mediation concepts in the context of the rule of law and the promotion of democracy
How can the synergy of democracy and the rule of law be used productively in the teaching of law and the rule of law? Where is there a central need for differentiation?
The students of the constitution
Speakers: Magdalena Strauch; Inga Wölfinger
The "Die Verfassungsschüler" project brings democracy to life, inspires young people for participation and democracy and accompanies them on their way to becoming involved in society. In workshops, excursions and encounters, they learn about democracy, their rights and their own role in it and are encouraged to actively stand up for their interests. They are individually accompanied and supported by so-called democracy scouts in schools and youth facilities. Democracy scouts receive valuable knowledge in the field of democracy education through further training formats in the project and can put this knowledge into practice.
https://www.teachfirst.de
Magdalena Strauch completed a voluntary social year in India after graduating from high school. She then studied theology in Bonn, Jerusalem and Frankfurt. From 2014 to 2016, she was a Teach First Fellow at a primary and district school in Hamburg, where she worked with young people in an international preparatory class in areas such as democracy education. After two years in educational counseling in a scholarship program for refugees at Caritas in Berlin, she has been supporting the project "Die Verfassungsschüler" at Teach First Germany since 2018, which she implemented as a model project with young people in Berlin from 2018 to 2019. She has been the project manager for "Die Verfassungsschüler" since 2020.
Inga Wölfinger studied Public Administration and European Studies at the Universities of Münster and Enschede. After gaining initial experience in the field of political education in Berlin, she continued her studies in International Politics and International Law at the University of Kiel. Since 2017, she has been working as an educational consultant and democracy trainer in the fields of prevention of right-wing extremism, anti-discrimination and democracy promotion. In January 2021, she started working in the project "Die Verfassungsschüler" at Teach First Deutschland and is responsible for the qualification and training measures in the project.
demoSlam - format for understanding
Speaker: Dr. Evgeniya Sayko
demoSlam is a new entertaining discussion format about controversial social issues. Participants with different opinions work in pairs on a presentation in which they present their differences and similarities - in an everyday, personal, creative and entertaining way.
www.demoslam.org
Dr. Evgeniya Sayko, who holds a doctorate in cultural studies, focuses on new and creative ways of understanding at the interface between analysis and practice. As part of her project "Discourse on values with Russia: clarifying, formulating, communicating" at the Hertie Innovation College, she developed the demoSlam dialog format and co-founded MAGNET - Workshop for Understanding.
National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
Speaker: Jeffrey Rosen
The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia is a private, non-profit organization that serves as America's leading platform for constitutional education and aims to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a non-partisan basis.
As the "Museum of We the People," the Center brings the Constitution to life for visitors of all ages through interactive programs and exhibits. As America's Town Hall, the Center brings together leading conservative and liberal thought leaders to discuss the Constitution across all media platforms. As a center for civic education, the Center develops educational programs and online resources that inspire citizens and enable all Americans to learn more about the U.S. Constitution.
Jeffrey Rosen is President and CEO of the National Constitution Center Philadelphia. He is also a Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School and a Contributing Editor at The Atlantic. Rosen studied at Harvard College, Oxford University and Yale Law School. He is the author of seven books, including biographies of Louis Brandeis and William Howard Taft. His most recent publication is the book "Conversations with RBG: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law." His essays and commentaries have appeared in New York Times Magazine, in the National Public Radio, in the New Republicwhere he was editor for legal issues, and in The New Yorkerwhere he also worked as an editor.
Rule of law and human rights
Mediation and exhibition concepts on the rule of law in contrast to historical experiences of injustice
How can human rights be communicated institutionally and what role could the rule of law play in this?
Canadian National Museum of Human Rights, Winnipeg
Speaker: Clint Curle
The Canadian Museum of Human Rights explores the theme of human rights, with particular but not exclusive reference to Canada, with the aim of enhancing public understanding of human rights, promoting respect for others and encouraging reflection and dialog.
The museum invites visitors to recognize the contemporary relevance of past and present human rights events and provides a safe and inspiring space to cultivate respect, gratitude and understanding for the continuous improvement of this human rights legacy. It exemplifies Canadians' commitment to freedom and democracy and aims to spark an informed, ever-evolving global conversation.
https://humanrights.ca
Dr. Clint Curle is Vice President of Research and Exhibitions at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. He began his career as a lawyer. Prior to joining the Museum in 2010, he was a university professor, executive director of a human rights organization and a parish pastor. His educational background includes a PhD in political science, MA degrees in law and theology, and a law degree.
National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta
Speaker: Jill Savitt
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is a museum and human rights organization in Atlanta that inspires people to use their own power to change the world around them. The Center's iconic exhibits feature the papers and artifacts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, the history of the U.S. civil rights movement, and stories from the fight for human rights around the world today. The Center's educational programming brings history to life for students and provides teachers with tools to teach the history of civil rights by encouraging critical thinking about democratic practice and civic participation.
https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/
Jill Savitt, the President and CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, is a human rights lawyer with expertise in genocide and atrocity prevention. She assumed her role in March 2019, but has been affiliated with the Center since 2010 after curating its Global Human Rights exhibition.
Previously, Savitt was the Acting Director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. The Center encourages global initiatives to prevent genocide.
Jill Savitt began her career as a reporter for WAMU, an NPR affiliate, in Washington, DC. She graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale University and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago de Chile
Speaker: Rayén Gutiérrez Cortés
The Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos is a place of ethical reflection on the violations of life and dignity committed by the Chilean state between September 11, 1973 and March 10, 1990.
Its main objectives include communicating these historical events, paying tribute to the victims and their families and stimulating debate on the importance of democracy and tolerance in order to prevent history from repeating itself. The museum aims to build a bridge between citizens and a part of their history in order to promote commitment to the full appreciation of human rights in all areas of society.
Rayén Gutiérrez Cortés is a museologist and holds a Master's degree in Museum Studies from University College London (London, 2014) and a Bachelor's degree in History (Santiago, 2008). In the last 10 years she has dedicated her research and work to the processes of memory culture in Latin America with a special focus on the role of museums in shaping collective memory. Since 2010, she has been working at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Chile as International Relations Officer, coordinating transnational cooperation projects with museums and cultural institutions that support memory initiatives worldwide.
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