IV. Der Fukuyama Moment? | ~1990 - Träume von der post-kolonialen Republik

In the organizer's words:

What does democracy have to do with decolonization and what role did Germany play in this? In some states, a development towards democratic structures was successful after independence, but not in others. Various actors intervened in these processes and attempted to influence them with narratives, economic and military interventions, but also with support for pro-independence actors.

The event series Dreams of the Post-Colonial Republic. Past and Future of Democracies after Independence Struggles invites you to explore the complex interactions between decolonization and democracy, to critically examine contradictions and to develop alternative perspectives on past and present challenges of democratization after independence processes. In doing so, it asks both what the post-colonial republic looked like in the utopias that were developed before (formal) independence and what became of it later.

The moment named after Francis Fukuyama, the failed prophet of a liberal world order, sheds light on the emergence of new multilateral order narratives after the interregnum of a unipolar period dominated by the USA.
How does the memory of decolonization shape the development of democratic processes in the present? What significance is attributed to democracy in the geopolitical conditions of the 21st century?

Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Susan Arndt (University of Bayreuth) works on topics such as intersectionality, critical whiteness studies and sexism as well as Shakespeare and contemporary literature in English.
• Mira Demirdirek (German Institute for Global and Area Studies, GIGA) works on topics such as global orders and foreign policies, for example Turkey in Africa.
• Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan (Dresden University of Technology) works on topics such as global justice, human rights, democracy and decolonization.
• Prof. Dr. Gwendolyn Sasse (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Centre for East European and International Studies) works on topics such as comparative democracy and authoritarianism research, societies between stability and change or conflicts and cooperation in Eastern Europe, especially Ukraine.

Responsible:

Markus Hengelhaupt(markus.hengelhaupt@bsb.hamburg.de).

Cooperation partners:

Giga, Goethe Institute, Bücherhallen Hamburg

German Institute for Global and Area Studies I Leibniz Institute of Global and Area Studies

Goethe Institute Hamburg

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