SALON LUITPOLD | Wie bewahren wir unsere freiheitliche Demokratie? | Ein Abend mit Susanne Schröter

In the organizer's words:

An interview with Susanne Schröter

Questions about the stability of democracy and social cohesion are increasingly becoming the focus of public debate - both worldwide and in Germany. Different political currents, social tensions and new forms of polarization pose challenges to democratic coexistence. At the same time, global developments and shifting geopolitical power relations are having an impact on political culture and public institutions.

Against this backdrop, Susanne Schröter addresses the question of how democratic values and liberal principles can be preserved and strengthened under changing conditions. She sheds light on current lines of conflict, highlights long-term developments and invites us to discuss ways in which an open society can remain resilient.

Susanne Schröter, Prof. Dr., born in 1957, studied ethnology, sociology, political science and education at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. She has taught and researched at the University of Chicago, Yale University and the University of Passau, among others. In 2008, she was appointed to the professorship for "Ethnology of Colonial and Postcolonial Orders" at Goethe University Frankfurt. There she was Principal Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence "Formation of Normative Orders" for eleven years and headed the "Frankfurt Research Center Global Islam" until 2025.

An evening in cooperation with Verlag Herder