Karlsruhe Dialogues 2009

Welcome addresses
Thomas Renner
Chairman of the Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg eG 
Heinz Fenrich
Lord Mayor of the city of Karlsruhe
Prof. Dr. Horst Hippler
President of the Universität Karlsruhe (TH),
Board member of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH

Introduction
Prof. Dr. Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha
Director of the Centre for Cultural and General Studies

Opening speech
Right-Wing Extremism in Europe:
Social Developments and Misanthropic Mindsets
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Heitmeyer
Professor of Socialisation and Director of the Institute for interdisciplinary
Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University

Music programme 

 

Reception

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Welcome adresses
Bernd Bechtold
President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry KarlsruheProf. Dr. Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha
Director of the Centre for Cultural and General Studies 

Varieties of Right-Wing Extremism in Europe
Prof. Dr. David Art (USA/Italy)
Department of Political Science, Tufts University Medford/Massachusetts,
Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence

History as Propaganda. Strategies of Commemoration
within German Right-Wing Extremism
Dr. Michael Kohlstruck
Head of the working group Youth Violence and Right-Wing Extremism,
Center for Research on Antisemitism, Technical University of Berlin

Modern Right-Wing Extremism: A Challenge for
Prevention and Political Education
Dr. Rudolf van Hüllen
Political scientist, lecturer and freelance researcher of extremism, former Head
of Division at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Cologne

Right-Wing Extremism and the Centre of Society
Prof. Dr. Birgit Rommelspacher
Professor for Psychology (focus on interculturalism and gender),
Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin

The Radical Right in Europe: Structure, Trends and Counter Strategiesategien
Britta Schellenberg M.A.
Centre for Applied Policy Research (C·A·P), Ludwig Maximilians University Munich 
 

Extreme Right Voting in Belgium and Some Limited International Comparisons
Prof. Dr. Marc Swyngedouw (Belgium/France)
Chairman of the Centre for Sociological Research (CeSO) and Director of the Institute of Social and Political Opinion Research (ISPO), University of
Leuven, Visiting Professor at Sciences Po Lille, France

The ‘Front National’. An International Comparison
Prof. Dr. Jean-Yves Camus (France)
Professor for Political Science, Institute for Jewish Studies Elie Wiesel
and Institute for International and Strategic Relations (IRIS), Paris

The ‘British National Party’: Change and Continuity
on the British Extreme Right
Dr. Matthew Goodwin (Great Britain)
Institute for Political and Economic Governance (IPEG), University of Manchester

Xenophobia and Radical Right-Wing Populism: A Vicious Circle?
Prof. Dr. Jens Rydgren (Sweden)
Department of Sociology, Stockholm University

Between (Anti-)Sexism and Racial Thinking. Women and Images of Women in the Right-Wing Extremist Scene
Dr. Renate Bitzan
Social scientist and co-founder of the research network Women and
Right-Wing Extremism

“I want to feel at ease in my home“. Everyday Life of Families of Right-Wing Youths
Dr. Reiner Becker
Institute for Educational Science, Philipps University Marburg

Right-Wing Extremism as a World of Experience. Misanthropy with Entertainment Value
Dr. Thomas Pfeiffer
Department for the Protection of the Constitution at the Ministry
of the Interior North Rhine-Westphalia, Assistant Lecturer for Political
Science, Ruhr University Bochum

Attack from the Right-Wing: How the NPD and Comrades Use Football as a Strategic Tool
Ronny Blaschke M.A.
Freelance sportswriter, Berlin

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ARTE film night
Presentation of documentaries and short films
in cooperation with ARTE and ZKM | Karlsruhe

Die Populisten-Maschine
Documentation by Jean-Pierre Krief, ARTE France/ KS Visions 2007, 52 min.

Leroy räumt auf
Short film by Armin Völckers, Germany 2005, 19 min.

11:30 p.m.

Bernau liegt am Meer
Documentary by Martina Döcker, ARTE/ZDF 2003, 88 min.

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Right-Wing Extremism: Easy to get in, hard to get out?
Panel discussion with international speakers

Introductory presentation: Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen
Former member of the Bundestag and Delegate for Foreign Nationals of the Federal Government, vice chairwoman of Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie e.V., chair of Humanity in Action Germany

Moderation: Prof. Axel Buchholz
Honorary professor for radio journalism, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, former editor in chief at the radio station of the Saarland Broadcasting Corporation

Ibraimo Alberto (Mozambique/Germany)
Representative and delegate for foreign nationals of the city of Schwedt/
Oder, social worker, engaged in networks against right-wing extremism,
Award Ambassador for Democracy and Tolerance 2008

Jörg Fischer-Aharon
Ex neo-Nazi, freelance journalist and education officer on the subject of rightwing extremism, deputy chairman and executive director of the haKadima – Bildungswerk für Demokratie und Kultur e.V. Berlin

Dr. Rafal Pankowski (Poland)
Deputy editor of the magazine and member of Never again, expert for extremism at the Collegium Civitas Warsaw

Bernd Wagner
Managing director of the ZDK – Society for a Democratic Culture, co-founder of EXIT Germany, ret. Detective Chief Superintendent

Reception

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