Venue: (OIH/Bushuis Amsterdam, Kloveniersburgwal 48), Room F 1.14

Organised by the Platform for Democratic Resilience (DEMRES), ACES, ARTES, and
Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam (DIA).
Registration: Matthijs Lok: m.m.lok@uva.nl

Programme

10.00-13:00 Workshop Democracy: Past and Present  

10:00-10:15 Introduction (and moderation) Matthijs Lok

10:15-11:30 Historical Perspectives
 Ido de Haan: ‘The Permanent Crisis of Democracy’
Hanco Jürgens: ‘The Waning of the German Intellectual? Changing Roles of Intellectuals in Politics, 1980-present’
Comments Müller and discussion

11:30-11:45: Break (coffee at the ground floor Canteen: bring your own cup)

11:45-13:00 Political and Legal Perspectives
Sarah de Lange: Illiberalism and the Far Right
Tamar de Waal: Citizenship and Democratic Values
Comments Müller and Discussion

16:00-18:00h Lecture Jan-Werner Müller (Princeton)
Title: Architecture and Democracy: Past and Present
Comments: Natalie Scholz (UvA history), Tom Bergevoet (Temp Architecture)