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05/29/2020 | Pressemitteilung

University shows attitude: Online event on June 2 on the anniversary of the death of Walter Lübcke

June 2 marks the anniversary of the assassination of Kassel District President Dr. Walter Lübcke. On the initiative of the university's presidium and together with the regional council, the online event series "Show Attitude!" is now starting. It deals with the causes of hate and the challenges for civil society. The broadcast date for the first event is June 2, 4 p.m.

Image: University of Kassel.
In conversation: Hesse's Justice Minister Eva Kühne-Hörmann and political scientist Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schroeder.

Members of the Kunsthochschule and the University of Kassel are involved. Because of the Corona restriction, the format can only be followed on the Internet and on television: on the website of the University of Kassel(www.uni-kassel.de), the YouTube channel of the RP Kassel(YouTubeRegierungspräsidiumKassel), and on the Offener Kanal Kassel, Fulda, Gießen and Rhein/Main(https://www.lpr-hessen.de/medienprojektzentren/). In addition, it will be available via www.mediathek-hessen.de.

"The murder of Walter Lübcke, a graduate and friend of the University of Kassel, did not happen out of nowhere," said University President Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey. "The sociopolitical climate has changed in recent years to an extent we did not think possible. Disputes are conducted by some people with sheer hatred and linked to spun theories or far-right ideology. As members of this university, we strongly oppose this. We are committed to a democratic society where necessary and fruitful discussions are conducted with mutual respect and where the rights and dignity of all people are respected."

The discussion rounds at the kick-off event will explore three questions: for example, the discussants will begin with the question of the enemies of freedom and the sources of hatred. Speakers include Eva Kühne-Hörmann, Hesse's Minister of Justice, and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schroeder, Head of the Department of the Political System of the FRG at the University of Kassel. The second round asks about the perception of responsibility in freedom; participants include Bishop Dr. Beate Hofmann and Prof. Dr. Daniel Hornuff, Professor of Theory and Practice of Design at the Kassel University of the Arts. The final round will be devoted to personal responsibility under conditions such as those we are currently experiencing as a result of the Corona pandemic.

The event will begin with an impulse lecture by Prof. Hornuff. The three discussion rounds will be framed by recorded statements, among others by the Prime Minister of Hesse, Volker Bouffier, and by students from Kassel. The moderator will be Kassel journalist Claus-Peter Müller von der Grün. "We want to further develop this event format in the coming years together with actors and institutions from the region," announced District President Hermann-Josef Klüber.

 

Press contact:

Sebastian Mense
University of Kassel
Communications, Press and Public Relations
Tel.: +49 561 804-1961
E-mail: presse[at]uni-kassel[dot]de