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Lecture series at the University of Kassel: "Right-wing violence" under discussion
One of the triggers for the initiation of the lecture series was the murder series of the National Socialist Underground (NSU). In 2006, Kassel also became a crime scene. "A murder like that of Halit Yozgat is a frightening testimony to the fact that right-wing extremist violence is more present in our immediate environment than many have long thought," says Dr. Oliver Plessow, who co-organizes the lecture series and teaches and researches in history didactics. "But we don't want to leave it at frightening, but rather to explore from as many perspectives as possible where right-wing extremism finds its breeding ground, what traditions it can build on, and what possibilities the state and civil society have to oppose it."
The range of topics extends from a historical look at "right-wing violence" and how society deals with it to current questions about the possibility of preventing it. Right-wing extremist violence in German soccer and depictions of violence in right-wing music will also be examined. The event takes place every Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in Lecture Hall III (Diagonale 5, Holländischer Platz) and is aimed not only at students, but at the entire Kassel public.
It follows up on a well-attended series of events on "Right-Wing Extremism" from last winter semester. "Instead of ignoring the problem, we want to deal with it systematically at the University of Kassel and discuss countermeasures," explains Professor Dr. Bernd Overwien, head of the Department of Didactics of Political Education. Right-wing radicalism does not only take place in secret, "racist and right-wing extremist slogans can occasionally be found in the classroom at some schools in the region, on the walls of the University of Kassel and in many political parties," says Overwien.
The lecture series begins on October 22, 2013, and is supported by the University's Presidential Board, the General Students' Committee (AStA), and the Departments of Humanities, Humanities and Cultural Studies, and Social Sciences at the University of Kassel.
Program at: www.uni-kassel.de/fb05/uploads/media/Ringvorlesung_RechteGewalt_A4.pdf
Contact:
Dr. Stefan Peters
University of Kassel
Department 05 - Social Sciences
Department of International and Inter-Societal Relations
Tel: 0561/804-2730