Courses
Summer semester 2026
| Dozent*in | Titel | Zeit/Ort |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel |
S: Theorien der Radikalen Demokratie |
Freitag 13 bis 14.30 Uhr ABS/2-06 |
|
Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel |
S: Demokratie und Erinnerung POL-KAM-THEO, POL-GAM-THEO, PhF-POL-PM-THEO, PHF-SEMS-GK-07, PHF-SEGY-GK-07, PHF-SEBS-GK-07, PhF-POL-PM-THEO, POL-PM-THEO, PhF-POL-PM-THEO, PHP-SEOS-GK-07, PHF-BA-POL-AM-THEO, MA-IB-TDE, BA-IB-SWE |
Dienstag 13 bis 14.30 Uhr |
| Dr. Julia Schulze Wessel |
S: Politisches Denken: Moderne Demokratietheorien |
16.04.2026 (6./7. DS) Donnerstag, ABS/0213 |
|
Leyla Sophie Gleißner |
S: Kritische Migrationstheorien: Exil und politische Autobiographie
MA-IB-TDE, BA-IB-SWE, POL-PM-THEO, POL-KAM-THEO, POL-GAM-THEO, PhF-POL-PM-THEO, PHF-SEMS-GK-07, PHF-SEGY-GK-07, PHF-SEBS-GK-07, PHP-SEOS-GK-07, PHF-SEGY-GK-07, PHF-SEBS-GK-07, PHF-BA-POL-AM-THEO, PHF-BA-SOWI-POL-THEO-Akt |
Einführungssitzung 15.4., DS 3 (online) |
| Hanna Al-Taher |
S: Exile and the City - Auf den Spuren von Hannah Arendt und Edward Said zwischen Jerusalem und New York |
13.-18. Juli 2026, jeweils 2. DS-5. DS |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan |
S: Theories of Violence and Nonviolence |
Tuesdays, 13.00 - 14.30 ABS/0E04 |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan |
S: Human Rights and its Critics |
Tuesdays, 14.50 - 16.20 ABS/0E04 |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Forschungskolloquium für fortgeschrittene Studierende und DoktorandInnen |
Mondays 16h onwards online, fortnightly |
| Prof. Dr. Robert Chr. van Ooyen |
S: Die Staats- und Demokratietheorie des Bundesverfassungsgerichts |
Blockveranstaltung einwöchig, 27.07.-31.07.26 |
Winter semester 2025/26
| Lecturer:in | Title |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | V: Introduction to the theory of politics
Date: Tuesday (2) 09:20-10:50 |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel |
S: Theory and development of the constitutional state |
| Jonathan Eibisch | PS: Introduction to the study of political theory Block dates: Fri. 17.10.25 DS 3 (online) |
| Michaela Bstieler | PS: Introduction to the study of political theory
Block dates: |
| Leyla Sophie Gleissner | PS: Introduction to the study of political theory Block dates: Monday, 13/10/2025, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm: ABS/E04/U Monday, 01/12/2025, from 11:10 am to 2:30 pm: ABS/E04/U Tuesday, 02/12/2025, from 9:20 am to 2:30 pm: ABS/CON2/U Thursday, 04/12/2025, from 11:10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: HSZ/301/U Friday, 05/12/2025, from 9:20 a.m. to 4:20 p.m.: ABS/1-01/U Monday, 08/12/2025, from 11:10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: ABS/E04/U Tuesday, 09/12/2025, from 11:10 a.m. to 6:10 p.m.: HSZ/301/U POL-BM-THEO |
| Christian Marks | PS: Introduction to the study of political theory
Block dates |
| Hannah Eitel |
S: People, Will, Rule - On the Critique of Authoritarian Concepts of Popular Sovereignty |
| Markus Markmeyer |
S: The state of exception - the political paradigm of modernity |
| Hanna Al-Taher |
S: Theories of Liberation and Freedom Struggles - Anticolonial, Decolonial and Postcolonial Thought |
| Gwendal Lamay | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory Wednesday (2) 09:20-10:50 a.m. Location: CHE/183/U POL-BM-THEO PHF-SEMS-GK-03 PHF-SEGY-GK-03 PHF-SEBS-GK-03 PHF-BA-POL-BM-THEO PHF-BA-SOWI-POL-THEO OPAL course: https: //bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/51062276109 |
| Pauline-Charlotte Müller | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory Friday (3) 11:10-12:40 Location: ABS/2-06/U POL-BM-THEO PHF-SEMS-GK-03 PHF-SEGY-GK-03 PHF-SEBS-GK-03 PHF-BA-POL-BM-THEO PHF-BA-SOWI-POL-THEO OPAL course: https: //bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/51062276109 |
| Alban Konjen | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory Wednesday (6) 16:40-18:10 Location: ABS/105/U POL-BM-THEO PHF-SEMS-GK-03 PHF-SEGY-GK-03 PHF-SEBS-GK-03 PHF-BA-POL-BM-THEO PHF-BA-SOWI-POL-THEO OPAL course: https: //bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/51062276109 |
| Johannes Holzhausen |
Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Research colloquium for advanced students and doctoral students |
Summer semester 2025
| Lecturer | Title | Location |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | V: Political thinking
POL-GAM-THEO |
Tuesday (2) 9.20 - 10.50 a.m. Room: HSZ/0002/E |
|
Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel |
S: Political Thinking: Democracy and Memory
POL-GAM-THEO |
Tuesday (4) 13.00 - 14.30 |
| Dr. Julia Schulze Wessel |
S: Political Thought: Modern Theories of Democracy |
blocked: |
|
Leyla Sophie Gleißner |
S: Modern theories of democracy. Democracy, violence and resistance
POL-GAM-THEO |
blocked: Thursday, 10.04.25: DS 3 (online) |
| Hanna Al-Taher |
S: Theories of the state |
blocked: |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan |
S: Justice and Protest |
Tuesday (4) 13:00-14:30 Room: HSZ/0204/U |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan |
S: Theories of the State |
Tuesday (5) 14.50 - 16.20 hrs Room: HSZ/0405/U |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Research colloquium for advanced students and doctoral students |
Monday (6/7) 17:00-19:30 (fortnightly) |
| Prof. Dr. Robert Chr. van Ooyen |
S: The state and democracy theory of the Federal Constitutional Court |
One-week block course in week 31 |
Winter semester 2024/25
| Location | ||
| Tuesday (2) 9:20-10:50 a.m. Room HSZ/02/E |
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| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | PS: Introduction to the study political theory PHF-SEMS-GK-03 |
Tuesday (4) 13:00-14:30 Room HSZ/E03/U |
| Jonathan Eibisch | PS: Introduction to the study political theory POL-BM-THEO |
Block dates see Opal |
| Johannes Haaf | PS: Introduction to the study political theory POL-BM-THEO |
Wednesday (3) 11:10-12:40 Room: VMB/E02/U |
| Leyla Sophie Gleissner | PS: Introduction to the study d. political theory POL-BM-THEO |
Block dates see Opal |
| Hanna Al-Taher | PS: Introduction to the study political theory POL-BM-THEO PHF-SEMS-GK-03 PHF-SEGY-GK-03 PHF-SEBS-GK-03 PHF-BA-POL-BM-THEO PHF-BA-SOWI-POL-E-THEO https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/46328905730/CourseNode/1727058616957060006 |
Block dates see Opal |
| Gwendal Lamay | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory POL-BM-THEO PHF-SEMS-GK-03 PHF-SEGY-GK-03 PHF-SEBS-GK-03 PHF-BA-POL-BM-THEO PHF-BA-SOWI-POL-THEO https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/46328905735?23 |
Dates in Opal |
| Gwendal Lamay | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory POL-BM-THEO PHF-SEMS-GK-03 PHF-SEGY-GK-03 PHF-SEBS-GK-03 PHF-BA-POL-BM-THEO PHF-BA-SOWI-POL-THEO https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/46328905735?23 |
Dates in Opal |
| Jan Schubert | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory POL-BM-THEO PHF-SEMS-GK-03 PHF-SEGY-GK-03 PHF-SEBS-GK-03 PHF-BA-POL-BM-THEO PHF-BA-SOWI-POL-THEO https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/46328905735?23 |
Dates in Opal |
| Marco Meißner | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory POL-BM-THEO PHF-SEMS-GK-03 PHF-SEGY-GK-03 PHF-SEBS-GK-03 PHF-BA-POL-BM-THEO PHF-BA-SOWI-POL-THEO https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/46328905735?23 |
Dates in Opal |
| Johannes Holzhausen | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory POL-BM-THEO PHF-SEMS-GK-03 PHF-SEGY-GK-03 PHF-SEBS-GK-03 PHF-BA-POL-BM-THEO PHF-BA-SOWI-POL-THEO https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/46328905735?23 |
Dates in Opal |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | S: The Enlightenment and its Discontents POL-GAM-THEO POL-KAM-THEO POL-WO-Research PHIL-PV-THEO-2 PHIL-PV-THEO-3 PHF-SEGY-GK-07 PHF-SEMS-GK-07 PHF-SEBS-GK-07 BA-IB-SWE MA-IB-TDE https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/46174863371?49 |
Tue (4) 13:00-14:30 HSZ/304/Z |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan |
Project seminar: Human rights and their critique |
Tue (5) 14:50-16:20, start 15.10.24 |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | S: Theories of Violence and Non-Violence
POL-WO-Research |
Wed (3) 11:10-12:40 GER/50/U |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Research colloquium for advanced students and doctoral students |
Mon (6-7) |
Summer semester 2024
| Lecturer | Title | Location |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | V: Political thinking | Tuesday (2) 9.20 - 10.50 a.m. HSZ/0002/E |
|
Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel |
S: Democracy and Memory |
Tuesday (3) 11.10 a.m. - 12.40 p.m. |
| Dr. Daniel James | S: Capitalism and Democracy |
Tuesday (5) 14.50 - 16.20 |
| Dr. Ana Miranda | S: Gender and Democracy | Wednesday (5) 14.50 - 16.20 GER/007/U |
| Hanna Al-Taher |
S: State and Citizenship |
blocked: Dates in Opal |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan |
S: Justice and Protest |
Tuesday (5) 14.50 - 16.20 GER/039/U |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | S: Free speech, hate speech and the politics of censorship | Tuesday (6) 16.40 - 18.10 hrs GER/052/U |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Project seminar: Power, violence, resistance | Wednesday (3) 11.10 a.m. - 12.40 p.m. GER/054/U |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Research colloquium for advanced students and doctoral students |
Monday (6/7) 17.00 - 19.30 (every 14 days) Online- Event |
Winter semester 2023/24
| Lecturer | Title | Location |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | V: Introduction to the theory of politics |
Tuesday (2) 9.20 - 10.50 a.m. HSZ/02/E |
| Dr. Daniel James | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Tuesday (3) 11.10 a.m. - 12.40 p.m. |
| Jonathan Eibisch | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Tuesday (5) 2.50 - 4.20 p.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Wednesday (3) 11.10 - 12.40 hrs |
| Carina Maier | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
blocked, dates in Opal |
| Leyla Sophie Gleissner | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
blocked, dates in Opal |
| Victoria Hasenclever | Tutorial Introduction to the study of political theory | Dates in Opal |
| Gwendal Lamay | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory | Dates in Opal |
| Jan Schubert | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory | Dates in Opal |
| Donna Pelivan | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory | Dates in Opal |
| Marco Meißner | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory | Dates in Opal |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Project seminar: Injustice and intersectionality |
blocked on 10.11.23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekly dates from 14.11.23 Tuesday (6) |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | S: Theories of Violence and Non-Violence | blocked on 05.11.23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekly dates from 14.11.23 Tuesday (5) |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | S: Theories of the State | blocked on 04.11.23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekly dates from 15.11.23 Wednesday (3) |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Research colloquium for advanced students and doctoral students |
Mon (6-7) |
Summer semester 2023
| Lecturer | Title | Location |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | V: Political thinking https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/39293026306?23 |
Tuesday (2) 9.20 - 10.50 a.m. HSZ/0002/E |
| Dr. Daniel James/Dr. Ana Miranda | S: Political Thought: Feminist and Antiracist Perspectives on Democracy https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/39278936068?20 |
Tuesday (3) 11.10 - 12.40 hrs |
| Dr. Daniel James | S: Political Thinking: Abolition Democracy https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/39278936069?15 |
Tuesday (5) 14.50 - 16.20 GER/39/U |
| Hanna Al-Taher |
S: Exile and the City (in German) |
blocked: 18.07.-22.07.2023 GER/246 |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan |
S: Justice and Protest |
Tuesday (5) 14.50 - 16.20 hrs GER/52/U |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan |
Project seminar: Human rights and their critique |
Tuesday (6) 16.40 - 18.10 hrs GER/52/U |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan/Prof. Dr. Thomas Lindenberger | S: Post-colonial and Post-Shoah Readings: The Conundrums of Memory Politics and Historiography https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/38893551621?10 |
Wednesday (3) 11.10 a.m. - 12.40 p.m. GER/007 |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Research colloquium for advanced students and doctoral students |
Monday (6/7) 17.00 - 19.30 (fortnightly) Online- Event |
| Prof. Dr. Robert van Ooyen |
S: The Theory of State and Democracy of the Federal Constitutional Court |
blocked 17.07. - 28.07.2023 All dates in GER/52/U |
Winter semester 2022/23
| Lecturer | Title | Location |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | V: Introduction to the theory of politics |
Tuesday (2) 9.20 - 10.50 a.m. HSZ/002 |
| Hanna Al-Taher | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Tuesday (3) 11.10 a.m. - 12.40 p.m. Online event |
| Johannes Haaf | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Tuesday (5) 14.50 - 16.20 hrs GER/39/U |
| Dr. Christopher Nixon |
PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Wednesday (3) 11.10 - 12.40 a.m. Online event |
| Dr. Mariana Schütt | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Thursday (2) 09.20 - 10.50 a.m. Online event |
| Dr. Daniel James | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Thursday (3) 11.10 - 12.40 hrs Online event |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel/Dr. Lucas von Ramin | S: Methods in Political Theory | Monday (3) 11.10 a.m. - 12.40 p.m. HSZ/E05/U |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Project seminar: Injustice and intersectionality |
Block Fridays: 14.10., 21.10., 28.10., 04.11. each from 10h to 17h Friday, 14/10/2022 PAU/212/H Walther-Pauer-Bau, George-Bähr-Str. 3b Friday, 21/10/2022 GER/38/H von-Gerber-Bau, Bergstr. 53 Friday, 28/10/2022 GER/39/U von-Gerber-Bau, Bergstr. 53 Friday, 04/11/2022 GER/39/U von-Gerber-Bau, Bergstr. 53 |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | S: (individual "classics"): The Enlightenment and its Discontents | Block Saturdays: 15.10., 22.10., 29.10., 05.11. each from 10 to 17h GER/52/U |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan (together with Prof. Dr. Thomas Lindenberger) |
S: Post-Colonial and Post-Soviet Entanglements |
Wednesday (6) 16:40 - 18:10 |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Research colloquium for advanced students and doctoral students |
Tuesday 17.00 - 19.30 |
| Arne Schade | Tutorial Introduction to the study of political theory | Monday (6) 16.40 - 18.10 hrs GER/09/U |
| Gwendal Lamay | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory | Wednesday (2) 09.20 -10.50 hrs GER/54/U |
| Marco Meißner | Tutorial Introduction to the Study of Political Theory | Wednesday (6) 16.40 -18.10 hrs GER/07/U |
Summer semester 2022
| Lecturer | Title | Location |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | V: Political thinking https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/34534227980 |
Tuesday (2) 9.20 - 10.50 a.m. GER 038 |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | S: Political Thinking |
Tuesday (3) 11.10 - 12.40 hrs |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan |
S: Power, violence and resistance |
Tuesday (4) 1.00 - 2.30 p.m. GER 054 Start: 12.04.2022 |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | S: Theories of the State https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/34534227979 |
Tuesday (5) 14.50 - 16.20 hrs GER 054 Start: 12.04.2022 |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan/Prof. Dr. Thomas Lindenberger | S: Post-colonial and Post-Shoah Readings: The Conundrums of Memory Politics https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/34534227978 |
Wednesday (3) 11.10 a.m. - 12.40 p.m. GER 007 Start: 13.04.2022 |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Research colloquium for advanced students and doctoral students |
Monday (6/7) 17.00 - 19.30 hrs (fortnightly) Online event Start: 11.04.2022 |
| Christopher Nixon |
S: Art and democracy |
Tuesday (5) 2.50 - 4.20 pm GER 052 |
| Christopher Nixon |
S: Border politics(s). Coloniality, visuality, regimes |
Tuesday (6) 16.40 - 18.10 GER 054 |
| Dr. Daniel James | S: Republicanism and neo-republicanism https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/34598912002 |
blocked from 25. to 29.07.2022, Mon 14:45-18:10, |
Winter semester 2021/22
| Lecturer | Title | Location |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | V: Introduction to the theory of politics |
Tuesday (2) 9.20 - 10.50 a.m. Online event |
| Hanna Al-Taher/Christopher Nixon |
PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Tuesday (3) 11.10 a.m. - 12.40 p.m. Online event |
| Johannes Haaf | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Tuesday (5) 14.50 - 16.20 hrs GER/52/U |
| Prof. Dr. Mark Arenhövel | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Wednesday (3) 11.10 - 12.40 Online event |
| Dr. Daniel James | PS: Introduction to the study political theory |
Thursday (3) 11.10 - 12.40 online event |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Project seminar: Human Rights and their criticism |
Wednesday (5) 14.50 - 16.20 hrs Online event |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | S: Theories of Violence and Non-Violence |
Wednesday (3) 11.10 a.m. - 12.40 p.m. Online event |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | S: Another World is Possible! Justice and Protest |
Tuesday (4) 1.00 - 2.30 p.m. Online event |
| Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan | Research colloquium for advanced students and doctoral students |
Tuesday (6/7) 17.00 - 19.30 (fortnightly) Online event |