Courses
Winter semester 2025/26
Annotated Course Catalogue of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science: Please note that the Annotated Course Catalogue reflects the current status of the planning process. All information listed in the Annotated Course Catalogue is provided without guarantee. Since semester planning is a dynamic process, changes and last-minute adjustments (e.g., to dates, rooms, or instructors) may occur at any time. We therefore recommend that you check the entries regularly for updates.
https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/studium/lehrveranstaltungen
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 https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/53610545154 |
Dienstag 13 bis 14.30 Uhr |
| Dr. Julia Schulze Wessel |
This seminar has been canceled. |
|
|
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 |
New dates:: 27.07.26, ABS/2-09 28.07.26, ABS/2-09 29.07.26, ABS/2-09 30.07.26, ABS/2-09 31.07.26, ABS/2-09 01.08.26, ABS/0105 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 |
The seminar has been canceled due to the instructor's illness. |
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 |