Niklas Plaetzer
@nplaetzer.bsky.social
PhD candidate in political theory. University of Chicago / Sciences Po Paris.
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Niklas Plaetzer
@nplaetzer.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I am very happy to share that my article on the institutional thought of Brazilian abolitionist Luiz Gama (1830-1882) is now out in Contemporary Political Theory: "Insurgent legality: Luiz Gama’s plebeian republicanism between law and prefiguration" #OpenAccess
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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I keep returning to Astra Taylor's construction (the title of her fantastic book) "Democracy may not exist, but we'll miss it when it's gone." It's really the perfect way of explaining liberalism's false but necessary promises
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I keep returning to Astra Taylor's construction (the title of her fantastic book) "Democracy may not exist, but we'll miss it when it's gone." It's really the perfect way of explaining liberalism's false but necessary promises
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Recent PhDs, graduate students (and their supervisors): the Society for French Historical Studies will be awarding a number of grants. The deadline for these is January 1, 2026! Make sure to apply if you are eligible: www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net/awards-new-o...
Awards for New/ Ongoing Research — SFHS
www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Recent PhDs, graduate students (and their supervisors): the Society for French Historical Studies will be awarding a number of grants. The deadline for these is January 1, 2026! Make sure to apply if you are eligible: www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net/awards-new-o...
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asad haider
I've been rereading some of his old Viewpoint pieces and I think this is my favorite, written after the airport protests in 2017
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
asad haider
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I'm hoping against hope that the news of the passing of Asad Haider is not true. He was among the most young gifted political theorists on the left today and his voice will be greatly missed.
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm hoping against hope that the news of the passing of Asad Haider is not true. He was among the most young gifted political theorists on the left today and his voice will be greatly missed.
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Lawyers furiously writing amicus briefs. May I suggest you read the 3 articles i published in advance of my forthcoming book Migration & the Origins of American Citizenship due out on Oxford U. Press on March 10? 3 articles are out from it including this un-gated one on the Recon Amendments
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lawyers furiously writing amicus briefs. May I suggest you read the 3 articles i published in advance of my forthcoming book Migration & the Origins of American Citizenship due out on Oxford U. Press on March 10? 3 articles are out from it including this un-gated one on the Recon Amendments
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We did wind up recording this event, and you can watch it here: youtu.be/9QnHoi3GwLA
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We did wind up recording this event, and you can watch it here: youtu.be/9QnHoi3GwLA
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"We must not forget either than scientific men are but ordinary men, and that the majority of them belong to the leisured class...most of them are even in the pay of the State. it is therefore quite evident that Anarchy does not come from Universities."
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We must not forget either than scientific men are but ordinary men, and that the majority of them belong to the leisured class...most of them are even in the pay of the State. it is therefore quite evident that Anarchy does not come from Universities."
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CfP: Ich organisiere am Theoriekongress Passau (Okt 2026) ein Panel zu Demokratie nach der offenen Zukunft. Was passiert, wenn der Zukunftshorizont als Legitimationsquelle wegfällt? Einreichungen aus Politischer Theorie, Rechts- & Wirtschaftswissenschaft willkommen: www.uni-passau.de/backsliding-...
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
CfP: Ich organisiere am Theoriekongress Passau (Okt 2026) ein Panel zu Demokratie nach der offenen Zukunft. Was passiert, wenn der Zukunftshorizont als Legitimationsquelle wegfällt? Einreichungen aus Politischer Theorie, Rechts- & Wirtschaftswissenschaft willkommen: www.uni-passau.de/backsliding-...
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„In der Vergangenheit wäre man für den Ausreisewunsch verhaftet worden. Aber nun, da niemand mehr die Ausreise verhinderte, waren wir auf der anderen Seite der Grenze nicht mehr willkommen. Das Einzige, was sich verändert hatte, war die Farbe der Polizeiuniformen.“
Jahreshighlight für Herz & Kopf
Jahreshighlight für Herz & Kopf
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
„In der Vergangenheit wäre man für den Ausreisewunsch verhaftet worden. Aber nun, da niemand mehr die Ausreise verhinderte, waren wir auf der anderen Seite der Grenze nicht mehr willkommen. Das Einzige, was sich verändert hatte, war die Farbe der Polizeiuniformen.“
Jahreshighlight für Herz & Kopf
Jahreshighlight für Herz & Kopf
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Hannah Arendt prägte die Totalitarismus-Debatte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Formel von der „Banalität des Bösen" bleibt heute hochaktuell. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
50. Todestag von Hannah Arendt: Wege zur Freiheit
Hannah Arendt prägte die Totalitarismus-Debatte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Formel von der „Banalität des Bösen" bleibt heute hochaktuell.
www.fr.de
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hannah Arendt prägte die Totalitarismus-Debatte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Formel von der „Banalität des Bösen" bleibt heute hochaktuell. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
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Ank: Das Urteilen bei Hannah Arendt
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159031
Berlin, 12.12.2025, Hannah Arendt Forschungsstelle Berlin – Kritische Gesamtausgabe, Freie Universität Berlin „Das Urteilen bei Hannah Arendt.“ Diskussionsveranstaltung an der FU Berlin
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159031
Berlin, 12.12.2025, Hannah Arendt Forschungsstelle Berlin – Kritische Gesamtausgabe, Freie Universität Berlin „Das Urteilen bei Hannah Arendt.“ Diskussionsveranstaltung an der FU Berlin
www.hsozkult.de
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ank: Das Urteilen bei Hannah Arendt
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159031
Berlin, 12.12.2025, Hannah Arendt Forschungsstelle Berlin – Kritische Gesamtausgabe, Freie Universität Berlin „Das Urteilen bei Hannah Arendt.“ Diskussionsveranstaltung an der FU Berlin
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159031
Berlin, 12.12.2025, Hannah Arendt Forschungsstelle Berlin – Kritische Gesamtausgabe, Freie Universität Berlin „Das Urteilen bei Hannah Arendt.“ Diskussionsveranstaltung an der FU Berlin
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#CfP:
Papers for the 2nd #TheoryCongress ‘Backsliding, Resilience, Renewal? Democracy in Eras of Transformation’ can be submitted until 15 December.
Panels will be held in either German or English.
👇Below the link to the call. There you will also find the link to the overview of the panels.👇
Papers for the 2nd #TheoryCongress ‘Backsliding, Resilience, Renewal? Democracy in Eras of Transformation’ can be submitted until 15 December.
Panels will be held in either German or English.
👇Below the link to the call. There you will also find the link to the overview of the panels.👇
Call for Papers - University of Passau
Applications are possible from 26 November 2025
www.uni-passau.de
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#CfP:
Papers for the 2nd #TheoryCongress ‘Backsliding, Resilience, Renewal? Democracy in Eras of Transformation’ can be submitted until 15 December.
Panels will be held in either German or English.
👇Below the link to the call. There you will also find the link to the overview of the panels.👇
Papers for the 2nd #TheoryCongress ‘Backsliding, Resilience, Renewal? Democracy in Eras of Transformation’ can be submitted until 15 December.
Panels will be held in either German or English.
👇Below the link to the call. There you will also find the link to the overview of the panels.👇
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CFP: 5th Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism. June 26-28, 2026. Venice International University.
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
CFP: 5th Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism. June 26-28, 2026. Venice International University.
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
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Excited that my paper ‘Staatsräson as State Racism’ is part of this forthc. issue on ‘German Memory Politics at a Crossroads’
thanks to @joncatlin.bsky.social for including me along fantastic colleagues @danielloick.bsky.social, @vethompson.bsky.social & others!
ngc.arts.cornell.edu/forthcoming....
thanks to @joncatlin.bsky.social for including me along fantastic colleagues @danielloick.bsky.social, @vethompson.bsky.social & others!
ngc.arts.cornell.edu/forthcoming....
New German Critique: Forthcoming Issues
Widely considered the top journal in its field, New German Critique is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first-century German studies.
ngc.arts.cornell.edu
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Excited that my paper ‘Staatsräson as State Racism’ is part of this forthc. issue on ‘German Memory Politics at a Crossroads’
thanks to @joncatlin.bsky.social for including me along fantastic colleagues @danielloick.bsky.social, @vethompson.bsky.social & others!
ngc.arts.cornell.edu/forthcoming....
thanks to @joncatlin.bsky.social for including me along fantastic colleagues @danielloick.bsky.social, @vethompson.bsky.social & others!
ngc.arts.cornell.edu/forthcoming....
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CFP: Truth and Un-Truth in the History of Political Thought
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158929
Naples, 05.10.2026-07.10.2026, European Society for the History of Political Thought & University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.03.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158929
Naples, 05.10.2026-07.10.2026, European Society for the History of Political Thought & University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.03.2026
www.hsozkult.de
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
CFP: Truth and Un-Truth in the History of Political Thought
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158929
Naples, 05.10.2026-07.10.2026, European Society for the History of Political Thought & University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.03.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158929
Naples, 05.10.2026-07.10.2026, European Society for the History of Political Thought & University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.03.2026
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Stuttgart! Heute um 18 Uhr im Hegel-Haus spreche ich über Hegel, Kolonialismus und Rassismus – und über die blinden Flecken der Philosophiegeschichte: Was haben wir (nicht zuletzt durch Hegel) verdrängt, und was wird sichtbar, wenn wir aus marginalisierten Perspektiven darauf schauen? Eintritt frei!
Philosophie als Erinnerung – Die blinden Flecken der Philosophiegeschichte - Museum Hegel-Haus
Gespräch mit Daniel James Wie erzählen wir die Geschichte der Philosophie – und was bleibt dabei unsichtbar? Erinnerung und Vergessen wirken nicht nur in Seminaren und Forschungsdebatten, sondern auch...
www.hegel-haus.de
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Stuttgart! Heute um 18 Uhr im Hegel-Haus spreche ich über Hegel, Kolonialismus und Rassismus – und über die blinden Flecken der Philosophiegeschichte: Was haben wir (nicht zuletzt durch Hegel) verdrängt, und was wird sichtbar, wenn wir aus marginalisierten Perspektiven darauf schauen? Eintritt frei!
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INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN CRITICAL THEORY
2026
FORCES OF HISTORY
CfA now online!
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
2026
FORCES OF HISTORY
CfA now online!
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN CRITICAL THEORY
2026
FORCES OF HISTORY
CfA now online!
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
2026
FORCES OF HISTORY
CfA now online!
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
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Im Rahmen der ZPTh-Debatte des @theorieblog.bsky.social habe ich Dirk Jörkes (tuda.bsky.social) Aufsatz zu den "Nietzscheanischen Argumentationsfiguren in der Demokratiekritik Arendts" kommentiert. Jörkes Replik folgt am Mittwoch:
Vor Kurzem ist die neue Ausgabe der Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie erschienen! Das von Grit Straßenberger und Harald Bluhm herausgegebene „Jubiläumsheft zum 50. Todestag von Hannah Arendt: Nietzsche im politischen Denken von Arendt“ versammelt eine... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30090
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Im Rahmen der ZPTh-Debatte des @theorieblog.bsky.social habe ich Dirk Jörkes (tuda.bsky.social) Aufsatz zu den "Nietzscheanischen Argumentationsfiguren in der Demokratiekritik Arendts" kommentiert. Jörkes Replik folgt am Mittwoch:
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This showed up in the other place. I'm amused!
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This showed up in the other place. I'm amused!
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Truly and deeply honoured
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The Deutscher Prize on X: "🚨 Prize winner 🚨 The Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Prize committee is delighted to announce that Bruno Leipold’s “Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought” has been awarded this year’s prize 🎉 @BrunoLeipold @histmat" / X
🚨 Prize winner 🚨 The Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Prize committee is delighted to announce that Bruno Leipold’s “Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought” has been awarded this year’s prize 🎉 @BrunoLeipold @histmat
x.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Truly and deeply honoured
x.com/DeutscherPri...
x.com/DeutscherPri...
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Call for Papers for Early-Career Research Workshop „History of Political Thought, Cambridge Contextualism and Political Theory: Judgment, Normativity, and Crisis“ with Prof. John Dunn (Cambridge) and PD Dr. Martin Baesler (Freiburg) on Saturday, January... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30186
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Call for Papers for Early-Career Research Workshop „History of Political Thought, Cambridge Contextualism and Political Theory: Judgment, Normativity, and Crisis“ with Prof. John Dunn (Cambridge) and PD Dr. Martin Baesler (Freiburg) on Saturday, January... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30186
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CFP: German History from the 18th Century to the Present
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158706
Berkeley, 16.06.2026-18.06.2026, German Historical Institute Washington; BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.12.2025
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158706
Berkeley, 16.06.2026-18.06.2026, German Historical Institute Washington; BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.12.2025
www.hsozkult.de
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
CFP: German History from the 18th Century to the Present
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158706
Berkeley, 16.06.2026-18.06.2026, German Historical Institute Washington; BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.12.2025
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158706
Berkeley, 16.06.2026-18.06.2026, German Historical Institute Washington; BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.12.2025
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Micha Brumliks Stimme hat schon die letzten Jahre schmerzhaft gefehlt - was für eine traurige Nachricht. Eine meiner ersten Erinnerungen an ihn: Frankfurt, Anfang der 2000er, wie er vor dem Hörsaalgebäude in Bockenheim versucht, Moishe Postone das Problem mit den Antideutschen zu erklären.
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Micha Brumliks Stimme hat schon die letzten Jahre schmerzhaft gefehlt - was für eine traurige Nachricht. Eine meiner ersten Erinnerungen an ihn: Frankfurt, Anfang der 2000er, wie er vor dem Hörsaalgebäude in Bockenheim versucht, Moishe Postone das Problem mit den Antideutschen zu erklären.
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Check out our website for the full programme of our planning workshop, including a reading list of the text basis for our discussions: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Check out our website for the full programme of our planning workshop, including a reading list of the text basis for our discussions: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
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