Knowledge and Civil Society

General Impression

17th Symposium: Knowledge and Civil Society
Held at the Studio of the Villa Bosch at Heidelberg,
from June 20 until June 23, 2018.

Lectures

Watch now a talk given by Rupert Graf Strachwitz:
"Civil Society and Philanthropy as Change Agents."

Rupert Graf Strachwitz is the director of the Maecenata Institute for Philanthropy and Civil Society, Berlin (Germany). Visit his webpage here.

Watch now a talk given by Kin-man Chan:
"Agenda Setting and Deliberation on Constitutional Reform in Hong Kong under Communist China."

Kin-man Chan is an associate professor at the Department of Sociology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Visit his webpage here.

Watch now a talk given by Mario Diani:
"Civil Society and Public Issues as Social Constructions: A Network Perspective."

Mario Diani is a professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Trento (Italy). Visit his webpage here.

Watch now a talk given by Ishan Yilmaz:
"Demonizing the Islamic Counter-Hegemonic Legal Knowledge and Its Unofficial Interpretation and Glocal Dissemination by A Religio-Secular Turkish-Islamic Movement."

Ihsan Yilmaz is a professor at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization, Deakin University (Australia). Visit his webpage here.

Watch now a talk given by Heinz-Dieter Meyer:
"Education, Civil Society and Globalization: A Conundrum Revisited."

Heinz-Dieter Meyer is a professor at the Department of Educational Policy & Leadership; University at Albany, State University of New York (USA). Visit his webpage here.

Watch now a talk given by Megan Tompkins-Stange:
"'Policy Patrons': Private Philanthropic Foundations as Political Entrepreneurs in U.S. Public Education."

Megan Tompkins-Stange is an assistant professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan (USA). Visit her webpage here.

Watch now a talk given by Angela M. Eikenberry:
"The Civic and Political Engagement of Collaborative Philanthropists: Examining Giving Circles in the UK and the USA."

Angela M. Eikenberry is a professor at the School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska Omaha (USA). Visit her webpage here.

Watch now a talk given by Elizaveta Fouksman:
"Global Authenticity, Local Authority: Discursive Geographies and Epistemic Power within Civil Society Knowledge Networks."

Elizaveta Fouksman is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford (UK). Visit her webpage here.

Watch now a talk given by Johannes Glückler:
"Regional Philanthropic Fields and the Geography of Philanthropy in Heilbronn-Franconia."

Johannes Glückler is a professor at the Department of Geography, Heidelberg University (Germany). Visit his webpage here.