{"title": "Worte als Waffen – Hassrede im Zeitalter des Populismus", "start": "2026-11-05T18:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T19:45:00+01:00", "place": "Hörsaal F 180, Universität Zürich Zentrum, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "A public lecture titled \"Worte als Waffen – Hassrede im Zeitalter des Populismus\" (Words as Weapons – Hate Speech in the Age of Populism), given by Prof. Dr. Karsten Donnay of the Department of Political Science at UZH. It is part of the lecture series \"Die Sprache der Macht. Die Macht der Sprache\" (The Language of Power. The Power of Language), run by the UZH Interdisciplinary Commission, which examines the relationship between language and power from linguistic, sociological, cultural, psychological and historical perspectives, with topics including propaganda, hate speech and misinformation. The series aims to promote a conscious and critical approach to language as a societal instrument of power. The lectures are usually recorded and made available as podcasts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/worte-als-waffen-hassrede-im-zeitalter-des-populismus-82888/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b934b4b5b034428de5d8804e616e483ce1b693157fef82b37d8e1b291c3af761-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T18:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T19:45:00+01:00", "place": "Hörsaal F 180, Universität Zürich Zentrum, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "LGBTQ+ Free Zones, Language Brutalisation and Legal Resistance in Poland", "start": "2026-11-12T17:45:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T19:15:00+01:00", "place": "Universität Zürich Zentrum, Hörsaal F 180, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer", "history"], "description": "A talk in the lecture series «Die Sprache der Macht. Die Macht der Sprache» titled «LGBTQ+ Free Zones, Language Brutalisation and Legal Resistance in Poland». The series is organised by the Kommission UZH Interdisziplinär (UZH-i) and examines the relationship between language and power from various scholarly perspectives. The speaker is Prof. Jakub Urbanik, holder of the Chair of Roman Law and the Law of Antiquity at the University of Warsaw. The talk addresses the LGBTQ+ free zones in Poland, the brutalisation of language and legal resistance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/lgbtq-free-zones-language-brutalisation-and-legal-resistance-82897/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b934b4b5b034428de5d8804e616e483ce1b693157fef82b37d8e1b291c3af761-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Slow Reading", "start": "2026-11-02T16:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-02T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Universität Zürich-Zentrum, Hörsaal KOL F-121, Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "«Slow Reading» is a talk within the lecture series «Kulturanalyse jetzt!» by the Studienprogramm Kulturanalyse at the University of Zurich. The talk by Davide Giuriato (Universität Zürich) addresses the question of what reading means today and what current practices, strategies and politics of reading look like. The series asks about the technical, medial and structural conditions of reading and its futures, for instance in view of AI and machine text processing. The event takes place in lecture hall KOL F-121.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/slow-reading-82870/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Widerstand im Autoritarismus Podium: Strategien und Solidarität in Zeiten des Demokratieabbaus", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Karl der Grosse", "address": "Kirchgasse 14, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei, mit Anmeldung", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/fuehrungen-vortraege/diskussion-debatte/widerstand-im-autoritarismus-zuerich-7518693054787635564.html", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/civil-society"], "description": "A panel discussion on forms of civil society resistance against authoritarian developments. It is organised by Amnesty International Switzerland as part of the Amnesty Letter Marathon. The guests are Fida Hammami, the journalist and activist Lukas Žalalis and the journalist Daniel Binswanger; the discussion is moderated by Natalie Wenger of Amnesty International Switzerland. It covers the causes of democratic backsliding, strategies of resistance and the importance of networks and international solidarity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/widerstand-im-autoritarismus-podium-strategien-und-solidarit-31158/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "CHESS lecture \"Digitale Souveränität im Hochschulumfeld: Vom Schlagwort zur Schweizer Handlungsfähigkeit\"", "start": "2026-11-04T16:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Restaurant UniTurm", "address": "Rämistrasse 71", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/digital-policy", "science/science-policy"], "description": "A public talk in the CHESS lecture series on digital sovereignty in the university environment. The series is run by CHESS, the Center for Higher Education and Science Studies at the University of Zurich. Prof. Dr. Matthias Stürmer examines the concept of digital sovereignty, which ranks high on the economic, societal and political agenda after decades of dependence on US technology corporations, looking at its impact on universities and scientific practice. Legal and political effects of current national and international events as well as possible approaches and solutions are also discussed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/chess-lecture-digitale-souveranitat-im-hochschulumfeld-vom-s-33339/", "official_url": "https://www.chess.uzh.ch/de/veranstalten.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0550a450be368a3c51c62735fc43754eea9a78393bb77e3fed06b67ff4484a0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Truth or Justice – That Is the Question / Excluding Truth in the Name of Justice / Rechtssicherheit versus Falsifikation: Wahrheitsfindung im Strafprozess / Beweis das mal! Wahrheit(en) im Zivilprozess", "start": "2026-11-11T19:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-11T20:45:00+01:00", "place": "KOL F 121, Rämistrasse 71, Zentrum", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/law"], "description": "A lecture in the «Wahrheit und Lüge» (Truth and Lies) lecture series at the University of Zurich. Behind the series is the Ringvorlesung commission of the Advanced Researchers and Teachers (FFL). The session deals with finding truth in criminal proceedings and truth and evidence in civil proceedings, led by several lecturers. The dialogical structure of the series promotes a transdisciplinary examination of truth and lies.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/truth-or-justice-that-is-the-question-excluding-truth-in-the-82894/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Care as a Form of Radical Politics: Repair, Resistance & Refusal in International Affairs", "start": "2026-11-03T14:45:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "A public round table discussion on care as a form of radical politics in international affairs. It is organized by the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) at ETH Zurich as part of the symposium \"What Keeps the World Turning?\", with support from the Swiss National Science Foundation. Speakers are Chiara de Franco, Rocco Bellanova, Mariam Salehi and Nathaniel O'Grady, moderated by Matthias Leese. Registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/care-as-a-form-of-radical-politics-repair-resistance-refusal-68970/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Campus Oerlikon Lecture Series HS 2026: Inequality", "start": "2026-11-04T12:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T13:15:00+01:00", "place": "Universität Zürich, Oerlikon (AND)", "address": "Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/switzerland", "society/inequality"], "description": "An afternoon of talks in the \"Campus Oerlikon Lecture Series HS 2026: Inequality\", dedicated to the topic of inequality. The series is run by the University of Zurich at Campus Oerlikon, where since 2021 it has explored topics from different disciplinary perspectives. On this date, Dr. Michelle von Dach (social anthropology) speaks on \"Stuckedness in the Lives of Migrants in Rome\" and Sinem Ilseven (sociology) on \"How Long Does Advantage Last? Tracing Wealth and Status Across Swiss History\", each followed by a discussion. The event is a lunchtime brown-bag with food provided; the language of the event is English.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/campus-oerlikon-lecture-series-hs-2026-inequality-82882/", "official_url": "https://www.campus-oerlikon.uzh.ch/de/projekte-campus-oerlikon/aktuelleveranstaltungen/LectureSeries2026.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4b94f637868c3d3b918d1e04c57cd87ab9385d903441ffaec37b51562561b528-2000.webp"}]}