Boundaries, Order and Transformation
Wednesday, 12. October 2016 | 10:30 Uhr
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Prof. Wilfried von Bredow of Philipps University Marburg’s presentation focused on the borders between political entities.
“Political and administrative borders regulate the coexistence of people. This spatial order is found in all cultures,” Wilfried von Bredow elaborated the principles of political borders at the beginning of his presentation.
What is the influence of globalization on political boundaries? How should the advantages and disadvantages of open borders be handled? To what extent is the EU with its internal borders a special case? What role do political religions play in the shaping of national borders?
Get the answers to these questions in the video of the presentation.
Wilfried von Bredow
Born in 1944 on Heinrichsdorf Castle, Neustettin County, following his “Abitur” (diploma required for admission to college studies) he studied Political Science, Sociology and Literature at the Universities of Bonn and Cologne from 1964 to 1968, receiving his doctorate in Bonn in 1968. Subsequently, Wilfried von Bredow worked as research assistant at the Department of Political Science of the University of Bonn from 1969 to 1972.
From 1972 to 2009, he held a professorship in Political Science at Philipps University Marburg. From 1975 to 1977, he was Vice President of Philipps University and completed extended research stays and held visiting professorships in Oxford, Toulouse, Lille, Toronto, Saskatoon (Canada), and Chiayi (Taiwan), among others.
In 1994, he was awarded the John F. Diefenbaker Award of the Canada Council and in 1999, he received his Dr.h.c. from Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. In 2008/2009, he was Senior Fellow at the A. Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg in Greifswald and has been a professor at the Geneva Graduate School of Governance since 2010.
Prof. Wilfried von Bredow published on German foreign policy, on the relationship between the military/society and security policy, and on political theory. More recent book publications: Die Außenpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Wiesbaden 2006, 2nd ed. 2008); Politische Urteilskraft (with Thomas Noetzel) (Wiesbaden 2009); Grenzen. Eine Geschichte des Zusammenlebens vom Limes bis Schengen (Darmstadt 2014); Sicherheit, Sicherheitspolitik und Militär. Deutschland seit der Vereinigung (Wiesbaden 2015).
