Lecture
27 Nov 2026 · 5.00 pm
Georg Simmerl: Karl Polanyis ‘The Great Transformation’. Ein Kapitel in der (polemischen) Geschichte des Liberalismusbegriffs
Venue: Erich Auerbach Institute, University of Cologne, Weyertal 59, 50937 Cologne
Research project(s): The History of the Theory of Liberalism and its Concepts
Lecture as part of the workshop Engagiertes Schreiben im britischen Exil: Literatur, Sozialtheorie und Publizistik im Angesicht des Faschismus at the Erich Auerbach Institute at the University of Cologne, 27–28 Nov 2026
Cultural scientist Georg Simmerl works on the project Strategies of Critique. A Systematic Reconstruction of the Debate on documenta fifteen. 2022–2023 he was Carlo Barck Prize Fellow at the ZfL with the project Crisis, Critique, Governance: The History of the Theory of Liberalism and its Concepts.