Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Somek - News
- 2026 06 16 Alexander Somek talks about "Republicanism and Liberal Democracy: Transformations of our Political Predicament", Faculty of Law, University Maastricht
- 2026 05 21, Alexander Somek gives the lecture "Solidarität unter Fremden: Von Durkheim zu Habermas" at the Symposium "Migration und Solidarität", Alte Kapelle, Campus of the University of Vienna.
- Alexander Somek discusses the “Urteil gegen Ungarn: Die böse Moral der europäischen Richter” in Die Presse, 2026 04 28.
- Alexander Somek participates in the conference “European Society at the Crossroads of Disciplines, Politics and Imaginaries”, 11–13 March 2026, at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg.
- Newly published in January 2026: "The Constitution of the Legal Relation - A Pragmatist Philosophy of Law", Alexander Somek, Hart Publishing
- Alexander Somek participates in the workshop "Relational Normativity" and is commenting on the lecture by George Pavlakos (Glasgow): "Democratic Law in the State of Nature: A not so Kantian Framework", December 4-5, 2025, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg/Br.
- Alexander Somek gives a lecture at Bocconi University/Milan on “Republicanism or Liberal Democracy? Exploring the Roots of our Predicament”, 2025 11 27
- 2025 11 25, Alexander Somek speaks at the "Non-doctrinal Legal Research" Joint Seminar on "Faction state and management: Conjectures concerning the origin of 'deconstituent power'", organized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna in conjunction with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Juridicum
- Alexander Somek participates the Science Show with Martin Haidinger about the topic "Vernunft in der Demokratie", oe1, 2025 10 20
- As part of the "84. Jahrestagung der Vereinigung der Deutschen Staatsrechtslehrer" Alexander Somek chairs the discussion group "Grundlagen des Rechts" on the topic "Die Sprachen der Staatsrechtslehre - jenseits der Dogmatik", University of Salzburg, October 1-3, 2025.
- Alexander Somek gives the lecture "Republicanism or Liberal Democracy? Exploring the Roots of our Predicament" at the conference "Liberal Democracy?", September 26, 2025, at the University of Innsbruck.
- Alexander Somek chairs the panel "Scholactivism: Between Duty and Overreach" at the European Rule of Law Conference 2025, September 15-16, 2025, Berlin Social Science Center.
- 2025 05 21, Alexander Somek gives the lecture “The Enigma of Authority” at the MPI in Freiburg as part of the Freiburger Vorträge zur Staatswissenschaft und Rechtsphilosophie.
- Alexander Somek participates in the workshop "The Hidden Rift in Legal Positivism", Cambridge University, April 10/11, 2025
- 2025 02 19, Alexander Somek talks about "The Consitution and the Rabble", Legal and Political Theory Forum, LSE
- New publication 2025 02 18: "Legal and Political Philosophy - An Outline for Students" by Alexander Somek, Verlag Österreich, ISBN 978-3-7046-9589-5
- 2025 01 21, Alexander Somek as a guest in Punkt Eins: "Darf Trump alles - straflos?", OE1
- 2024 10 09, Alexander Somek coordinates (together with A. B. Kaiser and M. Jestaedt) the discussion group ‘Grundlagen des Öffentlichen Rechts’ at the Staatsrechtslehrertagung 2024, University of Lucerne
- 2024 09 27, Alexander Somek gives the lecture ‘Recht und Wissen: Juristische Methode als Wissen des Rechts" at the Conference of the German Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR): Legal Method as Knowledge of Law’, Bayreuth
- 2024 07 08 - 10, Alexander Somek gives the lecture "European Constitutional Law and Its Digital Public Sphere" on ICON.S, annual conference, University of Madrid, Law School
- 2024 05 17, guest commentary by Alexander Somek about "Die geächtete Weisheit des Papstes", Pfarrblatt "Miteinander" of Pfarre Franz von Sales
- 2024 04 15, guest commentary by Alexander Somek about the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights to "no. 53600/20" Rechtspanorama", diepresse.com
- 2024 03 26/27 Alexander Somek gives the lecture "The relational approach" as part of the international conference "Penser l'Etat aujourd'hui: repenser le droit dans et par-delà les Etats", Institut national du service public 1, Strasbourg
- 2024 03 22 Alexander Somek gives the lecture "Transnational Constitutional Law and the Republican split" at the "Conference on global constitutionalism and its limits", University of Nantes
- 2024 03 13/14, Alexander Somek joins the workshop "Observatorium: Wieviel Theorie braucht das Recht?" , Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
- 2024 02 23, guest commentary by Alexander Somek together with Fabio Wolkenstein about "Vermessene Demokratievermessung", diepresse.com