December 14 – 16, 2026

Beyond Ibn Rushd / Averroes

Philosophy and Science in Islam from Muslim Córdoba to Contemporary Iran

Conception: Carlos Fraenkel, Zahiye Kundos, Roni Mann, Asad Q. Ahmed
with: Katajun Amirpur, Fouad Ben Ahmed, Ahmad Dallal, Irina Dumitrescu, Frank Griffel, Sari Nusseibeh, Yossef Schwartz

Call for Applications

The Ethics of Global Governance

The Einstein Forum, in cooperation with the Karl Schlecht Stiftung, invites applications for two fellowships on The Ethics of Global Governance. The full call can be downloaded here.

Workshop

Everything You Wanted to Know About Iran (*But Were Afraid to Ask)

With
Ali Fathollah-Nejad
Fatemeh Masjedi
Manouchehr Shamsrizi
Chair: Benjamin Zachariah

News & Press

Ausschreibung
Freie Mitarbeit Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit (m/w/d)

Von Montreal und Oxford nach Potsdam: Philosoph Carlos Fraenkel führt jetzt das Einstein-Forum, Tagesspiegel, 7. September 2026

Reden mit Rechtsextremen: Wie der neue Direktor des Einstein Forums Aufklärung lebt
Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, 30. Juli 2026

Was planen Sie als Direktor des Einstein Forums, Carlos Fraenkel?
RBB Inforadio, 9. Juli 2026

Moschee, Gottesdienst und Aristoteles: das Erbe des Averroes
WDR 5, Zeitzeichen, 14. April 2026

Carlos Fraenkel
"How Should We Live? The case for the examined life,"
Times Literary Supplement, February 14, 2025.

Carlos Fraenkel
"Is a Public Philosophy Still Possible?"
Liberties, Volume 4, no. 4, Summer 2024.

Carlos Fraenkel
"What the Night Sky Teaches"
Liberties, Volume 3, no. 4, Summer 2023.