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Dr. des. Amadeus Ulrich

Research Associate – Political Theory and Philosophy

House »Normative Ordnungen«
Max-Horkheimer-Straße 2
Room 4.21
60323 Frankfurt/Main

E-Mail: ulrich[at]normativeorders.net

Research

Interests:                                  Contemporary Political Theory, History of Ideas and Moral Philosophy

Specialization:                          Realism in Political Philosophy, Critical Theory (Frankfurt School), Liberalism of Fear, and Theories of Justice 

Work Experience

Since 10/2024                          Research Associate at the Institute of Political Science  (Political Theory and Philosophy)

06-09/2024                               Research Associate at the Research Center 'Normative  Orders,' funded by the Herbert Quandt Foundation

01/2023-05/2024                      Research Associate in the Leibniz Research Group 'Transnational Justice'

10/2019-12/2022                      Research Assistant at the Chair of Political Theory and Philosophy and the Research Center 'Normative Orders'

01-04/2019                               Editor at Die Zeit

11/2010-04/2020                      Freelance journalist


       1.       PhD and Studies

04/2020-01/2025                      Dr. phil. (summa cum laude), Faculty of Social Sciences, ¿´Æ¬Èí¼þ Frankfurt. Thesis on 'The Tyranny of the Real. An Immanent Critique of Realism in Political Philosophy.' Readers: Prof. Rainer Forst, Prof. David Estlund and Prof. Peter Niesen

10/2015–01/2019                     M.A. Political Theory, ¿´Æ¬Èí¼þ Frankfurt and TU Darmstadt

10/2012–09/2015                     B.A. Political Science, University of Hamburg

       2.       Visting Fellowships

04-05/2022                               Research Guest at the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University (hosted by Prof. Jan-Werner Müller)

08-12/2021                               Visting Research Scholar at the Department of Philosophy, Brown University (hosted by Prof. David Estlund)

08/2017-05/2018                      DAAD Visiting Graduate Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, Harvard University

10/2016-03/2017                      Erasmus Stay at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna

      3.       Awards

09/2025                                    DAAD Lecture Scholarship for a research stay at the    Institute for Philosophical Research of the National          Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City

Since 01/2025                           Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Scholarship (Staff Exchange).                                                    Project: 'Justice in the XXI Century: A Perspective from                                                    Latin America' (JUSTLA)

09/2022                                     Travel Grant from the Society for Applied Philosophy to   participate as a speaker at the conference 'The Political   Thought of Judith Shklar' at King's College, Cambridge   University

08/2022                                     Full Stipend from the European Consortium for Political         Science Research (ECPR) to participate as a panelist at  the   General Conference, University of Innsbruck

04/2020-05/2024                       Doctoral Scholarship from the German National Academic   Foundation (Studienstiftung)

08/2017-05/2018                       Graduate Scholarship from the German Academic     Exchange Service (DAAD) and reciprocal scholarship from   Harvard University

10/2016-01/2017                       Erasmus Scholarship for a study stay at the University of Vienna

10/2012-09/2018                       Full Scholarship from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES)     for my undergraduate and postgraduate studies

Publications

  1. ‘’ Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie 8: 2, 2021, pp. 89–116
  2. ‘.’  Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie 13: 1/2, 2022, pp. 69–89
  3. forthcoming: ‘Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?’ European Journal of Political Theory (triple-blind)

Reviews and other Texts

  1. ‘.’ Arbeitspapier für die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kriegsursachenforschung (AKUF) an der Universität Hamburg, 2016, 1–32
  2. ‘’ engagee. Magazine for Political and Philosophical Interventions, 2017, 20–22
  3. ‘.’ engagee. Magazine for Political and Philosophical Interventions, blog, 2018
  4. ‘.’ Ética y Discurso 6, 2021, 1–6
  5. ‘.’ Theorieblog, 2021
  6. ‘.’ UniReport 4: 2, 2022
  7. ‘.’ Sozipolis 2024

Teaching

  1. 'The Liberalism of Fear.' (Undergraduate Seminar, Summer 2024)
  2. 'Socialist Political Thought.' (Undergraduate Seminar, Winter 2024/25)
  3. 'Realism in Political Philosophy.' (Graduate Seminar, Winter 2024/25)
  4. 'Justice Requires Equality: The Philosophy of G. A. Cohen.' (Graduate Seminar, Summer 2025)
  5. 'Ideology Critique.' (Undergraduate Seminar, Summer 2025)
  6. 'Classics of Political Philosophy: From Plato to Arendt.' (Undergraduate Seminar, Winter 2025/26)
  7. ‘Fear and Freedom: The Political Thought of Judith N. Shklar.’ (Graduate Seminar, Winter 2025/26)

Talks and Discussions

  1. ‘Democratic Misanthropy.’ Workshop: ‘The Liberalism of Fear in Times of Democratic Distrust’ at Normative Orders, Frankfurt, November 2024 (organized by Rieke Trimçev and myself)
  2. ‘Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?’ at the APSA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, September 2024, and in Research Colloquium in Political Theory, ¿´Æ¬Èí¼þ Frankfurt, December 2024
  3. Chair at the Conference ‘Global Health Justice’ at Normative Orders, July 2024
  4. Chair at the International Graduate Conference ‘The Aesthetics of Democratic Life-Forms’ at Goethe University Frankfurt, September 2023
  5. ‘A Recipe for Survival: On Judith N. Shklar’s Defense of Democracy.’ Conference: ‘The Political Thought of Judith Shklar’ at King’s College, University of Cambridge, September 2022 (organized by Rebecca Buxton)
  6. Discussant of three papers on philanthropy and business ethics in the panel ‘Private Action for the Public Good: Democratic Implications’ (organized by Ted Lechterman) at the ECPR General Conference, University of Innsbruck, August 2022
  7. ‘The Many Faces of Political Realism.’ Discussion in the Research Colloquium in Political Theory, ¿´Æ¬Èí¼þ Frankfurt, July 2022
  8. ‘Fear and Misery in Democracy: On the Political Realism of Judith N. Shklar.’ 14th Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University, May 2022
  9. ‘Rescuing Constructivism from Cohen.’ VII. Conference for Practical Philosophy at the University of Salzburg, 2019
  10. ‘Critical Realism: How Relations Matter.’ Conference: ‘Rethinking Social Justice and the Public Realm: What Can Relational Approaches Offer?’ at the University of Manchester, November 2018
  11. ‘Die Geltung noumenaler und diskursiver Macht. Rainer Forst und Michel Foucault im Vergleich.‘ Conference: ‘Foucault Revisited’ at the University of Vienna, November 2016