Hope as Orientation in the Real World

Interdisciplinary Conference | 9.–10. October 2025

Organization: Prof. Dr. Miriam Rose and Prof. Dr. Markus Wild

Conference venue: eikones, Rheinsprung 11, 4051 Basel

Thursday, October 9

14:00–14:15

Miriam Rose / Markus Wild

Opening and introduction

14:15–15:45

Carl-Johan Palmqvist: Hope and Fear, Optimism and

Pessimism

Response: Matthieu Queloz

16:15–17:45

Katie Stockdale: Hope in a Climate of Fear

Response: Friedemann Bieber

18:15–19:30

Public Lecture (in German)

Öffentlicher Abendvortrag

Daniel Graf: Despair Fatigue oder keine Hoffnung ist

auch keine Lösung

Ort: Alte Universität, HS-101, Rheinsprung 9/11

19:30

Apéro

Friday, October 10

9:00–10:30

Julia Enxing: ‘I am in no way optimistic, but I remain a

prisoner of hope’ (Cornel West): The Power of Hope –

A Counterfactual Theology for Our Times

Response: Sara Konradt

11:00–12.30

Catherine Keller: Hope on the Edge. Apocalypse and

Possibility

Response: Katharina Merian

12:30

Apéro

13:30–15:00

Darrel Moellendorf: Hope and Critique

Response : Karen Koch

15:15–16:45

Titus Stahl: Structural Injustice, Complicity, and

Collective Hope

Response: Sabine Hohl

17:00–18:30

Miriam Rose: Hope and Creativity

Response: Claartje Ille

18:30

Conference Dinner

Registration sara.konradt@unibas.ch