Vincent-Immanuel Lord

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Vincent-Immanuel Herr at the Erlanger Poetenfest 2018

Vincent-Immanuel Herr (born October 10, 1988 in Hamburg ) is a German activist, historian and feminist .

With publications and political campaigns he is committed to a number of political and social issues. He gained fame as part of the team of authors and activists Herr & Speer with the FreeInterrail Initiative, the open letter #EsIstZeit and his commitment as a feminist. His work focuses on intergenerational equity , European integration , democracy and gender equality . Together with Martin Speer , he is the founder of the European group of authors The Young European Collective. Herr sees mobility as a key factor to ensure European cohesion and demands in a Tedx lecture: "Send all youth traveling."

Together with other celebrities, he campaigns against sexism in the picture . The Süddeutsche Zeitung counted him among the most influential German feminists in 2016. Mr is the German ambassador for the UN campaign #HeforShe .

Life

Vincent-Immanuel Herr attended the Goethe-Gymnasium in Berlin-Wilmersdorf and then studied history and sociology in the USA. After completing his Bachelor of Arts , he studied North American Studies , History and Politics at the John F. Kennedy Institute at the Free University of Berlin .

Since the winter semester 2016/17 he has been a guest lecturer at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg .

Social engagement and positions

feminism

Herr is a feminist and campaigns for equality between women and men with articles and campaigns . In an article published in 2015 for The European , he describes women as “the key to Europe's future” and calls for more efforts to promote equality, especially from men. In an open letter to the men of Europe for the online magazine Treffpunkeuropa , he repeats these theses and adds: “Real men don't degrade women. Real men don't molest women. Real men don't look the other way. ”In 2016, together with Martin Speer , he published a guide for men to become a feminist for Zeit Online . Herr is a supporter of the UN Women campaign HeForShe and has repeatedly campaigned publicly for the initiative. He has been writing blog posts for the women's rights organization Pinkstinks since mid-2017 .

History and Society

In the summer of 2014, Herr in der Zeit published a plea for a new look at the humanities , especially the history sciences . In the text he describes his own experiences as a history student and particularly addresses a prejudice according to which history is of little use in today's world. Herr calls for a greater social interest in dealing with history and explains why historical knowledge is important for current developments and political decisions. In the text he refers explicitly to Friedrich Schiller's inaugural lecture on universal history at the University of Jena and concludes with the words: “In a globalized, networked and rushed world, it is worthwhile to think all the more about the advantages of Schiller's understanding of history. Because if we want to know where we are going, we should know where we are from. "

In an article for The European magazine in 2015, Herr took up these theses and examined the connection between violence and social progress. The article, published on the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe , calls on us to take past developments and catastrophes seriously, to learn from them and thus to shape society in a more peaceful and respectful manner in the future.

European Integration

Europaforschung and Young European Collective

Herr is committed to European integration and a European Union closer to its citizens . As part of a research trip funded by the Mercator Foundation and the Heinrich Böll Foundation in 2014, he traveled to 14 European countries and conducted interviews with over 200 young people. As a result he founded the Young European Collective together with activist Martin Speer, which consists of 18 young activists from 14 different countries. The group aims to give its generation in Europe a voice and to motivate young people in Europe to get involved in society. In June 2017 the book Who, If Not We? Four things that we can do for Europe now at Verlag Droemer Knaur . In February 2017, the group published a call for social engagement in the era after Brexit and the election of Donald Trump in ZEIT.

Free Interrail

In 2015, Herr started the Free Interrail campaign with Martin Speer with the aim of convincing the European Commission to introduce a free Interrail ticket for all EU citizens on their 18th birthday. The initiative received a lot of media attention and was supported by politicians from various parties and a majority in Germany. After a pilot project in 2018 with 15,000 free Interrail tickets, the EU Commission plans to provide up to 700 million euros for #DiscoverEU between 2021 and 2027 , as the EU's FreeInterrail-based initiative is called.

#EuropeLovesUK

In the run-up to the referendum on remaining in the European Union in the UK, Herr and Speer launched a call to encourage British voters to vote to remain in the EU. The text, which was also available as a campaign on the Change.org petition site in English, German, Spanish and French, was signed by over 57,000 people in Europe.

family

Herr is the son of the cultural and musicologist Annette Kreutziger-Herr and lives with his wife in Berlin.

Awards

Books

Item selection

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who if not us? - Book by Droemer Knaur. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
  2. ↑ TEDx Talks: #FreeInterrail - A Vision of a Europe for All | Vincent-Immanuel Lord | TEDxOTHRegensburg. June 6, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Testimonials. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Süddeutsche de GmbH, Munich Germany: Feminists you should know. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Ambassadors HeForShe Germany. Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Meet Our Board | Public Affairs Conference 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2017 (American English).
  7. ^ John F. Kennedy Institute: Newsletter, Issue 18, February 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Optimistic and materialistic. November 11, 2015, accessed November 12, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Lecturer | HUMANITIES. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Vincent-Immanuel Herr: Women are Key to Europe's Future . In: TheEuropean . July 22, 2015 ( theeuropean-magazine.com [accessed November 12, 2017]).
  11. ↑ Man to man . In: treffpunkteuropa.de | European, political, critical . October 30, 2016 ( treffpunkteuropa.de [accessed November 12, 2017]).
  12. ↑ Vincent-Immanuel Herr, Martin Speer: Feminism: Germany needs more feminists! In: The time . February 11, 2016, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed November 12, 2017]).
  13. ^ Joint press release from Gender @ International Bonn. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Herr und Speer, author on Pinkstinks Germany. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
  15. ↑ A guest contribution by Vincent-Immanuel Herr: History: With passion. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Vincent-Immanuel Herr: 70th anniversary of VE Day . In: TheEuropean . May 13, 2015 ( theeuropean-magazine.com [accessed November 12, 2017]).
  17. ^ "Finding Young Europe" - on the trail of young Europe | Heinrich Böll Foundation . In: Heinrich Böll Foundation . ( boell.de [accessed on November 12, 2017]).
  18. ^ The Young European Collective . In: Who, If Not Us? ( whoifnotus.eu [accessed November 12, 2017]).
  19. ↑ Who if not us? - Book by Droemer Knaur. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
  20. ↑ By Vincent-Immanuel Herr, Kevin Müller, Annika Päutz and Martin Speer, Deutschl, Antje Scharenberg: Youth protest: Now it's up to us! Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Research Group Elections> Polls> Politbarometer> Archive> Politbarometer 2016> September 2016. Accessed on November 12, 2017 .
  22. ↑ FreeInterRail - #FreeInterrail. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
  23. ↑ Matthias Hempert: Mescheder Benedictine student traveling by train through Europe . ( wp.de [accessed on November 12, 2017]).
  24. ↑ Do you want to discover Europe this summer? In: European Youth Portal. April 30, 2018, accessed February 26, 2019 .
  25. ↑ ZEIT ONLINE: Free Interrail: EU plans 700 million euros for free Interrail tickets . In: The time . May 2, 2018, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed February 26, 2019]).
  26. ^ Sign the petition. Retrieved November 12, 2017 (UK English).
  27. ↑ Martin Speer: Opening marriage to homosexuals . In: TheEuropean . June 2, 2015 ( theeuropean.de [accessed November 10, 2017]).
  28. ↑ Berlin's best 2016 . In: ZITTY . December 23, 2016 ( zitty.de [accessed July 22, 2017]).
  29. ↑ Berlin European Blue Bear Prize. July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
  30. ↑ European Charlemagne Youth Prize 2017 - Presentation of the projects. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
  31. ^ University of Bayreuth: The Bayreuth Dialogues - the future forum for economy, philosophy and society. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
  32. ↑ Bayreuth Model Prize. In: bayreuther dialoge 2019. Retrieved on August 20, 2019 (American English).
  33. ↑ P&K editorial team: Political Award 2017 - A lot has been achieved with a small budget. In: www.politik-kommunikation.de. February 23, 2018, accessed February 26, 2018 .
  34. ↑ Berlin European Blue Bear Prize. November 1, 2018, accessed November 20, 2018 .
  35. ↑ Winner of the 2018 Jean Monnet Prize: #FreeInterrail campaign . In: EuropeanConstitution.eu . ( europeanconstitution.eu [accessed November 20, 2018]).
  36. ^ The Innovation In Politics Awards . ( innovationinpolitics.eu [accessed November 20, 2018]).
  37. ↑ thegoodlobby: The Good Lobby Awards 2018. In: The Good lobby. Retrieved June 12, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Lord, Vincent-Immanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German activist, historian and feminist
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg