Current Fellows' research
- Kosovo Specialist Chambers as a New Model of Internationalized Courts: Legal, Political and Discursive Implications for Transitional JusticeThe Kosovo Specialist Chambers are a distinctive entity in international criminal justice, tasked with prosecuting war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by members of the Kosovo Liberation Army during and after the Kosovo War.
- Russia 2030 and Beyond: Long-term Military Putinism — What Does It Mean for Russia, Europe and the World?The Putin regime has overcome the turbulence associated with the transformation of the blitzkrieg in Ukraine into a protracted war, the shock of Western sanctions, and internal resistance to the war among elites and the population.
- Identity Looted: Tracing Ukraine's Lost Art in Russia’s Black HoleFor more than three decades, members of the international art community have suspected Russia to be a “black hole of art crime.” Icons, ancient books, manuscripts, engravings, medals, orders, old musical instruments and jewelry have allegedly been stolen.
- Phantom (Border)Lands in the Late Memory BoomThis project aims to investigate the role of nostalgia for the Borderlands (Kresy) in museums in eastern Poland. Julia Golachowska will analyze the Ludwik Zamenhof Center, Sybir Memorial Museum, and the Museum of the Eastern Borderlands.
- How to Live a Good Life in a Bad RegimeLiberal democracy is on the defensive and the number of authoritarian regimes is on the rise. Martin Milan Šimečka lives in Slovakia, where the extreme right is in power.
- Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again?It’s widely understood that the end of the Cold War led to changes in the material strength of the German military: military spending dropped dramatically, as did troop levels.
News
- How New is the New World Order, Margaret MacMillan?One of our most anticipated episodes of Future Discontinuous has just come out. Tune in for a fascinating talk with Margaret MacMillan on the new world order!
- Documenting Ukraine Will Continue at the IWMRecognizing that the need to chronicle the war and its impact on Ukrainian society is as strong as ever, and acknowledging the invaluable and innovative work of Ukrainians who are doing precisely this, the IWM is very…
- Congratulations to the 2025 Emma Goldman AwardeesOn 13 March, the IWM held the Emma Goldman Awards Ceremony. Presented by the FLAX Foundation, the awards recognize innovative research on feminist and inequality issues.
Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Ognyan GeorgievSeminars and Colloquia
- Fellows' Colloquium with Ondřej SlačálekSeminars and Colloquia
- Fellows' Colloquium with Yegor MostovshikovSeminars and Colloquia
- Debating EuropePanels and Discussions
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Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Ognyan GeorgievSeminars and Colloquia
- Fellows' Colloquium with Ondřej SlačálekSeminars and Colloquia
- Fellows' Colloquium with Yegor MostovshikovSeminars and Colloquia
- Debating EuropePanels and Discussions
News
- How New is the New World Order, Margaret MacMillan?One of our most anticipated episodes of Future Discontinuous has just come out. Tune in for a fascinating talk with Margaret MacMillan on the new world order!
- Documenting Ukraine Will Continue at the IWMRecognizing that the need to chronicle the war and its impact on Ukrainian society is as strong as ever, and acknowledging the invaluable and innovative work of Ukrainians who are doing precisely this, the IWM is very…
- Congratulations to the 2025 Emma Goldman AwardeesOn 13 March, the IWM held the Emma Goldman Awards Ceremony. Presented by the FLAX Foundation, the awards recognize innovative research on feminist and inequality issues.
Current Fellows' research
- Identity Looted: Tracing Ukraine's Lost Art in Russia’s Black HoleFor more than three decades, members of the international art community have suspected Russia to be a “black hole of art crime.” Icons, ancient books, manuscripts, engravings, medals, orders, old musical instruments and jewelry have allegedly been stolen.
- Displaced People from Ukraine in Prague: New Political Subjectivities and Relations of SolidarityBased on ethnographic fieldwork, this project aims to address how, through their political claims and repertoires of actions, Ukrainians displaced by the war enacted new political subjectivities, shaped political alliances, and charged public spaces in Prague with new meanings.
- Resistance, Temporariness and Political (Dis)Continuity: Urban Governance and Refugees’ Labor Market Integration in Hamburg and IzmirThe project explores urban governance of refugee integration through a local-to-local interregional comparison. The interregional dimension is essential for uncovering similar local rationales despite national-level differences.
- Exploring the Genesis Moment: Tracking the Making of a New World Order and Europe’s Place in ItAs the existing world order unravels, how the new one will be forged is yet uncertain, as there is no consensus on how to identify the new or upcoming order. Many identifications have been suggested: the world is multipolar, apolar, asymmetrically multipolar, in entropy, or bipolar.
- Legal WarriorsIn her project “Legal Warriors”, Solmaz Khorsand aims to conduct a multiple case study on the dissident spirit among jurists.
- How to Live a Good Life in a Bad RegimeLiberal democracy is on the defensive and the number of authoritarian regimes is on the rise. Martin Milan Šimečka lives in Slovakia, where the extreme right is in power.
Recent Media
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