Current Fellows' research
- Post-Europe and the Ethos of Responsibility. Rethinking Europe since Jan Patočka and CEE’s dissidentsThe aim of this research is to explore the relevance of Jan Patočka’s complex theorization of the concept of Post-Europe.
- Růžena Vacková as a Critic of the 1930s and early 1940sIn this project, Nikola Bečanová explores Růžena Vacková’s (1901–1982) critical writings from the 1930s and 1940s, focusing on her contributions to Národní střed and contrasting them with her engagement in right-wing magazines.
- 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.
- Legal WarriorsIn her project “Legal Warriors”, Solmaz Khorsand aims to conduct a multiple case study on the dissident spirit among jurists.
- 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.
Jobs and Open Calls
News
- Who Has a Plan for Peace in the Middle East, Dahlia Scheindlin?So many of us seem to be scrambling to understand where the world is heading. Decade-old certainties seem to crumble before our eyes. Perhaps we are reaching the moment that Karl Marx predicted when all that is solid…
- Leszek Jażdżewski on the Defense of Democracy in Central Europe and the USIn this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Leszek Jażdżewski, a journalist, political analyst, and editor-in-chief of Liberté!.
- Coming Soon: New Season of the IWM and FALTER Podcast SeriesA new season of Future Discontinuous will be launched this Friday, 14 February. The topics of this season will range from the geopolitical crisis in the Middle East to the dark side of our food industry, and the long…
Upcoming events
- Panels and Discussions
- Fellows' Colloquium with Artur KlinauSeminars and Colloquia
- Fellows' Colloquium with Julia GolachowskaSeminars and Colloquia
- Monthly Lecture with Andrii PortnovLecture
Recent Media
Upcoming events
- Panels and Discussions
- Fellows' Colloquium with Artur KlinauSeminars and Colloquia
- Fellows' Colloquium with Julia GolachowskaSeminars and Colloquia
- Monthly Lecture with Andrii PortnovLecture
News
- Who Has a Plan for Peace in the Middle East, Dahlia Scheindlin?So many of us seem to be scrambling to understand where the world is heading. Decade-old certainties seem to crumble before our eyes. Perhaps we are reaching the moment that Karl Marx predicted when all that is solid…
- Leszek Jażdżewski on the Defense of Democracy in Central Europe and the USIn this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Leszek Jażdżewski, a journalist, political analyst, and editor-in-chief of Liberté!.
- Coming Soon: New Season of the IWM and FALTER Podcast SeriesA new season of Future Discontinuous will be launched this Friday, 14 February. The topics of this season will range from the geopolitical crisis in the Middle East to the dark side of our food industry, and the long…
Current Fellows' research
- Post-Europe and the Ethos of Responsibility. Rethinking Europe since Jan Patočka and CEE’s dissidentsThe aim of this research is to explore the relevance of Jan Patočka’s complex theorization of the concept of Post-Europe.
- Růžena Vacková as a Critic of the 1930s and early 1940sIn this project, Nikola Bečanová explores Růžena Vacková’s (1901–1982) critical writings from the 1930s and 1940s, focusing on her contributions to Národní střed and contrasting them with her engagement in right-wing magazines.
- 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.
- Legal WarriorsIn her project “Legal Warriors”, Solmaz Khorsand aims to conduct a multiple case study on the dissident spirit among jurists.
- 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.
Recent Media
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