Current Fellows' research
- Exploring Leibniz’s View of Infinite Numbers and Its Possible EvolutionThis thesis explores Leibniz’s views on infinity and their potential evolution through engagement with some later philosophies.
- Aneta Anra: Jehudit. Pasaulis galėtų būti toks gražus [Jehudit. How Beautiful the World Could Be] (LIT > POL)The aim of the project is to translate Aneta Anra’s book into Polish. Jehudit is a documented story about the Shoah, told from the point of view of two women in their declining years: a Holocaust survivor and a Polish savior of Lithuanian Jews.
- Female Sexual Agency, Liberatory Advocacies, and the Digital Space in Nigerian Online YouTube PlatformsDeriving from two crucial observations: (1) that a strong “archival impulse,” a phrase Hal Foster uses to describe a compulsive inclination to record or document experiences, characterizes online practices surrounding gender and sexuality among African netizens; and (2) that this arch
- Rabbi Nachman: Sipurei Maasiyot [The Tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav] (YID > UKR)This project is a translation of The Tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav from Yiddish into Ukrainian, with a foreword for the Ukrainian readership. Rabbi Nachman (1772–1810) was a Ukrainian tzadik, the founder of Bratslav Hasidism.
- 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.
- Digital Regulation and the Defense of DemocracyIn an increasingly fragmented post-public sphere, communicative space is continually being reconstituted in response to developments in digital technologies.
Jobs and Open Calls
News
- New IWM Publication – »Life and Fate« by Tim JudahTim Judah's new book Life and Fate. All you need to know about the changing demography of central, eastern and south-eastern Europe was published under the auspices of the Europe's Futures project by the Institute for…
- New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: Demography, Europe, and the Western Balkans’ Future with Alida VračićIn this new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Alida Vračić, co-founder and executive director of the Sarajevo-based think tank Populari.
- Reflections on the Spring Fellows' Conference 2025On 28 May, fellows and guests of the Institute gathered for the spring 2025 edition of IWM’s biennial Fellow’s Conference. On this occasion, 11 presenters explored the themes of solidarity and crisis through time and…
Upcoming events
- Monthly Lecture with Cas MuddeLecture
- Festivals
- Toyen. První dáma surrealismu // First Lady des SurrealismusFestivals
- Lesung und Gespräch mit Dora KaprálováFestivals
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Upcoming events
- Monthly Lecture with Cas MuddeLecture
- Festivals
- Toyen. První dáma surrealismu // First Lady des SurrealismusFestivals
- Lesung und Gespräch mit Dora KaprálováFestivals
News
- New IWM Publication – »Life and Fate« by Tim JudahTim Judah's new book Life and Fate. All you need to know about the changing demography of central, eastern and south-eastern Europe was published under the auspices of the Europe's Futures project by the Institute for…
- New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: Demography, Europe, and the Western Balkans’ Future with Alida VračićIn this new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Alida Vračić, co-founder and executive director of the Sarajevo-based think tank Populari.
- Reflections on the Spring Fellows' Conference 2025On 28 May, fellows and guests of the Institute gathered for the spring 2025 edition of IWM’s biennial Fellow’s Conference. On this occasion, 11 presenters explored the themes of solidarity and crisis through time and…
Current Fellows' research
- Exploring Leibniz’s View of Infinite Numbers and Its Possible EvolutionThis thesis explores Leibniz’s views on infinity and their potential evolution through engagement with some later philosophies.
- Aneta Anra: Jehudit. Pasaulis galėtų būti toks gražus [Jehudit. How Beautiful the World Could Be] (LIT > POL)The aim of the project is to translate Aneta Anra’s book into Polish. Jehudit is a documented story about the Shoah, told from the point of view of two women in their declining years: a Holocaust survivor and a Polish savior of Lithuanian Jews.
- Female Sexual Agency, Liberatory Advocacies, and the Digital Space in Nigerian Online YouTube PlatformsDeriving from two crucial observations: (1) that a strong “archival impulse,” a phrase Hal Foster uses to describe a compulsive inclination to record or document experiences, characterizes online practices surrounding gender and sexuality among African netizens; and (2) that this arch
- Rabbi Nachman: Sipurei Maasiyot [The Tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav] (YID > UKR)This project is a translation of The Tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav from Yiddish into Ukrainian, with a foreword for the Ukrainian readership. Rabbi Nachman (1772–1810) was a Ukrainian tzadik, the founder of Bratslav Hasidism.
- 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.
- Digital Regulation and the Defense of DemocracyIn an increasingly fragmented post-public sphere, communicative space is continually being reconstituted in response to developments in digital technologies.
Recent Media
Jobs and Open Calls
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