Current Fellows' research
- 2025 Archival DevelopmentIn 2025, Anastasia Felcher will take part in setting up a digital archive of Russia’s war against Ukraine as a joint INDEX-IWM Archival Development Fellow at the newly launched INDEX Institute for Documentation and Exchange in Lviv.
- 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.
- Critical Raw Materials and Competing Futures on Earth and in SpaceMany human activities exceed the planetary scale, yet all are inescapably grounded in specific places and times. Whether we are discussing the energy transition, space exploration, warfare, or disaster recovery, these activities rely on hardware positioned on Earth or in space.
- 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.
- 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.
News
- New Fellows Joining the IWM in AprilWe are excited to introduce our new fellows arriving at the Institute in April. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests or media inquiries, please…
- New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: European Struggles in the Age of Trump with Niccolò MilaneseIn a new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Niccolò Milanese, a poet and one of the founding directors of European Alternatives.
- 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!
Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Ondřej SlačálekSeminars and Colloquia
- European and Western Balkan Responses to Geopolitical TurmoilConferences and Workshops
- Fellows' Colloquium with Yegor MostovshikovSeminars and Colloquia
- Monthly Lecture with Solmaz KhorsandLecture
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Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Ondřej SlačálekSeminars and Colloquia
- European and Western Balkan Responses to Geopolitical TurmoilConferences and Workshops
- Fellows' Colloquium with Yegor MostovshikovSeminars and Colloquia
- Monthly Lecture with Solmaz KhorsandLecture
News
- New Fellows Joining the IWM in AprilWe are excited to introduce our new fellows arriving at the Institute in April. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests or media inquiries, please…
- New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: European Struggles in the Age of Trump with Niccolò MilaneseIn a new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Niccolò Milanese, a poet and one of the founding directors of European Alternatives.
- 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!
Current Fellows' research
- 2025 Archival DevelopmentIn 2025, Anastasia Felcher will take part in setting up a digital archive of Russia’s war against Ukraine as a joint INDEX-IWM Archival Development Fellow at the newly launched INDEX Institute for Documentation and Exchange in Lviv.
- 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.
- Critical Raw Materials and Competing Futures on Earth and in SpaceMany human activities exceed the planetary scale, yet all are inescapably grounded in specific places and times. Whether we are discussing the energy transition, space exploration, warfare, or disaster recovery, these activities rely on hardware positioned on Earth or in space.
- 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.
- 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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