Current Fellows' research
- The Great DisruptionDuring his fellowship at the IWM, Christopher Clark will be working on a book that focuses on the period encompassing the era of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the peace-making process of 1814-1815 and the years after 1815 known (misleadingly) as the Restoration. The aim is to m
- Between Floating and Empty Signifiers in the Post-Transition Discourse on ‘Solidarity’ (1989-2024)This project sets out to analyze recent conceptual makeovers in political and academic discourse that have appropriated Poland’s Solidarity movement in the service of various specific agendas, despite its former heterogeneity.
- Political Concepts in Chinese International RelationsVincent Mo’s project explores how Chinese scholars of international relations (IR) theorize and present “what China is” and “China’s relations with others” through key political concepts: state, civilization, morality, and relationality.
- Lili’s World: Lili Jacob, Bilky, and the Auschwitz AlbumThe aim of this project is to write a triple biography of Lili Jacob (the woman who found the Auschwitz Album in 1945), her home village of Bilky (formerly in Hungary, now part of modern-day Ukraine), and the album itself (which contains the only photographs of Jews arriving at Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Staging the Border: The Symbolic Creation of the Danube Monarchy in Southeastern Europe before 1791Borders and border regions have attracted intensified scholarly interest, shaped by historiographical developments and 20th-century conflicts. This project examines how the European–Ottoman frontier in the early modern Balkans was perceived, visualized, and staged.
- Revolutionary Conservatism: Liberalism’s Next Grand RivalAt the IWM, Maciej Kisilowski will build on his recently published co-edited book, Let’s Agree on Poland: A Case Study in Strategic Constitutional Design (Oxford University Press, 2025), to examine revolutionary conservatism as a coherent global ideological rival to liberal democra
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- Applications Open for Documenting Ukraine GrantsDocumenting Ukraine is honored to announce the start of its 2026 application cycle, with a deadline of 31 May 2026. Ukrainian scholars, filmmakers, journalists, archivists and librarians, writers and poets, and artists…
- "The European Moment": Anne Applebaum to Deliver This Year's Speech to EuropeWe are delighted to announce that the award-winning American-Polish historian and author Anne Applebaum will deliver this year's Speech to Europe, marking the event's fifth edition. It will take place on the evening of…
- Impressions from the Spring Fellows' Conference 2026On 10 April, IWM fellows and guests gathered in the Institute's library for this year's Spring Fellows' Conference. A staple of intellectual life at the Institute since its early days, the biannual conference offers an…
Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Kia VahlandSeminars and Colloquia
- Tischner Debates 2026Panels and Discussions
- Fellows' Colloquium with Gábor EgrySeminars and Colloquia
- Part of Wiener FestwochenLecture
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Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Kia VahlandSeminars and Colloquia
- Tischner Debates 2026Panels and Discussions
- Fellows' Colloquium with Gábor EgrySeminars and Colloquia
- Part of Wiener FestwochenLecture
News
- Applications Open for Documenting Ukraine GrantsDocumenting Ukraine is honored to announce the start of its 2026 application cycle, with a deadline of 31 May 2026. Ukrainian scholars, filmmakers, journalists, archivists and librarians, writers and poets, and artists…
- "The European Moment": Anne Applebaum to Deliver This Year's Speech to EuropeWe are delighted to announce that the award-winning American-Polish historian and author Anne Applebaum will deliver this year's Speech to Europe, marking the event's fifth edition. It will take place on the evening of…
- Impressions from the Spring Fellows' Conference 2026On 10 April, IWM fellows and guests gathered in the Institute's library for this year's Spring Fellows' Conference. A staple of intellectual life at the Institute since its early days, the biannual conference offers an…
Current Fellows' research
- The Great DisruptionDuring his fellowship at the IWM, Christopher Clark will be working on a book that focuses on the period encompassing the era of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the peace-making process of 1814-1815 and the years after 1815 known (misleadingly) as the Restoration. The aim is to m
- Between Floating and Empty Signifiers in the Post-Transition Discourse on ‘Solidarity’ (1989-2024)This project sets out to analyze recent conceptual makeovers in political and academic discourse that have appropriated Poland’s Solidarity movement in the service of various specific agendas, despite its former heterogeneity.
- Political Concepts in Chinese International RelationsVincent Mo’s project explores how Chinese scholars of international relations (IR) theorize and present “what China is” and “China’s relations with others” through key political concepts: state, civilization, morality, and relationality.
- Lili’s World: Lili Jacob, Bilky, and the Auschwitz AlbumThe aim of this project is to write a triple biography of Lili Jacob (the woman who found the Auschwitz Album in 1945), her home village of Bilky (formerly in Hungary, now part of modern-day Ukraine), and the album itself (which contains the only photographs of Jews arriving at Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Staging the Border: The Symbolic Creation of the Danube Monarchy in Southeastern Europe before 1791Borders and border regions have attracted intensified scholarly interest, shaped by historiographical developments and 20th-century conflicts. This project examines how the European–Ottoman frontier in the early modern Balkans was perceived, visualized, and staged.
- Revolutionary Conservatism: Liberalism’s Next Grand RivalAt the IWM, Maciej Kisilowski will build on his recently published co-edited book, Let’s Agree on Poland: A Case Study in Strategic Constitutional Design (Oxford University Press, 2025), to examine revolutionary conservatism as a coherent global ideological rival to liberal democra
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