Current Fellows' research
- Decolonizing Ukrainian Soviet Fashion: From World War II to IndependenceThe project draws and impacts on a variety of ongoing discourses, including Soviet cultural and nationality politics, the role of art, design, and consumption under authoritarian rule, Cold War soft diplomacy, and the role of the Ukrainian diaspora.
- Out of Left Field: Ukrainian Leftist Feminism in Global Leftist DialoguesGražina Bielousova’s research project aims to examine Ukrainian leftist feminists’ contribution to articulating Ukraine’s right to resistance and self-determination in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
- What Humanism for the Digital Age?This project scrutinizes and questions digital humanism comparing two perspectives: one is represented by the Collège des Bernardins in France, and the other is based on the Vienna Manifesto.
- 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.
- 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.
- Remembering Eastern Europe through the Motion Pictures: Polish and Lithuanian Film Diaries in ExileThis research project focuses on the film diaries made by Eastern European artists and thinkers in exile. Focusing on the Polish and Lithuanian perspectives of Marian Marzyński and Jonas Mekas, the project aims to analyze the historical, cultural, and personal narratives embedded in their films.
Jobs and Open Calls
News
- Apply Now: Currently Open IWM Fellowship CallsThe IWM currently has numerous calls for applications for its various fellowship programs. Here you will find an overview of all currently open calls.
- Do We Have to Destroy the Environment to Save It, Julie Klinger?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…
- See You Next Year! The IWM Will Be Closed Until 7 JanuaryThe IWM Team wishes you happy holidays and all the best for the year end.
Upcoming events
- Debating EuropePanels and Discussions
- Seminars and Colloquia
Recent Media
Upcoming events
- Debating EuropePanels and Discussions
- Seminars and Colloquia
News
- Apply Now: Currently Open IWM Fellowship CallsThe IWM currently has numerous calls for applications for its various fellowship programs. Here you will find an overview of all currently open calls.
- Do We Have to Destroy the Environment to Save It, Julie Klinger?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…
- See You Next Year! The IWM Will Be Closed Until 7 JanuaryThe IWM Team wishes you happy holidays and all the best for the year end.
Current Fellows' research
- Decolonizing Ukrainian Soviet Fashion: From World War II to IndependenceThe project draws and impacts on a variety of ongoing discourses, including Soviet cultural and nationality politics, the role of art, design, and consumption under authoritarian rule, Cold War soft diplomacy, and the role of the Ukrainian diaspora.
- Out of Left Field: Ukrainian Leftist Feminism in Global Leftist DialoguesGražina Bielousova’s research project aims to examine Ukrainian leftist feminists’ contribution to articulating Ukraine’s right to resistance and self-determination in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
- What Humanism for the Digital Age?This project scrutinizes and questions digital humanism comparing two perspectives: one is represented by the Collège des Bernardins in France, and the other is based on the Vienna Manifesto.
- 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.
- 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.
- Remembering Eastern Europe through the Motion Pictures: Polish and Lithuanian Film Diaries in ExileThis research project focuses on the film diaries made by Eastern European artists and thinkers in exile. Focusing on the Polish and Lithuanian perspectives of Marian Marzyński and Jonas Mekas, the project aims to analyze the historical, cultural, and personal narratives embedded in their films.
Recent Media
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