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Neue Publikation: Durch Widersprüche Hindurch. Europa in einer ambivalenten Welt
Das am Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen herausgegebene Buch von Nathalie Tocci Durch Widersprüche hindurch: Europa in einer ambivalenten Welt ist bei mandelbaum erschienen.
Vienna Humanities Festival 2024 Happening This Week
Tomorrow, Tuesday 24 September, Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera will open this year's Vienna Humanities Festival at the Rote Bar in Vienna's Volkstheater. Visitors at this year's festival edition, entitled Uncharted/Neuland, are invited to…
Vienna Humanities Festival 2024: Keynotes by Catherine Ashton, Christopher Clark, Stephen Kotkin, and Phil Manzanera
In less than three weeks, the Vienna Humanities Festival will open its doors for the seventh time, inviting visitors to five days of lectures, talks, and discussions with some of the world's most brilliant minds under the overarching theme Uncharted…
Introducing Our First Fellows of the New Academic Year
We are excited to announce our first fellows of this new academic year. You can find out more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests and other media-related inquiries,…
New Podcast Episode with Sławomir Sierakowski on Europe, China, and the Future of Global Politics
In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, host Ivan Vejvoda is joined by Sławomir Sierakowski, a distinguished Polish sociologist, public intellectual, and founder of Kritika Polityczna.
INDEXing the Future: Official Launch Event of the Institute for Documentation and Exchange
On 7 September 2024, a new cultural and research institution that documents Russia’s war against Ukraine and facilitates intellectual exchange between Ukraine and the wider world will officially be launched in Lviv.
Neue Publikation: Europa und Nach-Europa
Die von IWM Permanent Fellow Ludger Hagedorn und Klaus Nellen, Permanent Fellow Emeritus und Herausgeber des bis 2015 erschienenen Journals Transit – Europäische Revue, herausgegebene deutschsprachige Neuausgabe des geschichtsphilosophischen…
IWM Library Closed until 3 September
Due to maintenance work and the annual inventory, the IWM library will be closed for external users from 22 July until the end of August 2024.
Interview: Ola Hnatiuk on Jerzy Giedroyc's Legacy and Polish-Ukrainian Relations
Ola Hnatiuk is a Polish and Ukrainian scholar, emerita professor at the University of Warsaw and professor at Kyiv Mohyla Academy, former vice president of PEN Ukraine, diplomat, and civic activist. She is currently a visiting scholar within the IWM…
The Current State and Future of Democracy with Philippe C. Schmitter
In this episode, Ivan Vejvoda is joined by Philippe C. Schmitter to discuss the current state and future of democracy, particularly in the context of rising populism and authoritarianism.
ERC Mentoring Initiative - Call for Applications
The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna), together with the Polish Academy of Sciences and generously supported by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, has established a mentoring initiative for applicants for European Research…
Kim Lane Scheppele Talks About Orbán, Populism, and the Legal Path to Autocracy in New Podcast Episode
In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda hosts Kim Lane Scheppele, the Lawrence S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University.