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Ivan Vejvoda Appointed Acting Rector of the IWM
The IWM is pleased to announce that Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda has been selected to be the Acting Rector of the Institute.
Das IWM sucht eine:n Senior Event Manager:in
Zur Verstärkung unseres Teams suchen wir ab dem 1. Oktober 2021 eine:n Senior Event Manager:in (Vollzeit). Zu den Aufgaben der Stelle gehören die Konzeption, Planung inkl. Budgetierung, Durchführung und Nachbereitung der…
The Emma Goldman Awards 2021
The Emma Goldman Award Ceremony is for research on feminism and inequality. The presentation of the 2021 Emma Goldman Award winners, and the 2020 Snowball Awardees at the IWM on September 2, 2021
ERC Mentoring Initiative - Call for Applications
The Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM), Vienna is an independent institute of advanced study in the humanities and social sciences. Together with the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN…
Veranstaltung: Belarus ein Jahr nach den Massenprotesten: Wie weiter? 10.9.21, 18:00 CET, IWM Library
Im Sommer und Herbst 2020 erlebte Belarus die größten Massenproteste seiner Geschichte. Sie richteten sich gegen die manipulierten Präsidentschaftswahlen und das autokratische Regime von Aljaksandr Lukaschenka, der das Land seit 1994 regiert. Die…
New Visiting Fellows Starting in September
After a quieter academic year with fewer visiting fellows able to be in residence, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, we are delighted to be fully open again and will be joined by 25 new fellows in the month of September.
Latest Podcast Episode Discusses Fascism and the Ills of Contemporary Politics
In the last episode of the second series of Democracy in Question?, IWM Rector Shalini Randeria meets with Prof. Jason Stanley of Yale University and visiting IWM Fellow, to talk about his two books, “How Propaganda Works” and “…
Thirty Years of Ukrainian Independence
In 2021 Ukraine celebrates the 30th anniversary of its independence. The largest country in Europe is no terra incognita, yet it has a huge potential waiting to be discovered. To mark the occasion the IWM has published a new In Focus page…
IWM Library Open
We are happy to announce that after the summer break the IWM library is open again to visitors.
Our collection includes books by our Permanent Fellows, translations resulting from our Paul Celan Fellowships, books connected to current and former…
Vordenker und Freund des IWM. In memoriam Kurt Biedenkopf
Am 12. August starb Kurt Biedenkopf. Er war langjähriges Mitglied im Kuratorium des IWM und dem Institut seit den Anfangsjahren als Freund und Ratgeber verbunden. In den Nachrufen dieser Tage wird er gewürdigt als eine der politischen Leitfiguren…
Why are Reproductive Rights so Contentious in the US and Argentina?
In the ninth episode of Democracy in Question?’s second season, Shalini Randeria is joined by activists Katha Pollitt and Tamara Tenenbaum for an urgent conversation on reproductive rights in democracies around the world.
Visiting Fellow Gloria Benedikt appearing at European Forum Alpbach
Visiting Fellow Gloria Benedikt, who explores how we can harness the power of collective experience to support societal transformation, will be presenting her new work Breath, a multimedia performance, at the Technology Symposium of the…