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IWM at Hay Festival 2023
From 25 May to 4 June, Hay Festival 2023 will take place in Wales, UK. We are pleased that the IWM will be represented at the festival with various conversations.
Photo Exhibition "Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War" at Bildraum Studio
The Documenting Ukraine project at the IWM in cooperation with Bildrecht presents the photo exhibition Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War that will take place at the Bildraum Studio from 3 June until 1 July 2023.
Geopolitical Talk with Dr. Comfort Ero: Overlapping Crises
The geopolitical reverberations of the Russo-Ukrainian War have been felt far beyond Europe. The conflict has further complicated an already daunting set of challenges facing the global order. It has simultaneously worsened big-power polarization,…
Monthly Lecture with Chantal Mouffe: A Left Populist Strategy for a Green Democratic Revolution
In her lecture on 23 May, Chantal Mouffe, Professor of Political Theory at the University of Westminster in London, intends to argue that at the current crossroads, a project to radicalize democracy requires implementing a left populist strategy…
Vienna Coffee House Conversations Episode With Ivana Dragičević
Listen to the new "Vienna Coffee House Conversations" podcast episode with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda and Ivana Dragičević, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation.
Podcast Episode With Nathalie Tocci on the European Reaction to the Russo-Ukrainian War
In the latest "Vienna Coffee House Conversations with Ivan Vejvoda" podcast episode, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda is in conversation with Europe's Futures Fellow Nathalie Tocci.
A Speech to Europe 2023: Read the Full Text or Watch the Recording
On 9 May, Oleksandra Matviichuk delivered this year's Speech to Europe on Vienna's Judenplatz. Under the banner “No Peace without Freedom, No Justice without Law,” the Ukrainian lawyer and human rights activist underlined the importance of…
Live Tonight - A Speech to Europe 2023 by Oleksandra Matviichuk
Today, on 9 May, the Ukrainian human rights activist Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Center for Civil Liberties, will deliver the Speech to Europe 2023. Under the banner “No Peace without Freedom, No…
Ivan Vejvoda Hosts Thomas de Waal in a New Podcast Release
A new episode in the "Vienna Coffee House Conversations with Ivan Vejvoda" podcast series has been released. In each of the episodes, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda hosts a current IWM Fellow. This time he talks with Thomas de…
New Fellows Starting in May
We are happy to introduce our fellows who will begin their fellowships in May. You can learn more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests and other media-related…
Oleksandra Matviichuk Holds Speech to Europe on 9 May 2023
“Those who survived the Second World War mourned the dead, rebuilt what had been destroyed, and established institutions to ensure international security. The recurring refrain of “Never again!“ evoked the dramatic lessons of history. Yet today, a…
Ukrainian Documentaries at Schikaneder Kino
On May, 3 at 20:15 The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) and The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies will present a special screening of Ukrainian documentaries about Russian war crimes at Schikaneder Kino in cooperation with this human world –…