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See You Next Year! The IWM Will Be Closed Until 7 January
The IWM Team wishes you happy holidays and all the best for the year end.
Documenting Ukraine Project Showcase
Since its creation in March of 2022, the Documenting Ukraine research program has supported more than 300 projects of Ukrainian scholars, journalists, public intellectuals, artists, and archivists. Behind each project—whether it is a documentary…
The State of Democracy in the EU with Alberto Alemanno
In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, host Ivan Vejvoda engages with Alberto Alemanno, a leading voice on Europe's democratization.
Perspectives on the Autumn Fellows' Conference 2023
On Wednesday, 29 November, the IWM hosted the 2023 Autumn Fellows' Conference. Organized by and for emerging scholars, it constitutes a forum for exchange across disciplinary boundaries and affords researchers an opportunity to present their work…
Culture and Cooperation in the Western Balkans with Vladimir Arsenijević
In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, host Ivan Vejvoda welcomes IWM and ERSTE Foundation's Europe's Futures Fellow Vladimir Arsenijević for an insightful dialogue on the cultural and political landscape of post-Yugoslav Europe.…
IWMpost 132 Out Now!
In line with the profile of the IWM and the IWMpost, this issue covers a wide range of topics. For the first time, however, the largest section of an IWMpost issue consists of essays that center on art and literature, and that use them as entry…
New Fellows Starting in December
We are happy to introduce our last fellows who will be starting their fellowship this year. You can learn more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests and other media-…
Emerging Scholars Presenting at Autumn Fellows' Conference 2023
A staple of intellectual life at the IWM since its early days, the biannual conference provides an opportunity for early-career visiting researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds to present their work and exchange ideas in a…
Kadri Liik on Russia's Future in Latest Podcast Episode
In this episode of the "Vienna Coffee House Conversations," host Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Kadri Liik, a senior foreign policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Liik, with her extensive background in Russian and Eastern European…
Documenting Ukraine at this human world — International Human Rights Film Festival
From 30 November to 10 December 2023, the 16th edition of the this human world — International Human Rights Film Festival will take place in various cinemas across Vienna. In a new partnership between the Documenting Ukraine program at the…
Karel Schwarzenberg (10. Dezember 1937 – 11. November 2023)
Mit Karel Schwarzenberg verliert das IWM einen seiner großen Freunde und Förderer. Er war neben Erhard Busek einer der ersten, die das Institut in seinen Anfangsjahren tatkräftig unterstützten. Und diese Verbundenheit hielt an über mehr als vier…
Katy Hayward on Northern Ireland’s Uncertain Peace in Latest Podcast Episode
Twenty-five years after the Good Friday Agreement brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, this episode sees Ivan Vejvoda engage in an enlightening conversation with Queen's University Belfast's Katy Hayward as they examine the fragile stability…