Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Tsargrad Into Leningrad: Constantinople in the Early Bolshevik Imagination, 1917-1922	Mon, 27.10.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov	Tsargrad Into Leningrad: Constantinople in the Early Bolshevik Imagination, 1917-1922 Fellows' Colloquium with Igor Torbakov Mon, 27.10.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov Series: Seminars and Colloquia This Fellows' Colloquium demonstrated that, Russian imperial collapse notwithstanding, Constantinople’s allure was still strong enough in Bolshevik Moscow to generate outstanding literary works, artistic production, and geopolitical fantasizing. Russian political imagination during Istanbul’s short ‘Russian moment’ reflected a real multi-sided geopolitical rivalry over Constantinople. Read more
Tsargrad Into Leningrad: Constantinople in the Early Bolshevik Imagination, 1917-1922 Fellows' Colloquium with Igor Torbakov Mon, 27.10.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov Series: Seminars and Colloquia This Fellows' Colloquium demonstrated that, Russian imperial collapse notwithstanding, Constantinople’s allure was still strong enough in Bolshevik Moscow to generate outstanding literary works, artistic production, and geopolitical fantasizing. Russian political imagination during Istanbul’s short ‘Russian moment’ reflected a real multi-sided geopolitical rivalry over Constantinople. Read more
	Part II: A Quiet Revolution	Thu, 23.10.2025, 18:30	Lecture	Rogers BrubakerAna Mijic	Part II: A Quiet Revolution IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Thu, 23.10.2025, 18:30 Speakers: Rogers BrubakerAna Mijic Series: Lecture Rogers Brubaker’s IWM Lectures in Human Sciences will trace how gender identity evolved from its mid-20th century beginnings in psychological assessments of intersex individuals into a fundamental “principle of vision and division of the world,” embedded in laws, regulations, and organizational policies. The second lecture identified five intertwined processes that have shaped the “gender identity” category: the depathologization, universalization, vernacularization, legalization, and promotion of the category. Read more
Part II: A Quiet Revolution IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Thu, 23.10.2025, 18:30 Speakers: Rogers BrubakerAna Mijic Series: Lecture Rogers Brubaker’s IWM Lectures in Human Sciences will trace how gender identity evolved from its mid-20th century beginnings in psychological assessments of intersex individuals into a fundamental “principle of vision and division of the world,” embedded in laws, regulations, and organizational policies. The second lecture identified five intertwined processes that have shaped the “gender identity” category: the depathologization, universalization, vernacularization, legalization, and promotion of the category. Read more
	MQ Talks: Philip Blom in Conversation with Philippe Sands	Wed, 22.10.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Philipp BlomPhilippe Sands	MQ Talks: Philip Blom in Conversation with Philippe Sands International Law in Times of a New World Order Wed, 22.10.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Philipp BlomPhilippe Sands Series: Panels and Discussions What tools and methods exist to hold accountable those responsible for conflicts and to promote international human rights? Historian and journalist Philip Blom hosted a discussion with Philippe Sands, who talked about his latest book, 38 Londres Street (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2025). Read more
MQ Talks: Philip Blom in Conversation with Philippe Sands International Law in Times of a New World Order Wed, 22.10.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Philipp BlomPhilippe Sands Series: Panels and Discussions What tools and methods exist to hold accountable those responsible for conflicts and to promote international human rights? Historian and journalist Philip Blom hosted a discussion with Philippe Sands, who talked about his latest book, 38 Londres Street (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2025). Read more
	Part I: Rethinking Gender Identity	Tue, 21.10.2025, 18:30	Lecture	Rogers Brubaker Ayşe Çağlar	Part I: Rethinking Gender Identity IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Tue, 21.10.2025, 18:30 Speakers: Rogers Brubaker Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture Rogers Brubaker’s IWM Lectures in Human Sciences will trace how gender identity evolved from its mid-20th century beginnings in psychological assessments of intersex individuals into a fundamental “principle of vision and division of the world,” embedded in laws, regulations, and organizational policies. The first lecture analyzed the performative, productive, interactive, and regulative workings of the gender identity category. Read more
Part I: Rethinking Gender Identity IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Tue, 21.10.2025, 18:30 Speakers: Rogers Brubaker Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture Rogers Brubaker’s IWM Lectures in Human Sciences will trace how gender identity evolved from its mid-20th century beginnings in psychological assessments of intersex individuals into a fundamental “principle of vision and division of the world,” embedded in laws, regulations, and organizational policies. The first lecture analyzed the performative, productive, interactive, and regulative workings of the gender identity category. Read more
	Transitional Justice for Russia and Accountability in the Age of Impunity	Mon, 20.10.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov Inna Berezkina	Transitional Justice for Russia and Accountability in the Age of Impunity Fellows' Colloquium with Inna Berezkina Mon, 20.10.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov Inna Berezkina Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Inna Berezkina explored how societies reckon with unaddressed violence in the absence of formal judgment. Berezkina proposes reframing accountability as a historical force that can foster social repair and resilience even without democratic transition. Read more
Transitional Justice for Russia and Accountability in the Age of Impunity Fellows' Colloquium with Inna Berezkina Mon, 20.10.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Igor Torbakov Inna Berezkina Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Inna Berezkina explored how societies reckon with unaddressed violence in the absence of formal judgment. Berezkina proposes reframing accountability as a historical force that can foster social repair and resilience even without democratic transition. Read more
	Our Dear Friends in Moscow or What Happened to Moscow’s Public Intellectuals in Putin’s Russia?	Thu, 16.10.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Andrei Soldatov Clemena Antonova Irina BoroganVikram Rajan, Mirjana Tomic Petrovic, Dessy Gavrilova	Our Dear Friends in Moscow or What Happened to Moscow’s Public Intellectuals in Putin’s Russia? Thu, 16.10.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Andrei Soldatov Clemena Antonova Irina BoroganVikram Rajan, Mirjana Tomic Petrovic, Dessy Gavrilova Series: Lecture In their new book, Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation, investigative journalists Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov tell the gripping story of a group of young reporters, who came of age in the years leading to the rise of Putin. The book is about the choices that that their friends and colleagues in Moscow ended up making––to resist or to compromise, to go into exile or to stay––and the cost that these decisions entailed. Read more
Our Dear Friends in Moscow or What Happened to Moscow’s Public Intellectuals in Putin’s Russia? Thu, 16.10.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Andrei Soldatov Clemena Antonova Irina BoroganVikram Rajan, Mirjana Tomic Petrovic, Dessy Gavrilova Series: Lecture In their new book, Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation, investigative journalists Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov tell the gripping story of a group of young reporters, who came of age in the years leading to the rise of Putin. The book is about the choices that that their friends and colleagues in Moscow ended up making––to resist or to compromise, to go into exile or to stay––and the cost that these decisions entailed. Read more
	The Vienna Convergence on the Energy Transition and Critical Raw Materials	Mon, 13.10.2025, 08:30 - Tue, 14.10.2025, 16:30	Conferences and Workshops	Julie Klinger Misha Glenny	The Vienna Convergence on the Energy Transition and Critical Raw Materials Mon, 13.10.2025, 08:30 - Tue, 14.10.2025, 16:30 Speakers: Julie Klinger Misha Glenny Series: Conferences and Workshops The IWM, together with its partners from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was hosting a closed conference to examine how Europe, in particular, is managing the scramble for CRMs. With limited local resources and underdeveloped networks, Europe is more vulnerable to disruptions and crises than other regions. The conference explored new ideas for establishing sustainable supply chains that can be insulated against the prospect of geopolitical shocks. Read more
The Vienna Convergence on the Energy Transition and Critical Raw Materials Mon, 13.10.2025, 08:30 - Tue, 14.10.2025, 16:30 Speakers: Julie Klinger Misha Glenny Series: Conferences and Workshops The IWM, together with its partners from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was hosting a closed conference to examine how Europe, in particular, is managing the scramble for CRMs. With limited local resources and underdeveloped networks, Europe is more vulnerable to disruptions and crises than other regions. The conference explored new ideas for establishing sustainable supply chains that can be insulated against the prospect of geopolitical shocks. Read more
	Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies	Tue, 07.10.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Marta Bucholc	Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies Tue, 07.10.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marta Bucholc Series: Lecture In many countries that have recently gone through political transitions, nationalism has re-emerged as a powerful force. Nationalist politics cast women’s and minorities’ rights as threats to the nation’s survival, tying them to fears of migration, low birth rates, or religious tradition. Marta Bucholc argued that reproductive rights are a central arena where the future of democracy and equality is being decided. Read more
Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies Tue, 07.10.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marta Bucholc Series: Lecture In many countries that have recently gone through political transitions, nationalism has re-emerged as a powerful force. Nationalist politics cast women’s and minorities’ rights as threats to the nation’s survival, tying them to fears of migration, low birth rates, or religious tradition. Marta Bucholc argued that reproductive rights are a central arena where the future of democracy and equality is being decided. Read more
	Poles by Choice: How Returnees, Migrants, and Refugees Are Shaping the New Poland	Mon, 06.10.2025, 17:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Taras Fedirko Ula Idzikowska	Poles by Choice: How Returnees, Migrants, and Refugees Are Shaping the New Poland Fellows' Colloquium with Ula Idzikowska Mon, 06.10.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Taras Fedirko Ula Idzikowska Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellow's Colloquium, Ula Idzikowska will presented initial findings from her research on Poland’s redefinition as a destination country, also reflecting on the ways in which political discourse has instrumentalized migration within populist rhetoric. Read more
Poles by Choice: How Returnees, Migrants, and Refugees Are Shaping the New Poland Fellows' Colloquium with Ula Idzikowska Mon, 06.10.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Taras Fedirko Ula Idzikowska Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellow's Colloquium, Ula Idzikowska will presented initial findings from her research on Poland’s redefinition as a destination country, also reflecting on the ways in which political discourse has instrumentalized migration within populist rhetoric. Read more
	Inequality and Knowledge Production: Gender and Race in European Academia	Mon, 29.09.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Bruna Cristina Jaquetto Pereira Misha Glenny	Inequality and Knowledge Production: Gender and Race in European Academia Fellows' Colloquium with Bruna Cristina Jaquetto Pereira Mon, 29.09.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Bruna Cristina Jaquetto Pereira Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia European universities have long been at the forefront of producing groundbreaking science, theories, and concepts that shape our understanding of the world. In this talk, Bruna Cristina Jaquetto Pereira examined how European academia sustains pervasive hierarchies that determine who participates in, benefits from, and is recognized as capable or deserving of taking part in knowledge production. Read more
Inequality and Knowledge Production: Gender and Race in European Academia Fellows' Colloquium with Bruna Cristina Jaquetto Pereira Mon, 29.09.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Bruna Cristina Jaquetto Pereira Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia European universities have long been at the forefront of producing groundbreaking science, theories, and concepts that shape our understanding of the world. In this talk, Bruna Cristina Jaquetto Pereira examined how European academia sustains pervasive hierarchies that determine who participates in, benefits from, and is recognized as capable or deserving of taking part in knowledge production. Read more