Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	The Standpoint of Moral Progress. A Defense in Kantian Spirit	Mon, 16.12.2024, 18:00	Lecture	Ivan VejvodaAxel Honneth	The Standpoint of Moral Progress. A Defense in Kantian Spirit Jan Patočka Memorial Lecture with Axel Honneth Mon, 16.12.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaAxel Honneth Series: Lecture This year's Jan Patočka Memorial Lecture was held by philosopher Axel Honneth. The lecture aimed to show that both empirical and normative objections to the idea of moral progress in human history can be refuted if one has a proper understanding of the perspective from which to claim a past process of moral progress. Read more
The Standpoint of Moral Progress. A Defense in Kantian Spirit Jan Patočka Memorial Lecture with Axel Honneth Mon, 16.12.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaAxel Honneth Series: Lecture This year's Jan Patočka Memorial Lecture was held by philosopher Axel Honneth. The lecture aimed to show that both empirical and normative objections to the idea of moral progress in human history can be refuted if one has a proper understanding of the perspective from which to claim a past process of moral progress. Read more
	Shaken, Not Stirred: Jewishness and Christianity. A Family History of Beliefs and Identity of the Soviet Intelligentsia	Mon, 09.12.2024, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Anna Narinskaya Ludger Hagedorn	Shaken, Not Stirred: Jewishness and Christianity. A Family History of Beliefs and Identity of the Soviet Intelligentsia Fellows' Colloquium with Anna Narinskaya Mon, 09.12.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Anna Narinskaya Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Who were the Soviet Jews? What defined them, apart from the state antisemitism directed against them (which was in many ways unifying)? How did they remain Jews without following their religion, without preserving their language, without retaining their original traditions while often promptly accepting new ones? Read more
Shaken, Not Stirred: Jewishness and Christianity. A Family History of Beliefs and Identity of the Soviet Intelligentsia Fellows' Colloquium with Anna Narinskaya Mon, 09.12.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Anna Narinskaya Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Who were the Soviet Jews? What defined them, apart from the state antisemitism directed against them (which was in many ways unifying)? How did they remain Jews without following their religion, without preserving their language, without retaining their original traditions while often promptly accepting new ones? Read more
	Navigating Contradictions: Europe in an Ambivalent World	Mon, 02.12.2024, 18:30	Lecture	Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci	Navigating Contradictions: Europe in an Ambivalent World Book Presentation Mon, 02.12.2024, 18:30 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Series: Lecture Since the turn of the century, Europe and the world have undergone successive stages of closure. This does not mean that Europe now lives in a closed world, but rather in one in which openness and closure coexist. Against this backdrop, Europe must learn to navigate these contradictions by protecting its security, economy and democracy, while remaining engaged with the wider world. Read more
Navigating Contradictions: Europe in an Ambivalent World Book Presentation Mon, 02.12.2024, 18:30 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Series: Lecture Since the turn of the century, Europe and the world have undergone successive stages of closure. This does not mean that Europe now lives in a closed world, but rather in one in which openness and closure coexist. Against this backdrop, Europe must learn to navigate these contradictions by protecting its security, economy and democracy, while remaining engaged with the wider world. Read more
	Europe’s Futures Alumni Conference 2024	Mon, 02.12.2024, 18:30 - Wed, 04.12.2024, 12:30	Conferences and Workshops		Europe’s Futures Alumni Conference 2024 Mon, 02.12.2024, 18:30 - Wed, 04.12.2024, 12:30 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Europe’s Futures project brings together thinkers from various sectors and disciplines, supporting their research and analytical exploration of new perspectives for a cohesive and democratic Europe. To date, this initiative has engaged 48 of Europe's top think tank experts, academics and journalists as fellows, many of whom convened in Vienna from 2 to 4 December 2024 to discuss internal and external challenges to peace and democratic order in Europe, as well as to plan future activities within the Europe’s Futures alumni network. Read more
Europe’s Futures Alumni Conference 2024 Mon, 02.12.2024, 18:30 - Wed, 04.12.2024, 12:30 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Europe’s Futures project brings together thinkers from various sectors and disciplines, supporting their research and analytical exploration of new perspectives for a cohesive and democratic Europe. To date, this initiative has engaged 48 of Europe's top think tank experts, academics and journalists as fellows, many of whom convened in Vienna from 2 to 4 December 2024 to discuss internal and external challenges to peace and democratic order in Europe, as well as to plan future activities within the Europe’s Futures alumni network. Read more
	Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Episodes 3 & 5)	Sun, 01.12.2024, 12:00	Visual and Performing Arts		Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Episodes 3 & 5) this human world Sun, 01.12.2024, 12:00 Speakers: Series: Visual and Performing Arts A screening of episodes 3 and 5 of Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, a five-part documentary series spanning from the late 1960s to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The film series offers a deeply human perspective on a tumultuous chapter (The Troubles) of Northern Ireland’s history. Read more
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Episodes 3 & 5) this human world Sun, 01.12.2024, 12:00 Speakers: Series: Visual and Performing Arts A screening of episodes 3 and 5 of Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, a five-part documentary series spanning from the late 1960s to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The film series offers a deeply human perspective on a tumultuous chapter (The Troubles) of Northern Ireland’s history. Read more
	Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Episode 3 & Discussion)	Sat, 30.11.2024, 17:00	Visual and Performing Arts	Misha GlennyRachel Hooper	Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Episode 3 & Discussion) this human world Sat, 30.11.2024, 17:00 Speakers: Misha GlennyRachel Hooper Series: Visual and Performing Arts Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland is a five-part documentary series spanning from the late 1960s to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. It offers a deeply human perspective on a tumultuous chapter (The Troubles) of Northern Ireland’s history. Following the screening of episode 3, producer Rachel Hooper will be in conversation with IWM Rector Misha Glenny. Read more
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Episode 3 & Discussion) this human world Sat, 30.11.2024, 17:00 Speakers: Misha GlennyRachel Hooper Series: Visual and Performing Arts Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland is a five-part documentary series spanning from the late 1960s to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. It offers a deeply human perspective on a tumultuous chapter (The Troubles) of Northern Ireland’s history. Following the screening of episode 3, producer Rachel Hooper will be in conversation with IWM Rector Misha Glenny. Read more
	A Paradigm Shift in Computer Science?	Thu, 28.11.2024, 09:00 - Fri, 29.11.2024, 17:30	Conferences and Workshops	Hannes Werthner Helga Nowotny Ludger Hagedorn Thomas HaighAgata Ciabattoni, Christiane Wendehorst, Claudia Plant, Hans Akkermans, Stefan Woltran	A Paradigm Shift in Computer Science? Digital Humanism Workshop Thu, 28.11.2024, 09:00 - Fri, 29.11.2024, 17:30 Speakers: Hannes Werthner Helga Nowotny Ludger Hagedorn Thomas HaighAgata Ciabattoni, Christiane Wendehorst, Claudia Plant, Hans Akkermans, Stefan Woltran Series: Conferences and Workshops This workshop focused on the challenges for computer science and the sciences in general, the move from logic and algorithmic certainty to probability and LLMs. Read more
A Paradigm Shift in Computer Science? Digital Humanism Workshop Thu, 28.11.2024, 09:00 - Fri, 29.11.2024, 17:30 Speakers: Hannes Werthner Helga Nowotny Ludger Hagedorn Thomas HaighAgata Ciabattoni, Christiane Wendehorst, Claudia Plant, Hans Akkermans, Stefan Woltran Series: Conferences and Workshops This workshop focused on the challenges for computer science and the sciences in general, the move from logic and algorithmic certainty to probability and LLMs. Read more
	Autumn Fellows' Conference 2024	Wed, 27.11.2024, 09:00 - Wed, 27.11.2024, 18:30	Conferences and Workshops		Autumn Fellows' Conference 2024 Wed, 27.11.2024, 09:00 - Wed, 27.11.2024, 18:30 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops 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 collegial atmosphere. Read more
Autumn Fellows' Conference 2024 Wed, 27.11.2024, 09:00 - Wed, 27.11.2024, 18:30 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops 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 collegial atmosphere. Read more
	Political Entrepreneurs vs. Democracy: Why Are People Abandoning Democracy for the Nation	Mon, 25.11.2024, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ivan Vejvoda Filip Milačić	Political Entrepreneurs vs. Democracy: Why Are People Abandoning Democracy for the Nation Fellows' Colloquium with Filip Milačić Mon, 25.11.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Filip Milačić Series: Seminars and Colloquia In many countries appeals to safeguard the nation have been followed by democratic backsliding. Nevertheless, the literature on democratic backsliding has not recognized ethno-nationalism as a separate explanatory variable of the phenomenon. Read more
Political Entrepreneurs vs. Democracy: Why Are People Abandoning Democracy for the Nation Fellows' Colloquium with Filip Milačić Mon, 25.11.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Filip Milačić Series: Seminars and Colloquia In many countries appeals to safeguard the nation have been followed by democratic backsliding. Nevertheless, the literature on democratic backsliding has not recognized ethno-nationalism as a separate explanatory variable of the phenomenon. Read more
	Practical Past	Tue, 19.11.2024, 18:00	Lecture	Mariia ShynkarenkoRory Finnin	Practical Past Visions of the Early Modern Era in the Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar Encounter Tue, 19.11.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoRory Finnin Series: Lecture The modern Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar alliance has succeeded in overcoming narratives of historical antagonism by excavating and promoting a “practical past” of solidarity in their stead. This talk drew on Rory Finnin’s long-standing expertise in the interplay of culture and identity in Ukraine. Read more
Practical Past Visions of the Early Modern Era in the Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar Encounter Tue, 19.11.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoRory Finnin Series: Lecture The modern Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar alliance has succeeded in overcoming narratives of historical antagonism by excavating and promoting a “practical past” of solidarity in their stead. This talk drew on Rory Finnin’s long-standing expertise in the interplay of culture and identity in Ukraine. Read more