Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Gender Bias in Psychiatry: A Critical Examination	Mon, 30.10.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Prune Antoine	Gender Bias in Psychiatry: A Critical Examination Mon, 30.10.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Prune Antoine Series: Seminars and Colloquia This presentation examined the gender gap in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in women throughout history, the surge in mental health issues following the Covid-19 pandemic, and future best practices, such as the emerging field of “reproductive psychiatry” currently booming in the U.S. Read more
Gender Bias in Psychiatry: A Critical Examination Mon, 30.10.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Prune Antoine Series: Seminars and Colloquia This presentation examined the gender gap in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in women throughout history, the surge in mental health issues following the Covid-19 pandemic, and future best practices, such as the emerging field of “reproductive psychiatry” currently booming in the U.S. Read more
	Agency of the Powerless: The Transformative Power of the Non-politics of Small Things	Wed, 25.10.2023, 18:00	Lecture	Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn	Agency of the Powerless: The Transformative Power of the Non-politics of Small Things Jan Patočka Memorial Lecture Wed, 25.10.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Beginning with Vaclav Havel’s essay on the power of the powerless, this lecture extended the application of his insights about the daily reproduction of the communist regime, and the related potential for its erosion, into the vast field of intentionally apolitical and inconspicuous social practices. Read more
Agency of the Powerless: The Transformative Power of the Non-politics of Small Things Jan Patočka Memorial Lecture Wed, 25.10.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Beginning with Vaclav Havel’s essay on the power of the powerless, this lecture extended the application of his insights about the daily reproduction of the communist regime, and the related potential for its erosion, into the vast field of intentionally apolitical and inconspicuous social practices. Read more
	Part III: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. The Globe as World, Earth, and Planet	Thu, 19.10.2023, 18:30	Lecture	Seyla Benhabib Ayşe ÇağlarFabio Wolkenstein	Part III: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. The Globe as World, Earth, and Planet IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Thu, 19.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Seyla Benhabib Ayşe ÇağlarFabio Wolkenstein Series: Lecture This lecture series defended cosmopolitanism from below by engaging with the postcolonial critiques of Kantian thought. In the third lecture, Seyla Benhabib asked what it means to adopt a planetary perspective when the earth is endangered by the unprecedented intensity of the movement of news and people, services and microbes, fashion and money across borders. Read more
Part III: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. The Globe as World, Earth, and Planet IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Thu, 19.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Seyla Benhabib Ayşe ÇağlarFabio Wolkenstein Series: Lecture This lecture series defended cosmopolitanism from below by engaging with the postcolonial critiques of Kantian thought. In the third lecture, Seyla Benhabib asked what it means to adopt a planetary perspective when the earth is endangered by the unprecedented intensity of the movement of news and people, services and microbes, fashion and money across borders. Read more
	Part II: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. From the Hermeneutics of Suspicion to Reconstructing Cosmopolitan Law	Tue, 17.10.2023, 18:30	Lecture	Misha Glenny Seyla Benhabib	Part II: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. From the Hermeneutics of Suspicion to Reconstructing Cosmopolitan Law IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Tue, 17.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Misha Glenny Seyla Benhabib Series: Lecture This lecture series defended cosmopolitanism from below by engaging with the postcolonial critiques of Kantian thought. Distinguishing between liberal nationalism, liberal internationalism, neoliberal globalism and cosmopolitanism, Seyla Benhabib argued in the second lecture that only cosmopolitanism from below can incorporate the advances in international human rights law advocated by third-world scholars of international law. Read more
Part II: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. From the Hermeneutics of Suspicion to Reconstructing Cosmopolitan Law IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Tue, 17.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Misha Glenny Seyla Benhabib Series: Lecture This lecture series defended cosmopolitanism from below by engaging with the postcolonial critiques of Kantian thought. Distinguishing between liberal nationalism, liberal internationalism, neoliberal globalism and cosmopolitanism, Seyla Benhabib argued in the second lecture that only cosmopolitanism from below can incorporate the advances in international human rights law advocated by third-world scholars of international law. Read more
	Crisis, Conjuncture, and Biopolitics from Below	Mon, 16.10.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ranabir Samaddar Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury Ayşe Çağlar	Crisis, Conjuncture, and Biopolitics from Below Mon, 16.10.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Ranabir Samaddar Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia Drawing on Indian experiences, Ranabir Samaddar explored “biopolitics from below” within governments caught in crises, particularly in the neoliberal era. The presentation revolved around two themes: (a) the specific context of multiple crises – recent epidemiological, financial, and political crises culminating in a crisis of life; and (b) the emergence of “biopolitics from below” as a response to this conjuncture. It demonstrated how “biopolitics from below” manifests as a phenomenon specifically during moments of crisis and conjuncture. Read more
Crisis, Conjuncture, and Biopolitics from Below Mon, 16.10.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Ranabir Samaddar Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia Drawing on Indian experiences, Ranabir Samaddar explored “biopolitics from below” within governments caught in crises, particularly in the neoliberal era. The presentation revolved around two themes: (a) the specific context of multiple crises – recent epidemiological, financial, and political crises culminating in a crisis of life; and (b) the emergence of “biopolitics from below” as a response to this conjuncture. It demonstrated how “biopolitics from below” manifests as a phenomenon specifically during moments of crisis and conjuncture. Read more
	Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 2	Fri, 13.10.2023, 10:00	Conferences and Workshops	Paula Banerjee Som NiroulaSandro Mezzadra, Manuela Bojadžijev, Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky, Nagehan Uskan	Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 2 Europe-Asia Research Platform on Forced Migration Fri, 13.10.2023, 10:00 Speakers: Paula Banerjee Som NiroulaSandro Mezzadra, Manuela Bojadžijev, Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky, Nagehan Uskan Series: Conferences and Workshops Keywords in refugee and migration studies are words in motion. They show in many cases the colonial and postcolonial imprint on them. It is necessary to not only review their histories but also the multiple deployments of terms for co-option. Read more
Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 2 Europe-Asia Research Platform on Forced Migration Fri, 13.10.2023, 10:00 Speakers: Paula Banerjee Som NiroulaSandro Mezzadra, Manuela Bojadžijev, Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky, Nagehan Uskan Series: Conferences and Workshops Keywords in refugee and migration studies are words in motion. They show in many cases the colonial and postcolonial imprint on them. It is necessary to not only review their histories but also the multiple deployments of terms for co-option. Read more
	Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 1	Thu, 12.10.2023, 12:00	Conferences and Workshops	Ranabir Samaddar Ayşe ÇağlarMartina Tazzioli, Federico Rahola, Shahram Khosravi	Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 1 Europe-Asia Research Platform on Forced Migration Thu, 12.10.2023, 12:00 Speakers: Ranabir Samaddar Ayşe ÇağlarMartina Tazzioli, Federico Rahola, Shahram Khosravi Series: Conferences and Workshops Keywords in refugee and migration studies are words in motion. They show in many cases the colonial and postcolonial imprint on them. It is necessary to not only review their histories but also the multiple deployments of terms for co-option. Read more
Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 1 Europe-Asia Research Platform on Forced Migration Thu, 12.10.2023, 12:00 Speakers: Ranabir Samaddar Ayşe ÇağlarMartina Tazzioli, Federico Rahola, Shahram Khosravi Series: Conferences and Workshops Keywords in refugee and migration studies are words in motion. They show in many cases the colonial and postcolonial imprint on them. It is necessary to not only review their histories but also the multiple deployments of terms for co-option. Read more
	„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie	Tue, 10.10.2023, 18:30	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Olga ShparagaKrzysztof Czyżewski, Ewa Kasp, Liliana Niesielska	„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie Tue, 10.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Olga ShparagaKrzysztof Czyżewski, Ewa Kasp, Liliana Niesielska Series: Lecture Dieser Abend war angelegt als Würdigung eines Werkes, das den späteren Nobelpreisträger für Literatur Czesław Miłosz weltweit bekannt machte, inkl. Lesung ausgewählter Passagen, zog im Gespräch aber genauso seine weitreichenden politischen Implikationen in Betracht, die deutlich bis in die Gegenwart reichen. Read more
„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie Tue, 10.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Olga ShparagaKrzysztof Czyżewski, Ewa Kasp, Liliana Niesielska Series: Lecture Dieser Abend war angelegt als Würdigung eines Werkes, das den späteren Nobelpreisträger für Literatur Czesław Miłosz weltweit bekannt machte, inkl. Lesung ausgewählter Passagen, zog im Gespräch aber genauso seine weitreichenden politischen Implikationen in Betracht, die deutlich bis in die Gegenwart reichen. Read more
	Berdyaev and the Russian Idea	Mon, 09.10.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova George Pattison	Berdyaev and the Russian Idea Mon, 09.10.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova George Pattison Series: Seminars and Colloquia Nikolai Berdyaev was strongly cosmopolitan, and his philosophy can be seen as a variant of German idealism. At the same time, he strongly identified as Russian and defined his thought in terms of its relation to Russian religious and intellectual traditions. A question to be addressed in this colloquium was, therefore, what implications this relation has for the overall evaluation of Berdyaev both as a philosopher and as a point of reference for the contemporary crisis of Russian culture. Read more
Berdyaev and the Russian Idea Mon, 09.10.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova George Pattison Series: Seminars and Colloquia Nikolai Berdyaev was strongly cosmopolitan, and his philosophy can be seen as a variant of German idealism. At the same time, he strongly identified as Russian and defined his thought in terms of its relation to Russian religious and intellectual traditions. A question to be addressed in this colloquium was, therefore, what implications this relation has for the overall evaluation of Berdyaev both as a philosopher and as a point of reference for the contemporary crisis of Russian culture. Read more
	Elections in Poland	Mon, 09.10.2023, 09:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Wojciech PrzybylskiJacek Kucharczyk, Aleksandra Niżyńska, Mirjana Tomic	Elections in Poland Polarized Voters, Opposing Policies, and the Russo-Ukrainian War on the Border Mon, 09.10.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Wojciech PrzybylskiJacek Kucharczyk, Aleksandra Niżyńska, Mirjana Tomic Series: Panels and Discussions European Contexts panel focuses on understanding the elections’ context, focusing on three topics: Internal electoral issues, international priorities based on internal political needs, and gender politics as electoral issues. Read more
Elections in Poland Polarized Voters, Opposing Policies, and the Russo-Ukrainian War on the Border Mon, 09.10.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Wojciech PrzybylskiJacek Kucharczyk, Aleksandra Niżyńska, Mirjana Tomic Series: Panels and Discussions European Contexts panel focuses on understanding the elections’ context, focusing on three topics: Internal electoral issues, international priorities based on internal political needs, and gender politics as electoral issues. Read more