Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache	Thu, 17.11.2022, 18:00	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyGeorg Witte	„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache Thu, 17.11.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyGeorg Witte Series: Lecture Der Ukrainekrieg hat den Osteuropadiskurs nachhaltig erschüttert. Nаchdem geokulturelle Konfrontationen des „Ostens“ und „Westens“ seit dem Ende des Kalten Kriegs fast schon erledigt schienen, beobachten wir derzeit ein bemerkenswertes Wiederaufleben der Block-Konfrontationen. Es stellen sich unerwartete Fragen: Wie ist ein Osten neu und wieder zu denken unter den Prämissen einer Dekolonisierung Russlands, gerade im Hinblick auf kulturelle und sprachliche Hegemonien? Kann die russische Kultur „bestraft“ werden (Oleksiy Radynski), und wenn ja, von wem und wie? Gewinnt der Westen eine neue historische Bedeutung ausgerechnet als antihegemoniale Projektionsfläche? Schließlich: Was heißt es vor diesem Hintergrund, unseren eigenen Diskurs zu dekolonisieren? Read more
„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache Thu, 17.11.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyGeorg Witte Series: Lecture Der Ukrainekrieg hat den Osteuropadiskurs nachhaltig erschüttert. Nаchdem geokulturelle Konfrontationen des „Ostens“ und „Westens“ seit dem Ende des Kalten Kriegs fast schon erledigt schienen, beobachten wir derzeit ein bemerkenswertes Wiederaufleben der Block-Konfrontationen. Es stellen sich unerwartete Fragen: Wie ist ein Osten neu und wieder zu denken unter den Prämissen einer Dekolonisierung Russlands, gerade im Hinblick auf kulturelle und sprachliche Hegemonien? Kann die russische Kultur „bestraft“ werden (Oleksiy Radynski), und wenn ja, von wem und wie? Gewinnt der Westen eine neue historische Bedeutung ausgerechnet als antihegemoniale Projektionsfläche? Schließlich: Was heißt es vor diesem Hintergrund, unseren eigenen Diskurs zu dekolonisieren? Read more
	The Odesa Childhood of Isaac Babel	Mon, 14.11.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Aleksander Kaczorowski Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch	The Odesa Childhood of Isaac Babel Mon, 14.11.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Aleksander Kaczorowski Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch Series: Seminars and Colloquia Odesa, the hometown of Isaac Babel (1894–1940), was the youngest and most cosmopolitan city of the Romanov Empire. What is the true nature of this city, which today is associated with television reports of Russian bombings and the local gangsters made famous in Babel’s stories, but in the writer’s time was primarily a great financial and intellectual center of Jewish life? How did Odesa shape Isaac Babel? How does his literary vision contribute to the modern myth of Odesa? Read more
The Odesa Childhood of Isaac Babel Mon, 14.11.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Aleksander Kaczorowski Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch Series: Seminars and Colloquia Odesa, the hometown of Isaac Babel (1894–1940), was the youngest and most cosmopolitan city of the Romanov Empire. What is the true nature of this city, which today is associated with television reports of Russian bombings and the local gangsters made famous in Babel’s stories, but in the writer’s time was primarily a great financial and intellectual center of Jewish life? How did Odesa shape Isaac Babel? How does his literary vision contribute to the modern myth of Odesa? Read more
	Turkey in the Cold War: Anti-Communism, Political Islam, and Turkish-German Relations	Mon, 07.11.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Behlül Özkan Ayşe Çağlar	Turkey in the Cold War: Anti-Communism, Political Islam, and Turkish-German Relations Mon, 07.11.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Behlül Özkan Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This presentation analyzed the impact of anti-communism on relations between the two NATO frontier countries of Turkey and the former West Germany, as well as on Political Islam in both countries. Read more
Turkey in the Cold War: Anti-Communism, Political Islam, and Turkish-German Relations Mon, 07.11.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Behlül Özkan Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This presentation analyzed the impact of anti-communism on relations between the two NATO frontier countries of Turkey and the former West Germany, as well as on Political Islam in both countries. Read more
	Angst und Angstmacherei	Thu, 03.11.2022, 18:00	Other	Martin Schürz Shalini Randeria Misha Glenny	Angst und Angstmacherei Wirtschaftspolitik und der Liberalismus der Furcht von Judith Shklar Thu, 03.11.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Martin Schürz Shalini Randeria Misha Glenny Series: Other Wie bezahlen wir die wirtschaftlichen Folgen von Pandemie und Krieg? Martin Schürz präsentierte sein Buch Angst und Angstmacherei (Schürz/Marterbauer 2022) ein Plädoyer für einen besseren Sozialstaat. Read more
Angst und Angstmacherei Wirtschaftspolitik und der Liberalismus der Furcht von Judith Shklar Thu, 03.11.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Martin Schürz Shalini Randeria Misha Glenny Series: Other Wie bezahlen wir die wirtschaftlichen Folgen von Pandemie und Krieg? Martin Schürz präsentierte sein Buch Angst und Angstmacherei (Schürz/Marterbauer 2022) ein Plädoyer für einen besseren Sozialstaat. Read more
	One World? Or How Many? Haruki Murakami as a Global Author	Mon, 31.10.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit	One World? Or How Many? Haruki Murakami as a Global Author Mon, 31.10.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit Series: Seminars and Colloquia The aim of this talk was to look behind the scenes and to explore the mechanisms of the creation of Haruki Murakami’s global stature. To what extent are they based on his writing, his particular topics, style, and other issues of “content”? Other aspects are worth noting, such as translation policy, marketing, and the creation of a certain authorial image. While we can, for instance, speculate about the role of the international prizes that help to determine and systematically expand his profile as a global author, the author’s own agency is not easy to discern. The talk shed light on some of these aspects, in particular on the role of (American) English and of translation in general, leading to surprising, if not upsetting conclusions. Read more
One World? Or How Many? Haruki Murakami as a Global Author Mon, 31.10.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit Series: Seminars and Colloquia The aim of this talk was to look behind the scenes and to explore the mechanisms of the creation of Haruki Murakami’s global stature. To what extent are they based on his writing, his particular topics, style, and other issues of “content”? Other aspects are worth noting, such as translation policy, marketing, and the creation of a certain authorial image. While we can, for instance, speculate about the role of the international prizes that help to determine and systematically expand his profile as a global author, the author’s own agency is not easy to discern. The talk shed light on some of these aspects, in particular on the role of (American) English and of translation in general, leading to surprising, if not upsetting conclusions. Read more
	Tackling Disinformation in Central Europe and the Western Balkans	Tue, 25.10.2022, 14:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Misha GlennyRastislav Káčer, Michal Klíma, Adelheid Wölfl, Jasna Jelisić, Vuk Vuksanović, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Shilten Palathunkal, Katarína Klingová, Stefan Vospernik	Tackling Disinformation in Central Europe and the Western Balkans Tue, 25.10.2022, 14:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Misha GlennyRastislav Káčer, Michal Klíma, Adelheid Wölfl, Jasna Jelisić, Vuk Vuksanović, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Shilten Palathunkal, Katarína Klingová, Stefan Vospernik Series: Panels and Discussions This conference brought to the fore the role of online influences – in particular the covert, malign influences – in shaping political processes in respective regions. Read more
Tackling Disinformation in Central Europe and the Western Balkans Tue, 25.10.2022, 14:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Misha GlennyRastislav Káčer, Michal Klíma, Adelheid Wölfl, Jasna Jelisić, Vuk Vuksanović, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Shilten Palathunkal, Katarína Klingová, Stefan Vospernik Series: Panels and Discussions This conference brought to the fore the role of online influences – in particular the covert, malign influences – in shaping political processes in respective regions. Read more
	Forced Immobility and Forced Mobility During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rethinking the Notion of Forced Migration	Wed, 19.10.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ayşe ÇağlarSandro Mezzadra	Forced Immobility and Forced Mobility During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rethinking the Notion of Forced Migration Wed, 19.10.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Ayşe ÇağlarSandro Mezzadra Series: Seminars and Colloquia In the global conjuncture of pandemic and war, borders and mobilities continue to play key roles in the mutations of politics and society, states and capitalism. Based on a project Sandro Mezzadra is currently pursuing with Brett Neilson, this seminar focused in particular on the shifts characterizing the management of borders and movements of migration since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more
Forced Immobility and Forced Mobility During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rethinking the Notion of Forced Migration Wed, 19.10.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Ayşe ÇağlarSandro Mezzadra Series: Seminars and Colloquia In the global conjuncture of pandemic and war, borders and mobilities continue to play key roles in the mutations of politics and society, states and capitalism. Based on a project Sandro Mezzadra is currently pursuing with Brett Neilson, this seminar focused in particular on the shifts characterizing the management of borders and movements of migration since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more
	Greening Democracy	Tue, 18.10.2022, 18:00	Lecture	John Keane Misha Glenny	Greening Democracy Tue, 18.10.2022, 18:00 Speakers: John Keane Misha Glenny Series: Lecture The unparalleled greening of democracy during the past half-century extends well beyond such matters as sustainability and climate justice, and is far more consequential than the birth of green parties, policy disputes about carbon pricing schemes and global emissions targets, this lecture proposes. Suggesting a new way of thinking historically about the relationship among ecosystems, energy regimes and democracy, John Keane asked why people with green sympathies might be expected in our times to embrace democracy for more than tactical reasons. Read more
Greening Democracy Tue, 18.10.2022, 18:00 Speakers: John Keane Misha Glenny Series: Lecture The unparalleled greening of democracy during the past half-century extends well beyond such matters as sustainability and climate justice, and is far more consequential than the birth of green parties, policy disputes about carbon pricing schemes and global emissions targets, this lecture proposes. Suggesting a new way of thinking historically about the relationship among ecosystems, energy regimes and democracy, John Keane asked why people with green sympathies might be expected in our times to embrace democracy for more than tactical reasons. Read more
	Small and mighty: The policies of the Benelux countries towards Ukraine	Mon, 17.10.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Aliesia Soloviova Katherine Younger	Small and mighty: The policies of the Benelux countries towards Ukraine Mon, 17.10.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Aliesia Soloviova Katherine Younger Series: Seminars and Colloquia The subject of this research is the dynamics of changes in the foreign policy of the Benelux countries towards Ukraine as well as the peculiarities of defining the foreign policy strategies of small states in the context of the Benelux policy towards Ukraine. The project will also interrogate the characteristics of the policies of small states in matters related to the resolution of international conflicts through the prism of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Read more
Small and mighty: The policies of the Benelux countries towards Ukraine Mon, 17.10.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Aliesia Soloviova Katherine Younger Series: Seminars and Colloquia The subject of this research is the dynamics of changes in the foreign policy of the Benelux countries towards Ukraine as well as the peculiarities of defining the foreign policy strategies of small states in the context of the Benelux policy towards Ukraine. The project will also interrogate the characteristics of the policies of small states in matters related to the resolution of international conflicts through the prism of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Read more
	The Rebel's Clinic: The Life, Work, and After-Lives of the Psychiatrist Frantz Fanon	Mon, 10.10.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Adam Shatz Ayşe Çağlar	The Rebel's Clinic: The Life, Work, and After-Lives of the Psychiatrist Frantz Fanon Mon, 10.10.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Adam Shatz Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his talk, Adam Shatz presented an admiring yet tragic portrait of the Martinique-born psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, the author of such works as Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961). Read more
The Rebel's Clinic: The Life, Work, and After-Lives of the Psychiatrist Frantz Fanon Mon, 10.10.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Adam Shatz Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his talk, Adam Shatz presented an admiring yet tragic portrait of the Martinique-born psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, the author of such works as Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961). Read more