Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Comparing Cold War Political Trials: Prosecuting the “Enemy Within”	Mon, 11.11.2024, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Barbara Falk Ivan Vejvoda	Comparing Cold War Political Trials: Prosecuting the “Enemy Within” Fellows' Colloquium with Barbara J. Falk Mon, 11.11.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Barbara Falk Ivan Vejvoda Series: Seminars and Colloquia During the early Cold War, domestic justice was politicized in the service of the larger international conflict. Political trials were a prominent feature utilized by both East and West to “construct” the Cold War and to target the “enemy within.” In this Fellows' Colloquium, Barbara J. Falk compared and analyzed four such trials, namely the 1949 Rajk trial in Hungary and the 1952 Slánský trial in Czechoslovakia, as well as the 1949 Dennis trial and the 1951 Rosenberg-Sobell trial in the US. Read more
Comparing Cold War Political Trials: Prosecuting the “Enemy Within” Fellows' Colloquium with Barbara J. Falk Mon, 11.11.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Barbara Falk Ivan Vejvoda Series: Seminars and Colloquia During the early Cold War, domestic justice was politicized in the service of the larger international conflict. Political trials were a prominent feature utilized by both East and West to “construct” the Cold War and to target the “enemy within.” In this Fellows' Colloquium, Barbara J. Falk compared and analyzed four such trials, namely the 1949 Rajk trial in Hungary and the 1952 Slánský trial in Czechoslovakia, as well as the 1949 Dennis trial and the 1951 Rosenberg-Sobell trial in the US. Read more
	Meeting of Patočka Scholars, Editors, and Translators	Fri, 08.11.2024, 10:00 - Fri, 08.11.2024, 18:00	Conferences and Workshops	James Dodd Jan Frei Ludger Hagedorn Sandra Lehmann Wojciech Starzynski Klaus NellenMichaela Belejkaničova, Hana Gründler, Golfo Maggini, Saverio Matrangolo, Ondřej Sikora, Jaroslava Vydrova, Gustav Strandberg, Simas Celutka, Kamil Moroz	Meeting of Patočka Scholars, Editors, and Translators Fri, 08.11.2024, 10:00 - Fri, 08.11.2024, 18:00 Speakers: James Dodd Jan Frei Ludger Hagedorn Sandra Lehmann Wojciech Starzynski Klaus NellenMichaela Belejkaničova, Hana Gründler, Golfo Maggini, Saverio Matrangolo, Ondřej Sikora, Jaroslava Vydrova, Gustav Strandberg, Simas Celutka, Kamil Moroz Series: Conferences and Workshops The IWM Archive was the first systematic and official collection of Jan Patočka's writings before the establishment of the Patočka Archives in Prague after 1989. The meeting invited for an exchange of ideas and discussions on research projects, translations, editions, and possible cooperations related to Patočka's writings. Read more
Meeting of Patočka Scholars, Editors, and Translators Fri, 08.11.2024, 10:00 - Fri, 08.11.2024, 18:00 Speakers: James Dodd Jan Frei Ludger Hagedorn Sandra Lehmann Wojciech Starzynski Klaus NellenMichaela Belejkaničova, Hana Gründler, Golfo Maggini, Saverio Matrangolo, Ondřej Sikora, Jaroslava Vydrova, Gustav Strandberg, Simas Celutka, Kamil Moroz Series: Conferences and Workshops The IWM Archive was the first systematic and official collection of Jan Patočka's writings before the establishment of the Patočka Archives in Prague after 1989. The meeting invited for an exchange of ideas and discussions on research projects, translations, editions, and possible cooperations related to Patočka's writings. Read more
	Odesa City Myth Rethought and Reframed	Wed, 06.11.2024, 18:00	Lecture	Mariia ShynkarenkoVitaly Chernetsky	Odesa City Myth Rethought and Reframed Ukrainian Black Sea Narratives, Multidirectional Memory, and the Challenges of Decolonization Wed, 06.11.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoVitaly Chernetsky Series: Lecture Few cities on the Black Sea coast can rival Odes(s)a in the richness and diversity of its cultural legacy. An oft-mythologized image of the city derived from Russian-language writings, especially from the early twentieth century, trickled into a stereotypical version exploited for decades both by the Soviet and the Russian post-Soviet mass culture, as well as by the city's own tourism industry. Read more
Odesa City Myth Rethought and Reframed Ukrainian Black Sea Narratives, Multidirectional Memory, and the Challenges of Decolonization Wed, 06.11.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoVitaly Chernetsky Series: Lecture Few cities on the Black Sea coast can rival Odes(s)a in the richness and diversity of its cultural legacy. An oft-mythologized image of the city derived from Russian-language writings, especially from the early twentieth century, trickled into a stereotypical version exploited for decades both by the Soviet and the Russian post-Soviet mass culture, as well as by the city's own tourism industry. Read more
	Can We Create a Better World Order?	Tue, 05.11.2024, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Stephen Walt	Can We Create a Better World Order? Geopolitical Talk with Stephen Walt Tue, 05.11.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Stephen Walt Series: Panels and Discussions The Geopolitical Talks are a series of public debates with foreign policy experts and former politicians initiated by IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev in 2018. This time, he was in conversation with Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and, most recently, a fellow at the IWM. Read more
Can We Create a Better World Order? Geopolitical Talk with Stephen Walt Tue, 05.11.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Stephen Walt Series: Panels and Discussions The Geopolitical Talks are a series of public debates with foreign policy experts and former politicians initiated by IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev in 2018. This time, he was in conversation with Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and, most recently, a fellow at the IWM. Read more
	Existence and Perspectivity. Some Reflections on Perspectivism in Nietzsche and Patočka	Mon, 04.11.2024, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Jakub Čapek Ludger Hagedorn	Existence and Perspectivity. Some Reflections on Perspectivism in Nietzsche and Patočka Fellows' Colloquium with Jakub Čapek Mon, 04.11.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Jakub Čapek Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The notion of perspectivity refers to the fact that the cognition and self-understanding of human beings are bound to their point of view, be it literally their position in space or their linguistic-cultural identity. Examples of perspectivity thus range from perception (I see the same room from a different angle than anyone else) to intersubjective and intercultural perspectivity (where e.g., the discovery of America is instead seen as the encounter or collision of cultures), and even extend to perspectivism in the shaping of one’s life. Read more
Existence and Perspectivity. Some Reflections on Perspectivism in Nietzsche and Patočka Fellows' Colloquium with Jakub Čapek Mon, 04.11.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Jakub Čapek Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The notion of perspectivity refers to the fact that the cognition and self-understanding of human beings are bound to their point of view, be it literally their position in space or their linguistic-cultural identity. Examples of perspectivity thus range from perception (I see the same room from a different angle than anyone else) to intersubjective and intercultural perspectivity (where e.g., the discovery of America is instead seen as the encounter or collision of cultures), and even extend to perspectivism in the shaping of one’s life. Read more
	Between Populism and Technocracy: Digital Hyperconnectivity and the Transformation of Politics and Governance	Wed, 30.10.2024, 18:00	Lecture	Misha Glenny Rogers Brubaker	Between Populism and Technocracy: Digital Hyperconnectivity and the Transformation of Politics and Governance Monthly Lecture with Rogers Brubaker Wed, 30.10.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Rogers Brubaker Series: Lecture Digital hyperconnectivity has reshaped political life by transforming regimes of knowing, feeling, and governing. In this lecture, Rogers Brubaker discussed the social and political implications of hyperconnectivity and its ability to foster both populism and technocracy. Read more
Between Populism and Technocracy: Digital Hyperconnectivity and the Transformation of Politics and Governance Monthly Lecture with Rogers Brubaker Wed, 30.10.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Rogers Brubaker Series: Lecture Digital hyperconnectivity has reshaped political life by transforming regimes of knowing, feeling, and governing. In this lecture, Rogers Brubaker discussed the social and political implications of hyperconnectivity and its ability to foster both populism and technocracy. Read more
	Continuities and Ruptures in Forced Migration	Tue, 29.10.2024, 09:30 - Tue, 29.10.2024, 17:00	Conferences and Workshops	Ruth Wodak Ayşe ÇağlarPaula Diehl, Jannis Panagiotidis, Pieter Bevelander, Michael John, Danai Avgeri, Hannah Sommer, Sabine Hess, Bastian Vollmer, Anuscheh Farahat, Judith Kohlenberger, Rainer Bauböck	Continuities and Ruptures in Forced Migration The Politics of Labor, Borders, and Representations Tue, 29.10.2024, 09:30 - Tue, 29.10.2024, 17:00 Speakers: Ruth Wodak Ayşe ÇağlarPaula Diehl, Jannis Panagiotidis, Pieter Bevelander, Michael John, Danai Avgeri, Hannah Sommer, Sabine Hess, Bastian Vollmer, Anuscheh Farahat, Judith Kohlenberger, Rainer Bauböck Series: Conferences and Workshops In 2024, several events, conferences, and activities marked the anniversary of labor migration in/to (Western) Europe, including Austria, where the first “recruitment agreement” with Turkey was reached in 1964, followed by the one with then Yugoslavia in 1965. In the context of these anniversaries, different border and bordering regimes, forms of regular and irregular migration, and representation of “migrants,” as well as different forms of exclusion and racism, come to the fore. Read more
Continuities and Ruptures in Forced Migration The Politics of Labor, Borders, and Representations Tue, 29.10.2024, 09:30 - Tue, 29.10.2024, 17:00 Speakers: Ruth Wodak Ayşe ÇağlarPaula Diehl, Jannis Panagiotidis, Pieter Bevelander, Michael John, Danai Avgeri, Hannah Sommer, Sabine Hess, Bastian Vollmer, Anuscheh Farahat, Judith Kohlenberger, Rainer Bauböck Series: Conferences and Workshops In 2024, several events, conferences, and activities marked the anniversary of labor migration in/to (Western) Europe, including Austria, where the first “recruitment agreement” with Turkey was reached in 1964, followed by the one with then Yugoslavia in 1965. In the context of these anniversaries, different border and bordering regimes, forms of regular and irregular migration, and representation of “migrants,” as well as different forms of exclusion and racism, come to the fore. Read more
	Abolitionism and the Possibility of Radical Futures? From a Politics of Fear and Exclusion to One of Care	Mon, 28.10.2024, 15:30	Seminars and Colloquia	Teresa Degenhardt Ayşe Çağlar	Abolitionism and the Possibility of Radical Futures? From a Politics of Fear and Exclusion to One of Care Fellows' Colloquium with Teresa Degenhardt Mon, 28.10.2024, 15:30 Speakers: Teresa Degenhardt Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This Fellows Colloquium addressed current societal struggles around migration, border control, and the rise of populist politics. Teresa Degenhardt explored the concept of abolitionism, asking whether a future beyond the nation-state and its criminal justice and border infrastructures is possible. Read more
Abolitionism and the Possibility of Radical Futures? From a Politics of Fear and Exclusion to One of Care Fellows' Colloquium with Teresa Degenhardt Mon, 28.10.2024, 15:30 Speakers: Teresa Degenhardt Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This Fellows Colloquium addressed current societal struggles around migration, border control, and the rise of populist politics. Teresa Degenhardt explored the concept of abolitionism, asking whether a future beyond the nation-state and its criminal justice and border infrastructures is possible. Read more
	Part III: Framing Balkan Biographies or Mission Possible: Rogue Nation	Fri, 25.10.2024, 18:00	Lecture	Ivan Vejvoda Maria Todorova	Part III: Framing Balkan Biographies or Mission Possible: Rogue Nation IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Fri, 25.10.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Maria Todorova Series: Lecture The titles of Maria Todorova's IWM Lectures in Human Sciences alluded to Mission Impossible, the Tom Cruise film series. While it is impossible to perform his physical stunts, the tricky mountainous terrain of the Balkans and their trickier history offer enough vertigo. But Gadamer is there, with his defense of humanities, with his thoughts on tradition, prejudice, experience, dialogue, negotiation, reciprocity, situatedness, and the fusion of horizons. Read more
Part III: Framing Balkan Biographies or Mission Possible: Rogue Nation IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Fri, 25.10.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Maria Todorova Series: Lecture The titles of Maria Todorova's IWM Lectures in Human Sciences alluded to Mission Impossible, the Tom Cruise film series. While it is impossible to perform his physical stunts, the tricky mountainous terrain of the Balkans and their trickier history offer enough vertigo. But Gadamer is there, with his defense of humanities, with his thoughts on tradition, prejudice, experience, dialogue, negotiation, reciprocity, situatedness, and the fusion of horizons. Read more
	Part II: Measuring the Balkans or Mission Possible: Dead Reckoning	Wed, 23.10.2024, 18:00	Lecture	Maria Todorova Philipp Ther	Part II: Measuring the Balkans or Mission Possible: Dead Reckoning IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Wed, 23.10.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Maria Todorova Philipp Ther Series: Lecture The titles of Maria Todorova's IWM Lectures in Human Sciences alluded to Mission Impossible, the Tom Cruise film series. While it is impossible to perform his physical stunts, the tricky mountainous terrain of the Balkans and their trickier history offer enough vertigo. But Gadamer is there, with his defense of humanities, with his thoughts on tradition, prejudice, experience, dialogue, negotiation, reciprocity, situatedness, and the fusion of horizons. Read more
Part II: Measuring the Balkans or Mission Possible: Dead Reckoning IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Wed, 23.10.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Maria Todorova Philipp Ther Series: Lecture The titles of Maria Todorova's IWM Lectures in Human Sciences alluded to Mission Impossible, the Tom Cruise film series. While it is impossible to perform his physical stunts, the tricky mountainous terrain of the Balkans and their trickier history offer enough vertigo. But Gadamer is there, with his defense of humanities, with his thoughts on tradition, prejudice, experience, dialogue, negotiation, reciprocity, situatedness, and the fusion of horizons. Read more