Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	The Conundrum of Trafficking and Statelessness in West Bengal	Mon, 28.02.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ayşe Çağlar Paula Banerjee	The Conundrum of Trafficking and Statelessness in West Bengal Mon, 28.02.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Paula Banerjee Series: Seminars and Colloquia Statelessness is a problem that has been plaguing states, human rights activists, the UNHCR and other international organizations and the vulnerable and displaced population groups of the world. Statelessness does not respect borders; it robs the stateless of their rights and dignity, rights over their bodies and dignity of life. It deprives them of the ability to protest rampant exploitations. It also robs the states of its human face. Stateless men, women and children become insecure because they can be displaced any time that the state or the majority community so desires. Even states are unable to fathom what to do with stateless people, where to return them if need be. The Rohingya women in Bengal jails are a case in point. Read more
The Conundrum of Trafficking and Statelessness in West Bengal Mon, 28.02.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Paula Banerjee Series: Seminars and Colloquia Statelessness is a problem that has been plaguing states, human rights activists, the UNHCR and other international organizations and the vulnerable and displaced population groups of the world. Statelessness does not respect borders; it robs the stateless of their rights and dignity, rights over their bodies and dignity of life. It deprives them of the ability to protest rampant exploitations. It also robs the states of its human face. Stateless men, women and children become insecure because they can be displaced any time that the state or the majority community so desires. Even states are unable to fathom what to do with stateless people, where to return them if need be. The Rohingya women in Bengal jails are a case in point. Read more
	Maria Winowska and the Search for a Modern (but Illiberal) Central and Eastern Europe	Thu, 24.02.2022, 16:00	Cancelled	Katherine Younger Piotr Kosicki	Maria Winowska and the Search for a Modern (but Illiberal) Central and Eastern Europe Thu, 24.02.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Katherine Younger Piotr Kosicki Series: Cancelled The years of the pandemic have witnessed a veritable renaissance of big-picture thinking about the trajectories of Central and Eastern Europe – in particular, about what modernization and modernity have meant for the region. Surprisingly, however, few of these historical accounts break free of classic heuristic assumptions: that liberal modernity was the inevitable endpoint of the region’s modernization (what Holmes and Krastev have decried as mimicry of the West) and that the national community, with the nation-state as its telos, is the most organic unit of analysis through which to approach the region. Read more
Maria Winowska and the Search for a Modern (but Illiberal) Central and Eastern Europe Thu, 24.02.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Katherine Younger Piotr Kosicki Series: Cancelled The years of the pandemic have witnessed a veritable renaissance of big-picture thinking about the trajectories of Central and Eastern Europe – in particular, about what modernization and modernity have meant for the region. Surprisingly, however, few of these historical accounts break free of classic heuristic assumptions: that liberal modernity was the inevitable endpoint of the region’s modernization (what Holmes and Krastev have decried as mimicry of the West) and that the national community, with the nation-state as its telos, is the most organic unit of analysis through which to approach the region. Read more
	Telling History: On Creating the Polish History Museum and its Exhibitions	Mon, 21.02.2022, 17:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn Robert Kostro	Telling History: On Creating the Polish History Museum and its Exhibitions Mon, 21.02.2022, 17:00 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn Robert Kostro Series: Seminars and Colloquia “Storytelling museum” is a concept which arrived in the museum theory in the 1990s as a part of a broader phenomenon in discourse and practice called the new museology. Among the most important features of that concept was the use of new media and scenography in order to create continuity of a historical narrative. Storytelling is connected with an extensive use of electronically processed iconography and media to construct powerful simulacra appealing both to minds and emotions of visitors. That makes a history museum a powerful instrument of interpreting history and influencing audiences. Therefore, museum professionals are situated between the fields that are ascribed to history as a science and memory as a social and political phenomenon. In his talk, Robert Kostro would like to speak about intellectual and practical challenges that are connected with creating the narrative of the exhibitions in Polish History Museum. He will also place the practice of the historical museology of today in the context of different approaches to storytelling in the past. Read more
Telling History: On Creating the Polish History Museum and its Exhibitions Mon, 21.02.2022, 17:00 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn Robert Kostro Series: Seminars and Colloquia “Storytelling museum” is a concept which arrived in the museum theory in the 1990s as a part of a broader phenomenon in discourse and practice called the new museology. Among the most important features of that concept was the use of new media and scenography in order to create continuity of a historical narrative. Storytelling is connected with an extensive use of electronically processed iconography and media to construct powerful simulacra appealing both to minds and emotions of visitors. That makes a history museum a powerful instrument of interpreting history and influencing audiences. Therefore, museum professionals are situated between the fields that are ascribed to history as a science and memory as a social and political phenomenon. In his talk, Robert Kostro would like to speak about intellectual and practical challenges that are connected with creating the narrative of the exhibitions in Polish History Museum. He will also place the practice of the historical museology of today in the context of different approaches to storytelling in the past. Read more
	Reverse Perspective, the Politics of Space, and Contemporary Art Practice	Thu, 17.02.2022, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Clemena Antonova Tomáš GlancWim Goes, Volkmar Mühleis	Reverse Perspective, the Politics of Space, and Contemporary Art Practice On a Book and an Exhibition Thu, 17.02.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Tomáš GlancWim Goes, Volkmar Mühleis Series: Panels and Discussions “Reverse perspective,” the theory of space in the medieval icon developed in Russia in the 1920s, is seen as an element of a political and philosophical project, which aims to “turn around” the Western paradigm of art and knowledge. The Russian icon becomes the alternative model to Renaissance perspectivism and the Enlightenment project of modernity. Read more
Reverse Perspective, the Politics of Space, and Contemporary Art Practice On a Book and an Exhibition Thu, 17.02.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Tomáš GlancWim Goes, Volkmar Mühleis Series: Panels and Discussions “Reverse perspective,” the theory of space in the medieval icon developed in Russia in the 1920s, is seen as an element of a political and philosophical project, which aims to “turn around” the Western paradigm of art and knowledge. The Russian icon becomes the alternative model to Renaissance perspectivism and the Enlightenment project of modernity. Read more
	Diktatur des Heimischen. Zur Phänomenologie einer „radikalen Politik“ in Polen	Tue, 15.02.2022, 18:00	Lecture	Andrzej Gniazdowski Ludger Hagedorn	Diktatur des Heimischen. Zur Phänomenologie einer „radikalen Politik“ in Polen Tue, 15.02.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Andrzej Gniazdowski Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Die Politik der polnischen Regierung, die nach Ansicht vieler seit 2015 gegen Regeln der konstitutionellen Demokratie verstößt, wird häufig als ein Beispiel für den sich global durchsetzenden Populismus bzw. als „Verlockung des Autoritären“ (Applebaum 2021) interpretiert. Daneben finden sich Erklärungsmuster, welche die gegenwärtigen Tendenzen in Polen stärker lokal als Erbe einer spezifisch mittel-osteuropäischen, eher ethnisch als politisch konnotierten Idee der Nation begreifen. Als Versuch, über beide Ansätze hinauszugehen, analysierte der Vortrag von Andrzej Gniazdowski diese Tendenzen in einem sowohl historisch als auch theoretisch breiteren Kontext. Read more
Diktatur des Heimischen. Zur Phänomenologie einer „radikalen Politik“ in Polen Tue, 15.02.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Andrzej Gniazdowski Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Die Politik der polnischen Regierung, die nach Ansicht vieler seit 2015 gegen Regeln der konstitutionellen Demokratie verstößt, wird häufig als ein Beispiel für den sich global durchsetzenden Populismus bzw. als „Verlockung des Autoritären“ (Applebaum 2021) interpretiert. Daneben finden sich Erklärungsmuster, welche die gegenwärtigen Tendenzen in Polen stärker lokal als Erbe einer spezifisch mittel-osteuropäischen, eher ethnisch als politisch konnotierten Idee der Nation begreifen. Als Versuch, über beide Ansätze hinauszugehen, analysierte der Vortrag von Andrzej Gniazdowski diese Tendenzen in einem sowohl historisch als auch theoretisch breiteren Kontext. Read more
	Framing (State) Fragility	Mon, 14.02.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Keith Krause Sebastian Haug	Framing (State) Fragility The Construction of Imaginary Global Spaces Mon, 14.02.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Keith Krause Sebastian Haug Series: Seminars and Colloquia The concept of “state failure,” launched in the early 1990s, and its current incarnation as "state fragility," rapidly became an accepted way to frame interventionary policies and practices of major multilateral actors such as the World Bank and the OECD. This talk will trace the genesis and evolution of the state fragility discourse, focusing on the way in which different organizations and actors have shaped the concept to their particular interests. The interaction of expert knowledge-creation and data with multilateral security and development policies also highlights how certain forms of "knowing the world" have been privileged in the constitution of this field of global public policy. The implications of these indicators for security governance and development assistance policies have been profound, in the Global South and beyond. Read more
Framing (State) Fragility The Construction of Imaginary Global Spaces Mon, 14.02.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Keith Krause Sebastian Haug Series: Seminars and Colloquia The concept of “state failure,” launched in the early 1990s, and its current incarnation as "state fragility," rapidly became an accepted way to frame interventionary policies and practices of major multilateral actors such as the World Bank and the OECD. This talk will trace the genesis and evolution of the state fragility discourse, focusing on the way in which different organizations and actors have shaped the concept to their particular interests. The interaction of expert knowledge-creation and data with multilateral security and development policies also highlights how certain forms of "knowing the world" have been privileged in the constitution of this field of global public policy. The implications of these indicators for security governance and development assistance policies have been profound, in the Global South and beyond. Read more
	Europa im Diskurs: Wo sind die Grenzen unserer Freiheit?	Sun, 13.02.2022, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Wolfgang MerkelDorothee von Laer, Katharina Rogenhofer, Eric Frey, Veit Dengler	Europa im Diskurs: Wo sind die Grenzen unserer Freiheit? Sun, 13.02.2022, 11:00 Speakers: Wolfgang MerkelDorothee von Laer, Katharina Rogenhofer, Eric Frey, Veit Dengler Series: Panels and Discussions Die Corona-Pandemie stellte Politik und Gesellschaft in aller Welt vor die Frage, wie sehr individuelle Freiheiten im allgemeinen Interesse eingeschränkt werden dürfen. Die Impfpflicht verschärfte diese Debatte noch weiter. Aber auch in der Klimakrise werden von Einzelnen oft schmerzhafte Einschnitte im persönlichen Lebensstil gefordert. Wie lässt sich das mit den Prinzipien einer liberalen Gesellschaft vereinbaren? Read more
Europa im Diskurs: Wo sind die Grenzen unserer Freiheit? Sun, 13.02.2022, 11:00 Speakers: Wolfgang MerkelDorothee von Laer, Katharina Rogenhofer, Eric Frey, Veit Dengler Series: Panels and Discussions Die Corona-Pandemie stellte Politik und Gesellschaft in aller Welt vor die Frage, wie sehr individuelle Freiheiten im allgemeinen Interesse eingeschränkt werden dürfen. Die Impfpflicht verschärfte diese Debatte noch weiter. Aber auch in der Klimakrise werden von Einzelnen oft schmerzhafte Einschnitte im persönlichen Lebensstil gefordert. Wie lässt sich das mit den Prinzipien einer liberalen Gesellschaft vereinbaren? Read more
	Digitized Migrants	Mon, 07.02.2022, 09:00	Conferences and Workshops		Digitized Migrants Preparatory Meeting of the Europe-Asia Research Platform on Forced Migration Mon, 07.02.2022, 09:00 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The two Global Compacts for protection of refugees and migrants have advocated the increased use of digital technologies to enhance the protection, welfare, and development of refugees and migrants. Read more
Digitized Migrants Preparatory Meeting of the Europe-Asia Research Platform on Forced Migration Mon, 07.02.2022, 09:00 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The two Global Compacts for protection of refugees and migrants have advocated the increased use of digital technologies to enhance the protection, welfare, and development of refugees and migrants. Read more
	Radka Denemarková: Stunden aus Blei	Thu, 03.02.2022, 19:00	Lecture	Ludger HagedornRadka Denemarková	Radka Denemarková: Stunden aus Blei Präsentation der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe des Romans Thu, 03.02.2022, 19:00 Speakers: Ludger HagedornRadka Denemarková Series: Lecture Eine der erfolgreichsten und meistübersetzten tschechischen Autor*innen, Radka Denemarková, stellt in der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Literatur die deutschsprachige Ausgabe des Romans "Stunden aus Blei" vor. Dieser Roman, für den sie 2019 den tschechischen Magnesia Litera Preis in der Kategorie Buch des Jahres erhielt, erschien Anfang Jänner 2022 bei Hoffmann und Campe in der deutschen Übersetzung von Eva Profousová. Ludger Hagedorn (IWM) wird mit der Autorin ein Gespräch führen. Die Veranstaltung findet auf Deutsch statt. Read more
Radka Denemarková: Stunden aus Blei Präsentation der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe des Romans Thu, 03.02.2022, 19:00 Speakers: Ludger HagedornRadka Denemarková Series: Lecture Eine der erfolgreichsten und meistübersetzten tschechischen Autor*innen, Radka Denemarková, stellt in der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Literatur die deutschsprachige Ausgabe des Romans "Stunden aus Blei" vor. Dieser Roman, für den sie 2019 den tschechischen Magnesia Litera Preis in der Kategorie Buch des Jahres erhielt, erschien Anfang Jänner 2022 bei Hoffmann und Campe in der deutschen Übersetzung von Eva Profousová. Ludger Hagedorn (IWM) wird mit der Autorin ein Gespräch führen. Die Veranstaltung findet auf Deutsch statt. Read more
	Everybody is so much now for democracy…	Mon, 31.01.2022, 17:30	Exhibition		Everybody is so much now for democracy… IWM’s landmark 1990 conference "Central Europe on its Way to Democracy" Mon, 31.01.2022, 17:30 Speakers: Series: Exhibition In 1990, IWM organized the landmark conference Central Europe on the Way to Democracy, bringing together leading intellectuals and politicians from across Europe, North America and the Soviet Union to discuss Europe’s future prospects at a time of dramatic change. It was a remarkable event that drew great media attention and international visibility, organized in the premises of Vienna’s Palais Schwarzenberg. And it was a milestone in the history of IWM, crystallizing its mission of offering a space for discussions that transcend “any ideology, church, bureaucracy, or political party,” as founding rector Krzysztof Michalski put it in one of his interventions at the conference. As the first of several activities planned for the 40th anniversary of IWM in 2022, the Institute will feature an in-house exhibition on the many faces and facets of this conference. Throughout the three day-event in June and July 1990, Viennese photographer Renate Apostel took black-and-white photos of its prominent guests, capturing panel discussions as well as informal conversations. Some of her most remarkable portraits and atmospheric photographic observations will be on display along the staircases throughout the IWM building. All photos are handmade prints on baryte paper, developed from the original negatives by Viennese photo artist Andrej Kasik. Read more
Everybody is so much now for democracy… IWM’s landmark 1990 conference "Central Europe on its Way to Democracy" Mon, 31.01.2022, 17:30 Speakers: Series: Exhibition In 1990, IWM organized the landmark conference Central Europe on the Way to Democracy, bringing together leading intellectuals and politicians from across Europe, North America and the Soviet Union to discuss Europe’s future prospects at a time of dramatic change. It was a remarkable event that drew great media attention and international visibility, organized in the premises of Vienna’s Palais Schwarzenberg. And it was a milestone in the history of IWM, crystallizing its mission of offering a space for discussions that transcend “any ideology, church, bureaucracy, or political party,” as founding rector Krzysztof Michalski put it in one of his interventions at the conference. As the first of several activities planned for the 40th anniversary of IWM in 2022, the Institute will feature an in-house exhibition on the many faces and facets of this conference. Throughout the three day-event in June and July 1990, Viennese photographer Renate Apostel took black-and-white photos of its prominent guests, capturing panel discussions as well as informal conversations. Some of her most remarkable portraits and atmospheric photographic observations will be on display along the staircases throughout the IWM building. All photos are handmade prints on baryte paper, developed from the original negatives by Viennese photo artist Andrej Kasik. Read more