Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Vienna Meets Prague: Kafka Band „Der Process“	Sun, 02.06.2024, 20:30	Festivals	Kafka Band	Vienna Meets Prague: Kafka Band „Der Process“ Sun, 02.06.2024, 20:30 Speakers: Kafka Band Series: Festivals Der Puls der Großstadt und die nächtlichen Tanzlokale, Ängste und absurder Humor: Mit dem neuen Album „Der Process“ vollendet die Kafka Band aus Prag eine Trilogie an Konzeptalben, die von Franz Kafkas Werk inspiriert sind. Read more
Vienna Meets Prague: Kafka Band „Der Process“ Sun, 02.06.2024, 20:30 Speakers: Kafka Band Series: Festivals Der Puls der Großstadt und die nächtlichen Tanzlokale, Ängste und absurder Humor: Mit dem neuen Album „Der Process“ vollendet die Kafka Band aus Prag eine Trilogie an Konzeptalben, die von Franz Kafkas Werk inspiriert sind. Read more
	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium 2024	Thu, 30.05.2024, 09:00 - Sat, 01.06.2024, 20:00	Conferences and Workshops	Alberto Alemanno Grigorij Mesežnikov Hanna Shelest Ieva Česnulaitytė Ilir Deda Ivan Vejvoda Kadri Liik Katy Hayward Vladimir ArsenijevićWolfgang Petritsch	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium 2024 Thu, 30.05.2024, 09:00 - Sat, 01.06.2024, 20:00 Speakers: Alberto Alemanno Grigorij Mesežnikov Hanna Shelest Ieva Česnulaitytė Ilir Deda Ivan Vejvoda Kadri Liik Katy Hayward Vladimir ArsenijevićWolfgang Petritsch Series: Conferences and Workshops At the Europe's Futures Annual Symposium 2024, the sixth cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows presented the conclusions of their research in the academic year 2023/24. The findings were discussed with the Europe’s Futures Alumni Network and researchers from the University of Rijeka Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe. Read more
Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium 2024 Thu, 30.05.2024, 09:00 - Sat, 01.06.2024, 20:00 Speakers: Alberto Alemanno Grigorij Mesežnikov Hanna Shelest Ieva Česnulaitytė Ilir Deda Ivan Vejvoda Kadri Liik Katy Hayward Vladimir ArsenijevićWolfgang Petritsch Series: Conferences and Workshops At the Europe's Futures Annual Symposium 2024, the sixth cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows presented the conclusions of their research in the academic year 2023/24. The findings were discussed with the Europe’s Futures Alumni Network and researchers from the University of Rijeka Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe. Read more
	Who Needs the State? Freedom, Justice, Sovereignty, and (Post)Wartime Ukraine	Tue, 28.05.2024, 18:00	Lecture	Misha Glenny Yuliya Yurchenko	Who Needs the State? Freedom, Justice, Sovereignty, and (Post)Wartime Ukraine Tue, 28.05.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Yuliya Yurchenko Series: Lecture Building on historicized political economy of wartime Ukraine since 2014, the lecture illustrated that the state as an institution must be redefined. Ukraine has changed drastically during some 10 years of war and is in a dire need of a new functioning social contract that would secure constitutional rights and deliver socioeconomic justice. Read more
Who Needs the State? Freedom, Justice, Sovereignty, and (Post)Wartime Ukraine Tue, 28.05.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Yuliya Yurchenko Series: Lecture Building on historicized political economy of wartime Ukraine since 2014, the lecture illustrated that the state as an institution must be redefined. Ukraine has changed drastically during some 10 years of war and is in a dire need of a new functioning social contract that would secure constitutional rights and deliver socioeconomic justice. Read more
	Vienna Meets Prague: Photograph – Pantograph (Vernissage)	Mon, 27.05.2024, 18:00	Visual and Performing Arts	Ludger HagedornAndrej Kasík	Vienna Meets Prague: Photograph – Pantograph (Vernissage) Analoge Photokunst von Andrej Kasík mit Motiven aus Prag und Lemberg/Lviv Mon, 27.05.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger HagedornAndrej Kasík Series: Visual and Performing Arts Soft Opening zur Einstimmung auf das Vienna Meets Prague Festival. Im Mittelpunkt stand die Ausstellung „Photograph - Pantograph“, die im Rahmen von Vienna Meets Prague 2024 gezeigt wird. Bei der Vernissage präsentierten der Künstler Andrej Kasík und der Kurator Ludger Hagedorn die Werke. Read more
Vienna Meets Prague: Photograph – Pantograph (Vernissage) Analoge Photokunst von Andrej Kasík mit Motiven aus Prag und Lemberg/Lviv Mon, 27.05.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger HagedornAndrej Kasík Series: Visual and Performing Arts Soft Opening zur Einstimmung auf das Vienna Meets Prague Festival. Im Mittelpunkt stand die Ausstellung „Photograph - Pantograph“, die im Rahmen von Vienna Meets Prague 2024 gezeigt wird. Bei der Vernissage präsentierten der Künstler Andrej Kasík und der Kurator Ludger Hagedorn die Werke. Read more
	Relational Accountability as Research Ethics in a Nordic-Saami (Green) Colonial Context	Mon, 27.05.2024, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Eva Maria Fjellheim Ayşe Çağlar	Relational Accountability as Research Ethics in a Nordic-Saami (Green) Colonial Context Fellows' Colloquium with Eva Fjellheim Mon, 27.05.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Eva Maria Fjellheim Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This colloquium explored ‘green colonialism’ as an analytical term to understand how Saami lands in Norway are being sacrificed in the name of the so-called ‘green energy transition’. This talk focused on the ethical dilemmas encountered while working in a context characterized by (green) colonial harm and fatigue. Read more
Relational Accountability as Research Ethics in a Nordic-Saami (Green) Colonial Context Fellows' Colloquium with Eva Fjellheim Mon, 27.05.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Eva Maria Fjellheim Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This colloquium explored ‘green colonialism’ as an analytical term to understand how Saami lands in Norway are being sacrificed in the name of the so-called ‘green energy transition’. This talk focused on the ethical dilemmas encountered while working in a context characterized by (green) colonial harm and fatigue. Read more
	Collisions. The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability	Tue, 21.05.2024, 18:00	Lecture	Ivan Vejvoda Mykola Riabchuk Yuliya YurchenkoMichael Kimmage	Collisions. The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability Tue, 21.05.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Mykola Riabchuk Yuliya YurchenkoMichael Kimmage Series: Lecture Author Michael Kimmage presented his latest monograph. The book launch was followed by a panel discussion with IWM Visiting Fellows Yuliya Yurchenko and Mykola Ryabchuk. Read more
Collisions. The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability Tue, 21.05.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Mykola Riabchuk Yuliya YurchenkoMichael Kimmage Series: Lecture Author Michael Kimmage presented his latest monograph. The book launch was followed by a panel discussion with IWM Visiting Fellows Yuliya Yurchenko and Mykola Ryabchuk. Read more
	Spring Fellows' Conference 2024	Thu, 16.05.2024, 14:15 - Fri, 17.05.2024, 17:00	Conferences and Workshops		Spring Fellows' Conference 2024 Thu, 16.05.2024, 14:15 - Fri, 17.05.2024, 17:00 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. Visiting and Permanent Fellows, alumni and scholars from Viennese institutions act as commentators and discussants. Read more
Spring Fellows' Conference 2024 Thu, 16.05.2024, 14:15 - Fri, 17.05.2024, 17:00 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. Visiting and Permanent Fellows, alumni and scholars from Viennese institutions act as commentators and discussants. Read more
	Beyond the Leader: Looking at Grassroots Reasons for the Rise of Illiberalism	Tue, 14.05.2024, 18:00	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Marlene Laruelle	Beyond the Leader: Looking at Grassroots Reasons for the Rise of Illiberalism Tue, 14.05.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marlene Laruelle Series: Lecture As Europe and the United States prepare themselves to see a rise of far-right and illiberal parties gaining a large share of the votes at the June and November 2024 elections, Marlene Laruelle explored the grassroots reasons for this rise of illiberalism. Read more
Beyond the Leader: Looking at Grassroots Reasons for the Rise of Illiberalism Tue, 14.05.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marlene Laruelle Series: Lecture As Europe and the United States prepare themselves to see a rise of far-right and illiberal parties gaining a large share of the votes at the June and November 2024 elections, Marlene Laruelle explored the grassroots reasons for this rise of illiberalism. Read more
	Parrhesia and the Care of the Self: Foucault, Patočka, and Dissident Praxis	Mon, 13.05.2024, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Darren Gardner Ludger Hagedorn	Parrhesia and the Care of the Self: Foucault, Patočka, and Dissident Praxis Fellows' Colloquium with Darren Gardner Mon, 13.05.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Darren Gardner Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Drawing on an elaboration of their concepts of “care,“ Darren Gardner discussed how Foucault and Patočka can be seen to contribute to an understanding of dissidence, and how that dissidence can be viewed in the light of a long but underappreciated tradition of cynic philosophical praxis. Read more
Parrhesia and the Care of the Self: Foucault, Patočka, and Dissident Praxis Fellows' Colloquium with Darren Gardner Mon, 13.05.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Darren Gardner Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Drawing on an elaboration of their concepts of “care,“ Darren Gardner discussed how Foucault and Patočka can be seen to contribute to an understanding of dissidence, and how that dissidence can be viewed in the light of a long but underappreciated tradition of cynic philosophical praxis. Read more
	A Speech to Europe 2024: "Shadows of History, Spectres of the Present: The Middle East War and Europe’s Challenge"	Tue, 07.05.2024, 19:00	Lecture	Omri Boehm	A Speech to Europe 2024: "Shadows of History, Spectres of the Present: The Middle East War and Europe’s Challenge" Part of Wiener Festwochen Tue, 07.05.2024, 19:00 Speakers: Omri Boehm Series: Lecture In the third "Speech to Europe", following historian Timothy Snyder and human rights activist Oleksandra Matviichuk, philosopher Omri Boehm addressed the pressing questions of why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict poses a threat to European identity and how a constitutional crisis in the European Union can be averted. Read more
A Speech to Europe 2024: "Shadows of History, Spectres of the Present: The Middle East War and Europe’s Challenge" Part of Wiener Festwochen Tue, 07.05.2024, 19:00 Speakers: Omri Boehm Series: Lecture In the third "Speech to Europe", following historian Timothy Snyder and human rights activist Oleksandra Matviichuk, philosopher Omri Boehm addressed the pressing questions of why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict poses a threat to European identity and how a constitutional crisis in the European Union can be averted. Read more