Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Symposium: Storms and Networks	Tue, 07.05.2024, 10:30	Conferences and Workshops	Konstantin AkinshaMiroslav Haľák, Katia Denysova, Maryna Drobotiuk, Olena Kashuba-Volvach	Symposium: Storms and Networks In the Eye of the Storm Tue, 07.05.2024, 10:30 Speakers: Konstantin AkinshaMiroslav Haľák, Katia Denysova, Maryna Drobotiuk, Olena Kashuba-Volvach Series: Conferences and Workshops From 1900 onward, pivotal influences shaping the trajectory of modern art emanated from diverse Central-South-Eastern European regions. The challenge lies in defining the scope of this interconnected and evolving modernity within the broader cultural context. Read more
Symposium: Storms and Networks In the Eye of the Storm Tue, 07.05.2024, 10:30 Speakers: Konstantin AkinshaMiroslav Haľák, Katia Denysova, Maryna Drobotiuk, Olena Kashuba-Volvach Series: Conferences and Workshops From 1900 onward, pivotal influences shaping the trajectory of modern art emanated from diverse Central-South-Eastern European regions. The challenge lies in defining the scope of this interconnected and evolving modernity within the broader cultural context. Read more
	Exhibition "In the Eye of the Storm"	Tue, 07.05.2024, 09:00	Exhibition	Konstantin AkinshaKatia Denysova, Miroslav Haľák, Olena Kashuba-Volvach	Exhibition "In the Eye of the Storm" Tour with the Curators Tue, 07.05.2024, 09:00 Speakers: Konstantin AkinshaKatia Denysova, Miroslav Haľák, Olena Kashuba-Volvach Series: Exhibition The curators of the exhibition "In the Eye of the Storm" at the Lower Belvedere led a guided tour. Read more

	„Der bestirnte Himmel über mir.“ Omri Boehm & Daniel Kehlmann sprechen über Kant	Mon, 06.05.2024, 20:00	Panels and Discussions	Ludger HagedornOmri Boehm, Daniel Kehlmann	„Der bestirnte Himmel über mir.“ Omri Boehm & Daniel Kehlmann sprechen über Kant Mon, 06.05.2024, 20:00 Speakers: Ludger HagedornOmri Boehm, Daniel Kehlmann Series: Panels and Discussions Im „Kantjahr“ 2024, dreihundert Jahre nach dessen Geburt im ostpreußischen Königsberg, trafen mit Daniel Kehlmann und Omri Boehm zwei der aufregendsten Denker unserer Gegenwart zusammen, um über die Aktualität Kants zu sprechen. Read more
„Der bestirnte Himmel über mir.“ Omri Boehm & Daniel Kehlmann sprechen über Kant Mon, 06.05.2024, 20:00 Speakers: Ludger HagedornOmri Boehm, Daniel Kehlmann Series: Panels and Discussions Im „Kantjahr“ 2024, dreihundert Jahre nach dessen Geburt im ostpreußischen Königsberg, trafen mit Daniel Kehlmann und Omri Boehm zwei der aufregendsten Denker unserer Gegenwart zusammen, um über die Aktualität Kants zu sprechen. Read more
	What We Gather	Mon, 29.04.2024, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Iryna Zamuruieva Mariia Shynkarenko	What We Gather Fellows' Colloquium with Iryna Zamuruieva Mon, 29.04.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Iryna Zamuruieva Mariia Shynkarenko Series: Seminars and Colloquia At the colloquium, Iryna Zamuruieva shared the strands of her research and creative work, where she works and thinks with certain plants. She is attempting to analyze the political ecology of land relations in Ukraine, developing methodologies rooted in Ukrainian intellectual thought and theories. Read more
What We Gather Fellows' Colloquium with Iryna Zamuruieva Mon, 29.04.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Iryna Zamuruieva Mariia Shynkarenko Series: Seminars and Colloquia At the colloquium, Iryna Zamuruieva shared the strands of her research and creative work, where she works and thinks with certain plants. She is attempting to analyze the political ecology of land relations in Ukraine, developing methodologies rooted in Ukrainian intellectual thought and theories. Read more
	Biden or Trump? The US Elections and Their Impact on Europe	Sun, 28.04.2024, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Marlene Laruelle Misha GlennyKim Darroch, Mark Medish, Eva Nowotny	Biden or Trump? The US Elections and Their Impact on Europe Debating Europe Sun, 28.04.2024, 11:00 Speakers: Marlene Laruelle Misha GlennyKim Darroch, Mark Medish, Eva Nowotny Series: Panels and Discussions As America prepares to elect its next president, Europeans look on nervously at this battle of the gerontocrats, Joe Biden and Donald Trump. April’s Debating Europe event at the Burgtheater brought together leading policymakers and scholars from America and Europe to assess the prospects for the election and the impact of its possible outcomes on Europe, Ukraine and the Middle East. Read more
Biden or Trump? The US Elections and Their Impact on Europe Debating Europe Sun, 28.04.2024, 11:00 Speakers: Marlene Laruelle Misha GlennyKim Darroch, Mark Medish, Eva Nowotny Series: Panels and Discussions As America prepares to elect its next president, Europeans look on nervously at this battle of the gerontocrats, Joe Biden and Donald Trump. April’s Debating Europe event at the Burgtheater brought together leading policymakers and scholars from America and Europe to assess the prospects for the election and the impact of its possible outcomes on Europe, Ukraine and the Middle East. Read more
	Garrison Colony and Soviet Atomgrad	Fri, 26.04.2024, 15:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Mariia ShynkarenkoSvitlana Matviyenko	Garrison Colony and Soviet Atomgrad Fri, 26.04.2024, 15:00 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoSvitlana Matviyenko Series: Seminars and Colloquia The colloquium discussed several types of colonies typical for Soviet modernity, including the notions of internal and external colonization, to ponder and problematize their applicability to Soviet practice. We specifically focused on three different Ukrainian atomic cities, or “plutopia” (Brown) – Pripyat, Chornobyl, and Slavutych, the pre- and post-accident satellites of the nuclear power plant. Read more
Garrison Colony and Soviet Atomgrad Fri, 26.04.2024, 15:00 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoSvitlana Matviyenko Series: Seminars and Colloquia The colloquium discussed several types of colonies typical for Soviet modernity, including the notions of internal and external colonization, to ponder and problematize their applicability to Soviet practice. We specifically focused on three different Ukrainian atomic cities, or “plutopia” (Brown) – Pripyat, Chornobyl, and Slavutych, the pre- and post-accident satellites of the nuclear power plant. Read more
	Cultural Approaches to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe	Wed, 24.04.2024, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Karolina Wigura Ruth Wodak Till van Rahden	Cultural Approaches to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe Wed, 24.04.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Karolina Wigura Ruth Wodak Till van Rahden Series: Panels and Discussions The panelists spoke about how democracy is acted out in everyday life and local relationships with special emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe. What kinds of democratic culture have emerged in the region historically and more recently? What are the cultural and social preconditions of democracy as a system of government? Read more
Cultural Approaches to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe Wed, 24.04.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Karolina Wigura Ruth Wodak Till van Rahden Series: Panels and Discussions The panelists spoke about how democracy is acted out in everyday life and local relationships with special emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe. What kinds of democratic culture have emerged in the region historically and more recently? What are the cultural and social preconditions of democracy as a system of government? Read more
	Minority and Majority as Asymmetrical Concepts: The Perils of Democratic Equality and Fantasies of National Homogeneity	Mon, 15.04.2024, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Till van Rahden	Minority and Majority as Asymmetrical Concepts: The Perils of Democratic Equality and Fantasies of National Homogeneity Fellows' Colloquium with Till van Rahden Mon, 15.04.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Till van Rahden Series: Seminars and Colloquia To this day, the conceptual couple of majority and minority is viewed as a harmless way of identifying an arithmetic relationship to make sense of cultural differences. The talk argued that a history of the binary juxtaposition between a majority and one or several minorities suggests that it is both a recent neologism and an essentially contested conceptual couple. Read more
Minority and Majority as Asymmetrical Concepts: The Perils of Democratic Equality and Fantasies of National Homogeneity Fellows' Colloquium with Till van Rahden Mon, 15.04.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Till van Rahden Series: Seminars and Colloquia To this day, the conceptual couple of majority and minority is viewed as a harmless way of identifying an arithmetic relationship to make sense of cultural differences. The talk argued that a history of the binary juxtaposition between a majority and one or several minorities suggests that it is both a recent neologism and an essentially contested conceptual couple. Read more
	Can Beauty Save the World? On Historical Injustice, Reconciliation and the Role of Aesthetic Education	Tue, 09.04.2024, 18:00	Lecture	Lea Ypi Misha Glenny	Can Beauty Save the World? On Historical Injustice, Reconciliation and the Role of Aesthetic Education Tue, 09.04.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Lea Ypi Misha Glenny Series: Lecture “Beautiful world! Where hast thou gone?" asks Friedrich Schiller in his famous poem “The Gods of Greece.” He laments the loss of harmony in a world divided by injustice both past and present. In this lecture, Lea Ypi read from her forthcoming book on human dignity. Read more
Can Beauty Save the World? On Historical Injustice, Reconciliation and the Role of Aesthetic Education Tue, 09.04.2024, 18:00 Speakers: Lea Ypi Misha Glenny Series: Lecture “Beautiful world! Where hast thou gone?" asks Friedrich Schiller in his famous poem “The Gods of Greece.” He laments the loss of harmony in a world divided by injustice both past and present. In this lecture, Lea Ypi read from her forthcoming book on human dignity. Read more
	Russlands Krieg Gegen die Ukraine	Mon, 08.04.2024, 16:00	Other	Misha Glenny Tanja MaljartschukEmil Brix, Wolfgang Mueller, Oksana Stavrou, Holger Hestermeyer, Alfred F. Praus	Russlands Krieg Gegen die Ukraine Mon, 08.04.2024, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Tanja MaljartschukEmil Brix, Wolfgang Mueller, Oksana Stavrou, Holger Hestermeyer, Alfred F. Praus Series: Other Eine ereignisreiche Veranstaltung unterstützt durch die Stadt Wien und in Kooperation mit der Diplomatischen Akademie Wien uvm. Read more