Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	1989 in a Day	Wed, 06.11.2019, 00:00	Panels and Discussions	Aleksandra Głos Andrzej Waskiewicz Holly Case Ivan Vejvoda Kateryna Ruban Philipp Ther Volodymyr KulykErhard Busek, Vuk Velebit, Ralf Beste, Dagmar Rychnovská, Georgi Pirinski, Jana Tsoneva, Jennifer Bergerova, Raluca Alexandrescu	1989 in a Day Recollections and Reflections Wed, 06.11.2019, 00:00 Speakers: Aleksandra Głos Andrzej Waskiewicz Holly Case Ivan Vejvoda Kateryna Ruban Philipp Ther Volodymyr KulykErhard Busek, Vuk Velebit, Ralf Beste, Dagmar Rychnovská, Georgi Pirinski, Jana Tsoneva, Jennifer Bergerova, Raluca Alexandrescu Series: Panels and Discussions This is a series of conversations spanning various Eastern and Central European societies between someone, who was an active participant, or a close observer, of an event on a crucial date in 1989, and a person, who was still very young in 1989. Both speakers will start with personal reflections that will be followed by a debate about the relevance of this date/event today. Read more
1989 in a Day Recollections and Reflections Wed, 06.11.2019, 00:00 Speakers: Aleksandra Głos Andrzej Waskiewicz Holly Case Ivan Vejvoda Kateryna Ruban Philipp Ther Volodymyr KulykErhard Busek, Vuk Velebit, Ralf Beste, Dagmar Rychnovská, Georgi Pirinski, Jana Tsoneva, Jennifer Bergerova, Raluca Alexandrescu Series: Panels and Discussions This is a series of conversations spanning various Eastern and Central European societies between someone, who was an active participant, or a close observer, of an event on a crucial date in 1989, and a person, who was still very young in 1989. Both speakers will start with personal reflections that will be followed by a debate about the relevance of this date/event today. Read more
	1989 – Jeder Aufbruch verlangt nach Geschichten, Teil I	Mon, 04.11.2019, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	György Dalos, Dzevad Karahasan, Tanja Maljartschuk, Cornelius Hell	1989 – Jeder Aufbruch verlangt nach Geschichten, Teil I Mon, 04.11.2019, 18:00 Speakers: György Dalos, Dzevad Karahasan, Tanja Maljartschuk, Cornelius Hell Series: Panels and Discussions Vor 30 Jahren ist der „Eiserne Vorhang“ gefallen, viele Grenzen sind verschwunden. Doch oft scheint es, als seien sich Kulturen, Literaturen und Mentalitäten in »Ost« und »West« nach wie vor fremd. Während die wirtschaftlichen Verflechtungen längst eng geworden sind, hängt zwischen den Lebensrealitäten oft ein „gläserner Vorhang“. An guten Tagen ist er immerhin durchsichtig; am Versuch, ihn ganz zu öffnen, scheinen beide Seiten jedoch seit Jahren zu scheitern. Read more
1989 – Jeder Aufbruch verlangt nach Geschichten, Teil I Mon, 04.11.2019, 18:00 Speakers: György Dalos, Dzevad Karahasan, Tanja Maljartschuk, Cornelius Hell Series: Panels and Discussions Vor 30 Jahren ist der „Eiserne Vorhang“ gefallen, viele Grenzen sind verschwunden. Doch oft scheint es, als seien sich Kulturen, Literaturen und Mentalitäten in »Ost« und »West« nach wie vor fremd. Während die wirtschaftlichen Verflechtungen längst eng geworden sind, hängt zwischen den Lebensrealitäten oft ein „gläserner Vorhang“. An guten Tagen ist er immerhin durchsichtig; am Versuch, ihn ganz zu öffnen, scheinen beide Seiten jedoch seit Jahren zu scheitern. Read more
	Deus Malignus	Mon, 21.10.2019, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Walther Ch. ZimmerliChristoph Durt	Deus Malignus The Digital Rehabilitation of Deception Mon, 21.10.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Walther Ch. ZimmerliChristoph Durt Series: Seminars and Colloquia In the context of what is called digitalization we are witnessing a stunning renaissance of an uncritical, almost metaphysical understanding of thinking machines. Alan Turing, however, in his famous article “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”, made it quite clear from the outset that the metaphysical question of whether machines are capable of thinking must be replaced by one of its many functional equivalents, i.e. by the test of whether it is possible for a human observer to distinguish “intelligent” behaviour displayed by a human being from the same behaviour displayed by a machine. Read more
Deus Malignus The Digital Rehabilitation of Deception Mon, 21.10.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Walther Ch. ZimmerliChristoph Durt Series: Seminars and Colloquia In the context of what is called digitalization we are witnessing a stunning renaissance of an uncritical, almost metaphysical understanding of thinking machines. Alan Turing, however, in his famous article “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”, made it quite clear from the outset that the metaphysical question of whether machines are capable of thinking must be replaced by one of its many functional equivalents, i.e. by the test of whether it is possible for a human observer to distinguish “intelligent” behaviour displayed by a human being from the same behaviour displayed by a machine. Read more
	Die Wiederaneignung der Nation	Tue, 15.10.2019, 18:00	Lecture	Aleida Assmann	Die Wiederaneignung der Nation Erinnerung, Identität und Gefühle Tue, 15.10.2019, 18:00 Speakers: Aleida Assmann Series: Lecture Wir sind heute geneigt, ‘Nation’ mit ‘Nationalismus’ gleichzusetzen. Das ist naheliegend angesichts der verheerenden Exzesse von Gewalt, die der Nationalismus und vor allem der Nationalsozialismus im 20. Jahrhundert entfesselt haben. Das Erstarken rechter Parteien in Europa bestätigt heute die Sorge, dass von den Nationen wieder der Ausschluss von Minderheiten, Verfolgung und Gewalt ausgehen können. Aber Nationen bestehen nicht in einem Vakuum, sie existieren ebenso in liberalen Demokratien wie in autokratischen Regimen. Die Tabuisierung des Begriffs der Nation seitens links-liberaler Intellektueller und Politiker ist in dieser Situation problematisch, denn was die eine Seite verwirft, wird dann von der Gegenseite aufgenommen und besetzt. Read more
Die Wiederaneignung der Nation Erinnerung, Identität und Gefühle Tue, 15.10.2019, 18:00 Speakers: Aleida Assmann Series: Lecture Wir sind heute geneigt, ‘Nation’ mit ‘Nationalismus’ gleichzusetzen. Das ist naheliegend angesichts der verheerenden Exzesse von Gewalt, die der Nationalismus und vor allem der Nationalsozialismus im 20. Jahrhundert entfesselt haben. Das Erstarken rechter Parteien in Europa bestätigt heute die Sorge, dass von den Nationen wieder der Ausschluss von Minderheiten, Verfolgung und Gewalt ausgehen können. Aber Nationen bestehen nicht in einem Vakuum, sie existieren ebenso in liberalen Demokratien wie in autokratischen Regimen. Die Tabuisierung des Begriffs der Nation seitens links-liberaler Intellektueller und Politiker ist in dieser Situation problematisch, denn was die eine Seite verwirft, wird dann von der Gegenseite aufgenommen und besetzt. Read more
	How Could Art Reflect on Trauma?	Mon, 14.10.2019, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Katherine Younger Lia Dostlieva	How Could Art Reflect on Trauma? Mon, 14.10.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Katherine Younger Lia Dostlieva Series: Seminars and Colloquia How do you make art about someone else’s traumatic past? What would you say to explain the victim’s experience to others, and where would you stop your story? And what would change if you yourself belong to the traumatized group whose story you are telling? Would your evidence be credible, or will it automatically be filed under the heading of “art therapy”? As a person coming from the occupied territories in Eastern Ukraine and as an artist who works extensively with traumatic experiences, Lia Dostlieva constantly face these kinds of questions. And while she might not have a definitive answer, she believes she has found a way to speak about personal trauma and remain objective, to give voice to the victims and make them heard, to find a way to show the personal scale of mass traumatic events. Read more
How Could Art Reflect on Trauma? Mon, 14.10.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Katherine Younger Lia Dostlieva Series: Seminars and Colloquia How do you make art about someone else’s traumatic past? What would you say to explain the victim’s experience to others, and where would you stop your story? And what would change if you yourself belong to the traumatized group whose story you are telling? Would your evidence be credible, or will it automatically be filed under the heading of “art therapy”? As a person coming from the occupied territories in Eastern Ukraine and as an artist who works extensively with traumatic experiences, Lia Dostlieva constantly face these kinds of questions. And while she might not have a definitive answer, she believes she has found a way to speak about personal trauma and remain objective, to give voice to the victims and make them heard, to find a way to show the personal scale of mass traumatic events. Read more
	Recollections of the American Half-Century	Mon, 07.10.2019, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Holly CaseThomas Simons	Recollections of the American Half-Century Mon, 07.10.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Holly CaseThomas Simons Series: Seminars and Colloquia Now a Visiting Scholar at Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Ambassador Simons spent most of his U.S. Foreign Service career (1963-1998) working in East-West relations. In October 1986 he was part of the U.S. team at the Reagan-Gorbachev meeting in Reykjavik: he was in fact the U.S. notetaker on the Sunday afternoon when that meeting broke up. Many now see that afternoon’s exchange on getting rid of nuclear weapons as validating today’s elimination movement. Simons’ memory of being there gives him a somewhat different take, and he talked about it, and what came before and after Reykjavik, in his session. Read more
Recollections of the American Half-Century Mon, 07.10.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Holly CaseThomas Simons Series: Seminars and Colloquia Now a Visiting Scholar at Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Ambassador Simons spent most of his U.S. Foreign Service career (1963-1998) working in East-West relations. In October 1986 he was part of the U.S. team at the Reagan-Gorbachev meeting in Reykjavik: he was in fact the U.S. notetaker on the Sunday afternoon when that meeting broke up. Many now see that afternoon’s exchange on getting rid of nuclear weapons as validating today’s elimination movement. Simons’ memory of being there gives him a somewhat different take, and he talked about it, and what came before and after Reykjavik, in his session. Read more
	Europe’s Futures Colloquium IV	Mon, 30.09.2019, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Bernd Marin Leszek Jazdzewski	Europe’s Futures Colloquium IV Mon, 30.09.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Bernd Marin Leszek Jazdzewski Series: Seminars and Colloquia In cooperation with leading European organisations and think tanks IWM and ERSTE Foundation have joined forces to tackle some of the most crucial topics: asylum and migration, rule of law and democracy, European enlargement and social inclusion. We are creating a network of important EU actors, in particular between Austria, the Visegrád 4 countries and South-Eastern Europe. Europe’s Futures has clear objectives: a European Union that protects its citizens and offers more sustainable livelihoods than before; where Member States defend the fundamental values of a democratic order and rule of law; and where countries such as Austria continue to protect the Union’s democratization and enlargement agenda. Read more
Europe’s Futures Colloquium IV Mon, 30.09.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Bernd Marin Leszek Jazdzewski Series: Seminars and Colloquia In cooperation with leading European organisations and think tanks IWM and ERSTE Foundation have joined forces to tackle some of the most crucial topics: asylum and migration, rule of law and democracy, European enlargement and social inclusion. We are creating a network of important EU actors, in particular between Austria, the Visegrád 4 countries and South-Eastern Europe. Europe’s Futures has clear objectives: a European Union that protects its citizens and offers more sustainable livelihoods than before; where Member States defend the fundamental values of a democratic order and rule of law; and where countries such as Austria continue to protect the Union’s democratization and enlargement agenda. Read more
	Illiberal Democracy: Contradiction, Ideology or Characteristic of our Age?	Mon, 30.09.2019, 10:00	Panels and Discussions	Grigorij Mesežnikov Leszek Jazdzewski Luke Cooper Niccolo Milanese Péter KrekóKaterina Kolozova	Illiberal Democracy: Contradiction, Ideology or Characteristic of our Age? Mon, 30.09.2019, 10:00 Speakers: Grigorij Mesežnikov Leszek Jazdzewski Luke Cooper Niccolo Milanese Péter KrekóKaterina Kolozova Series: Panels and Discussions Since Viktor Orbán used the term in 2014 to propose a new model for Europe, debates have raged over whether ‘illiberal democracy’ is a coherent concept at all, what distinguishes it from liberal democracy, and what its relationships are with terms such as populism, authoritarianism, state capture, nationalism and majoritarianism. Whilst academic circles have been trying to make sense of the idea, the term itself has shown political effectiveness, and informal alliances of illiberal leaders have appeared at the European elections, in summits on family policy, in international decision-making bodies and elsewhere. This seminar looked at phenomena of illiberal democracy from Macedonia, Hungary, Italy, the UK, Slovakia, Poland and considered what should be done to counter this discourse, by political institutions, by academics and by other political actors and activists. Read more
Illiberal Democracy: Contradiction, Ideology or Characteristic of our Age? Mon, 30.09.2019, 10:00 Speakers: Grigorij Mesežnikov Leszek Jazdzewski Luke Cooper Niccolo Milanese Péter KrekóKaterina Kolozova Series: Panels and Discussions Since Viktor Orbán used the term in 2014 to propose a new model for Europe, debates have raged over whether ‘illiberal democracy’ is a coherent concept at all, what distinguishes it from liberal democracy, and what its relationships are with terms such as populism, authoritarianism, state capture, nationalism and majoritarianism. Whilst academic circles have been trying to make sense of the idea, the term itself has shown political effectiveness, and informal alliances of illiberal leaders have appeared at the European elections, in summits on family policy, in international decision-making bodies and elsewhere. This seminar looked at phenomena of illiberal democracy from Macedonia, Hungary, Italy, the UK, Slovakia, Poland and considered what should be done to counter this discourse, by political institutions, by academics and by other political actors and activists. Read more
	Trojanow trifft: Gibt es eine neue linke Erzählung?	Sun, 29.09.2019, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Ilija TrojanowJulia Fritzsche	Trojanow trifft: Gibt es eine neue linke Erzählung? Sonntagsgespräche in der Roten Bar Sun, 29.09.2019, 11:00 Speakers: Ilija TrojanowJulia Fritzsche Series: Panels and Discussions Kaum etwas ist momentan so wichtig, wie die Frage nach neuen Visionen und Utopien im Sinne einer würdigen, lebenswerten Zukunft. Wie entkommen wir den gegenwärtig so dominanten apokalyptischen Erwartungen, der Renaissance von Hass, Gewalt und Ungerechtigkeit? Wie gestalten wir eine progressive, emanzipatorische Politik ohne ständig auf die Provokationen der Neurechten zu reagieren? Julia Fritzsche hat diesbezüglich eine Vielzahl an Stimmen und Ideen gesammelt, neue Ansätze für einen feministischen, ökologischen und sozialen Aufbruch. Im Mittelpunkt steht stets die Frage: Wie können wir gemeinsam für ein besseres Leben für alle streiten? Die Autorin des jüngst erschienenen Buches Tiefrot und radikal bunt war Gast bei Trojanow trifft. Mit einem Prolog aus Wer hat meinen Vater umgebracht von Édouard Louis mit Sebastian Pass. Read more
Trojanow trifft: Gibt es eine neue linke Erzählung? Sonntagsgespräche in der Roten Bar Sun, 29.09.2019, 11:00 Speakers: Ilija TrojanowJulia Fritzsche Series: Panels and Discussions Kaum etwas ist momentan so wichtig, wie die Frage nach neuen Visionen und Utopien im Sinne einer würdigen, lebenswerten Zukunft. Wie entkommen wir den gegenwärtig so dominanten apokalyptischen Erwartungen, der Renaissance von Hass, Gewalt und Ungerechtigkeit? Wie gestalten wir eine progressive, emanzipatorische Politik ohne ständig auf die Provokationen der Neurechten zu reagieren? Julia Fritzsche hat diesbezüglich eine Vielzahl an Stimmen und Ideen gesammelt, neue Ansätze für einen feministischen, ökologischen und sozialen Aufbruch. Im Mittelpunkt steht stets die Frage: Wie können wir gemeinsam für ein besseres Leben für alle streiten? Die Autorin des jüngst erschienenen Buches Tiefrot und radikal bunt war Gast bei Trojanow trifft. Mit einem Prolog aus Wer hat meinen Vater umgebracht von Édouard Louis mit Sebastian Pass. Read more
	Vienna Humanities Festival	Sat, 28.09.2019, 12:00 - Sun, 29.09.2019, 17:00	Festivals		Vienna Humanities Festival Unheil und Hoffnung \| Hope and Despair Sat, 28.09.2019, 12:00 - Sun, 29.09.2019, 17:00 Speakers: Series: Festivals The theme of the fourth Vienna Humanities Festival was "Hope and Despair." Focal points included the year 1989 and its consequences, scientific innovation, and the future of society. Read more