Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	After Europe	Mon, 27.11.2017, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch	After Europe Mon, 27.11.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Can democratic institutions be transformed to serve exclusionary ends? Why has the ongoing refugee crisis transformed the politics of Central and Eastern European states—despite the fact that these countries host virtually no migrants? Read more
After Europe Mon, 27.11.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Can democratic institutions be transformed to serve exclusionary ends? Why has the ongoing refugee crisis transformed the politics of Central and Eastern European states—despite the fact that these countries host virtually no migrants? Read more
	Religious Tolerance	Wed, 22.11.2017, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Marcin Król Shalini RanderiaAneta Gawkowska, Agnieszka Graff-Osser, Bassam Tibi, Joseph Weiler	Religious Tolerance Wed, 22.11.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Marcin Król Shalini RanderiaAneta Gawkowska, Agnieszka Graff-Osser, Bassam Tibi, Joseph Weiler Series: Panels and Discussions The 26th Tischner Debate's participants are Aneta Gawkowska, Agnieszka Graff, Bassam Tibi, and Joseph Weiler. Marcin Król and Shalini Randeria chair the discussion. Read more
Religious Tolerance Wed, 22.11.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Marcin Król Shalini RanderiaAneta Gawkowska, Agnieszka Graff-Osser, Bassam Tibi, Joseph Weiler Series: Panels and Discussions The 26th Tischner Debate's participants are Aneta Gawkowska, Agnieszka Graff, Bassam Tibi, and Joseph Weiler. Marcin Król and Shalini Randeria chair the discussion. Read more
	A Future for Europe? Politics and Democracy in Times of Uncertainty	Mon, 09.10.2017, 18:00	Lecture	Ivan Vejvoda	A Future for Europe? Politics and Democracy in Times of Uncertainty Inaugural Adress by Ivan Vejvoda Mon, 09.10.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture We are living in times of individual, political, economic and societal uncertainty. Europe is confronted with an unprecedented crisis, an internal self-questioning of the project itself manifested by the rise of nationalism and populism, coupled with external challenges of the wave refugees, the crisis in the Middle East and Russia. Read more
A Future for Europe? Politics and Democracy in Times of Uncertainty Inaugural Adress by Ivan Vejvoda Mon, 09.10.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture We are living in times of individual, political, economic and societal uncertainty. Europe is confronted with an unprecedented crisis, an internal self-questioning of the project itself manifested by the rise of nationalism and populism, coupled with external challenges of the wave refugees, the crisis in the Middle East and Russia. Read more
	Wie steht es um die Verantwortung in einer digital-globalen Welt?	Sun, 01.10.2017, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Shalini RanderiaViola Raheb, Heide Schmidt, Renata Schmidtkunz	Wie steht es um die Verantwortung in einer digital-globalen Welt? Sun, 01.10.2017, 11:00 Speakers: Shalini RanderiaViola Raheb, Heide Schmidt, Renata Schmidtkunz Series: Panels and Discussions Eigenverantwortung und Individualismus – das waren zwei wichtige Merkmale der Reformation. Sowohl theologisch als auch soziologisch gesehen. Wie steht es heute um das Stellung beziehen? Wofür beziehen religiöse Menschen Stellung? Ist das überhaupt noch gefragt? Oder geht es Gesellschaften ohne Religion nicht ohnehin besser? Read more
Wie steht es um die Verantwortung in einer digital-globalen Welt? Sun, 01.10.2017, 11:00 Speakers: Shalini RanderiaViola Raheb, Heide Schmidt, Renata Schmidtkunz Series: Panels and Discussions Eigenverantwortung und Individualismus – das waren zwei wichtige Merkmale der Reformation. Sowohl theologisch als auch soziologisch gesehen. Wie steht es heute um das Stellung beziehen? Wofür beziehen religiöse Menschen Stellung? Ist das überhaupt noch gefragt? Oder geht es Gesellschaften ohne Religion nicht ohnehin besser? Read more
	Vienna Humanities Festival	Fri, 22.09.2017, 00:00 - Sun, 24.09.2017, 00:00	Festivals		Vienna Humanities Festival Revolution! Fri, 22.09.2017, 00:00 - Sun, 24.09.2017, 00:00 Speakers: Series: Festivals The theme of the second Vienna Humanities Festival (2017) was “Revolution!”. The talks covered a wide swath, from Russia in 1917 to the events of 1968 and from the transformations of 1989 to the upheavals in the Arab World and Ukraine. Read more
Vienna Humanities Festival Revolution! Fri, 22.09.2017, 00:00 - Sun, 24.09.2017, 00:00 Speakers: Series: Festivals The theme of the second Vienna Humanities Festival (2017) was “Revolution!”. The talks covered a wide swath, from Russia in 1917 to the events of 1968 and from the transformations of 1989 to the upheavals in the Arab World and Ukraine. Read more
	Europe and Austria: The Shape of the Future?	Thu, 18.05.2017, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Holly Case Miloš Vec Erhard Busek	Europe and Austria: The Shape of the Future? Thu, 18.05.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Holly Case Miloš Vec Erhard Busek Series: Panels and Discussions Europe is changing. Looking outwards, it has to operate increasingly as a global player; looking inwards, it needs to counter the centrifugal tendencies of some of its member states by strengthening regional cooperations. Read more
Europe and Austria: The Shape of the Future? Thu, 18.05.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Holly Case Miloš Vec Erhard Busek Series: Panels and Discussions Europe is changing. Looking outwards, it has to operate increasingly as a global player; looking inwards, it needs to counter the centrifugal tendencies of some of its member states by strengthening regional cooperations. Read more
	The Affects of Democracy	Thu, 04.05.2017, 18:00	Lecture	Chantal Mouffe	The Affects of Democracy Thu, 04.05.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Chantal Mouffe Series: Lecture In this year’s Patočka Memorial Lecture, political theorist Chantal Mouffe examines the crucial role played in politics by what she calls ‘passions’ to refer to the common affects that are at stake in the construction of collective identities. Read more
The Affects of Democracy Thu, 04.05.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Chantal Mouffe Series: Lecture In this year’s Patočka Memorial Lecture, political theorist Chantal Mouffe examines the crucial role played in politics by what she calls ‘passions’ to refer to the common affects that are at stake in the construction of collective identities. Read more
	Sphere of Influence III	Wed, 26.04.2017, 18:00	Lecture	Ivan KrastevStephen Kotkin	Sphere of Influence III The chip on the shoulder Wed, 26.04.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevStephen Kotkin Series: Lecture Populist revolt within countries has its complement in a populist revolt against the liberal, rules-based international order, which is driven by three revisionist powers – China, Russia, Iran – that have rich histories as civilizations, empires that once extended well beyond their current size, a powerful sense of historic entitlement and of historic grievance. Read more
Sphere of Influence III The chip on the shoulder Wed, 26.04.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevStephen Kotkin Series: Lecture Populist revolt within countries has its complement in a populist revolt against the liberal, rules-based international order, which is driven by three revisionist powers – China, Russia, Iran – that have rich histories as civilizations, empires that once extended well beyond their current size, a powerful sense of historic entitlement and of historic grievance. Read more
	Sphere of Influence II	Wed, 19.04.2017, 18:00	Lecture	Ivan VejvodaStephen Kotkin	Sphere of Influence II What, if anything, is the Difference between Fascism and Communism? Wed, 19.04.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaStephen Kotkin Series: Lecture Do we really know the answer? Two opposing political projects have framed that question. One equates fascism and communism as totalitarianism; the other proffers a heroic portrayal of communism as anti-fascism. The first delegitimates the left, the second legitimates it. But there is a different story, one rooted in a history that has always been there, if less visible. Read more
Sphere of Influence II What, if anything, is the Difference between Fascism and Communism? Wed, 19.04.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaStephen Kotkin Series: Lecture Do we really know the answer? Two opposing political projects have framed that question. One equates fascism and communism as totalitarianism; the other proffers a heroic portrayal of communism as anti-fascism. The first delegitimates the left, the second legitimates it. But there is a different story, one rooted in a history that has always been there, if less visible. Read more
	Sphere of Influence I	Wed, 05.04.2017, 18:00	Lecture	Shalini RanderiaStephen Kotkin	Sphere of Influence I Lecture I: The Gift of Geopolitics: How Worlds are Made, and Unmade Wed, 05.04.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Shalini RanderiaStephen Kotkin Series: Lecture The liberal, rules-based international order did not take shape predominantly as a consequence of highmindedness, but as a sphere of influence. That, moreover, was to a great extent inspired, and sustained, by a comprehensive cold war with the Soviet Union (or Second World, as it was once called). The sphere of influence known as the West played a significant part in European integration, spurred phenomenal global investments in science and research, gave additional impetus to desegregation and civil rights in the U.S, and more. Read more
Sphere of Influence I Lecture I: The Gift of Geopolitics: How Worlds are Made, and Unmade Wed, 05.04.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Shalini RanderiaStephen Kotkin Series: Lecture The liberal, rules-based international order did not take shape predominantly as a consequence of highmindedness, but as a sphere of influence. That, moreover, was to a great extent inspired, and sustained, by a comprehensive cold war with the Soviet Union (or Second World, as it was once called). The sphere of influence known as the West played a significant part in European integration, spurred phenomenal global investments in science and research, gave additional impetus to desegregation and civil rights in the U.S, and more. Read more