Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, Past and Future	Tue, 16.06.2015, 18:00	Lecture	Timothy Snyder	Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, Past and Future Lecture I: Modern European History: A Global Framework from Eastern Experience Tue, 16.06.2015, 18:00 Speakers: Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture The crisis in Ukraine has provoked a number of unhelpful intellectual responses in Russia and the West, notably the resort to ethnic and linguistic definitions of identity and destiny that have long been discredited both in scholarship and in EU political practice. Read more
Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, Past and Future Lecture I: Modern European History: A Global Framework from Eastern Experience Tue, 16.06.2015, 18:00 Speakers: Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture The crisis in Ukraine has provoked a number of unhelpful intellectual responses in Russia and the West, notably the resort to ethnic and linguistic definitions of identity and destiny that have long been discredited both in scholarship and in EU political practice. Read more
	Ukraine Between Corruption and Reform	Thu, 07.05.2015, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Serhii Leshchenko, Christian Ultsch, Carl Henrik Fredriksson	Ukraine Between Corruption and Reform Thu, 07.05.2015, 18:00 Speakers: Serhii Leshchenko, Christian Ultsch, Carl Henrik Fredriksson Series: Panels and Discussions Corruption is Ukraine’s main internal problem. Crony capitalism, biased media and unfair government procurement procedures are even more dangerous than the Russian aggression in the East of the country. Read more
Ukraine Between Corruption and Reform Thu, 07.05.2015, 18:00 Speakers: Serhii Leshchenko, Christian Ultsch, Carl Henrik Fredriksson Series: Panels and Discussions Corruption is Ukraine’s main internal problem. Crony capitalism, biased media and unfair government procurement procedures are even more dangerous than the Russian aggression in the East of the country. Read more
	Der Wiener Kongress und die Folgen	Sun, 26.04.2015, 23:00	Panels and Discussions	Heinrich-August Winkler, Hazel Rosenstrauch, Sebastian Kurz, Johannes Hahn, Adam Krzeminski, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid	Der Wiener Kongress und die Folgen Sun, 26.04.2015, 23:00 Speakers: Heinrich-August Winkler, Hazel Rosenstrauch, Sebastian Kurz, Johannes Hahn, Adam Krzeminski, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions Vor zweihundert Jahren fand der Wiener Kongress statt und damit die Neuordnung Europas. Es begann, was Henry Kissinger als die längste je gekannte Friedensperiode in Europa bezeichnet hat. Das „Europäische Konzert“ war Vorläufer der heutigen EU: Konfliktlösung im Geiste der Verständigung und Zusammenarbeit zwischen Staaten in Europa in allen möglichen Bereichen. Wie hat sich Europa seither verändert? Welche Mechanismen zur Konfliktlösung gibt es heute? Wie sehen die neuen geopolitischen Herausforderungen aus? Read more
Der Wiener Kongress und die Folgen Sun, 26.04.2015, 23:00 Speakers: Heinrich-August Winkler, Hazel Rosenstrauch, Sebastian Kurz, Johannes Hahn, Adam Krzeminski, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions Vor zweihundert Jahren fand der Wiener Kongress statt und damit die Neuordnung Europas. Es begann, was Henry Kissinger als die längste je gekannte Friedensperiode in Europa bezeichnet hat. Das „Europäische Konzert“ war Vorläufer der heutigen EU: Konfliktlösung im Geiste der Verständigung und Zusammenarbeit zwischen Staaten in Europa in allen möglichen Bereichen. Wie hat sich Europa seither verändert? Welche Mechanismen zur Konfliktlösung gibt es heute? Wie sehen die neuen geopolitischen Herausforderungen aus? Read more
	Understanding the Rise of the Islamic State	Mon, 20.04.2015, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Christian Ultsch, Viola Raheb	Understanding the Rise of the Islamic State Mon, 20.04.2015, 18:00 Speakers: Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Christian Ultsch, Viola Raheb Series: Panels and Discussions Less than a year after it announced its ambition to recreate the Caliphate, the Islamic State has shot at the top of international security affairs. Read more

	Diasporic Terrorism	Wed, 08.04.2015, 18:00	Lecture	Zygmunt Bauman	Diasporic Terrorism Wed, 08.04.2015, 18:00 Speakers: Zygmunt Bauman Series: Lecture This lecture looks at the social consequences of the massive ongoing diasporisation of the world, a process by which the stranger becomes a next-door neighbor. Read more

	How Much Transparency Does Democracy Need?	Sun, 15.03.2015, 23:00	Panels and Discussions	Shalini RanderiaJúlia Király, Evgeny Morozov, Aruna Roy, Max Schrems	How Much Transparency Does Democracy Need? Sun, 15.03.2015, 23:00 Speakers: Shalini RanderiaJúlia Király, Evgeny Morozov, Aruna Roy, Max Schrems Series: Panels and Discussions Democracy is in crisis. Citizens are deeply disillusioned with political and business elites. Many believe that more transparency would restore trust in democratic institutions and corporations as only informed citizens are able to hold politicians and CEOs accountable. However, due to the endemic spread of surveillance and social media it is the citizen who has become transparent, whereas governments, corporations and banks continue to be opaque. How can we redress this asymmetry? Read more
How Much Transparency Does Democracy Need? Sun, 15.03.2015, 23:00 Speakers: Shalini RanderiaJúlia Király, Evgeny Morozov, Aruna Roy, Max Schrems Series: Panels and Discussions Democracy is in crisis. Citizens are deeply disillusioned with political and business elites. Many believe that more transparency would restore trust in democratic institutions and corporations as only informed citizens are able to hold politicians and CEOs accountable. However, due to the endemic spread of surveillance and social media it is the citizen who has become transparent, whereas governments, corporations and banks continue to be opaque. How can we redress this asymmetry? Read more
	The Return of Geopolitics in Europe	Sun, 11.01.2015, 23:00	Panels and Discussions	Fyodor Lukyanov Ivan KrastevCarl Bildt, Ana Palacio, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid	The Return of Geopolitics in Europe Sun, 11.01.2015, 23:00 Speakers: Fyodor Lukyanov Ivan KrastevCarl Bildt, Ana Palacio, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 and the subsequent reordering of Europe, it seemed that a new era of stable and peaceful development lay ahead. In recent months, however, Europeans have experienced increasing insecurity. Peace and security can no longer be taken for granted. Borders and national entities have been called into question. Sanctions against Russia are affecting economic relationships – also in Austria. Has the Cold War returned to Europe? What geopolitical changes might we expect in the near future? How should Europe respond to these challenges? Read more
The Return of Geopolitics in Europe Sun, 11.01.2015, 23:00 Speakers: Fyodor Lukyanov Ivan KrastevCarl Bildt, Ana Palacio, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 and the subsequent reordering of Europe, it seemed that a new era of stable and peaceful development lay ahead. In recent months, however, Europeans have experienced increasing insecurity. Peace and security can no longer be taken for granted. Borders and national entities have been called into question. Sanctions against Russia are affecting economic relationships – also in Austria. Has the Cold War returned to Europe? What geopolitical changes might we expect in the near future? How should Europe respond to these challenges? Read more
	Schutz, Macht und Verantwortung	Thu, 04.12.2014, 18:00	Lecture	Jürgen Osterhammel	Schutz, Macht und Verantwortung Protektion im Zeitalter der Imperien und danach Thu, 04.12.2014, 18:00 Speakers: Jürgen Osterhammel Series: Lecture Sein Geschichtswerk „Die Verwandlung der Welt. Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts“ wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet und in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt. Spätestens seit seiner Festansprache zum 60. Read more
Schutz, Macht und Verantwortung Protektion im Zeitalter der Imperien und danach Thu, 04.12.2014, 18:00 Speakers: Jürgen Osterhammel Series: Lecture Sein Geschichtswerk „Die Verwandlung der Welt. Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts“ wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet und in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt. Spätestens seit seiner Festansprache zum 60. Read more
	The Climate Question III	Mon, 27.10.2014, 18:00	Lecture	Dipesh Chakrabarty	The Climate Question III Lecture 3: Climate and the Human Condition Mon, 27.10.2014, 18:00 Speakers: Dipesh Chakrabarty Series: Lecture Does the climate crisis speak of a fundamental change in the human condition, as described and analyzed by Hannah Arendt in her book of that name? This lecture closed the series with some reflections on this question and by responding to the work of Bruno Latour and others on the issue of human agency in the so-called epoch of the Anthropocene. Read more
The Climate Question III Lecture 3: Climate and the Human Condition Mon, 27.10.2014, 18:00 Speakers: Dipesh Chakrabarty Series: Lecture Does the climate crisis speak of a fundamental change in the human condition, as described and analyzed by Hannah Arendt in her book of that name? This lecture closed the series with some reflections on this question and by responding to the work of Bruno Latour and others on the issue of human agency in the so-called epoch of the Anthropocene. Read more
	The Climate Question	Mon, 27.10.2014, 18:00	Lecture	Dipesh Chakrabarty	The Climate Question Lecture III: Climate and the Human Condition Mon, 27.10.2014, 18:00 Speakers: Dipesh Chakrabarty Series: Lecture Does the climate crisis indicate a fundamental change in the human condition, as described and analyzed by Hannah Arendt in her book of that name? Read more