Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Problems in Modern East European and Soviet History	Mon, 07.07.2014, 11:00 - Fri, 25.07.2014, 00:00	Conferences and Workshops	Thomas Simons	Problems in Modern East European and Soviet History IWM International Summer School 2014 Mon, 07.07.2014, 11:00 - Fri, 25.07.2014, 00:00 Speakers: Thomas Simons Series: Conferences and Workshops The IWM invited ten PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to take part in a three-week Summer School within the Institute’s research focus on “United Europe – Divided History”. It provided a forum for study and discussion on major debates and questions related to the topic. Read more
Problems in Modern East European and Soviet History IWM International Summer School 2014 Mon, 07.07.2014, 11:00 - Fri, 25.07.2014, 00:00 Speakers: Thomas Simons Series: Conferences and Workshops The IWM invited ten PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to take part in a three-week Summer School within the Institute’s research focus on “United Europe – Divided History”. It provided a forum for study and discussion on major debates and questions related to the topic. Read more
	Ukraine: Thinking Together	Thu, 15.05.2014, 00:00 - Mon, 19.05.2014, 00:00	Conferences and Workshops	Timothy Snyder	Ukraine: Thinking Together Thu, 15.05.2014, 00:00 - Mon, 19.05.2014, 00:00 Speakers: Timothy Snyder Series: Conferences and Workshops Under the heading “Ukraine: Thinking Together” an international group of intellectuals gathered in Kyiv to demonstrate solidarity, meet their Ukrainian counterparts, and carry out a broad public discussion about the meaning of Ukrainian pluralism for the future of Europe, Russia, and the world. The discussions, which took place from 15 to 19 May, featured some of Europe’s, America’s, Russia’s and Ukraine’s most interesting opinion makers and intellectuals, including Wolf Biermann, Slavenka Drakulic, Viktor Erofeyev, Agnieszka Holland, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Bernard Kouchner, Ivan Krastev, Andrey Kurkov, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Adam Michnik, Mustafa Nayem, Mykola Riabchuk, Karl Schlögel, Karl Schwarzenberg, Sławomir Sierakowski, Timothy Snyder, Serhii Zhadan, and Josef Zissels. Read more
Ukraine: Thinking Together Thu, 15.05.2014, 00:00 - Mon, 19.05.2014, 00:00 Speakers: Timothy Snyder Series: Conferences and Workshops Under the heading “Ukraine: Thinking Together” an international group of intellectuals gathered in Kyiv to demonstrate solidarity, meet their Ukrainian counterparts, and carry out a broad public discussion about the meaning of Ukrainian pluralism for the future of Europe, Russia, and the world. The discussions, which took place from 15 to 19 May, featured some of Europe’s, America’s, Russia’s and Ukraine’s most interesting opinion makers and intellectuals, including Wolf Biermann, Slavenka Drakulic, Viktor Erofeyev, Agnieszka Holland, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Bernard Kouchner, Ivan Krastev, Andrey Kurkov, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Adam Michnik, Mustafa Nayem, Mykola Riabchuk, Karl Schlögel, Karl Schwarzenberg, Sławomir Sierakowski, Timothy Snyder, Serhii Zhadan, and Josef Zissels. Read more
	Die Zerstörung des Wissens?	Sun, 06.04.2014, 23:00	Panels and Discussions	Cornelia KlingerLawrence Lessig, Sara Miller McCune, Armin Nassehi, Nicholas Lemann	Die Zerstörung des Wissens? Sun, 06.04.2014, 23:00 Speakers: Cornelia KlingerLawrence Lessig, Sara Miller McCune, Armin Nassehi, Nicholas Lemann Series: Panels and Discussions Wir leben in einer Wissensgesellschaft. Mehr Menschen als jemals zuvor haben Zugang zu Wissen und Bildung. Doch wie verändert sich das, was wir unter Wissen verstehen, durch die digitale Revolution? Read more
Die Zerstörung des Wissens? Sun, 06.04.2014, 23:00 Speakers: Cornelia KlingerLawrence Lessig, Sara Miller McCune, Armin Nassehi, Nicholas Lemann Series: Panels and Discussions Wir leben in einer Wissensgesellschaft. Mehr Menschen als jemals zuvor haben Zugang zu Wissen und Bildung. Doch wie verändert sich das, was wir unter Wissen verstehen, durch die digitale Revolution? Read more
	Driften Europa und Amerika auseinander?	Sun, 16.03.2014, 23:00	Panels and Discussions	Lee A. Brudvig, Werner Weidenfeld, Hans-Christian Ströbele, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid	Driften Europa und Amerika auseinander? Sun, 16.03.2014, 23:00 Speakers: Lee A. Brudvig, Werner Weidenfeld, Hans-Christian Ströbele, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions Das Verhältnis zwischen Europa und den USA ist nicht mehr so eng, wie es in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten war: US-Präsident Barack Obama richtet seine Aufmerksamkeit verstärkt auf den pazifischen Raum. Die Europäer wiederum sind über das Ausmaß der Überwachung durch die amerikanischen Geheimdienste empört. Zudem haben die Ratschläge während der Eurokrise für Verstimmung auf der anderen Seite des Atlantiks gesorgt. Ist das Vertrauen nachhaltig gestört? Gibt es noch gemeinsame sicherheitspolitische Interessen? Was verbindet die beiden Kontinente noch? Read more
Driften Europa und Amerika auseinander? Sun, 16.03.2014, 23:00 Speakers: Lee A. Brudvig, Werner Weidenfeld, Hans-Christian Ströbele, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions Das Verhältnis zwischen Europa und den USA ist nicht mehr so eng, wie es in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten war: US-Präsident Barack Obama richtet seine Aufmerksamkeit verstärkt auf den pazifischen Raum. Die Europäer wiederum sind über das Ausmaß der Überwachung durch die amerikanischen Geheimdienste empört. Zudem haben die Ratschläge während der Eurokrise für Verstimmung auf der anderen Seite des Atlantiks gesorgt. Ist das Vertrauen nachhaltig gestört? Gibt es noch gemeinsame sicherheitspolitische Interessen? Was verbindet die beiden Kontinente noch? Read more
	Ukraine, Maidan, and the Future of Europe	Wed, 19.02.2014, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Mykola RiabchukChristian Ultsch	Ukraine, Maidan, and the Future of Europe Wed, 19.02.2014, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Mykola RiabchukChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions After the failure of the Orange Revolution of 2004, Ukraine seemed to have been written off – both by its own citizens and by observers from abroad. Read more

	Wie wirkt 1914 nach?	Sun, 19.01.2014, 23:00	Panels and Discussions	Timothy SnyderMargaretha Habsburg-Lothringen, Manfried Rauchensteiner, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid	Wie wirkt 1914 nach? Sun, 19.01.2014, 23:00 Speakers: Timothy SnyderMargaretha Habsburg-Lothringen, Manfried Rauchensteiner, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions Am 28. Juni 1914 wurde der Thronfolger von Österreich-Ungarn, Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajewo ermordet. Dieses Attentat war der Auslöser für den Ersten Weltkrieg, der eine epochale Zäsur mit enormen Folgen für die ganze Welt war. Fast 40 Länder waren in irgendeiner Form beteiligt, an die 70 Millionen Menschen standen unter Waffen, 17 Millionen Opfer waren zu beklagen. „Wie wirkt 1914 nach?“ ist die zentrale Frage für diese Diskussion im Rahmen der Reihe Europa im Diskurs/Debating Europe. Read more
Wie wirkt 1914 nach? Sun, 19.01.2014, 23:00 Speakers: Timothy SnyderMargaretha Habsburg-Lothringen, Manfried Rauchensteiner, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Series: Panels and Discussions Am 28. Juni 1914 wurde der Thronfolger von Österreich-Ungarn, Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajewo ermordet. Dieses Attentat war der Auslöser für den Ersten Weltkrieg, der eine epochale Zäsur mit enormen Folgen für die ganze Welt war. Fast 40 Länder waren in irgendeiner Form beteiligt, an die 70 Millionen Menschen standen unter Waffen, 17 Millionen Opfer waren zu beklagen. „Wie wirkt 1914 nach?“ ist die zentrale Frage für diese Diskussion im Rahmen der Reihe Europa im Diskurs/Debating Europe. Read more
	Why Syria Matters	Fri, 29.11.2013, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	János Mátyás KovácsNader Hashemi, Christian Ultsch	Why Syria Matters The Moral Case for Intervention Fri, 29.11.2013, 18:00 Speakers: János Mátyás KovácsNader Hashemi, Christian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions There is widespread opposition in the West against foreign intervention in Syria. By large margins, public opinion in the West opposes the projection of Western military power into the Syrian conflict. Read more
Why Syria Matters The Moral Case for Intervention Fri, 29.11.2013, 18:00 Speakers: János Mátyás KovácsNader Hashemi, Christian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions There is widespread opposition in the West against foreign intervention in Syria. By large margins, public opinion in the West opposes the projection of Western military power into the Syrian conflict. Read more
	We the People: On Populism and Democracy	Wed, 27.11.2013, 18:00	Lecture	Jan-Werner Müller	We the People: On Populism and Democracy Lecture III: Real Problems – and How to Respond to Them Wed, 27.11.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Series: Lecture Populism is not just some form of political pathology. It also points at real problems, both in how democracy is justified as an ideal and in how actually existing democracies conduct themselves. For instance: what legitimately constitutes the boundaries of the “people”? Read more
We the People: On Populism and Democracy Lecture III: Real Problems – and How to Respond to Them Wed, 27.11.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Series: Lecture Populism is not just some form of political pathology. It also points at real problems, both in how democracy is justified as an ideal and in how actually existing democracies conduct themselves. For instance: what legitimately constitutes the boundaries of the “people”? Read more
	We the People: On Populism and Democracy	Tue, 26.11.2013, 00:00	Lecture	Jan-Werner Müller	We the People: On Populism and Democracy Lecture II: Intrusions of the People: Ideals of Popular Sovereignty in History Tue, 26.11.2013, 00:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Series: Lecture This lecture will examine how Europeans in particular have imagined people-making: what constitutes a people, how a people can act in history, and what it takes to preserve regimes that claim to instantiate popular rule. A long story of how continental Europeans became disenchanted with ide Read more
We the People: On Populism and Democracy Lecture II: Intrusions of the People: Ideals of Popular Sovereignty in History Tue, 26.11.2013, 00:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Series: Lecture This lecture will examine how Europeans in particular have imagined people-making: what constitutes a people, how a people can act in history, and what it takes to preserve regimes that claim to instantiate popular rule. A long story of how continental Europeans became disenchanted with ide Read more
	We the People: On Populism and Democracy	Mon, 25.11.2013, 18:00	Lecture	Jan-Werner Müller	We the People: On Populism and Democracy Lecture I: What is Populism? Mon, 25.11.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Series: Lecture “Populism” has become one of the most wide-spread terms of political analysis, especially in Europe. At the same time, historians, political theorists, and social scientists deeply disagree about the meaning of the concept, with some claiming that there is no such a thing at all Read more
We the People: On Populism and Democracy Lecture I: What is Populism? Mon, 25.11.2013, 18:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Series: Lecture “Populism” has become one of the most wide-spread terms of political analysis, especially in Europe. At the same time, historians, political theorists, and social scientists deeply disagree about the meaning of the concept, with some claiming that there is no such a thing at all Read more