Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	The Global South and the Future of World Order	Wed, 22.11.2023, 19:00	Lecture	Philipp BlomOliver Stuenkel	The Global South and the Future of World Order Philipp Blom in Conversation With Oliver Stuenkel Wed, 22.11.2023, 19:00 Speakers: Philipp BlomOliver Stuenkel Series: Lecture The discussion series Dialogues for Tomorrow critically examines the present from multiple perspectives in order to create a better understanding of tomorrow. Together with the Bruno Kreisky Forum and the IWM, the University of Applied Arts Vienna hosts experts from different disciplines to discuss future challenges. Read more
The Global South and the Future of World Order Philipp Blom in Conversation With Oliver Stuenkel Wed, 22.11.2023, 19:00 Speakers: Philipp BlomOliver Stuenkel Series: Lecture The discussion series Dialogues for Tomorrow critically examines the present from multiple perspectives in order to create a better understanding of tomorrow. Together with the Bruno Kreisky Forum and the IWM, the University of Applied Arts Vienna hosts experts from different disciplines to discuss future challenges. Read more
	Democratic and Autocratic Outcomes of the Post-Soviet Political Development (1991–2022)	Tue, 21.11.2023, 18:00	Lecture	Mikhail Minakov Misha Glenny	Democratic and Autocratic Outcomes of the Post-Soviet Political Development (1991–2022) Tue, 21.11.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Mikhail Minakov Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Mikhail Minakov compared the outcomes of post-Soviet political development across four country cases: Estonia (a stable democracy with strong Western influence), Russia (a short-lived democracy turned aggressive autocracy with competing external influences), Ukraine (an unstable democracy with competing external influences), and Uzbekistan (a stable autocracy with a minimum of external influences). Read more
Democratic and Autocratic Outcomes of the Post-Soviet Political Development (1991–2022) Tue, 21.11.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Mikhail Minakov Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Mikhail Minakov compared the outcomes of post-Soviet political development across four country cases: Estonia (a stable democracy with strong Western influence), Russia (a short-lived democracy turned aggressive autocracy with competing external influences), Ukraine (an unstable democracy with competing external influences), and Uzbekistan (a stable autocracy with a minimum of external influences). Read more
	Russia’s and China’s Presence in the Western Balkans: Perceptions vs Realities	Mon, 20.11.2023, 09:00	Panels and Discussions	Dimitar Bechev Ivan Vejvoda Valbona ZeneliSaša Mirković, Milica Uvalić, Mirjana Tomić, Daniela Kraus	Russia’s and China’s Presence in the Western Balkans: Perceptions vs Realities Focus on Serbia and Kosovo Mon, 20.11.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Dimitar Bechev Ivan Vejvoda Valbona ZeneliSaša Mirković, Milica Uvalić, Mirjana Tomić, Daniela Kraus Series: Panels and Discussions A panel discussion on "Russia’s and China’s Presence in the Western Balkans" as part of the event series "European Contexts". Read more
Russia’s and China’s Presence in the Western Balkans: Perceptions vs Realities Focus on Serbia and Kosovo Mon, 20.11.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Dimitar Bechev Ivan Vejvoda Valbona ZeneliSaša Mirković, Milica Uvalić, Mirjana Tomić, Daniela Kraus Series: Panels and Discussions A panel discussion on "Russia’s and China’s Presence in the Western Balkans" as part of the event series "European Contexts". Read more
	Passion for Ukraine	Sun, 19.11.2023, 11:00	Visual and Performing Arts	Lena Belkina, Oleksandra Saienko, Leah Batstone, Helmut Jasbar	Passion for Ukraine Charity Concert with Lena Belkina Sun, 19.11.2023, 11:00 Speakers: Lena Belkina, Oleksandra Saienko, Leah Batstone, Helmut Jasbar Series: Visual and Performing Arts Matinee with a concert by Lena Belkina and a panel discussion with musicologist Leah Batstone. The matinee was organized in cooperation with the Ehrbar Saal in Vienna. Read more
Passion for Ukraine Charity Concert with Lena Belkina Sun, 19.11.2023, 11:00 Speakers: Lena Belkina, Oleksandra Saienko, Leah Batstone, Helmut Jasbar Series: Visual and Performing Arts Matinee with a concert by Lena Belkina and a panel discussion with musicologist Leah Batstone. The matinee was organized in cooperation with the Ehrbar Saal in Vienna. Read more
	Can Machines Save the World?	Thu, 16.11.2023, 09:00 - Fri, 17.11.2023, 19:00	Conferences and Workshops	Allison Stanger Edward Lee George Metakides Hannes Werthner Helga Nowotny Ludger HagedornAnita Eichinger, Erich Prem, Ivona Brandic, Felix Creutzig, Stavros Makris, Cristiano Codagnone, Thomas Bugnyar, Thomas Haigh, Joseph Sifakis, Julia Neidhardt, Gerti Kappel, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Michael Wiesmüller, Stefan Woltran	Can Machines Save the World? The Digital Humanism Fellowship Conference Thu, 16.11.2023, 09:00 - Fri, 17.11.2023, 19:00 Speakers: Allison Stanger Edward Lee George Metakides Hannes Werthner Helga Nowotny Ludger HagedornAnita Eichinger, Erich Prem, Ivona Brandic, Felix Creutzig, Stavros Makris, Cristiano Codagnone, Thomas Bugnyar, Thomas Haigh, Joseph Sifakis, Julia Neidhardt, Gerti Kappel, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Michael Wiesmüller, Stefan Woltran Series: Conferences and Workshops When it comes to the impact of machines, robots, and Artificial Intelligence, commentators easily adopt a doom-and-gloom perspective. This conference asked, rather provocatively, Can Machines Save the World? Read more
Can Machines Save the World? The Digital Humanism Fellowship Conference Thu, 16.11.2023, 09:00 - Fri, 17.11.2023, 19:00 Speakers: Allison Stanger Edward Lee George Metakides Hannes Werthner Helga Nowotny Ludger HagedornAnita Eichinger, Erich Prem, Ivona Brandic, Felix Creutzig, Stavros Makris, Cristiano Codagnone, Thomas Bugnyar, Thomas Haigh, Joseph Sifakis, Julia Neidhardt, Gerti Kappel, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Michael Wiesmüller, Stefan Woltran Series: Conferences and Workshops When it comes to the impact of machines, robots, and Artificial Intelligence, commentators easily adopt a doom-and-gloom perspective. This conference asked, rather provocatively, Can Machines Save the World? Read more
	What Did Russia Build Within—the Digital Gulag or the Cyberpunk?	Mon, 13.11.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Andrei Zakharov Clemena Antonova Kirill Rogov	What Did Russia Build Within—the Digital Gulag or the Cyberpunk? Fellows' Colloquium with Andrei Zakharov Mon, 13.11.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Andrei Zakharov Clemena Antonova Kirill Rogov Series: Seminars and Colloquia After the full-scale invasion the Kremlin is pushing Russia closer to the digital Gulag, where the state controls every part of a human's life. But the cyberpunk, where the state has no monopoly access to digital data, nor any control over citizens sharing it, still dominates. How can this happen? How does the digital Gulag help the Kremlin to control society, and how does cyberpunk help those who still try to oppose Putin? Will Russia become a fully fledged digital Gulag state amd if so, when? Read more
What Did Russia Build Within—the Digital Gulag or the Cyberpunk? Fellows' Colloquium with Andrei Zakharov Mon, 13.11.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Andrei Zakharov Clemena Antonova Kirill Rogov Series: Seminars and Colloquia After the full-scale invasion the Kremlin is pushing Russia closer to the digital Gulag, where the state controls every part of a human's life. But the cyberpunk, where the state has no monopoly access to digital data, nor any control over citizens sharing it, still dominates. How can this happen? How does the digital Gulag help the Kremlin to control society, and how does cyberpunk help those who still try to oppose Putin? Will Russia become a fully fledged digital Gulag state amd if so, when? Read more
	Eurodonbas	Fri, 10.11.2023, 20:00	Visual and Performing Arts	Kornii Hrytsiuk	Eurodonbas A Film by Kornii Hrytsiuk Fri, 10.11.2023, 20:00 Speakers: Kornii Hrytsiuk Series: Visual and Performing Arts The investigative documentary Eurodonbas aims to debunk Soviet myths and brings to light that more than 100 years ago, Donbas was an integral part of the European economy. Read more

	Ukraine's Altered Landscapes - Day 2	Fri, 10.11.2023, 10:00	Conferences and Workshops	Darya Tsymbalyuk Oleksandra DemianenkoNadia Iermakov, Oleksandra Deineko, Kateryna Botanova, Iryna Zamuruieva, Monica Eppinger, Kateryna Didenko, Nadiia Antonenko, Susanne Krasmann	Ukraine's Altered Landscapes - Day 2 Losing and Recovering Alterity in the Face of War Fri, 10.11.2023, 10:00 Speakers: Darya Tsymbalyuk Oleksandra DemianenkoNadia Iermakov, Oleksandra Deineko, Kateryna Botanova, Iryna Zamuruieva, Monica Eppinger, Kateryna Didenko, Nadiia Antonenko, Susanne Krasmann Series: Conferences and Workshops An interdisciplinary conference organized by the Ukraine in European Dialogue program at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) was held at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna on 8-10 November 2023. Read more
Ukraine's Altered Landscapes - Day 2 Losing and Recovering Alterity in the Face of War Fri, 10.11.2023, 10:00 Speakers: Darya Tsymbalyuk Oleksandra DemianenkoNadia Iermakov, Oleksandra Deineko, Kateryna Botanova, Iryna Zamuruieva, Monica Eppinger, Kateryna Didenko, Nadiia Antonenko, Susanne Krasmann Series: Conferences and Workshops An interdisciplinary conference organized by the Ukraine in European Dialogue program at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) was held at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna on 8-10 November 2023. Read more
	Ukraine's Altered Landscapes - Day 1	Thu, 09.11.2023, 09:45	Conferences and Workshops	Lizaveta German Mischa Gabowitsch Olesya YaremchukMykola Homanyuk, Anna Ivanova, Magdalena Baran-Szoltys, Oksana Semenik, Yuliya Ladygina, Svitlana Pidoprygora, Yuliia Yurchuk, Svitlana Matviyenko, Nina Direnko	Ukraine's Altered Landscapes - Day 1 Losing and Recovering Alterity in the Face of War Thu, 09.11.2023, 09:45 Speakers: Lizaveta German Mischa Gabowitsch Olesya YaremchukMykola Homanyuk, Anna Ivanova, Magdalena Baran-Szoltys, Oksana Semenik, Yuliya Ladygina, Svitlana Pidoprygora, Yuliia Yurchuk, Svitlana Matviyenko, Nina Direnko Series: Conferences and Workshops An interdisciplinary conference organized by the Ukraine in European Dialogue program at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) was held at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna on 8-10 November 2023. Read more
Ukraine's Altered Landscapes - Day 1 Losing and Recovering Alterity in the Face of War Thu, 09.11.2023, 09:45 Speakers: Lizaveta German Mischa Gabowitsch Olesya YaremchukMykola Homanyuk, Anna Ivanova, Magdalena Baran-Szoltys, Oksana Semenik, Yuliya Ladygina, Svitlana Pidoprygora, Yuliia Yurchuk, Svitlana Matviyenko, Nina Direnko Series: Conferences and Workshops An interdisciplinary conference organized by the Ukraine in European Dialogue program at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) was held at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna on 8-10 November 2023. Read more
	The Sources of Suprematism	Mon, 06.11.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Eva Forgacs Tatiana Levina	The Sources of Suprematism Kazimir Malevich in Ukraine and Belarus Mon, 06.11.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Eva Forgacs Tatiana Levina Series: Seminars and Colloquia In recent years, many interesting studies have appeared that shed light on the Kyiv period of Malevich's work (1928–30) and the avant-garde context in Ukraine. In 2015, several of Malevich’s texts were found in the archive of Marian Kropyvnytsky in Kyiv. Levina analyzed recently published books and articles by Tetyana Filevska, Myroslava M. Mudrak, Myroslav Shkandrij, and others to get a deeper insight into his Ukrainian heritage. Read more
The Sources of Suprematism Kazimir Malevich in Ukraine and Belarus Mon, 06.11.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Eva Forgacs Tatiana Levina Series: Seminars and Colloquia In recent years, many interesting studies have appeared that shed light on the Kyiv period of Malevich's work (1928–30) and the avant-garde context in Ukraine. In 2015, several of Malevich’s texts were found in the archive of Marian Kropyvnytsky in Kyiv. Levina analyzed recently published books and articles by Tetyana Filevska, Myroslava M. Mudrak, Myroslav Shkandrij, and others to get a deeper insight into his Ukrainian heritage. Read more