Events / Timothy Snyder

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	The Hijack	Tue, 25.05.2021	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Marci Shore Sławomir Sierakowski Timothy Snyder Viktoras BachmetjevasFiona Hill, Martin Malek, Francois Heisbourg	The Hijack Tue, 25.05.2021 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Marci Shore Sławomir Sierakowski Timothy Snyder Viktoras BachmetjevasFiona Hill, Martin Malek, Francois Heisbourg Series: Panels and Discussions On 23 May, a Belarusian fighter plane intercepted Ryanair 4978 and forced the European commercial airliner to land in Minsk. The reporter Roman Protasevich (26), known for his coverage of pro-democracy protests, was then abducted by Belarusian authorities, along with the student Sofia Sapega (23). How can reporters be protected against the use of military force by dictators? And how should the EU react to the state hijacking of an aircraft bound from one EU capital to another? Given Russia’s dominant role in Belarus, might it bear responsibility? Read more
The Hijack Tue, 25.05.2021 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Marci Shore Sławomir Sierakowski Timothy Snyder Viktoras BachmetjevasFiona Hill, Martin Malek, Francois Heisbourg Series: Panels and Discussions On 23 May, a Belarusian fighter plane intercepted Ryanair 4978 and forced the European commercial airliner to land in Minsk. The reporter Roman Protasevich (26), known for his coverage of pro-democracy protests, was then abducted by Belarusian authorities, along with the student Sofia Sapega (23). How can reporters be protected against the use of military force by dictators? And how should the EU react to the state hijacking of an aircraft bound from one EU capital to another? Given Russia’s dominant role in Belarus, might it bear responsibility? Read more
	Alien Logic	Tue, 11.05.2021	Lecture	Ayşe Çağlar Martin Burckhardt Timothy Snyder	Alien Logic Tue, 11.05.2021 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Martin Burckhardt Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture Bronislaw Malinowski has shown with his ethnological studies that a supposedly primitive society can be of astonishing complexity, as well as why the structure of this order remains obscure to its members. Obviously, modern societies also suffer from system blindness – why else is digitization said to have chiliastic, diabolic, magical powers? In a continuation to his cultural-theoretical investigations on the genealogy and philosophy of the machine, Martin Burckhardt explores the question of how the self-enchantment of rationality can occur, and to what extent the operating system of the attention economy can be read as an outsourced unconscious. This, in turn, leads back to the point of departure: what perspective must a contemporary social anthropologist take in order to read the present? Read more
Alien Logic Tue, 11.05.2021 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Martin Burckhardt Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture Bronislaw Malinowski has shown with his ethnological studies that a supposedly primitive society can be of astonishing complexity, as well as why the structure of this order remains obscure to its members. Obviously, modern societies also suffer from system blindness – why else is digitization said to have chiliastic, diabolic, magical powers? In a continuation to his cultural-theoretical investigations on the genealogy and philosophy of the machine, Martin Burckhardt explores the question of how the self-enchantment of rationality can occur, and to what extent the operating system of the attention economy can be read as an outsourced unconscious. This, in turn, leads back to the point of departure: what perspective must a contemporary social anthropologist take in order to read the present? Read more
	A Short History of Prison Noise	Tue, 23.02.2021	Lecture	Felix Ackermann Iryna Vushko Timothy Snyder	A Short History of Prison Noise Tue, 23.02.2021 Speakers: Felix Ackermann Iryna Vushko Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture Noise can be understood as sonic violence and analysed as a central means of communication during the recurring prison riots in the early 20th-century Habsburg Empire. For both prison administrators and state-appointed public prosecutors, silence was synonymous with discipline and order. This definition gave criminal prisoners an opportunity to bargain silence in exchange for legally slight yet routine-revising changes within the regime of incarceration. Noise wielded such powerful leverage because it spread inmates’ demands from inside the prison to nearby streets – in this case, those of the Habsburg city of Lemberg. Inmates were able to use their prison buildings as a space of resonance – in both physical and symbolic ways. Read more
A Short History of Prison Noise Tue, 23.02.2021 Speakers: Felix Ackermann Iryna Vushko Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture Noise can be understood as sonic violence and analysed as a central means of communication during the recurring prison riots in the early 20th-century Habsburg Empire. For both prison administrators and state-appointed public prosecutors, silence was synonymous with discipline and order. This definition gave criminal prisoners an opportunity to bargain silence in exchange for legally slight yet routine-revising changes within the regime of incarceration. Noise wielded such powerful leverage because it spread inmates’ demands from inside the prison to nearby streets – in this case, those of the Habsburg city of Lemberg. Inmates were able to use their prison buildings as a space of resonance – in both physical and symbolic ways. Read more
	Putin’s Memory War. Russia’s Battles over the History of World War II	Tue, 26.01.2021	Lecture	Clemena Antonova Sergei Medvedev Timothy Snyder	Putin’s Memory War. Russia’s Battles over the History of World War II Tue, 26.01.2021 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Sergei Medvedev Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture In the past decade, memory politics has become greatly contested. Russia under Putin launched a major propaganda offensive ahead of the 75th anniversary of victory in World War II (8 May in the rest of the world, 9 May in Russia), aiming to fight the “falsifications” of war history by the West, and to deny the crimes of Stalinism during the War. This presentation explored the implications of this memory war on Russia’s relations with Europe, and its role in legitimizing the ruling regime. Read more
Putin’s Memory War. Russia’s Battles over the History of World War II Tue, 26.01.2021 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Sergei Medvedev Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture In the past decade, memory politics has become greatly contested. Russia under Putin launched a major propaganda offensive ahead of the 75th anniversary of victory in World War II (8 May in the rest of the world, 9 May in Russia), aiming to fight the “falsifications” of war history by the West, and to deny the crimes of Stalinism during the War. This presentation explored the implications of this memory war on Russia’s relations with Europe, and its role in legitimizing the ruling regime. Read more
	A New World (Dis-)Order	Wed, 02.09.2020	Panels and Discussions	Timothy SnyderLubomir Zaoralek, Dagmar Rychnovská	A New World (Dis-)Order Wed, 02.09.2020 Speakers: Timothy SnyderLubomir Zaoralek, Dagmar Rychnovská Series: Panels and Discussions The Czech Embassy in Vienna, in cooperation with the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) generously supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, invited for an evening discussion at the Czech Embassy in Vienna. The debate addressed the growing geopolitical insecurity and the new challenges posed by the global pandemic. Read more
A New World (Dis-)Order Wed, 02.09.2020 Speakers: Timothy SnyderLubomir Zaoralek, Dagmar Rychnovská Series: Panels and Discussions The Czech Embassy in Vienna, in cooperation with the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) generously supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, invited for an evening discussion at the Czech Embassy in Vienna. The debate addressed the growing geopolitical insecurity and the new challenges posed by the global pandemic. Read more
	Judenplatz 1010	Thu, 09.05.2019	Lecture	Timothy Snyder	Judenplatz 1010 Thu, 09.05.2019 Speakers: Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture ERSTE Foundation has initiated a public lecture, which will be held annually at Judenplatz as of 2019, in honour of Europe Day. The first speaker was the prominent historian Timothy Snyder from Yale University, who is also a Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. The place and time chosen for the lecture are no coincidence: European history is presented at Vienna’s Judenplatz like in no other place. Every year will provide a new opportunity to ask: Which text emanates from this urban space today? A text that shows the European narrative, which brought forth today’s Europe, in a different light. It is a contribution towards giving this idea of Europe – which for so long was an assurance of peace – a place in the centre of the city and of our awareness. Read more
Judenplatz 1010 Thu, 09.05.2019 Speakers: Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture ERSTE Foundation has initiated a public lecture, which will be held annually at Judenplatz as of 2019, in honour of Europe Day. The first speaker was the prominent historian Timothy Snyder from Yale University, who is also a Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. The place and time chosen for the lecture are no coincidence: European history is presented at Vienna’s Judenplatz like in no other place. Every year will provide a new opportunity to ask: Which text emanates from this urban space today? A text that shows the European narrative, which brought forth today’s Europe, in a different light. It is a contribution towards giving this idea of Europe – which for so long was an assurance of peace – a place in the centre of the city and of our awareness. Read more
	Historia i Prawda	Tue, 05.03.2019	Panels and Discussions	Marcin Król Timothy Snyder	Historia i Prawda Tue, 05.03.2019 Speakers: Marcin Król Timothy Snyder Series: Panels and Discussions Czy historia opisuje prawdę? Na jakiej prawdzie opiera się polityka historyczna? Czy uczciwy historyk może być przekonany, że mówi prawdę? Read more

	Remembering and Forgetting	Mon, 30.05.2016	Panels and Discussions	Dariusz Stola Karolina Wigura Marcin Król Shalini Randeria Timothy SnyderAleida Assmann	Remembering and Forgetting Mon, 30.05.2016 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Karolina Wigura Marcin Król Shalini Randeria Timothy SnyderAleida Assmann Series: Panels and Discussions The 24th Tischner Debate's participants are Aleida Assmann, Timothy Snyder, Dariusz Stola, and Karolina Wigura. Marcin Król and Shalini Randeria chair the discussion. Read more
Remembering and Forgetting Mon, 30.05.2016 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Karolina Wigura Marcin Król Shalini Randeria Timothy SnyderAleida Assmann Series: Panels and Discussions The 24th Tischner Debate's participants are Aleida Assmann, Timothy Snyder, Dariusz Stola, and Karolina Wigura. Marcin Król and Shalini Randeria chair the discussion. Read more
	Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, Past and Future	Mon, 29.06.2015	Lecture	Timothy Snyder	Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, Past and Future Mon, 29.06.2015 Speakers: Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture President Putin has used the occasion of the Russian invasion of southern and southeastern Ukraine to provide alternative readings of contemporary European history. Read more

	Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, Past and Future	Tue, 16.06.2015	Lecture	Timothy Snyder	Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, Past and Future Tue, 16.06.2015 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 Tue, 16.06.2015 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