Events / Ludger Hagedorn

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Towards Democratic Renewal: Theory and Practice	Thu, 22.06.2023 - Fri, 23.06.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Charles Taylor Clemena Antonova Dilip Gaonkar Kim Scheppele Ludger Hagedorn Olga Shparaga Shalini RanderiaRebecca Tapscott, Yogendra Yadav, Stephen Sawyer, Mukulika Banerjee, Madhulika Banerjee, Craig Calhoun, Jayson Harsin, Gesche Keding, Gerasimos Makris	Towards Democratic Renewal: Theory and Practice Thu, 22.06.2023 - Fri, 23.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Clemena Antonova Dilip Gaonkar Kim Scheppele Ludger Hagedorn Olga Shparaga Shalini RanderiaRebecca Tapscott, Yogendra Yadav, Stephen Sawyer, Mukulika Banerjee, Madhulika Banerjee, Craig Calhoun, Jayson Harsin, Gesche Keding, Gerasimos Makris Series: Conferences and Workshops During this conference, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States will discuss how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. These scholars will also identify and evaluate opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
Towards Democratic Renewal: Theory and Practice Thu, 22.06.2023 - Fri, 23.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Clemena Antonova Dilip Gaonkar Kim Scheppele Ludger Hagedorn Olga Shparaga Shalini RanderiaRebecca Tapscott, Yogendra Yadav, Stephen Sawyer, Mukulika Banerjee, Madhulika Banerjee, Craig Calhoun, Jayson Harsin, Gesche Keding, Gerasimos Makris Series: Conferences and Workshops During this conference, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States will discuss how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. These scholars will also identify and evaluate opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
	Degenerations of Democracy, Regenerations of Democracy	Wed, 21.06.2023	Panels and Discussions	Charles Taylor Dilip Gaonkar Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaCraig Calhoun, Mukulika Banerjee, Yogendra Yadav	Degenerations of Democracy, Regenerations of Democracy Wed, 21.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Dilip Gaonkar Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaCraig Calhoun, Mukulika Banerjee, Yogendra Yadav Series: Panels and Discussions During this double panel of public presentations, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States discussed how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. At the same time, these scholars also identified and evaluated opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
Degenerations of Democracy, Regenerations of Democracy Wed, 21.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Dilip Gaonkar Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaCraig Calhoun, Mukulika Banerjee, Yogendra Yadav Series: Panels and Discussions During this double panel of public presentations, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States discussed how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. At the same time, these scholars also identified and evaluated opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
	Culture After Empire	Tue, 20.06.2023	Lecture	Dilip Gaonkar Gyan Prakash Ludger Hagedorn	Culture After Empire Tue, 20.06.2023 Speakers: Dilip Gaonkar Gyan Prakash Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Frantz Fanon called for a new humanism in writing about the world after the empire. He envisioned it in terms of political sovereignty and as inaugurating a new world, the Third World. Fanon was not alone in thinking about the postcolonial future in this way. Read more
Culture After Empire Tue, 20.06.2023 Speakers: Dilip Gaonkar Gyan Prakash Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Frantz Fanon called for a new humanism in writing about the world after the empire. He envisioned it in terms of political sovereignty and as inaugurating a new world, the Third World. Fanon was not alone in thinking about the postcolonial future in this way. Read more
	Responsible AI	Wed, 07.06.2023	Lecture	Hannes Werthner Ludger Hagedorn Ricardo Baeza-YatesGerti Kappel	Responsible AI Wed, 07.06.2023 Speakers: Hannes Werthner Ludger Hagedorn Ricardo Baeza-YatesGerti Kappel Series: Lecture The first part of this presentation covered irresponsible AI. This set the context for the second part, where three main challenges were addressed: (1) principles and governance, (2) regulation, and (3) our cognitive biases. At the end of the talk there was a discussion on responsible AI initiatives and the outlook for the near future. Read more
Responsible AI Wed, 07.06.2023 Speakers: Hannes Werthner Ludger Hagedorn Ricardo Baeza-YatesGerti Kappel Series: Lecture The first part of this presentation covered irresponsible AI. This set the context for the second part, where three main challenges were addressed: (1) principles and governance, (2) regulation, and (3) our cognitive biases. At the end of the talk there was a discussion on responsible AI initiatives and the outlook for the near future. Read more
	Vienna Meets Prague	Fri, 02.06.2023 - Tue, 06.06.2023	Festivals	Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Radka DenemarkováJáchym Topol, Martin Pollack, Martin Búřil	Vienna Meets Prague Fri, 02.06.2023 - Tue, 06.06.2023 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Radka DenemarkováJáchym Topol, Martin Pollack, Martin Búřil Series: Festivals The fourth edition of the Vienna Meets Prague Festival invited to discover highlights of Czech culture in Vienna. Read more

	Das Leben Passiert Nicht Außerhalb der Geschichte	Mon, 15.05.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Radka Denemarková Ludger Hagedorn	Das Leben Passiert Nicht Außerhalb der Geschichte Mon, 15.05.2023 Speakers: Radka Denemarková Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Im Fellows Colloquium präsentierte Radka Denemarková ihre literarische Auseinandersetzung mit dem intellektuellen Vermächtnis Václav Havels und Jan Patočkas. Im Hintergrund spielen jedoch die mitteleuropäischen Erfahrungen des 20. Jahrhunderts und insbesondere die tschechoslowakische Dissidenz eine wichtige Rolle. Read more
Das Leben Passiert Nicht Außerhalb der Geschichte Mon, 15.05.2023 Speakers: Radka Denemarková Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Im Fellows Colloquium präsentierte Radka Denemarková ihre literarische Auseinandersetzung mit dem intellektuellen Vermächtnis Václav Havels und Jan Patočkas. Im Hintergrund spielen jedoch die mitteleuropäischen Erfahrungen des 20. Jahrhunderts und insbesondere die tschechoslowakische Dissidenz eine wichtige Rolle. Read more
	IWM auf der Leipziger Buchmesse: Geschichten, die wir uns erzählen: Erinnerung, Amnesie und das Trauma des Krieges	Sun, 30.04.2023	Panels and Discussions	Kateryna Mishchenko Ludger Hagedorn Nelia VakhovskaKarl-Markus Gauß	IWM auf der Leipziger Buchmesse: Geschichten, die wir uns erzählen: Erinnerung, Amnesie und das Trauma des Krieges Sun, 30.04.2023 Speakers: Kateryna Mishchenko Ludger Hagedorn Nelia VakhovskaKarl-Markus Gauß Series: Panels and Discussions Wie bestimmt das Erzählen die Gegenwart und vor allem die Zukunft? Read more

	Consolation: Art and Ritual	Tue, 21.03.2023	Lecture	Richard Sennett Ludger Hagedorn	Consolation: Art and Ritual Tue, 21.03.2023 Speakers: Richard Sennett Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Richard Sennett explored the difference between artistic and ritual performances in the work of consolation, the need of the living to reconcile themselves to the death of others. Read more

	Music in Flight: The "Jewish Express" and the Bolivian Cantata	Mon, 20.03.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Andrea Orzoff Ludger Hagedorn	Music in Flight: The "Jewish Express" and the Bolivian Cantata Mon, 20.03.2023 Speakers: Andrea Orzoff Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia This talk presented in Bolivian miniature the larger arguments of Andrea Orzoff’s book manuscript, Music in Flight: Migration from Hitler’s Europe and Musical Politics in Latin America. The author begun with the story of Erich Eisner, a Prague German who directed Bolivia’s national orchestra, examining the ironies of Eisner’s Bolivian career. Through Eisner, Orzoff visited the chaotic mass migration to Bolivia, the country’s troubled modernization, and the dissemination of scientific racism and eugenics-inflected antisemitism to Latin America. Read more
Music in Flight: The "Jewish Express" and the Bolivian Cantata Mon, 20.03.2023 Speakers: Andrea Orzoff Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia This talk presented in Bolivian miniature the larger arguments of Andrea Orzoff’s book manuscript, Music in Flight: Migration from Hitler’s Europe and Musical Politics in Latin America. The author begun with the story of Erich Eisner, a Prague German who directed Bolivia’s national orchestra, examining the ironies of Eisner’s Bolivian career. Through Eisner, Orzoff visited the chaotic mass migration to Bolivia, the country’s troubled modernization, and the dissemination of scientific racism and eugenics-inflected antisemitism to Latin America. Read more
	Krzysztof Michalski In Memoriam	Mon, 13.02.2023	Social and Networking Events	Agnieszka Pasieka James Dodd Klaus Nellen Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Piotr Kubasiak Timothy SnyderMonika Szmigiel-Turlej	Krzysztof Michalski In Memoriam Mon, 13.02.2023 Speakers: Agnieszka Pasieka James Dodd Klaus Nellen Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Piotr Kubasiak Timothy SnyderMonika Szmigiel-Turlej Series: Social and Networking Events Im Februar 2023 ist der 10. Todestag von Krzysztof Michalski, weltgewandter Philosoph, charismatische Persönlichkeit mit Organisationstalent und, nicht zuletzt, Gründer und langjähriger Rektor des IWM. Freunde und Wegbegleiter, die ihn kannten, schätzten und bisweilen kritisierten, erinnerten an eine herausragende Person der polnischen und österreichischen Zeitgeschichte, an einen Brückenbauer mit großen Verdiensten für Europa Ost und West. Read more
Krzysztof Michalski In Memoriam Mon, 13.02.2023 Speakers: Agnieszka Pasieka James Dodd Klaus Nellen Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Piotr Kubasiak Timothy SnyderMonika Szmigiel-Turlej Series: Social and Networking Events Im Februar 2023 ist der 10. Todestag von Krzysztof Michalski, weltgewandter Philosoph, charismatische Persönlichkeit mit Organisationstalent und, nicht zuletzt, Gründer und langjähriger Rektor des IWM. Freunde und Wegbegleiter, die ihn kannten, schätzten und bisweilen kritisierten, erinnerten an eine herausragende Person der polnischen und österreichischen Zeitgeschichte, an einen Brückenbauer mit großen Verdiensten für Europa Ost und West. Read more