Events / Ludger Hagedorn

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Sprache Macht Politik	Tue, 21.06.2022	Panels and Discussions	Ludger Hagedorn Nelia VakhovskaThomas Weiler, Iryna Herasimovich, Sława Lisiecka, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Ursula Ebel, Manfred Müller	Sprache Macht Politik Tue, 21.06.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nelia VakhovskaThomas Weiler, Iryna Herasimovich, Sława Lisiecka, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Ursula Ebel, Manfred Müller Series: Panels and Discussions Die Zusammenhänge von Sprache, Macht und Politik sind wieder allgegenwärtig. Vor dem Hintergrund des Krieges in der Ukraine gewinnen Lüge und/oder Authentizität der Sprache eine lang vergessene Dringlichkeit. Dieser Jubiläums-Abend der ÖGfL und des IWM widmete sich den Zusammenhängen von Sprache und Krieg, Übersetzung und politischer Einflussnahme und erläuterte, welch herausragende Bedeutung in Zeiten von Krieg und Propaganda gerade die Übersetzer*innen haben. Read more
Sprache Macht Politik Tue, 21.06.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nelia VakhovskaThomas Weiler, Iryna Herasimovich, Sława Lisiecka, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Ursula Ebel, Manfred Müller Series: Panels and Discussions Die Zusammenhänge von Sprache, Macht und Politik sind wieder allgegenwärtig. Vor dem Hintergrund des Krieges in der Ukraine gewinnen Lüge und/oder Authentizität der Sprache eine lang vergessene Dringlichkeit. Dieser Jubiläums-Abend der ÖGfL und des IWM widmete sich den Zusammenhängen von Sprache und Krieg, Übersetzung und politischer Einflussnahme und erläuterte, welch herausragende Bedeutung in Zeiten von Krieg und Propaganda gerade die Übersetzer*innen haben. Read more
	Behind the Shields of Fantasy: The Populist Aesthetics of Status Loss	Mon, 20.06.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Adam Sitze Johannes Völz Ludger Hagedorn	Behind the Shields of Fantasy: The Populist Aesthetics of Status Loss Mon, 20.06.2022 Speakers: Adam Sitze Johannes Völz Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The talk explored the potentials of relational sociology for the study of populism and, particularly its aesthetic dimension. In complementary ways, the works of Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu offer a theoretical foundation to further develop existing approaches to populism that focus on aesthetics and performativity. Read more
Behind the Shields of Fantasy: The Populist Aesthetics of Status Loss Mon, 20.06.2022 Speakers: Adam Sitze Johannes Völz Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The talk explored the potentials of relational sociology for the study of populism and, particularly its aesthetic dimension. In complementary ways, the works of Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu offer a theoretical foundation to further develop existing approaches to populism that focus on aesthetics and performativity. Read more
	Courage: A Conceptual History	Tue, 07.06.2022	Lecture	Aner Barzilay Ludger HagedornEdward Skidelsky	Courage: A Conceptual History Tue, 07.06.2022 Speakers: Aner Barzilay Ludger HagedornEdward Skidelsky Series: Lecture Courage has always been a central virtue in the Western ethical tradition, but its meaning has changed considerably over time. In antiquity, courage signified fearlessness in the face of bodily injury and death, whether passively endured (like Socrates and Christ) or actively risked (like Achilles and Alexander the Great). Today, however, such "physical courage", as it is called, tends to be depreciated in favour of "moral courage", defined by Sidgwick as a readiness to “face the pains and dangers of social disapproval in the performance of what one believes to be one’s duty”. Why did this shift occur, and what is its significance for the future of courage? These were the questions Skidelsky addressed in his talk. Read more
Courage: A Conceptual History Tue, 07.06.2022 Speakers: Aner Barzilay Ludger HagedornEdward Skidelsky Series: Lecture Courage has always been a central virtue in the Western ethical tradition, but its meaning has changed considerably over time. In antiquity, courage signified fearlessness in the face of bodily injury and death, whether passively endured (like Socrates and Christ) or actively risked (like Achilles and Alexander the Great). Today, however, such "physical courage", as it is called, tends to be depreciated in favour of "moral courage", defined by Sidgwick as a readiness to “face the pains and dangers of social disapproval in the performance of what one believes to be one’s duty”. Why did this shift occur, and what is its significance for the future of courage? These were the questions Skidelsky addressed in his talk. Read more
	Philosophy, Sacrifice, and War: Problems and Ambiguities	Thu, 02.06.2022	Lecture	James Dodd Ludger Hagedorn	Philosophy, Sacrifice, and War: Problems and Ambiguities Thu, 02.06.2022 Speakers: James Dodd Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture James Dodd seeked to explore the limits of a philosophical approach to the twin problems of war and sacrifice. Is something like a true “philosophy of war”—understood as a coherent system of ideas, or a clearly articulated theoretical posture adequate to fully addressing the enduring challenges of war on a properly philosophical register—at all possible? In turn, can philosophy offer a cogent analysis of the phenomenon of sacrifice, one that captures both its paradoxical character and spiritual resonance? The suggestion was that where the two seem to fundamentally merge—when war calls for sacrifice, and sacrifice calls for war, each seeming to provide the meaning for the other—we trip on the limits of philosophy in a way that the very sense of its vocation becomes clear. Read more
Philosophy, Sacrifice, and War: Problems and Ambiguities Thu, 02.06.2022 Speakers: James Dodd Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture James Dodd seeked to explore the limits of a philosophical approach to the twin problems of war and sacrifice. Is something like a true “philosophy of war”—understood as a coherent system of ideas, or a clearly articulated theoretical posture adequate to fully addressing the enduring challenges of war on a properly philosophical register—at all possible? In turn, can philosophy offer a cogent analysis of the phenomenon of sacrifice, one that captures both its paradoxical character and spiritual resonance? The suggestion was that where the two seem to fundamentally merge—when war calls for sacrifice, and sacrifice calls for war, each seeming to provide the meaning for the other—we trip on the limits of philosophy in a way that the very sense of its vocation becomes clear. Read more
	Limits of Machines, Limits of Humans	Tue, 24.05.2022	Lecture	Edward Lee Ludger HagedornStefan Woltran, Gerti Kappel, Michael Wiesmüller	Limits of Machines, Limits of Humans Tue, 24.05.2022 Speakers: Edward Lee Ludger HagedornStefan Woltran, Gerti Kappel, Michael Wiesmüller Series: Lecture "Rationality" in Simon’s "bounded rationality" is the principle that humans make decisions based on step-by-step (algorithmic) reasoning using systematic rules of logic to maximize utility. "Bounded rationality" is the observation that the ability of a human brain to handle algorithmic complexity and data is limited. Bounded rationality, in other words, treats a decision maker as a machine carrying out computations with limited resources. In this talk, Edward A. Lee argued that the recent breakthroughs in AI demonstrate that much of what we consider "intelligence" is not based on algorithmic symbol manipulation, and that what the machines are doing more closely resembles intuitive thinking than rational decision making. Under this model, the goal of "explainable AI" is unachievable in any useful form. Read more
Limits of Machines, Limits of Humans Tue, 24.05.2022 Speakers: Edward Lee Ludger HagedornStefan Woltran, Gerti Kappel, Michael Wiesmüller Series: Lecture "Rationality" in Simon’s "bounded rationality" is the principle that humans make decisions based on step-by-step (algorithmic) reasoning using systematic rules of logic to maximize utility. "Bounded rationality" is the observation that the ability of a human brain to handle algorithmic complexity and data is limited. Bounded rationality, in other words, treats a decision maker as a machine carrying out computations with limited resources. In this talk, Edward A. Lee argued that the recent breakthroughs in AI demonstrate that much of what we consider "intelligence" is not based on algorithmic symbol manipulation, and that what the machines are doing more closely resembles intuitive thinking than rational decision making. Under this model, the goal of "explainable AI" is unachievable in any useful form. Read more
	‘Patriotic Science’: The COVID 19 Pandemic and the Politics of Indigeneity and Decoloniality in Sri Lanka	Mon, 23.05.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Harshana Rambukwella Ludger Hagedorn Saurabh Dube	‘Patriotic Science’: The COVID 19 Pandemic and the Politics of Indigeneity and Decoloniality in Sri Lanka Mon, 23.05.2022 Speakers: Harshana Rambukwella Ludger Hagedorn Saurabh Dube Series: Seminars and Colloquia This paper uses the Sri Lankan case to argue that decoloniality, which has become a global theoretical trend, is insufficiently self-reflexive of how its sharp East-West binary can be politically disabling for on-the-ground struggles in postcolonial societies. The fetishization of indigeneity can have devastating consequences. Read more
‘Patriotic Science’: The COVID 19 Pandemic and the Politics of Indigeneity and Decoloniality in Sri Lanka Mon, 23.05.2022 Speakers: Harshana Rambukwella Ludger Hagedorn Saurabh Dube Series: Seminars and Colloquia This paper uses the Sri Lankan case to argue that decoloniality, which has become a global theoretical trend, is insufficiently self-reflexive of how its sharp East-West binary can be politically disabling for on-the-ground struggles in postcolonial societies. The fetishization of indigeneity can have devastating consequences. Read more
	Idealism and Capitalism: Two Sides of the Beginnings of Private Higher Education in the Czech Republic	Tue, 19.04.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Milada Polišenská	Idealism and Capitalism: Two Sides of the Beginnings of Private Higher Education in the Czech Republic Tue, 19.04.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Milada Polišenská Series: Seminars and Colloquia The lecture will focus on the origins and early years of private colleges in the Czech Republic. Polišenská’s earlier research on this topic will be supplemented by the findings in the framework of her Fellowship investigating the impact of underground universities on the post-communist transformation of tertiary education in Czechia. The private higher education in Czechia, preconditioned by the collapse of Communism, was part of the post-communist transformation and was impacted by the dynamic international changes in higher education in the late 1990s and by the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU in 2004. Read more
Idealism and Capitalism: Two Sides of the Beginnings of Private Higher Education in the Czech Republic Tue, 19.04.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Milada Polišenská Series: Seminars and Colloquia The lecture will focus on the origins and early years of private colleges in the Czech Republic. Polišenská’s earlier research on this topic will be supplemented by the findings in the framework of her Fellowship investigating the impact of underground universities on the post-communist transformation of tertiary education in Czechia. The private higher education in Czechia, preconditioned by the collapse of Communism, was part of the post-communist transformation and was impacted by the dynamic international changes in higher education in the late 1990s and by the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU in 2004. Read more
	Years that Changed the Face of Europe: 1989 and 2022	Wed, 06.04.2022	Exhibition	Dariusz Stola Katherine Younger Ludger HagedornTimothy Garton Ash	Years that Changed the Face of Europe: 1989 and 2022 Wed, 06.04.2022 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Katherine Younger Ludger HagedornTimothy Garton Ash Series: Exhibition In his talk, Timothy Garton Ash reflected upon the years 1989 and 2022 as dramatic events that “change the face of Europe for ever,” as the title of his Guardian column put it. The presentation was followed by a discussion with Polish historian Dariusz Stola (like Garton Ash a member of the IWM’s Board) and IWM Permanent Fellow Ludger Hagedorn. The event was moderated by IWM Permanent Fellow Katherine Younger. Read more
Years that Changed the Face of Europe: 1989 and 2022 Wed, 06.04.2022 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Katherine Younger Ludger HagedornTimothy Garton Ash Series: Exhibition In his talk, Timothy Garton Ash reflected upon the years 1989 and 2022 as dramatic events that “change the face of Europe for ever,” as the title of his Guardian column put it. The presentation was followed by a discussion with Polish historian Dariusz Stola (like Garton Ash a member of the IWM’s Board) and IWM Permanent Fellow Ludger Hagedorn. The event was moderated by IWM Permanent Fellow Katherine Younger. Read more
	Tempering Power	Mon, 04.04.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Adam Sitze Ludger Hagedorn Martin Krygier	Tempering Power Mon, 04.04.2022 Speakers: Adam Sitze Ludger Hagedorn Martin Krygier Series: Seminars and Colloquia The rule of law came to enjoy unprecedented acclaim after (and, it can be argued, directly because of) the collapse of communism in Europe. In recent decades, and throughout the world, there has likely been more said, paid, and promoted in its name than ever before. But quantity has not always gone together with quality. The rule of law has been the beneficiary of many more stale words than fresh thoughts. And today its aura has dimmed. Yet it is hugely important to think well about it and find better ways. Read more
Tempering Power Mon, 04.04.2022 Speakers: Adam Sitze Ludger Hagedorn Martin Krygier Series: Seminars and Colloquia The rule of law came to enjoy unprecedented acclaim after (and, it can be argued, directly because of) the collapse of communism in Europe. In recent decades, and throughout the world, there has likely been more said, paid, and promoted in its name than ever before. But quantity has not always gone together with quality. The rule of law has been the beneficiary of many more stale words than fresh thoughts. And today its aura has dimmed. Yet it is hugely important to think well about it and find better ways. Read more
	The ‘Authoritarian International’	Mon, 21.03.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Martin Krygier Ricardo Pagliuso Regatieri	The ‘Authoritarian International’ Mon, 21.03.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Martin Krygier Ricardo Pagliuso Regatieri Series: Seminars and Colloquia Ricardo Regatieri offered a Zeitdiagnose of the contemporary world focusing on lies and conspiracy theories in the age of internet, and showed how the political and communicational environment has been fertile for the rise of far-right wing leaders, parties and movements on the global level. Following that, he presented five key elements of bolsonarismo, pointing out its political rhetoric and practical consequences. He proposed that Bolsonaro and bolsonarismo can only be properly understood when considered in the intersection between global tendencies and local drivers. Read more
The ‘Authoritarian International’ Mon, 21.03.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Martin Krygier Ricardo Pagliuso Regatieri Series: Seminars and Colloquia Ricardo Regatieri offered a Zeitdiagnose of the contemporary world focusing on lies and conspiracy theories in the age of internet, and showed how the political and communicational environment has been fertile for the rise of far-right wing leaders, parties and movements on the global level. Following that, he presented five key elements of bolsonarismo, pointing out its political rhetoric and practical consequences. He proposed that Bolsonaro and bolsonarismo can only be properly understood when considered in the intersection between global tendencies and local drivers. Read more