Events / Misha Glenny

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Grounding a ‘Geopolitical Europe’	Mon, 03.04.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Ayşe Çağlar Luiza Bialasiewicz Misha Glenny	Grounding a ‘Geopolitical Europe’ Mon, 03.04.2023 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Luiza Bialasiewicz Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Examining a number of different European national contexts, Luiza Bialasiewicz argued in this talk that without a grounded and democratic geopolitics, other geopolitical stories will inevitably rush in to fill the void to help EU citizens make sense of the vertigo of the current moment. Such geopolitical stories include the conspiratorial geopolitical imaginations fed by extremist parties and movements, but not solely. They also increasingly manifest themselves across a range of issue areas and spaces: most visibly in urban contexts, where they have begun to frame various forms of contestation, including protests against refugee reception. Read more
Grounding a ‘Geopolitical Europe’ Mon, 03.04.2023 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Luiza Bialasiewicz Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Examining a number of different European national contexts, Luiza Bialasiewicz argued in this talk that without a grounded and democratic geopolitics, other geopolitical stories will inevitably rush in to fill the void to help EU citizens make sense of the vertigo of the current moment. Such geopolitical stories include the conspiratorial geopolitical imaginations fed by extremist parties and movements, but not solely. They also increasingly manifest themselves across a range of issue areas and spaces: most visibly in urban contexts, where they have begun to frame various forms of contestation, including protests against refugee reception. Read more
	Christ the Savior – Orthodoxy’s Ground Zero	Mon, 27.03.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Lucy Ash Misha Glenny	Christ the Savior – Orthodoxy’s Ground Zero Mon, 27.03.2023 Speakers: Lucy Ash Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Using stories of individual priests, individual churches and individual cities, Ash traced the story of the Russian Orthodox Church back to its roots one thousand years ago and to show that, whatever the violent and extreme changes of political power, those at the top of the church have done whatever it takes to curry favor. Read more
Christ the Savior – Orthodoxy’s Ground Zero Mon, 27.03.2023 Speakers: Lucy Ash Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Using stories of individual priests, individual churches and individual cities, Ash traced the story of the Russian Orthodox Church back to its roots one thousand years ago and to show that, whatever the violent and extreme changes of political power, those at the top of the church have done whatever it takes to curry favor. Read more
	The Russo-Ukrainian War One Year On	Sun, 05.03.2023	Panels and Discussions	Mischa Gabowitsch Misha Glenny Nathalie TocciOlga Tokariuk, Ursula Plassnik, Michael Clarke	The Russo-Ukrainian War One Year On Sun, 05.03.2023 Speakers: Mischa Gabowitsch Misha Glenny Nathalie TocciOlga Tokariuk, Ursula Plassnik, Michael Clarke Series: Panels and Discussions A year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Debating Europe series brought together five leading experts to examine to what degree the Russo-Ukrainian War is shifting the geo-political landscape. Read more
The Russo-Ukrainian War One Year On Sun, 05.03.2023 Speakers: Mischa Gabowitsch Misha Glenny Nathalie TocciOlga Tokariuk, Ursula Plassnik, Michael Clarke Series: Panels and Discussions A year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Debating Europe series brought together five leading experts to examine to what degree the Russo-Ukrainian War is shifting the geo-political landscape. Read more
	Geopolitical Talks: The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy	Thu, 16.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Misha GlennyJames O'Brien	Geopolitical Talks: The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy Thu, 16.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Misha GlennyJames O'Brien Series: Panels and Discussions In this Geopolitical Talk, Ambassador James O’Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the U.S. Department of State, discussed the role of sanctions in US foreign policy with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev. Read more
Geopolitical Talks: The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy Thu, 16.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Misha GlennyJames O'Brien Series: Panels and Discussions In this Geopolitical Talk, Ambassador James O’Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the U.S. Department of State, discussed the role of sanctions in US foreign policy with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev. Read more
	Enver Hoxha: Biography of a Balkan Tyrant	Mon, 13.02.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Nikolai Antoniadis Robert Austin Misha Glenny	Enver Hoxha: Biography of a Balkan Tyrant Mon, 13.02.2023 Speakers: Nikolai Antoniadis Robert Austin Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Robert C. Austin presented his research on Albania’s Enver Hoxha (1908-1985), who is likely the least understood of the twentieth century’s communist dictators that took power in the aftermath of the Second World War in Europe. Hoxha was also one of the most violent, ruthless, and repressive communist leaders. Albanians could easily claim that they endured the worst type of communist rule: Hoxha’s form of (violent) communism was without parallel in Europe. Read more
Enver Hoxha: Biography of a Balkan Tyrant Mon, 13.02.2023 Speakers: Nikolai Antoniadis Robert Austin Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Robert C. Austin presented his research on Albania’s Enver Hoxha (1908-1985), who is likely the least understood of the twentieth century’s communist dictators that took power in the aftermath of the Second World War in Europe. Hoxha was also one of the most violent, ruthless, and repressive communist leaders. Albanians could easily claim that they endured the worst type of communist rule: Hoxha’s form of (violent) communism was without parallel in Europe. Read more
	Who Tells Ukraine’s Story and How Should it be Told?	Wed, 08.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Katherine Younger Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha GlennyAnna Ilchenko, Bohdana Neborak, Oksana Sarkisova, Sasha Dovzhyk, Svitlana Oslavska, Tetyana Ogarkova, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Cathrin Kahlweit	Who Tells Ukraine’s Story and How Should it be Told? Wed, 08.02.2023 Speakers: Katherine Younger Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha GlennyAnna Ilchenko, Bohdana Neborak, Oksana Sarkisova, Sasha Dovzhyk, Svitlana Oslavska, Tetyana Ogarkova, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Cathrin Kahlweit Series: Panels and Discussions This round table was part of the two-day event Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War. With easily available technologies that give access to audiences of millions, coupled with changes in attitudes to trusted news sources, there has been a disruption of traditional models of war reporting and who is able to tell the stories of war. Despite persistent gatekeeping, how reporting on war works and who it empowers and leaves out has been transformed. This round table considered the changing media landscape as it pertains to the Russo-Ukrainian War. In the first session, the focus was on new approaches to storytelling and the technologies that make them possible; the second session concentrated on questions of authorship, agency, and representation. Read more
Who Tells Ukraine’s Story and How Should it be Told? Wed, 08.02.2023 Speakers: Katherine Younger Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha GlennyAnna Ilchenko, Bohdana Neborak, Oksana Sarkisova, Sasha Dovzhyk, Svitlana Oslavska, Tetyana Ogarkova, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Cathrin Kahlweit Series: Panels and Discussions This round table was part of the two-day event Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War. With easily available technologies that give access to audiences of millions, coupled with changes in attitudes to trusted news sources, there has been a disruption of traditional models of war reporting and who is able to tell the stories of war. Despite persistent gatekeeping, how reporting on war works and who it empowers and leaves out has been transformed. This round table considered the changing media landscape as it pertains to the Russo-Ukrainian War. In the first session, the focus was on new approaches to storytelling and the technologies that make them possible; the second session concentrated on questions of authorship, agency, and representation. Read more
	Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals	Thu, 26.01.2023	Lecture	Katherine Younger András Bozoki Misha Glenny	Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals Thu, 26.01.2023 Speakers: Katherine Younger András Bozoki Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Book presentation by András Bozóki, the author of Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals (2022, CEU Press). The model of rolling transition offers a new account of dissident intellectuals’ contribution to the literature of regime change, following neither the vanguard model, nor the New Class explanation. The account focuses on the exceptionally influential political role of Hungarian intellectuals in the period of 1977–1994. Read more
Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals Thu, 26.01.2023 Speakers: Katherine Younger András Bozoki Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Book presentation by András Bozóki, the author of Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals (2022, CEU Press). The model of rolling transition offers a new account of dissident intellectuals’ contribution to the literature of regime change, following neither the vanguard model, nor the New Class explanation. The account focuses on the exceptionally influential political role of Hungarian intellectuals in the period of 1977–1994. Read more
	Frontline Reporting on Ukraine's War for Democracy	Wed, 25.01.2023	Lecture	Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha Glenny	Frontline Reporting on Ukraine's War for Democracy Wed, 25.01.2023 Speakers: Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha Glenny Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture Nataliya Gumenyuk presented her journalistic work during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gumenyuk has pivoted to frontline media reporting in order to document Ukrainians' wartime stories. Read more
Frontline Reporting on Ukraine's War for Democracy Wed, 25.01.2023 Speakers: Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha Glenny Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture Nataliya Gumenyuk presented her journalistic work during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gumenyuk has pivoted to frontline media reporting in order to document Ukrainians' wartime stories. Read more
	„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache	Thu, 17.11.2022	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyGeorg Witte	„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache Thu, 17.11.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyGeorg Witte Series: Lecture Der Ukrainekrieg hat den Osteuropadiskurs nachhaltig erschüttert. Nаchdem geokulturelle Konfrontationen des „Ostens“ und „Westens“ seit dem Ende des Kalten Kriegs fast schon erledigt schienen, beobachten wir derzeit ein bemerkenswertes Wiederaufleben der Block-Konfrontationen. Es stellen sich unerwartete Fragen: Wie ist ein Osten neu und wieder zu denken unter den Prämissen einer Dekolonisierung Russlands, gerade im Hinblick auf kulturelle und sprachliche Hegemonien? Kann die russische Kultur „bestraft“ werden (Oleksiy Radynski), und wenn ja, von wem und wie? Gewinnt der Westen eine neue historische Bedeutung ausgerechnet als antihegemoniale Projektionsfläche? Schließlich: Was heißt es vor diesem Hintergrund, unseren eigenen Diskurs zu dekolonisieren? Read more
„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache Thu, 17.11.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha GlennyGeorg Witte Series: Lecture Der Ukrainekrieg hat den Osteuropadiskurs nachhaltig erschüttert. Nаchdem geokulturelle Konfrontationen des „Ostens“ und „Westens“ seit dem Ende des Kalten Kriegs fast schon erledigt schienen, beobachten wir derzeit ein bemerkenswertes Wiederaufleben der Block-Konfrontationen. Es stellen sich unerwartete Fragen: Wie ist ein Osten neu und wieder zu denken unter den Prämissen einer Dekolonisierung Russlands, gerade im Hinblick auf kulturelle und sprachliche Hegemonien? Kann die russische Kultur „bestraft“ werden (Oleksiy Radynski), und wenn ja, von wem und wie? Gewinnt der Westen eine neue historische Bedeutung ausgerechnet als antihegemoniale Projektionsfläche? Schließlich: Was heißt es vor diesem Hintergrund, unseren eigenen Diskurs zu dekolonisieren? Read more
	Angst und Angstmacherei	Thu, 03.11.2022	Other	Martin Schürz Shalini Randeria Misha Glenny	Angst und Angstmacherei Thu, 03.11.2022 Speakers: Martin Schürz Shalini Randeria Misha Glenny Series: Other Wie bezahlen wir die wirtschaftlichen Folgen von Pandemie und Krieg? Martin Schürz präsentierte sein Buch Angst und Angstmacherei (Schürz/Marterbauer 2022) ein Plädoyer für einen besseren Sozialstaat. Read more