Events / Misha Glenny

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 1	Mon, 03.07.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Allison Stanger Hannes Werthner Ljubiša Bojić Misha GlennyPaul Timmers, Daniel Innerarity, Enrico Nardelli, Colin Megill, Pablo Aragón, Moshe Vardi, Hans Akkermans, Jakob Angeli, Pablo Aragon Asenjo, Anna Assimakopoulos, Valerie Barr, Marina Biskic-Burzin, Sanja Boltek, Rekgotsofetse Chikane, Amra Delic, Anita Eichinger, Kay Firth-Butterfield, Martin Fritz, Eva Fuchs-Rendl, Walter Gehr, Roger Berkowitz	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 1 Mon, 03.07.2023 Speakers: Allison Stanger Hannes Werthner Ljubiša Bojić Misha GlennyPaul Timmers, Daniel Innerarity, Enrico Nardelli, Colin Megill, Pablo Aragón, Moshe Vardi, Hans Akkermans, Jakob Angeli, Pablo Aragon Asenjo, Anna Assimakopoulos, Valerie Barr, Marina Biskic-Burzin, Sanja Boltek, Rekgotsofetse Chikane, Amra Delic, Anita Eichinger, Kay Firth-Butterfield, Martin Fritz, Eva Fuchs-Rendl, Walter Gehr, Roger Berkowitz Series: Conferences and Workshops The release of ChatGPT has stirred worldwide enthusiasm as well as anxieties. It has triggered popular awareness of the far-reaching impact of the latest generative AI, which ranges from numerous beneficial uses to worrisome concerns for open democratic societies and the lives of their citizens. We are concerned about the enormous concentration of power, resources, and prioritization of future AI R&D directions in the hands of Big Tech as well as under the control of government bureaucracies. Read more
Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 1 Mon, 03.07.2023 Speakers: Allison Stanger Hannes Werthner Ljubiša Bojić Misha GlennyPaul Timmers, Daniel Innerarity, Enrico Nardelli, Colin Megill, Pablo Aragón, Moshe Vardi, Hans Akkermans, Jakob Angeli, Pablo Aragon Asenjo, Anna Assimakopoulos, Valerie Barr, Marina Biskic-Burzin, Sanja Boltek, Rekgotsofetse Chikane, Amra Delic, Anita Eichinger, Kay Firth-Butterfield, Martin Fritz, Eva Fuchs-Rendl, Walter Gehr, Roger Berkowitz Series: Conferences and Workshops The release of ChatGPT has stirred worldwide enthusiasm as well as anxieties. It has triggered popular awareness of the far-reaching impact of the latest generative AI, which ranges from numerous beneficial uses to worrisome concerns for open democratic societies and the lives of their citizens. We are concerned about the enormous concentration of power, resources, and prioritization of future AI R&D directions in the hands of Big Tech as well as under the control of government bureaucracies. Read more
	The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Future of the World	Mon, 26.06.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Timothy Snyder Misha Glenny	The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Future of the World Mon, 26.06.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Timothy Snyder Misha Glenny Series: Panels and Discussions The Russo-Ukrainian War recalls all of the half-forgotten precedents and warnings from the past. Yet, in a profound sense, it is a war for and about the future of democracy. It is also about sustainable energy, the distribution of natural resources, and the possibility of truth in an age of digital propaganda. The war raises the need for ethical judgement at a time when it might appear that the major questions are all technical. We invite you to a discussion between two thinkers who bring together an expertise in the region with a concern for the broadest possible questions of international order and justice. Read more
The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Future of the World Mon, 26.06.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Timothy Snyder Misha Glenny Series: Panels and Discussions The Russo-Ukrainian War recalls all of the half-forgotten precedents and warnings from the past. Yet, in a profound sense, it is a war for and about the future of democracy. It is also about sustainable energy, the distribution of natural resources, and the possibility of truth in an age of digital propaganda. The war raises the need for ethical judgement at a time when it might appear that the major questions are all technical. We invite you to a discussion between two thinkers who bring together an expertise in the region with a concern for the broadest possible questions of international order and justice. Read more
	Europe and the World After Ukraine	Sat, 24.06.2023	Lecture	Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Misha Glenny Nathalie Tocci Stefan Lehne	Europe and the World After Ukraine Sat, 24.06.2023 Speakers: Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Misha Glenny Nathalie Tocci Stefan Lehne Series: Lecture It is still too early to know whether Ukraine’s counter-offensive will be a success and, indeed, what success looks like. Nonetheless, whatever the outcome, Misha Glenny considered how Europe will have to engage with a world that is evolving rapidly – politically, economically, environmentally and technologically. Does it have the requisite tools to meet the implicit challenges? Read more
Europe and the World After Ukraine Sat, 24.06.2023 Speakers: Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Misha Glenny Nathalie Tocci Stefan Lehne Series: Lecture It is still too early to know whether Ukraine’s counter-offensive will be a success and, indeed, what success looks like. Nonetheless, whatever the outcome, Misha Glenny considered how Europe will have to engage with a world that is evolving rapidly – politically, economically, environmentally and technologically. Does it have the requisite tools to meet the implicit challenges? Read more
	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium – Day 1	Thu, 22.06.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Balázs Jarábik Ivan Vejvoda Ivana Dragičević Kristof Bender Misha Glenny Veronica Anghel	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium – Day 1 Thu, 22.06.2023 Speakers: Balázs Jarábik Ivan Vejvoda Ivana Dragičević Kristof Bender Misha Glenny Veronica Anghel Series: Conferences and Workshops At the Europe's Futures Annual Symposium 2023, the fifth cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows presented the conclusions of their research in the academic year 2022/23. The findings were discussed with the Europe’s Futures Alumni Network and researchers from the University of Rijeka Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe. Read more
Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium – Day 1 Thu, 22.06.2023 Speakers: Balázs Jarábik Ivan Vejvoda Ivana Dragičević Kristof Bender Misha Glenny Veronica Anghel Series: Conferences and Workshops At the Europe's Futures Annual Symposium 2023, the fifth cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows presented the conclusions of their research in the academic year 2022/23. The findings were discussed with the Europe’s Futures Alumni Network and researchers from the University of Rijeka Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe. Read more
	Mahler's Vienna and New York. Reflections on Modernism and Antisemitism	Fri, 16.06.2023	Lecture	Misha GlennyIra Katznelson	Mahler's Vienna and New York. Reflections on Modernism and Antisemitism Fri, 16.06.2023 Speakers: Misha GlennyIra Katznelson Series: Lecture Krzysztof Michalski, philosopher, charismatic personality, founder, and long-time rector of IWM. For this year's Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture, we have invited the political scientist and historian Ira Katznelson. Listen to his reflection on the topic "Mahler's Vienna and New York: Reflections on Modernism and Antisemitism." Read more
Mahler's Vienna and New York. Reflections on Modernism and Antisemitism Fri, 16.06.2023 Speakers: Misha GlennyIra Katznelson Series: Lecture Krzysztof Michalski, philosopher, charismatic personality, founder, and long-time rector of IWM. For this year's Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture, we have invited the political scientist and historian Ira Katznelson. Listen to his reflection on the topic "Mahler's Vienna and New York: Reflections on Modernism and Antisemitism." Read more
	Irony in Politics	Mon, 05.06.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Gergely Tóth Misha Glenny	Irony in Politics Mon, 05.06.2023 Speakers: Gergely Tóth Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Irony has always fascinated thinkers, artists and frankly, everyone reflecting on the smaller and bigger paradoxes of life. Since the Romantic movement, irony is understood to be more than an “average” trope; it has been framed, variously, as an attitude, a discursive strategy or even the source of freedom. According to Søren Kierkegaard, “[j]ust as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony. […] no genuinely human life is possible without irony.” Read more
Irony in Politics Mon, 05.06.2023 Speakers: Gergely Tóth Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Irony has always fascinated thinkers, artists and frankly, everyone reflecting on the smaller and bigger paradoxes of life. Since the Romantic movement, irony is understood to be more than an “average” trope; it has been framed, variously, as an attitude, a discursive strategy or even the source of freedom. According to Søren Kierkegaard, “[j]ust as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony. […] no genuinely human life is possible without irony.” 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

	Is This the End of American Democracy?	Wed, 31.05.2023	Lecture	Misha GlennyRichard Parker	Is This the End of American Democracy? Wed, 31.05.2023 Speakers: Misha GlennyRichard Parker Series: Lecture Richard Parker refracted Stephen Skowronek’s observations about transformative presidents and the presidential cycle through the prism of economics, in order to identify how serious the latest threats to American democracy might be. Read more
Is This the End of American Democracy? Wed, 31.05.2023 Speakers: Misha GlennyRichard Parker Series: Lecture Richard Parker refracted Stephen Skowronek’s observations about transformative presidents and the presidential cycle through the prism of economics, in order to identify how serious the latest threats to American democracy might be. Read more
	Time To Decide Europe Summit 2023	Tue, 16.05.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Anthony Barnett Gerald Knaus Ivan Krastev Ivana Dragičević Jan-Werner Müller Janka Oertel Kim Scheppele Soli Özel Misha GlennyAlexander Schallenberg	Time To Decide Europe Summit 2023 Tue, 16.05.2023 Speakers: Anthony Barnett Gerald Knaus Ivan Krastev Ivana Dragičević Jan-Werner Müller Janka Oertel Kim Scheppele Soli Özel Misha GlennyAlexander Schallenberg Series: Conferences and Workshops What will the coming year bring about? How will Europe’s foreign and defense policy be transformed? Will Europe’s democracies come out weakened or strengthened from the current crisis? What future for the economy and ecology in Europe? Can risks be turned into opportunities, and how? Read more
Time To Decide Europe Summit 2023 Tue, 16.05.2023 Speakers: Anthony Barnett Gerald Knaus Ivan Krastev Ivana Dragičević Jan-Werner Müller Janka Oertel Kim Scheppele Soli Özel Misha GlennyAlexander Schallenberg Series: Conferences and Workshops What will the coming year bring about? How will Europe’s foreign and defense policy be transformed? Will Europe’s democracies come out weakened or strengthened from the current crisis? What future for the economy and ecology in Europe? Can risks be turned into opportunities, and how? Read more
	From Biopolitics of Care to Necropolitics of War	Mon, 08.05.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Sergei Medvedev	From Biopolitics of Care to Necropolitics of War Mon, 08.05.2023 Speakers: Misha Glenny Sergei Medvedev Series: Seminars and Colloquia The Russio-Ukrainian War in Ukraine can be interpreted in many ways: as a geopolitical grab of territory; as an institutional fight for the new world order; or as a making of Russian identity and a manifestation of post-imperial ressentiment. The presentation took on an alternate view, suggesting that it is an extension of the biopolitical discourse that has shaped Russia’s authoritarian drift of the past decade. Read more
From Biopolitics of Care to Necropolitics of War Mon, 08.05.2023 Speakers: Misha Glenny Sergei Medvedev Series: Seminars and Colloquia The Russio-Ukrainian War in Ukraine can be interpreted in many ways: as a geopolitical grab of territory; as an institutional fight for the new world order; or as a making of Russian identity and a manifestation of post-imperial ressentiment. The presentation took on an alternate view, suggesting that it is an extension of the biopolitical discourse that has shaped Russia’s authoritarian drift of the past decade. Read more