Events / Ludger Hagedorn

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	‘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
	Digital Humanism	Thu, 17.03.2022	Lecture	Hannes Werthner Ludger Hagedorn Nena MočnikHenriette Spyra, Michael Wiesmüller		Digital Humanism Thu, 17.03.2022 Speakers: Hannes Werthner Ludger Hagedorn Nena MočnikHenriette Spyra, Michael Wiesmüller Series: Lecture A New Fellowship Program in Cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Climate Action Read more

	The Declaration of Universal Human Rights at Seventy-Five	Mon, 07.03.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Adam Sitze Ludger Hagedorn Martin Krygier		The Declaration of Universal Human Rights at Seventy-Five Mon, 07.03.2022 Speakers: Adam Sitze Ludger Hagedorn Martin Krygier Series: Seminars and Colloquia In December 2023, the Declaration of Universal Human Rights (UDHR) will turn seventy-five. This talk anticipates that anniversary by considering the contributions made to the UDHR by the Chinese scholar-diplomat Peng Chun Chang (1892-1957). After discussing Chang’s involvement in the drafting of the UNDR’s Article 1, and in particular its reference to “conscience,” it will ask how, if at all, Chang’s contributions might oblige us to rethink longstanding criticisms of the UDHR’s claim to universality. Read more
The Declaration of Universal Human Rights at Seventy-Five Mon, 07.03.2022 Speakers: Adam Sitze Ludger Hagedorn Martin Krygier Series: Seminars and Colloquia In December 2023, the Declaration of Universal Human Rights (UDHR) will turn seventy-five. This talk anticipates that anniversary by considering the contributions made to the UDHR by the Chinese scholar-diplomat Peng Chun Chang (1892-1957). After discussing Chang’s involvement in the drafting of the UNDR’s Article 1, and in particular its reference to “conscience,” it will ask how, if at all, Chang’s contributions might oblige us to rethink longstanding criticisms of the UDHR’s claim to universality. Read more
	Telling History: On Creating the Polish History Museum and its Exhibitions	Mon, 21.02.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn Robert Kostro		Telling History: On Creating the Polish History Museum and its Exhibitions Mon, 21.02.2022 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn Robert Kostro Series: Seminars and Colloquia “Storytelling museum” is a concept which arrived in the museum theory in the 1990s as a part of a broader phenomenon in discourse and practice called the new museology. Among the most important features of that concept was the use of new media and scenography in order to create continuity of a historical narrative. Storytelling is connected with an extensive use of electronically processed iconography and media to construct powerful simulacra appealing both to minds and emotions of visitors. That makes a history museum a powerful instrument of interpreting history and influencing audiences. Therefore, museum professionals are situated between the fields that are ascribed to history as a science and memory as a social and political phenomenon. In his talk, Robert Kostro would like to speak about intellectual and practical challenges that are connected with creating the narrative of the exhibitions in Polish History Museum. He will also place the practice of the historical museology of today in the context of different approaches to storytelling in the past. Read more
Telling History: On Creating the Polish History Museum and its Exhibitions Mon, 21.02.2022 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn Robert Kostro Series: Seminars and Colloquia “Storytelling museum” is a concept which arrived in the museum theory in the 1990s as a part of a broader phenomenon in discourse and practice called the new museology. Among the most important features of that concept was the use of new media and scenography in order to create continuity of a historical narrative. Storytelling is connected with an extensive use of electronically processed iconography and media to construct powerful simulacra appealing both to minds and emotions of visitors. That makes a history museum a powerful instrument of interpreting history and influencing audiences. Therefore, museum professionals are situated between the fields that are ascribed to history as a science and memory as a social and political phenomenon. In his talk, Robert Kostro would like to speak about intellectual and practical challenges that are connected with creating the narrative of the exhibitions in Polish History Museum. He will also place the practice of the historical museology of today in the context of different approaches to storytelling in the past. Read more
	Diktatur des Heimischen. Zur Phänomenologie einer „radikalen Politik“ in Polen	Tue, 15.02.2022	Lecture	Andrzej Gniazdowski Ludger Hagedorn		Diktatur des Heimischen. Zur Phänomenologie einer „radikalen Politik“ in Polen Tue, 15.02.2022 Speakers: Andrzej Gniazdowski Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Die Politik der polnischen Regierung, die nach Ansicht vieler seit 2015 gegen Regeln der konstitutionellen Demokratie verstößt, wird häufig als ein Beispiel für den sich global durchsetzenden Populismus bzw. als „Verlockung des Autoritären“ (Applebaum 2021) interpretiert. Daneben finden sich Erklärungsmuster, welche die gegenwärtigen Tendenzen in Polen stärker lokal als Erbe einer spezifisch mittel-osteuropäischen, eher ethnisch als politisch konnotierten Idee der Nation begreifen. Als Versuch, über beide Ansätze hinauszugehen, analysierte der Vortrag von Andrzej Gniazdowski diese Tendenzen in einem sowohl historisch als auch theoretisch breiteren Kontext. Read more
Diktatur des Heimischen. Zur Phänomenologie einer „radikalen Politik“ in Polen Tue, 15.02.2022 Speakers: Andrzej Gniazdowski Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Die Politik der polnischen Regierung, die nach Ansicht vieler seit 2015 gegen Regeln der konstitutionellen Demokratie verstößt, wird häufig als ein Beispiel für den sich global durchsetzenden Populismus bzw. als „Verlockung des Autoritären“ (Applebaum 2021) interpretiert. Daneben finden sich Erklärungsmuster, welche die gegenwärtigen Tendenzen in Polen stärker lokal als Erbe einer spezifisch mittel-osteuropäischen, eher ethnisch als politisch konnotierten Idee der Nation begreifen. Als Versuch, über beide Ansätze hinauszugehen, analysierte der Vortrag von Andrzej Gniazdowski diese Tendenzen in einem sowohl historisch als auch theoretisch breiteren Kontext. Read more
	Radka Denemarková: Stunden aus Blei	Thu, 03.02.2022	Lecture	Ludger HagedornRadka Denemarková	Zur Anmeldung	Radka Denemarková: Stunden aus Blei Thu, 03.02.2022 Speakers: Ludger HagedornRadka Denemarková Series: Lecture Eine der erfolgreichsten und meistübersetzten tschechischen Autor*innen, Radka Denemarková, stellt in der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Literatur die deutschsprachige Ausgabe des Romans "Stunden aus Blei" vor. Dieser Roman, für den sie 2019 den tschechischen Magnesia Litera Preis in der Kategorie Buch des Jahres erhielt, erschien Anfang Jänner 2022 bei Hoffmann und Campe in der deutschen Übersetzung von Eva Profousová. Ludger Hagedorn (IWM) wird mit der Autorin ein Gespräch führen. Die Veranstaltung findet auf Deutsch statt. Read more
Radka Denemarková: Stunden aus Blei Thu, 03.02.2022 Speakers: Ludger HagedornRadka Denemarková Series: Lecture Eine der erfolgreichsten und meistübersetzten tschechischen Autor*innen, Radka Denemarková, stellt in der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Literatur die deutschsprachige Ausgabe des Romans "Stunden aus Blei" vor. Dieser Roman, für den sie 2019 den tschechischen Magnesia Litera Preis in der Kategorie Buch des Jahres erhielt, erschien Anfang Jänner 2022 bei Hoffmann und Campe in der deutschen Übersetzung von Eva Profousová. Ludger Hagedorn (IWM) wird mit der Autorin ein Gespräch führen. Die Veranstaltung findet auf Deutsch statt. Read more