Events / Ludger Hagedorn

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	The Impossibility of Politics: Brecht, Manto and Two Itinerant Situations	Tue, 19.10.2021	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Ranabir Samaddar		The Impossibility of Politics: Brecht, Manto and Two Itinerant Situations Tue, 19.10.2021 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Ranabir Samaddar Series: Lecture Two writings of Bertold Brecht and Sadat Hasan Manto are joined by a realisation that in certain situations political openings become impossible. Strangely these are not stable or more correctly speaking static situations but are situations of mobility. Yet the conditions of mobility bring to us only spectres of deaths. Political openings towards transformation at least in a conventional sense are ruled out. The severity of itinerant situations at times makes it impossible for the migrant subjectivity to become political. Read more
The Impossibility of Politics: Brecht, Manto and Two Itinerant Situations Tue, 19.10.2021 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Ranabir Samaddar Series: Lecture Two writings of Bertold Brecht and Sadat Hasan Manto are joined by a realisation that in certain situations political openings become impossible. Strangely these are not stable or more correctly speaking static situations but are situations of mobility. Yet the conditions of mobility bring to us only spectres of deaths. Political openings towards transformation at least in a conventional sense are ruled out. The severity of itinerant situations at times makes it impossible for the migrant subjectivity to become political. Read more
	Legacies of Silenced Atrocities: Lessons from Holodomor	Mon, 11.10.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Karolina Koziura Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn		Legacies of Silenced Atrocities: Lessons from Holodomor Mon, 11.10.2021 Speakers: Karolina Koziura Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia How to make sense of an atrocity in an environment of repressive silence? What kind of memory work needs to be done to overcome imposed forgetting? This presentation aimed to address these questions by analyzing the long-term legacy of political violence that travels across time and space. By unravelling the meaning of Holodomor, one of the biggest - yet unacknowledged - atrocities in the history of the Soviet Union, it traced the lasting effects of the denial of mass atrocity and documented the struggles of transnational mnemonic activists to reclaim authority over a silenced past. It further showed that to achieve reconciliation with a repressive past, history and memory need to be seen as mutually dependent transcending the national optic. Read more
Legacies of Silenced Atrocities: Lessons from Holodomor Mon, 11.10.2021 Speakers: Karolina Koziura Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia How to make sense of an atrocity in an environment of repressive silence? What kind of memory work needs to be done to overcome imposed forgetting? This presentation aimed to address these questions by analyzing the long-term legacy of political violence that travels across time and space. By unravelling the meaning of Holodomor, one of the biggest - yet unacknowledged - atrocities in the history of the Soviet Union, it traced the lasting effects of the denial of mass atrocity and documented the struggles of transnational mnemonic activists to reclaim authority over a silenced past. It further showed that to achieve reconciliation with a repressive past, history and memory need to be seen as mutually dependent transcending the national optic. Read more
	The Afghan Crisis Reconsidered	Mon, 20.09.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Nergis Canefe Paula Banerjee		The Afghan Crisis Reconsidered Mon, 20.09.2021 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nergis Canefe Paula Banerjee Series: Seminars and Colloquia When the U.S. government announced its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Afghan government folded, the president abandonend his people and the army surrendered to the Taliban. Many people, including the U.S. president looked askance at this development. Banerjee argues that such a development was hardly surprising. When the U.S. attacked Afghanistan, it was to create a client state that would protect U.S. interests, not those of Afghanistan or its neighbours. In fact, the nascent process of nation-building was halted. The US wanted to impose its values and most Afghans who went along with it did so out of self-interest. At best, the U.S. created a “creamy layer of collaborators” that in no way had deep rooted impact. When the U.S. left, there was nothing to hold the amorphous group together and they could not think of themselves as one nation. Many have fled, the others have surrendered to the Taliban, portraying clearly that it was never their war. Rather, it was another episode of the great game. Nergis Canefe discussed the history of the Afghan refugee crisis that predates the withdrawal of the U.S. troops and the regional containment and redistribution of the dispossessed Afghan populations. Read more
The Afghan Crisis Reconsidered Mon, 20.09.2021 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nergis Canefe Paula Banerjee Series: Seminars and Colloquia When the U.S. government announced its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Afghan government folded, the president abandonend his people and the army surrendered to the Taliban. Many people, including the U.S. president looked askance at this development. Banerjee argues that such a development was hardly surprising. When the U.S. attacked Afghanistan, it was to create a client state that would protect U.S. interests, not those of Afghanistan or its neighbours. In fact, the nascent process of nation-building was halted. The US wanted to impose its values and most Afghans who went along with it did so out of self-interest. At best, the U.S. created a “creamy layer of collaborators” that in no way had deep rooted impact. When the U.S. left, there was nothing to hold the amorphous group together and they could not think of themselves as one nation. Many have fled, the others have surrendered to the Taliban, portraying clearly that it was never their war. Rather, it was another episode of the great game. Nergis Canefe discussed the history of the Afghan refugee crisis that predates the withdrawal of the U.S. troops and the regional containment and redistribution of the dispossessed Afghan populations. Read more
	Belarus ein Jahr nach den Massenprotesten: Wie weiter?	Fri, 10.09.2021	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Ludger HagedornOlga Shparaga		Belarus ein Jahr nach den Massenprotesten: Wie weiter? Fri, 10.09.2021 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Ludger HagedornOlga Shparaga Series: Panels and Discussions Im Sommer und Herbst 2020 erlebte Belarus die größten Massenproteste seiner Geschichte. Sie richteten sich gegen die manipulierten Präsidentschaftswahlen und das autokratische Regime von Aljaksandr Lukaschenka, der das Land seit 1994 regiert. Die Proteste erzeugten eine Aufbruchstimmung im ganzen Land und die Hoffnung auf politischen Wandel. Von der EU wird Lukaschenka seit den Wahlen nicht mehr als rechtmäßiger Staatspräsident anerkannt. Read more
Belarus ein Jahr nach den Massenprotesten: Wie weiter? Fri, 10.09.2021 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Ludger HagedornOlga Shparaga Series: Panels and Discussions Im Sommer und Herbst 2020 erlebte Belarus die größten Massenproteste seiner Geschichte. Sie richteten sich gegen die manipulierten Präsidentschaftswahlen und das autokratische Regime von Aljaksandr Lukaschenka, der das Land seit 1994 regiert. Die Proteste erzeugten eine Aufbruchstimmung im ganzen Land und die Hoffnung auf politischen Wandel. Von der EU wird Lukaschenka seit den Wahlen nicht mehr als rechtmäßiger Staatspräsident anerkannt. Read more
	Im Innern der Tyrannei: Belarus, oder die Macht und Ohnmacht staatlichen Terrors	Wed, 30.06.2021	Panels and Discussions	Felix Ackermann Jurko Prochasko Ludger Hagedorn Marci ShoreOlga Shparaga, Anna Schor-Tschudnowskaja		Im Innern der Tyrannei: Belarus, oder die Macht und Ohnmacht staatlichen Terrors Wed, 30.06.2021 Speakers: Felix Ackermann Jurko Prochasko Ludger Hagedorn Marci ShoreOlga Shparaga, Anna Schor-Tschudnowskaja Series: Panels and Discussions Unmittelbar nach der Entführung des Ryanair-Fluges und der Verschleppung von Roman Protasewitsch and Sofia Sapega organisierte das IWM am 23. Mai spontan ein Expertenpanel, das sich mit der Frage что делать? (Was tun?) insbesondere aus der Perspektive der Europäischen Union befasste (The Hijack. Europe, Belarus, and the Abduction of Roman Protasevich). Die beiden für den 30 Juni und 1. Juli geplanten Diskussionen (die erste auf Deutsch, die zweite auf Englisch) haben das Augenmerk stärker auf den post-sowjetischen Raum gerichtet und sich insbesondere mit den Auswirkungen des staatlichen Terrors auf die belarusische Gesellschaft befasst: Wie werden die gegenwärtig öffentlich inszenierten (und durch Folter erzwungenen) Geständnisse wahrgenommen? Was erinnert daran an die Schauprozesse der stalinistischen Ära und was ist vielleicht spezifisch postmodern? Wie hängt der staatliche Terror zusammen mit einer tiefgreifenden Krise von Männlichkeit? Wie kann es einer Revolution „mit weiblichem Angesicht“ gelingen, neue Möglichkeiten für die Politik und den Widerstand gegen die Tyrannei zu gewinnen? Read more
Im Innern der Tyrannei: Belarus, oder die Macht und Ohnmacht staatlichen Terrors Wed, 30.06.2021 Speakers: Felix Ackermann Jurko Prochasko Ludger Hagedorn Marci ShoreOlga Shparaga, Anna Schor-Tschudnowskaja Series: Panels and Discussions Unmittelbar nach der Entführung des Ryanair-Fluges und der Verschleppung von Roman Protasewitsch and Sofia Sapega organisierte das IWM am 23. Mai spontan ein Expertenpanel, das sich mit der Frage что делать? (Was tun?) insbesondere aus der Perspektive der Europäischen Union befasste (The Hijack. Europe, Belarus, and the Abduction of Roman Protasevich). Die beiden für den 30 Juni und 1. Juli geplanten Diskussionen (die erste auf Deutsch, die zweite auf Englisch) haben das Augenmerk stärker auf den post-sowjetischen Raum gerichtet und sich insbesondere mit den Auswirkungen des staatlichen Terrors auf die belarusische Gesellschaft befasst: Wie werden die gegenwärtig öffentlich inszenierten (und durch Folter erzwungenen) Geständnisse wahrgenommen? Was erinnert daran an die Schauprozesse der stalinistischen Ära und was ist vielleicht spezifisch postmodern? Wie hängt der staatliche Terror zusammen mit einer tiefgreifenden Krise von Männlichkeit? Wie kann es einer Revolution „mit weiblichem Angesicht“ gelingen, neue Möglichkeiten für die Politik und den Widerstand gegen die Tyrannei zu gewinnen? Read more
	Junior Visiting Fellows’ Conference Summer 2021	Mon, 21.06.2021	Conferences and Workshops	Ayşe Çağlar Ezgican Özdemir Iryna Sklokina Jan Vana Jul Tirler Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Mariia Hupalo Mykhailo Martynenko Gabriela Vicanova Krystof DolezalRosario Forlenza, Dagmar Fink, Oley Kindiy, Costas Constantinou, Sina Farzin		Junior Visiting Fellows’ Conference Summer 2021 Mon, 21.06.2021 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Ezgican Özdemir Iryna Sklokina Jan Vana Jul Tirler Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Mariia Hupalo Mykhailo Martynenko Gabriela Vicanova Krystof DolezalRosario Forlenza, Dagmar Fink, Oley Kindiy, Costas Constantinou, Sina Farzin Series: Conferences and Workshops The Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference is a bi-annual event at the Institute for Human Sciences that gives the Junior Fellows to present their work and research in a day-long conference. A traditional, semester-closing, celebration of the talented young researchers that is as old as the Institute itself, is always organized by the Junior Fellows themselves and usually includes Senior Fellows, Staff members and Alumni among others as commentators and discussants. Read more
Junior Visiting Fellows’ Conference Summer 2021 Mon, 21.06.2021 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Ezgican Özdemir Iryna Sklokina Jan Vana Jul Tirler Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Mariia Hupalo Mykhailo Martynenko Gabriela Vicanova Krystof DolezalRosario Forlenza, Dagmar Fink, Oley Kindiy, Costas Constantinou, Sina Farzin Series: Conferences and Workshops The Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference is a bi-annual event at the Institute for Human Sciences that gives the Junior Fellows to present their work and research in a day-long conference. A traditional, semester-closing, celebration of the talented young researchers that is as old as the Institute itself, is always organized by the Junior Fellows themselves and usually includes Senior Fellows, Staff members and Alumni among others as commentators and discussants. Read more
	Balaton. Novellen	Mon, 03.05.2021	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Noémi Kiss	Facebook-Stream	Balaton. Novellen Mon, 03.05.2021 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Noémi Kiss Series: Lecture Ungarn in den 1980er-Jahren: Der Balaton, oder Plattensee, ist ein beliebtes Urlaubsziel. Hier liegen Menschen von beiden Seiten des „Eisernen Vorhangs“ einträchtig nebeneinander am Strand, durch den Mauerbau getrennte Familien machen gemeinsam Ferien. Read more
Balaton. Novellen Mon, 03.05.2021 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Noémi Kiss Series: Lecture Ungarn in den 1980er-Jahren: Der Balaton, oder Plattensee, ist ein beliebtes Urlaubsziel. Hier liegen Menschen von beiden Seiten des „Eisernen Vorhangs“ einträchtig nebeneinander am Strand, durch den Mauerbau getrennte Familien machen gemeinsam Ferien. Read more
	Das Fremde hinter der Fremde	Tue, 27.04.2021	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Michael Kegler Susann Urban		Das Fremde hinter der Fremde Tue, 27.04.2021 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Michael Kegler Susann Urban Series: Lecture Mittlerweile gibt es viele AutorInnen, für die Englisch nicht die Muttersprache oder eine Muttersprache unter mehreren, sondern die Zweit-, oder Drittsprache ist. Ihre globalen Biografien und Lebensbrüche spiegeln sich nicht nur in ihren Themen wider. Sie schmuggeln ungewohnte Sprachbilder, Metaphern, Idiome in die englische Sprache – eine wunderbare Bereicherung und eine enorme Translationsherausforderung. Read more
Das Fremde hinter der Fremde Tue, 27.04.2021 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Michael Kegler Susann Urban Series: Lecture Mittlerweile gibt es viele AutorInnen, für die Englisch nicht die Muttersprache oder eine Muttersprache unter mehreren, sondern die Zweit-, oder Drittsprache ist. Ihre globalen Biografien und Lebensbrüche spiegeln sich nicht nur in ihren Themen wider. Sie schmuggeln ungewohnte Sprachbilder, Metaphern, Idiome in die englische Sprache – eine wunderbare Bereicherung und eine enorme Translationsherausforderung. Read more
	Capitalism on Edge	Mon, 29.03.2021	Lecture	Albena Azmanova Ludger Hagedorn Wolfgang Merkel		Capitalism on Edge Mon, 29.03.2021 Speakers: Albena Azmanova Ludger Hagedorn Wolfgang Merkel Series: Lecture Albena Azmanova’s new book Capitalism on Edge puts precarity at the root of such social pathologies as the rise of populism and the inability of liberal democracies to effectively manage crises. The author observes that, while we have been discussing the crisis of capitalism in the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, neoliberal capitalism has mutated into a new form, “precarity capitalism”, marked by the massification of political, economic and psychological insecurity. Read more
Capitalism on Edge Mon, 29.03.2021 Speakers: Albena Azmanova Ludger Hagedorn Wolfgang Merkel Series: Lecture Albena Azmanova’s new book Capitalism on Edge puts precarity at the root of such social pathologies as the rise of populism and the inability of liberal democracies to effectively manage crises. The author observes that, while we have been discussing the crisis of capitalism in the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, neoliberal capitalism has mutated into a new form, “precarity capitalism”, marked by the massification of political, economic and psychological insecurity. Read more
	Marginalized (not only) in Times of Lockdown	Mon, 22.03.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Alison Smale Ludger Hagedorn Noémi Kiss		Marginalized (not only) in Times of Lockdown Mon, 22.03.2021 Speakers: Alison Smale Ludger Hagedorn Noémi Kiss Series: Seminars and Colloquia In recent months, culture and the arts have suffered severely under pandemic-related restrictions. While artists, freelancers, independent projects, and even publicly funded cultural institutions are struggling for economic survival, we easily overlook the fact that—also in “normal times”—the autonomy of culture is increasingly being called into question. With respect to the immediate effects of this political and economic pressure on the arts, there is a major divide between cultural centers and those operating on the periphery. Most heavily affected by the asymmetric consequences of these pressures are not the trend-setter elites in cultural centers, or the publicly funded (non-)artists on the semi-peripheries, but all those who do not move to the cultural capitals. That is, those who decide to uphold cultural projects on the periphery—where they are most direly needed. Within Europe, there is also a significant East-West divide, not only in terms of the distribution of funding, but also in regard to the autonomy of art. This talk dealt with the situation of cultural actors on the periphery, confronted with emigration, poverty, de-/nationalization, walls, borders, ghettos, diseases, regime changes, and a new intra-European colonization. Read more
Marginalized (not only) in Times of Lockdown Mon, 22.03.2021 Speakers: Alison Smale Ludger Hagedorn Noémi Kiss Series: Seminars and Colloquia In recent months, culture and the arts have suffered severely under pandemic-related restrictions. While artists, freelancers, independent projects, and even publicly funded cultural institutions are struggling for economic survival, we easily overlook the fact that—also in “normal times”—the autonomy of culture is increasingly being called into question. With respect to the immediate effects of this political and economic pressure on the arts, there is a major divide between cultural centers and those operating on the periphery. Most heavily affected by the asymmetric consequences of these pressures are not the trend-setter elites in cultural centers, or the publicly funded (non-)artists on the semi-peripheries, but all those who do not move to the cultural capitals. That is, those who decide to uphold cultural projects on the periphery—where they are most direly needed. Within Europe, there is also a significant East-West divide, not only in terms of the distribution of funding, but also in regard to the autonomy of art. This talk dealt with the situation of cultural actors on the periphery, confronted with emigration, poverty, de-/nationalization, walls, borders, ghettos, diseases, regime changes, and a new intra-European colonization. Read more