Events / Misha Glenny

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	Europe’s Future after Trump	Sun, 12.01.2025	Panels and Discussions	Misha Glenny Nathalie TocciHannelore Veit, Balázs Orbán	PURCHASE TICKET	Europe’s Future after Trump Sun, 12.01.2025 Speakers: Misha Glenny Nathalie TocciHannelore Veit, Balázs Orbán Series: Panels and Discussions Not only did Trump win, he won by much more than anyone expected, including his own supporters. There is widespread concern among European liberals and progressives that Trump 2.0 will be Trump unleashed. This edition of Debating Europe brings together a high-profile international panel from the right, left, and centre to debate how a Trump administration will impact Europe. Read more
Europe’s Future after Trump Sun, 12.01.2025 Speakers: Misha Glenny Nathalie TocciHannelore Veit, Balázs Orbán Series: Panels and Discussions Not only did Trump win, he won by much more than anyone expected, including his own supporters. There is widespread concern among European liberals and progressives that Trump 2.0 will be Trump unleashed. This edition of Debating Europe brings together a high-profile international panel from the right, left, and centre to debate how a Trump administration will impact Europe. Read more
	Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Episode 3 & Discussion)	Sat, 30.11.2024	Visual and Performing Arts	Misha GlennyRachel Hooper		Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Episode 3 & Discussion) Sat, 30.11.2024 Speakers: Misha GlennyRachel Hooper Series: Visual and Performing Arts Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland is a five-part documentary series spanning from the late 1960s to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. It offers a deeply human perspective on a tumultuous chapter (The Troubles) of Northern Ireland’s history. Following the screening of episode 3, producer Rachel Hooper will be in conversation with IWM Rector Misha Glenny. Read more
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Episode 3 & Discussion) Sat, 30.11.2024 Speakers: Misha GlennyRachel Hooper Series: Visual and Performing Arts Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland is a five-part documentary series spanning from the late 1960s to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. It offers a deeply human perspective on a tumultuous chapter (The Troubles) of Northern Ireland’s history. Following the screening of episode 3, producer Rachel Hooper will be in conversation with IWM Rector Misha Glenny. Read more
	Between Populism and Technocracy: Digital Hyperconnectivity and the Transformation of Politics and Governance	Wed, 30.10.2024	Lecture	Misha Glenny Rogers Brubaker		Between Populism and Technocracy: Digital Hyperconnectivity and the Transformation of Politics and Governance Wed, 30.10.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Rogers Brubaker Series: Lecture Digital hyperconnectivity has reshaped political life by transforming regimes of knowing, feeling, and governing. In this lecture, Rogers Brubaker discussed the social and political implications of hyperconnectivity and its ability to foster both populism and technocracy. Read more
Between Populism and Technocracy: Digital Hyperconnectivity and the Transformation of Politics and Governance Wed, 30.10.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Rogers Brubaker Series: Lecture Digital hyperconnectivity has reshaped political life by transforming regimes of knowing, feeling, and governing. In this lecture, Rogers Brubaker discussed the social and political implications of hyperconnectivity and its ability to foster both populism and technocracy. Read more
	Part I: Tracing the Balkans or Mission Possible: Fallout	Wed, 16.10.2024	Lecture	Maria Todorova Misha Glenny		Part I: Tracing the Balkans or Mission Possible: Fallout Wed, 16.10.2024 Speakers: Maria Todorova Misha Glenny Series: Lecture The titles of Maria Todorova's IWM Lectures in Human Sciences allude to Mission Impossible, the Tom Cruise film series. While it is impossible to perform his physical stunts, the tricky mountainous terrain of the Balkans and their trickier history offer enough vertigo. But Gadamer is there, with his defense of humanities, with his thoughts on tradition, prejudice, experience, dialogue, negotiation, reciprocity, situatedness, and the fusion of horizons. Read more
Part I: Tracing the Balkans or Mission Possible: Fallout Wed, 16.10.2024 Speakers: Maria Todorova Misha Glenny Series: Lecture The titles of Maria Todorova's IWM Lectures in Human Sciences allude to Mission Impossible, the Tom Cruise film series. While it is impossible to perform his physical stunts, the tricky mountainous terrain of the Balkans and their trickier history offer enough vertigo. But Gadamer is there, with his defense of humanities, with his thoughts on tradition, prejudice, experience, dialogue, negotiation, reciprocity, situatedness, and the fusion of horizons. Read more
	Explanation for Everything	Wed, 09.10.2024	Visual and Performing Arts	Misha Glenny Réka Kinga Papp	PURCHASE TICKET	Explanation for Everything Wed, 09.10.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Réka Kinga Papp Series: Visual and Performing Arts Explanation for Everything is a sharp and multi-layered portrait of a socially divided Hungary. In this award-winning film, director Gábor Reisz tells the story of Ábel, a student struggling with his final exams. The film screening was be followed by a discussion between IWM Rector Misha Glenny and Réka Kinga Papp, a Hungarian journalist, author, and broadcaster specializing in environmental, social, and human rights. Read more
Explanation for Everything Wed, 09.10.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Réka Kinga Papp Series: Visual and Performing Arts Explanation for Everything is a sharp and multi-layered portrait of a socially divided Hungary. In this award-winning film, director Gábor Reisz tells the story of Ábel, a student struggling with his final exams. The film screening was be followed by a discussion between IWM Rector Misha Glenny and Réka Kinga Papp, a Hungarian journalist, author, and broadcaster specializing in environmental, social, and human rights. Read more
	Rollercoaster: Elections and Diplomacy, 2024	Wed, 25.09.2024	Festivals	Misha GlennyCatherine Ashton		Rollercoaster: Elections and Diplomacy, 2024 Wed, 25.09.2024 Speakers: Misha GlennyCatherine Ashton Series: Festivals In this keynote lecture of the Vienna Humanities Festival 2024, Catherine Ashton drew on her vast experience and current engagement in politics across the globe to elaborate on what impact the numerous elections of 2024 will have on a world already wracked by crises, from Ukraine to Gaza, and growing geopolitical tensions, like those between China and the US. Read more
Rollercoaster: Elections and Diplomacy, 2024 Wed, 25.09.2024 Speakers: Misha GlennyCatherine Ashton Series: Festivals In this keynote lecture of the Vienna Humanities Festival 2024, Catherine Ashton drew on her vast experience and current engagement in politics across the globe to elaborate on what impact the numerous elections of 2024 will have on a world already wracked by crises, from Ukraine to Gaza, and growing geopolitical tensions, like those between China and the US. Read more
	Revolución to Roxy	Tue, 24.09.2024	Festivals	Misha GlennyPhil Manzanera		Revolución to Roxy Tue, 24.09.2024 Speakers: Misha GlennyPhil Manzanera Series: Festivals In the opening keynote event of the Vienna Humanities Festival 2024, legendary musician Phil Manzanera recalled his time during the Cuban Revolution in a discussion with IWM Rector Misha Glenny, and payed tribute to his Latin American musical traditions with a guitar performance. Read more
Revolución to Roxy Tue, 24.09.2024 Speakers: Misha GlennyPhil Manzanera Series: Festivals In the opening keynote event of the Vienna Humanities Festival 2024, legendary musician Phil Manzanera recalled his time during the Cuban Revolution in a discussion with IWM Rector Misha Glenny, and payed tribute to his Latin American musical traditions with a guitar performance. Read more
	The World after 5 November 2024	Mon, 09.09.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Soli Özel		The World after 5 November 2024 Mon, 09.09.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Soli Özel Series: Seminars and Colloquia With the presidential elections in the USA that will take place on 5 November 2024, this “year of elections,” in which half the world population went to the polls and on many occasions surprised pundits, incumbents and other luminaries, will have its grand finale. In this Fellows' Colloquium, Soli Özel discussed the implications of the results of the upcoming US elections. Read more
The World after 5 November 2024 Mon, 09.09.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Soli Özel Series: Seminars and Colloquia With the presidential elections in the USA that will take place on 5 November 2024, this “year of elections,” in which half the world population went to the polls and on many occasions surprised pundits, incumbents and other luminaries, will have its grand finale. In this Fellows' Colloquium, Soli Özel discussed the implications of the results of the upcoming US elections. Read more
	The New Paganism: How the Postmodern Became the Premodern	Wed, 10.07.2024	Lecture	Misha Glenny Timothy Snyder		The New Paganism: How the Postmodern Became the Premodern Wed, 10.07.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture In his talk, Timothy Snyder addressed current burning issues from a historian's perspective. Read more

	Ideology of Hindutva as It Developed and Its Present Praxis	Mon, 17.06.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Subhoranjan Dasgupta		Ideology of Hindutva as It Developed and Its Present Praxis Mon, 17.06.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Subhoranjan Dasgupta Series: Seminars and Colloquia Veer Savarkar, considered by many to be a prime proponent of Hindutva, envisioned an India where "people belonging to different religions, sects or races would be treated with perfect equality." Following this, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister of India, equated the Islamic mazar and the Christian church with a Hindu shrine. However, the relentless persecution of various religious minorities has not stopped. Thus, Professor Dasgupta asked: Has the ideology of Hindutva tried occasionally to amend itself but without attaining any tangible result? Read more
Ideology of Hindutva as It Developed and Its Present Praxis Mon, 17.06.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Subhoranjan Dasgupta Series: Seminars and Colloquia Veer Savarkar, considered by many to be a prime proponent of Hindutva, envisioned an India where "people belonging to different religions, sects or races would be treated with perfect equality." Following this, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister of India, equated the Islamic mazar and the Christian church with a Hindu shrine. However, the relentless persecution of various religious minorities has not stopped. Thus, Professor Dasgupta asked: Has the ideology of Hindutva tried occasionally to amend itself but without attaining any tangible result? Read more