Current Fellows' research
- Digital HumanismWe live in a “digital” world, the separation between physical and virtual makes (almost) no sense anymore.
- On the Spirit of Europe: A Philosophical and Economic Quest for Europe’s SoulTomáš Sedláček will be applying the final touches to his new book, The Spirit of Europe. What is the enduring “spirit” of Europe, and how can its rediscovery guide the continent through its current challenges and toward a more meaningful future?
- Socialist Yugoslavia and the Global South in the Long 1970s: Exploring the Contradictions of Decolonial SolidarityDuring his fellowship, Paul Stubbs will work on a book-length manuscript exploring socialist Yugoslavia's internal and external politics, and the inextricable links between them, in what he terms “the long 1970s.” This was a kind of “interregnum” or—in Gramsci&…
- Escaping the Doom Spiral: How to Reclaim the Future for Liberal DemocracyAmid interlinking crises and deep-running transformations—from the energy transition and trade wars to the return of great power politics and the fight to counter disinformation and regulate Big Tech—liberal democracies have struggled to formulate compelling narratives.
- Constantinople/Istanbul in the Russian Political Imagination, 1913-1923The project seeks to fill a historiographic lacuna by examining the prominent place Constantinople occupied in the Russian political and historical imagination.
- Deciphering the Shadows of War: A Legal and Humanistic Inquiry into the Filtration Process in the Russian War against UkraineThis project delves into the complex and largely unexplored phenomenon of 'filtration' in the Russo-Ukrainian War. It seeks to unravel this practice as distinct from internment, focusing on its legal and humanitarian implications.
News
- Rogers Brubaker Delivers IWM Lectures in Human Sciences on Gender IdentityWe are thrilled to announce that Rogers Brubaker, professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Distinguished Guest of the IWM, will deliver this year's Lectures in Human Sciences entitled…
- Jenseits der Genies: Geschichten aus der IT-Arbeit von Thomas HaighDas Buch von Visiting Fellow Thomas Haigh entstand im Rahmen des Digital Humanism–Programms des IWM und ist im Oktober 2025 bei Mandelbaum erschienen. Es wurde von Andreas Wirthensohn aus dem Englischen übersetzt.
- Claus Offe in MemoriamThe Institute for Human Sciences mourns the passing of Claus Offe (1940–2025), who died in his native Berlin on 1 October. Offe, a former member of the Institute’s Academic Advisory Board and a non-resident permanent…
Upcoming events
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Upcoming events
- Conferences and Workshops
- Lecture
- IWM Lectures in Human SciencesLecture
- IWM Lectures in Human SciencesLecture
News
- Rogers Brubaker Delivers IWM Lectures in Human Sciences on Gender IdentityWe are thrilled to announce that Rogers Brubaker, professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Distinguished Guest of the IWM, will deliver this year's Lectures in Human Sciences entitled…
- Jenseits der Genies: Geschichten aus der IT-Arbeit von Thomas HaighDas Buch von Visiting Fellow Thomas Haigh entstand im Rahmen des Digital Humanism–Programms des IWM und ist im Oktober 2025 bei Mandelbaum erschienen. Es wurde von Andreas Wirthensohn aus dem Englischen übersetzt.
- Claus Offe in MemoriamThe Institute for Human Sciences mourns the passing of Claus Offe (1940–2025), who died in his native Berlin on 1 October. Offe, a former member of the Institute’s Academic Advisory Board and a non-resident permanent…
Current Fellows' research
- Digital HumanismWe live in a “digital” world, the separation between physical and virtual makes (almost) no sense anymore.
- On the Spirit of Europe: A Philosophical and Economic Quest for Europe’s SoulTomáš Sedláček will be applying the final touches to his new book, The Spirit of Europe. What is the enduring “spirit” of Europe, and how can its rediscovery guide the continent through its current challenges and toward a more meaningful future?
- Socialist Yugoslavia and the Global South in the Long 1970s: Exploring the Contradictions of Decolonial SolidarityDuring his fellowship, Paul Stubbs will work on a book-length manuscript exploring socialist Yugoslavia's internal and external politics, and the inextricable links between them, in what he terms “the long 1970s.” This was a kind of “interregnum” or—in Gramsci&…
- Escaping the Doom Spiral: How to Reclaim the Future for Liberal DemocracyAmid interlinking crises and deep-running transformations—from the energy transition and trade wars to the return of great power politics and the fight to counter disinformation and regulate Big Tech—liberal democracies have struggled to formulate compelling narratives.
- Constantinople/Istanbul in the Russian Political Imagination, 1913-1923The project seeks to fill a historiographic lacuna by examining the prominent place Constantinople occupied in the Russian political and historical imagination.
- Deciphering the Shadows of War: A Legal and Humanistic Inquiry into the Filtration Process in the Russian War against UkraineThis project delves into the complex and largely unexplored phenomenon of 'filtration' in the Russo-Ukrainian War. It seeks to unravel this practice as distinct from internment, focusing on its legal and humanitarian implications.
Recent Media
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