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Fortress Europe?

United in Diversity - this is the motto of the European Union. It used to stand for the idea of forming an alliance of European countries while respecting the diversity of national cultures. In recent years, however, Europe no longer has to deal with the differences in its 27 member states only. It has turned from a continent of emigration to a preferred destination of the global flows of migration. Each year, more than 700.000 people take up residence in the member states of the EU. In spite of those numbers of immigrants, Europe refuses to perceive itself as a continent of immigration. People from countries outside the EU keep on facing tough asylum, residence and labour restrictions, xenophobia and right-wing violence. Apparently, Europe lacks diversity politics which regard cultural differences as a societal resource. After the initial debate “Obama and the Europeans” on February 28, European immigration and integration politics is the focal point of the second debate “The Others Among Us: The Opportunities and Dangers of Immigration” on March 21st . On stage at the Vienna Burgtheater: former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato, American political scientist Seyla Benhabib, Roger Köppel, editor-in-chief of the Swiss weekly Die Weltwoche and the Minister for Integration of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet. Krzysztof Michalski, Rector of the IWM will chair the discussion on the question where Europe is heading: diversity management or fortress Europe?

Obama goes Burgtheater

"Yes, we can!" Barack Obama triumphally exclaimed as the new US President elect in November 2008. With "change" as the keyword of his electoral campaign he had become the symbol of hope for millions to both sides of the Atlantic. Little more than a year later, many ask, "Can he?" With such problematic issues as the reform of US health care, the closing down of Guantánamo, battling the economic crisis, solving the Middle East conflict and global climate protection on his To Do list, it is a debatable point if he "can". Upon being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after only nine months in office even Barack Obama himself doubted that he deserved it, emphasising that he considered the award a call to action. On February 28 Vienna's Burgtheater was the stage where US policy adviser Stanley Greenberg, Washington Post columnist Robert Kagan, Austria's Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Spindelegger, Czech politician Karel Schwarzenberg and Ivan Vejvoda from the German Marshall Fund discussed about "Obama and the Europeans - what has changed?"

Summer School

Over the course of many years the IWM has regularly organized its Summer School in Philosophy and Politics. Scholars and students from Europe and the United States meet for two weeks to discuss and work in several courses. This year the IWM invites forty graduate students and young postdoctoral researchers in the humanities or social sciences to take part in the Summer School within the Institute’s research focus on "Religion & Secularism”. The summer school will take place in Cortona, Italy, from July 4 – 17. Deadline for applications is March 25. For further information and the application form click here.

Call for Applications

The IWM invites cultural journalists working in print, broadcast and electronic media to apply for the Institute’s Milena Jesenska Fellowship Program. It offers journalists time off from their professional duties in order to pursue in-depth research on a European topic of their choice. Candidates for the Milena Jesenská Fellowships must have several years of experience in professional journalism. Their work may deal with any topic related to cultural issues of European relevance, especially having to do with the issue of European integration. Deadline for application is April 9, 2010. Further information about all IWM Fellowship Programs you can find here.

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Geschichten vom Ende des Kapitalismus gibt es viele. Vor allem von seinem großen Gegenspieler, der politischen Linken. Mit dem Zusammenbruch der Finanzmärkte ist aber nicht der Kapitalismus sondern die Politik linksliberaler Parteien in die Krise geraten. Wie das geschehen konnte, können Sie jetzt in der druckfrischen IWMpost Nr. 102 nachlesen. In der Titelstory analysiert der amerikanische Publizist Robert Kuttner die Lage der Linken nach Lehman. Die Lage der Klimapolitik nach Kopenhagen resümieren in der neuen Nummer Franz Fischler und Pawel Swieboda. Sie fordern eine zweite industrielle Revolution, hin zu einer grünen Marktwirtschaft. Lesen Sie außerdem: Wie Erinnerungspolitik historische Fakten verdrängt, wie Europas Roma zunehmend Opfer von Rassismus werden, und warum die Finanzkrise zwar nicht das Ende des Kapitalismus bedeutet, ihn aber doch verändern wird. Der Newsletter kann am IWM kostenfrei bestellt, persönlich abgeholt oder auch von der Homepage heruntergeladen werden: [IWMpost 102]

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