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New Fellowship

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The IWM and the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe in Lviv are pleased to announce a new fellowship program for scholars from Ukraine. The program supports research on the intellectual, cultural, social and political legacies of Europe in Ukrainian history. Doctoral and post-doctoral researchers from Ukraine are eligible to apply. The grantee will have the opportunity to work in residence at the IWM from September 2010 to June 2011. The complete Call for Applications can be found here. Application is due no later than April 30, 2010.

Geremek Fellowships

Bronisław Geremek was an acknowledged historian, intellectual, politician and an exemplary European. As a member of the Board of Patrons, Geremek supported the IWM from its inception. To commemorate his name and his work, the IWM now awards Bronisław Geremek Fellowships to young Polish doctoral or post-doctoral researchers studying Polish national heritage in the context of the European tradition. The Fellows are invited to join the international and multidisciplinary scholarly community of the IWM for ten months. The fellowship is open to all academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Deadline for application is May 26, 2010.

Unaufhebbare Gewalt?

Der gegenwärtige Diskurs über Gewalt beschränkt sich längst nicht mehr auf sogenannte Gewalt-Taten. Vielmehr hat er auch strukturelle und subtile Formen der Gewalt zum Vorschein gebracht. Das Ergebnis ist eine außerordentliche Ausweitung des Begriffs der Gewalt, wenn sie sogar in purem (Ver-) Schweigen, in bloßer Passivität und Gedankenlosigkeit liegen kann, die als rücksichtslos und insofern gewaltsam erfahren wird. Diese Ausweitung des Gewaltbegriffs lässt den Eindruck entstehen, die Gewalt durchdringe alles und ziehe alles in Mitleidenschaft. So gesehen kann die Gewalt nicht mehr als pathologische Ausnahme, Unterbrechung oder als Abbruch einer von ihr zunächst nicht betroffenen Normalität gelten. Vielmehr erscheint es nun als geradezu normal, dass man überall mit ihr zu rechnen hat. Die Verantwortung des Gewalt-Diskurses sollte aber gerade darin liegen, Phänomene der Gewalt so zur Sprache zu bringen, dass sie nicht als unaufhebbarer Bestandteil der Welt erscheinen, sondern als Spielräume des Verhaltens erkennbar werden. Der Philosoph Burkhard Liebsch hat daher in seinem Vortrag am 29. April zur Eröffnung der Konferenz "Phänomenologie und Gewalt III" erneut die Frage aufgeworfen "Was als Gewalt zählt".

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?"

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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