Current Fellows' research
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Discernment and Democracy: Protecting the Civic Role of the University in the Face of the AI ChallengeThe institution of the University is fundamental to liberal democracy in two ways: providing the education of good citizens and the evidence for good policy-making.
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Ideology as a Market: Ideological Engineering in Today’s RussiaIn her latest work, currently in the writing stage, Marlene Laruelle explores what she calls "Russia’s ideological grammars"; that is, the overarching frameworks of legitimacy through which one apprehends the world.
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Right-Wing Extremism (RWE) in EuropeMichael Zeller’s project examines Right-Wing Extremism (RWE) in Europe. RWE has received more attention recently, both in research and the broader public sphere—not without reason.
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Interfaith and International Committee to Help the Territories of the Soviet Union Suffering from Hunger (1933–1935)During her stay at the IWM, Ola Hnatiuk plans to collect and compile archival materials on the activities of the Interfaith and International Committee to Help the Territories of the Soviet Union Suffering from Hunger (1933–1935).
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Tracing Taint: Four Case Studies with Implications for Historical MethodologyThe war in Ukraine has raised a matter of crucial importance: the question of taint.
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Russia’s Capacity for Self-Correction: Where Did It Come From and Where Did It Go?Kadri Liik's research will take a closer look at the societal factors that made it possible for Soviet Russia to embark on positive change, to attempt democratization and a reckoning with the past. What were the factors that enabled these changes in the late 1980s and early 1990s?
News
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Buchpreis zum Österreichischen Franz Kafka-Preis 2024 geht an Radka DenemarkováDas IWM richtet herzliche Glückwünsche an Radka Denemarková, die 2023 als Jan Patočka Visiting Fellow am Institut zu Gast war. Für ihren Roman Stunden aus Blei (Hoffmann & Campe, 2022) wird die tschechische Autorin…
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Apply Now: Digital Humanism Junior Visiting FellowshipThe IWM is now accepting applications for its Digital Humanism Fellowship. The fellowship aims to bring eminent scholars from a wide range of academic fields to the Institute and allow them to pursue cutting-…
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IWMpost 133 Out Now!The main essay in this IWMpost issue responds to a pervasive mood of our time. Against the backdrop of several ongoing global crises, from which it is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine a way out,…
Upcoming events
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Seminars and ColloquiaCET
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Upcoming events
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Seminars and ColloquiaCET
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LectureCET
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Buchpreis zum Österreichischen Franz Kafka-Preis 2024 geht an Radka DenemarkováDas IWM richtet herzliche Glückwünsche an Radka Denemarková, die 2023 als Jan Patočka Visiting Fellow am Institut zu Gast war. Für ihren Roman Stunden aus Blei (Hoffmann & Campe, 2022) wird die tschechische Autorin…
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Apply Now: Digital Humanism Junior Visiting FellowshipThe IWM is now accepting applications for its Digital Humanism Fellowship. The fellowship aims to bring eminent scholars from a wide range of academic fields to the Institute and allow them to pursue cutting-…
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IWMpost 133 Out Now!The main essay in this IWMpost issue responds to a pervasive mood of our time. Against the backdrop of several ongoing global crises, from which it is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine a way out,…
Current Fellows' research
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New Deliberative Institutions as an Antidote to AuthoritarianismCan citizen deliberation and empowered citizens’ assemblies act as an antidote to authoritarianism, and if so, in what ways? To what extent are citizens’ assemblies resilient to potential influence and manipulation (from within or external)?
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Editorial Roundtable 2024John Palattella will be involved as an organizer in the IWM’s annual Editorial Roundtable and the Vienna Humanities Festival. He will also work on translations of essays by the poet Nico Bleutge and offer editorial advice to fellows at the IWM.
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How to Make the European Union a People’s ProjectAfter 70 years of unprecedented socioeconomic integration, the EU continues to evolve through processes that largely marginalize citizens’ input.
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The Impact of the EU-Sponsored Basic Agreement between Kosovo and Serbia on Stabilization, Democratization, and Integration of the Western BalkansThe Russian invasion of Ukraine has mobilized the transatlantic community to address the unresolved issues, with destabilizing potential, in Southeast Europe.
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Balkan Cruelty: Analysis of Art Representational Forms of Violence Against WomenLana Čmajčanin's project follows the red thread of women’s individual and collective experiences of war violence, tracing the gray zones of national borders that were inscribed by all brutal reversals throughout the history of the Balkans, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Yugoslavia, and Bo
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Repatriation of Ukrainian Prisoners of War from Austria (1918–1920)This project aims to analyze comprehensively the repatriation process of Ukrainian prisoners of war after WWI from the territory of the former Austro-Hungarian empire.
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