Current Fellows' research
- On the Crises of Metaphysics and Freedom: Patočka’s Negative Platonism and Adorno’s Negative DialecticJan Patočka and Theodor W. Adorno are representatives of two different philosophical streams.
- Exploring the Genesis Moment: Tracking the Making of a New World Order and Europe’s Place in ItAs the existing world order unravels, how the new one will be forged is yet uncertain, as there is no consensus on how to identify the new or upcoming order. Many identifications have been suggested: the world is multipolar, apolar, asymmetrically multipolar, in entropy, or bipolar.
- Europe as an (Impossible) Task: Thinking Emancipation in Relation to Václav HavelThe goal of this project is to produce a manuscript on the politics of emancipation and the ethics of responsibility in the works of Václav Havel.
- Vasily Grossman: Писатель на войне [A Writer at War] (RUS > CRO)This project aims to produce a Croatian translation of A Writer at War by Vasily Grossman, a seminal collection of his frontline dispatches from World War II.
- Transitional Justice for Russia and Accountability in the Age of ImpunityThe 20th century established a moral project of confronting mass violence and systemic injustice through processes of remembrance, justice, and coming to terms with the past under the concept of Vergangenheitsbewältigung.
- Beyond Rationality: A Relational and Feminist Reconceptualization of AIThis project aims at developing a novel conceptualization of artificial intelligence (AI) through the lenses of relational and feminist epistemology, challenging the traditional rationalist and individualistic foundations of AI.
News
- Ukraine and the World: IWM Launches New Research ProgramThe IWM is pleased to announce the launch of its new research program, Ukraine and the World. Building on the Institute’s longstanding intellectual engagement with Ukraine and Ukrainian scholars, this new program marks…
- Vienna Humanities Festival 2025: Keynotes by Didier Eribon, Federica Gregoratto, Lyndal Roper, Natasha WheatleyON EDGE/UNBEHAGEN - This is the guiding theme of the eighth Vienna Humanities Festival. In three weeks, Vienna will once again become a hub for captivating discussions and critical debates, as some of the world's most…
- New Fellows Joining the IWM in SeptemberWe are excited to introduce our new fellows, who will arrive at the IWM in September, marking the start of the new academic year after the summer break. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by…
Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Katarzyna WężykSeminars and Colloquia
- Fellows' Colloquium with Václav ŠtětkaSeminars and Colloquia
- Vienna Humanities Festival 2025Festivals
- Vienna Humanities Festival 2025Festivals
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Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Katarzyna WężykSeminars and Colloquia
- Fellows' Colloquium with Václav ŠtětkaSeminars and Colloquia
- Vienna Humanities Festival 2025Festivals
- Vienna Humanities Festival 2025Festivals
News
- Ukraine and the World: IWM Launches New Research ProgramThe IWM is pleased to announce the launch of its new research program, Ukraine and the World. Building on the Institute’s longstanding intellectual engagement with Ukraine and Ukrainian scholars, this new program marks…
- Vienna Humanities Festival 2025: Keynotes by Didier Eribon, Federica Gregoratto, Lyndal Roper, Natasha WheatleyON EDGE/UNBEHAGEN - This is the guiding theme of the eighth Vienna Humanities Festival. In three weeks, Vienna will once again become a hub for captivating discussions and critical debates, as some of the world's most…
- New Fellows Joining the IWM in SeptemberWe are excited to introduce our new fellows, who will arrive at the IWM in September, marking the start of the new academic year after the summer break. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by…
Current Fellows' research
- On the Crises of Metaphysics and Freedom: Patočka’s Negative Platonism and Adorno’s Negative DialecticJan Patočka and Theodor W. Adorno are representatives of two different philosophical streams.
- Exploring the Genesis Moment: Tracking the Making of a New World Order and Europe’s Place in ItAs the existing world order unravels, how the new one will be forged is yet uncertain, as there is no consensus on how to identify the new or upcoming order. Many identifications have been suggested: the world is multipolar, apolar, asymmetrically multipolar, in entropy, or bipolar.
- Europe as an (Impossible) Task: Thinking Emancipation in Relation to Václav HavelThe goal of this project is to produce a manuscript on the politics of emancipation and the ethics of responsibility in the works of Václav Havel.
- Vasily Grossman: Писатель на войне [A Writer at War] (RUS > CRO)This project aims to produce a Croatian translation of A Writer at War by Vasily Grossman, a seminal collection of his frontline dispatches from World War II.
- Transitional Justice for Russia and Accountability in the Age of ImpunityThe 20th century established a moral project of confronting mass violence and systemic injustice through processes of remembrance, justice, and coming to terms with the past under the concept of Vergangenheitsbewältigung.
- Beyond Rationality: A Relational and Feminist Reconceptualization of AIThis project aims at developing a novel conceptualization of artificial intelligence (AI) through the lenses of relational and feminist epistemology, challenging the traditional rationalist and individualistic foundations of AI.
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