Current Fellows' research
- 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?
- Czesław Miłosz, ‘Kultura,’ and Ketman: Dissimulation and Dissidence Across the Polish DiasporaCzesław Miłosz’s 1953 book The Captive Mind made Ketman—a term originally derived from Islamic law, describing the duty of believers to conceal their true beliefs when threatened with persecution—a byword for the myriad strategies of self-effacement used by the
- DisplacedDuring her Lesia Ukraїnka Senior Visiting Fellowship at the IWM, Olesya Khromeychuk will aim to rethink the concept of displacement not as a story of loss and defeat, but as a condition that has, paradoxically, contributed to the forging of Ukraine as a resilient political nation.
- 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.
- Revolutionary Conservatism: Liberalism’s Next Grand RivalAt the IWM, Maciej Kisilowski will build on his recently published co-edited book, Let’s Agree on Poland: A Case Study in Strategic Constitutional Design (Oxford University Press, 2025), to examine revolutionary conservatism as a coherent global ideological rival to liberal democra
- Homo Academicus – Homo Politicus: An Academical-Political Biography of Philip E. MoselyPhilip Edward Mosely (1905-1972) has been remembered as the “the Cold War’s organization man.” The world’s leading Sovietologist, he was at the center of shaping what came to be known as Russian and East European studies.
News
- Dimensions of Digital Transformation: IWMpost 136 Out NowThe five articles that form the main focus of the present issue address very different dimensions of the digital transformation of our time: the development of governance principles and structures in the field of…
- Patočka Workshop Highlights the Work of French Translator Erika AbramsOn November 28, the IWM Library witnessed the annual workshop of Patočka scholars, editors, and translators. This year’s meeting served as an overdue opportunity to pay tribute to the eminent merits of French translator…
- Can History Explain Putin’s War, Sergey Radchenko?So many of us seem to be scrambling to understand where the world is heading. Decade-old certainties seem to crumble before our eyes. Perhaps we are reaching the moment that Karl Marx predicted when all that is solid…
Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Peter B. KaufmanSeminars and Colloquia
- A Roundtable with Vladan ĐokićPanels and Discussions
- Fellows' Colloquium with Olesya KhromeychukSeminars and Colloquia
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Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Peter B. KaufmanSeminars and Colloquia
- A Roundtable with Vladan ĐokićPanels and Discussions
- Fellows' Colloquium with Olesya KhromeychukSeminars and Colloquia
News
- Dimensions of Digital Transformation: IWMpost 136 Out NowThe five articles that form the main focus of the present issue address very different dimensions of the digital transformation of our time: the development of governance principles and structures in the field of…
- Patočka Workshop Highlights the Work of French Translator Erika AbramsOn November 28, the IWM Library witnessed the annual workshop of Patočka scholars, editors, and translators. This year’s meeting served as an overdue opportunity to pay tribute to the eminent merits of French translator…
- Can History Explain Putin’s War, Sergey Radchenko?So many of us seem to be scrambling to understand where the world is heading. Decade-old certainties seem to crumble before our eyes. Perhaps we are reaching the moment that Karl Marx predicted when all that is solid…
Current Fellows' research
- 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?
- Czesław Miłosz, ‘Kultura,’ and Ketman: Dissimulation and Dissidence Across the Polish DiasporaCzesław Miłosz’s 1953 book The Captive Mind made Ketman—a term originally derived from Islamic law, describing the duty of believers to conceal their true beliefs when threatened with persecution—a byword for the myriad strategies of self-effacement used by the
- DisplacedDuring her Lesia Ukraїnka Senior Visiting Fellowship at the IWM, Olesya Khromeychuk will aim to rethink the concept of displacement not as a story of loss and defeat, but as a condition that has, paradoxically, contributed to the forging of Ukraine as a resilient political nation.
- 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.
- Revolutionary Conservatism: Liberalism’s Next Grand RivalAt the IWM, Maciej Kisilowski will build on his recently published co-edited book, Let’s Agree on Poland: A Case Study in Strategic Constitutional Design (Oxford University Press, 2025), to examine revolutionary conservatism as a coherent global ideological rival to liberal democra
- Homo Academicus – Homo Politicus: An Academical-Political Biography of Philip E. MoselyPhilip Edward Mosely (1905-1972) has been remembered as the “the Cold War’s organization man.” The world’s leading Sovietologist, he was at the center of shaping what came to be known as Russian and East European studies.
Recent Media
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