Current Fellows' research
- On the Conceptual Apparatus of ‘World Literature’: Eastern European AlternativesThis project critically examines some of the central assumptions and concepts informing the current discourse on world literature in the English-speaking world.
- The Future of the Liberal Vision in a World Without RulesAs a lifelong liberal and a former practicing politician, Michael Ignatieff faces a world he never expected: the rise of a counter-revolutionary right and the near collapse of the liberal international order created after 1945. This situation is not without precedent.
- 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
- A Digital Archive of the Russo-Ukrainian WarIn 2025, Anastasia Felcher will take part in setting up a digital archive of Russia’s war against Ukraine as a joint INDEX-IWM Archival Development Fellow at the newly launched INDEX Institute for Documentation and Exchange in Lviv.
- The Contemporary Crisis of Modern Subjectivity and Its Early Greek AlternativePiotr Augustyniak continues his research on the sources of the contemporary crisis of modern subjectivity, whose roots, as shown by Heidegger and Adorno, can be traced back to the classical era in Greece.
- Socialist Yugoslavia and the Global South in the Long 1970s: Exploring the Contradictions of Decolonial SolidarityDuring his fellowship, Paul Stubbs will work on a book-length manuscript exploring socialist Yugoslavia's internal and external politics, and the inextricable links between them, in what he terms “the long 1970s.” This was a kind of “interregnum” or—in Gramsci&…
Jobs and Open Calls
News
- Geopolitical Talk with Andrew Small: Deciphering the Triangle - US Disorder, Chinese Ambition, and European AgencyWe are delighted to announce the next edition of our Geopolitical Talks event series. On 25 November, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev is joined by Andrew Small, incoming Asia director at the European Council on…
- What Is the Meaning of Freedom, Timothy Snyder?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…
- New Fellows Joining the IWM in NovemberWe are delighted to introduce the four visiting fellows listed below, who will be joining the Institute in November. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview…
Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Paul StubbsSeminars and Colloquia
- Monthly Lecture mit Martin SchürzLecture
- Conferences and Workshops
- Fellows' Colloquium with Sanja M. BojanićSeminars and Colloquia
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Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Paul StubbsSeminars and Colloquia
- Monthly Lecture mit Martin SchürzLecture
- Conferences and Workshops
- Fellows' Colloquium with Sanja M. BojanićSeminars and Colloquia
News
- Geopolitical Talk with Andrew Small: Deciphering the Triangle - US Disorder, Chinese Ambition, and European AgencyWe are delighted to announce the next edition of our Geopolitical Talks event series. On 25 November, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev is joined by Andrew Small, incoming Asia director at the European Council on…
- What Is the Meaning of Freedom, Timothy Snyder?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…
- New Fellows Joining the IWM in NovemberWe are delighted to introduce the four visiting fellows listed below, who will be joining the Institute in November. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview…
Current Fellows' research
- On the Conceptual Apparatus of ‘World Literature’: Eastern European AlternativesThis project critically examines some of the central assumptions and concepts informing the current discourse on world literature in the English-speaking world.
- The Future of the Liberal Vision in a World Without RulesAs a lifelong liberal and a former practicing politician, Michael Ignatieff faces a world he never expected: the rise of a counter-revolutionary right and the near collapse of the liberal international order created after 1945. This situation is not without precedent.
- 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
- A Digital Archive of the Russo-Ukrainian WarIn 2025, Anastasia Felcher will take part in setting up a digital archive of Russia’s war against Ukraine as a joint INDEX-IWM Archival Development Fellow at the newly launched INDEX Institute for Documentation and Exchange in Lviv.
- The Contemporary Crisis of Modern Subjectivity and Its Early Greek AlternativePiotr Augustyniak continues his research on the sources of the contemporary crisis of modern subjectivity, whose roots, as shown by Heidegger and Adorno, can be traced back to the classical era in Greece.
- Socialist Yugoslavia and the Global South in the Long 1970s: Exploring the Contradictions of Decolonial SolidarityDuring his fellowship, Paul Stubbs will work on a book-length manuscript exploring socialist Yugoslavia's internal and external politics, and the inextricable links between them, in what he terms “the long 1970s.” This was a kind of “interregnum” or—in Gramsci&…
Recent Media
Jobs and Open Calls
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