Current Fellows' research
- Illustrated Books of Poetry: Textual and Visual Aspects of Serbian Avant-Garde PoetryTijana Koprivica focuses on Serbian avant-garde illustrated books of poetry as a specific composite art form that emerges from the intertwining of text with visual elements.
- "Bos -poros": The Gendered Body as the Aporetic ThresholdDeniz Guvensoy argues that the border performs itself in a paradoxical counter-turning, which simultaneously enables and endangers binary oppositions in the political space.
- Philosophy and the Cold WarThis project seeks to illuminate what it meant to do philosophy in the years between 1945 and 1989, by way of a comparative study of three thinkers who came to prominence during the Cold War: Jan Patočka, Hannah Arendt, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
- Reinvigorating the European Integration of the Western Balkans: Policy Development and AdvocacyBy the all out brutal war against Ukraine, a sovereign European country, without any provocation, Putin’s Russia attacked the European security order.
- Beautiful but Useful: An Anthropology of Aesthetic Materialism / Postcolonies of Communism: Soviet Pasts in the Afterlife of EmpireDuring his stay at IWM, Serguei Oushakine plans to work on two book-length projects. One of them is a book on the material production of personal living space in the late Soviet Union.
- GENEX: Practicing Gender in EU External RelationsThe EU often seeks to project its internal identity as a gender equal polity in its external relations normative and policy frameworks. The implementation of these frameworks, however, are dependent on specific knowledge and processes that emerge from the local contexts of the implementers.
News
- Vienna Meets Prague Festival: 2-6 June25.05.2023The young festival Vienna Meets Prague, which sees its fourth edition this year, is again inviting to discover highlights of Czech culture in Vienna. This year, it will take place from 2–6 June, with the Depot, a…
- Ivan Vejvoda and Veronica Anghel Discuss the Past, Present and Future of EU Enlargement24.05.2023In Episode 19 of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations podcast, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda is joined by Veronica Anghel, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, to…
- IWM at Hay Festival 202323.05.2023From 25 May to 4 June, Hay Festival 2023 will take place in Wales, UK. We are pleased that the IWM will be represented at the festival with various conversations.
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- Conferences and WorkshopsCET
- FestivalsCET
- ExhibitionCET
News
- Vienna Meets Prague Festival: 2-6 June25.05.2023The young festival Vienna Meets Prague, which sees its fourth edition this year, is again inviting to discover highlights of Czech culture in Vienna. This year, it will take place from 2–6 June, with the Depot, a…
- Ivan Vejvoda and Veronica Anghel Discuss the Past, Present and Future of EU Enlargement24.05.2023In Episode 19 of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations podcast, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda is joined by Veronica Anghel, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, to…
- IWM at Hay Festival 202323.05.2023From 25 May to 4 June, Hay Festival 2023 will take place in Wales, UK. We are pleased that the IWM will be represented at the festival with various conversations.
Current Fellows' research
- Middle Eastern Maze: Israel, The Arabs and The Region 1948–2022The aim of Itamar Rabinovich's fellowship is the completion and publication in three languages (Hebrew, English and Portuguese) of his new book. The book’s title is Middle Eastern Maze: Israel, The Arabs and The Region 1948–2022.
- Illustrated Books of Poetry: Textual and Visual Aspects of Serbian Avant-Garde PoetryTijana Koprivica focuses on Serbian avant-garde illustrated books of poetry as a specific composite art form that emerges from the intertwining of text with visual elements.
- Turkey’s Post-Election International FutureOn 14 May 2023, Turkey will go to the polls in what will be a fateful presidential and parliamentary election. Apart from the crucial domestic political implications, these elections will redefine Turkey’s wider international relations.
- "Aus dem Schatten der Geschichte heraustreten:" Das aktuelle Vermächtnis der DissidenzRadka Denemarkovás bislang letzter Roman "Stunden aus Blei" beschäftigt sich eindringlich mit den gegenwärtigen gesellschaftlichen und politischen Entwicklungen in China. Im Hintergrund spielen jedoch die mitteleuropäischen Erfahrungen des 20.
- Cultural (De-)Colonization Through Satire: Gendered Humor in Ukraine Between 1990 and 2000During her research stay, Daryna Korkach will work on the history of satire and comedy shows broadcast on Ukrainian television during the first decade of Ukrainian independence.
- The Crisis of Political History–The Crisis of PoliticsAdéla Gjuričová explores the current historiographical debates on the decline of political-history research, offering an interpretation of its new position and mission, before examining the challenge of presentism in the context of a general crisis of modern political ideologies and
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