Current Fellows' research
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Rose, The Human Story of a ScentRose, The Human Story of a Scent, is a travelogue: part macro photograph of the world’s most desired flower, part observation of people and societies, communities and cultures across a wide ark of troubled––and some cosseted––lands that grow, admire and prof
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Rethinking Psychoanalytic Anthropology and Theory of CulturePeter Gay’s observation that “for good or ill, Sigmund Freud, more than any other explorer of the psyche, has shaped the mind of the twentieth century” seems to be well-founded, whether someone is an admirer or harsh critic of Freud.
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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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Thanatography and the Modes of GriefIn the context of the aestheticization and capitalization of happiness, health, success, and youth in the global mainstream culture, thanatographies––or, writing about death––have during the last half century embarked on the difficult task of bringing death, diminished wit
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Political History of Post-Soviet SocietiesMikhail Minakov’s research project aims at an analysis of how the political cultures and systems of eastern European and northern Eurasian societies changed between 1989 and 2022.
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Mapping the Future: Debating Harm and Political Community in the Algorithmic Forecasting of CrimeThis project undertakes an analysis of how crime risk forecasting software used by police departments produces outcomes, directs decision-making, and is evaluated for accuracy and efficacy.
Jobs and Open Calls
Ukraine in European Dialogue Junior Fellowship
08.11.2023
Deadline for Applications:
28 January 2023
Paul Celan Fellowship for Translators
08.11.2023
Deadline for Applications:
4 February 2023
News
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Apply Now: Currently Open IWM Fellowship Calls08.11.2023The IWM currently has numerous calls for applications for its various fellowship programs. Here you will find an overview of all currently open calls.
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Perspectives on the Autumn Fellows' Conference 202306.12.2023On Wednesday, 29 November, the IWM hosted the 2023 Autumn Fellows' Conference. Organized by and for emerging scholars, it constitutes a forum for exchange across disciplinary boundaries and affords researchers an…
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Culture and Cooperation in the Western Balkans with Vladimir Arsenijević06.12.2023In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, host Ivan Vejvoda welcomes IWM and ERSTE Foundation's Europe's Futures Fellow Vladimir Arsenijević for an insightful dialogue on the cultural and political…
Upcoming events
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Seminars and ColloquiaCET
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LectureCET
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Panels and DiscussionsCET
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Weil wir eine Welt zu gewinnen habenPanels and DiscussionsCET
Upcoming events
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Seminars and ColloquiaCET
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LectureCET
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Panels and DiscussionsCET
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Weil wir eine Welt zu gewinnen habenPanels and DiscussionsCET
News
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Apply Now: Currently Open IWM Fellowship Calls08.11.2023The IWM currently has numerous calls for applications for its various fellowship programs. Here you will find an overview of all currently open calls.
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Perspectives on the Autumn Fellows' Conference 202306.12.2023On Wednesday, 29 November, the IWM hosted the 2023 Autumn Fellows' Conference. Organized by and for emerging scholars, it constitutes a forum for exchange across disciplinary boundaries and affords researchers an…
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Culture and Cooperation in the Western Balkans with Vladimir Arsenijević06.12.2023In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, host Ivan Vejvoda welcomes IWM and ERSTE Foundation's Europe's Futures Fellow Vladimir Arsenijević for an insightful dialogue on the cultural and political…
Current Fellows' research
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Rose, The Human Story of a ScentRose, The Human Story of a Scent, is a travelogue: part macro photograph of the world’s most desired flower, part observation of people and societies, communities and cultures across a wide ark of troubled––and some cosseted––lands that grow, admire and prof
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Rethinking Psychoanalytic Anthropology and Theory of CulturePeter Gay’s observation that “for good or ill, Sigmund Freud, more than any other explorer of the psyche, has shaped the mind of the twentieth century” seems to be well-founded, whether someone is an admirer or harsh critic of Freud.
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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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Thanatography and the Modes of GriefIn the context of the aestheticization and capitalization of happiness, health, success, and youth in the global mainstream culture, thanatographies––or, writing about death––have during the last half century embarked on the difficult task of bringing death, diminished wit
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Political History of Post-Soviet SocietiesMikhail Minakov’s research project aims at an analysis of how the political cultures and systems of eastern European and northern Eurasian societies changed between 1989 and 2022.
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Mapping the Future: Debating Harm and Political Community in the Algorithmic Forecasting of CrimeThis project undertakes an analysis of how crime risk forecasting software used by police departments produces outcomes, directs decision-making, and is evaluated for accuracy and efficacy.
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