Current Fellows' research
- Kateryna Sergatskova: Прощай, "Исламское Государство": остается только будущее. Истории террористов Восточной Европы [Goodbye, ISIS: Only the Future Remains. Stories from of Eastern European Terrorists] (RUS > ENG)This book describes how people from across the post-Soviet space became involved in the so-called Islamic State. Ukrainian journalist Kateryna Sergatskova spent years interviewing women who were married to militants, as well as militants themselves and the people who radicalized them.
- Political Crises and Conflicts of 1950s–1980s Eastern Europe and Their Influence on Ukraine’s Socio-Political LifeThe aim of the project is to conduct research regarding the development of socio-political crises in the Eastern Bloc (e.g., the East German uprising of 1953; the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; the Prague Spring of 1968; and the Polish crises of 1956, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1976 and 1980–1981), w
- Power of Tech Companies and Artificial Intelligence in Directing the Public: Recommender Algorithms as Public Good and Virtual Identity as Human RightBoth tech companies and AI algorithms exercise an immense power in today’s global interconnected world, which is based on big data and the digital footprints of online users.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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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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
- Kateryna Sergatskova: Прощай, "Исламское Государство": остается только будущее. Истории террористов Восточной Европы [Goodbye, ISIS: Only the Future Remains. Stories from of Eastern European Terrorists] (RUS > ENG)This book describes how people from across the post-Soviet space became involved in the so-called Islamic State. Ukrainian journalist Kateryna Sergatskova spent years interviewing women who were married to militants, as well as militants themselves and the people who radicalized them.
- Political Crises and Conflicts of 1950s–1980s Eastern Europe and Their Influence on Ukraine’s Socio-Political LifeThe aim of the project is to conduct research regarding the development of socio-political crises in the Eastern Bloc (e.g., the East German uprising of 1953; the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; the Prague Spring of 1968; and the Polish crises of 1956, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1976 and 1980–1981), w
- Power of Tech Companies and Artificial Intelligence in Directing the Public: Recommender Algorithms as Public Good and Virtual Identity as Human RightBoth tech companies and AI algorithms exercise an immense power in today’s global interconnected world, which is based on big data and the digital footprints of online users.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.
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