Current Fellows' research
- Female Sexual Agency, Liberatory Advocacies, and the Digital Space in Nigerian Online YouTube PlatformsDeriving from two crucial observations: (1) that a strong “archival impulse,” a phrase Hal Foster uses to describe a compulsive inclination to record or document experiences, characterizes online practices surrounding gender and sexuality among African netizens; and (2) that this arch
- Resistance, Temporariness and Political (Dis)Continuity: Urban Governance and Refugees’ Labor Market Integration in Hamburg and IzmirThe project explores urban governance of refugee integration through a local-to-local interregional comparison. The interregional dimension is essential for uncovering similar local rationales despite national-level differences.
- Aneta Anra: Jehudit. Pasaulis galėtų būti toks gražus [Jehudit. How Beautiful the World Could Be] (LIT > POL)The aim of the project is to translate Aneta Anra’s book into Polish. Jehudit is a documented story about the Shoah, told from the point of view of two women in their declining years: a Holocaust survivor and a Polish savior of Lithuanian Jews.
- Post-Europe and the Ethos of Responsibility. Rethinking Europe since Jan Patočka and CEE’s dissidentsThe aim of this research is to explore the relevance of Jan Patočka’s complex theorization of the concept of Post-Europe.
- Digital Pathways and Transnational Frames: The Mobilization of Georgia’s Young Far RightThis study sheds light on the multidimensionality of contemporary far-right mobilization, examining how digital pathways facilitate the intersection of local and transnational narratives.
- Experts in Post-Imperial Transitions: Entanglements and Diverging Trajectories of Eugenicists between the Habsburg Empire and the Nation States, c. 1900–1939The project proposes a new integrative narrative about the history of eugenics in Habsburg and post-Habsburg territories, interpreted through imperial and post-imperial lenses.
News
- Sechstes Vienna meets Prague Festival: 11.-14. Juni 2025Das Festival geht heuer in seine sechste Runde. Vom 11. bis 14. Juni bietet es erneut die Gelegenheit, ausgewählte Höhepunkte der tschechischen Kultur in Wien zu erleben. In insgesamt 6 Veranstaltungen über 4 Tage…
- Visiting Fellows Arriving at the IWM in MayWe are pleased to introduce the new fellows arriving at the Institute in May. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests or media inquiries, please reach…
- New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: Youth, The Diaspora, and Bosnia’s Political Future with Teresa ReiterIn this new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda discusses with Teresa Reiter, a journalist and policy professional based in Vienna.
Upcoming events
- Geopolitical Talk with Jake SullivanPanels and Discussions
- Monthly Lecture with Julie Michelle KlingerLecture
- Part of Wiener FestwochenLecture
- An event in the context of Hay FestivalFestivals
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Upcoming events
- Geopolitical Talk with Jake SullivanPanels and Discussions
- Monthly Lecture with Julie Michelle KlingerLecture
- Part of Wiener FestwochenLecture
- An event in the context of Hay FestivalFestivals
News
- Sechstes Vienna meets Prague Festival: 11.-14. Juni 2025Das Festival geht heuer in seine sechste Runde. Vom 11. bis 14. Juni bietet es erneut die Gelegenheit, ausgewählte Höhepunkte der tschechischen Kultur in Wien zu erleben. In insgesamt 6 Veranstaltungen über 4 Tage…
- Visiting Fellows Arriving at the IWM in MayWe are pleased to introduce the new fellows arriving at the Institute in May. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests or media inquiries, please reach…
- New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: Youth, The Diaspora, and Bosnia’s Political Future with Teresa ReiterIn this new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda discusses with Teresa Reiter, a journalist and policy professional based in Vienna.
Current Fellows' research
- Female Sexual Agency, Liberatory Advocacies, and the Digital Space in Nigerian Online YouTube PlatformsDeriving from two crucial observations: (1) that a strong “archival impulse,” a phrase Hal Foster uses to describe a compulsive inclination to record or document experiences, characterizes online practices surrounding gender and sexuality among African netizens; and (2) that this arch
- Resistance, Temporariness and Political (Dis)Continuity: Urban Governance and Refugees’ Labor Market Integration in Hamburg and IzmirThe project explores urban governance of refugee integration through a local-to-local interregional comparison. The interregional dimension is essential for uncovering similar local rationales despite national-level differences.
- Aneta Anra: Jehudit. Pasaulis galėtų būti toks gražus [Jehudit. How Beautiful the World Could Be] (LIT > POL)The aim of the project is to translate Aneta Anra’s book into Polish. Jehudit is a documented story about the Shoah, told from the point of view of two women in their declining years: a Holocaust survivor and a Polish savior of Lithuanian Jews.
- Post-Europe and the Ethos of Responsibility. Rethinking Europe since Jan Patočka and CEE’s dissidentsThe aim of this research is to explore the relevance of Jan Patočka’s complex theorization of the concept of Post-Europe.
- Digital Pathways and Transnational Frames: The Mobilization of Georgia’s Young Far RightThis study sheds light on the multidimensionality of contemporary far-right mobilization, examining how digital pathways facilitate the intersection of local and transnational narratives.
- Experts in Post-Imperial Transitions: Entanglements and Diverging Trajectories of Eugenicists between the Habsburg Empire and the Nation States, c. 1900–1939The project proposes a new integrative narrative about the history of eugenics in Habsburg and post-Habsburg territories, interpreted through imperial and post-imperial lenses.
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