Current Fellows' research
- Sounds of Anti-Jewish Persecution in Early Post-War AccountsThe Jewish population of Europe was subjected to relentless persecution during the Second World War. What did this persecution sound like?
- Law and Rebellion in Early Modern IstanbulDuring the second period of his stay at the IWM, Yavuz Aykan will be working on his ongoing monograph on the 18th-century legal history of the Ottoman Empire.
- The Politics of LanguageDuring his time at the IWM, Stanley works on "The Politics of Language", a book co-authored with David Beaver that places political speech at the foundation of study of the theory of communication.
- Thinking Through MigrationThinking Through Migration problematizes the relationship between migration and the transformations of capitalism at a time when economic crises, populism and rising xenophobia are convergent. It is a multi-scalar ethnography that addresses how East Asian migrant
- The Rule of Law in the Dynamics of EU IntegrationIn September 2020 the European Commission published the first comprehensive review of member-states compliance with this core value of modern liberal democracies.
Made in IWM
Thomas Piketty: Kapital v 21. Stoletju, Translator: Vesna Velkovrh Bukilica
Till van Rahden: Demokratie. Eine gefährdete Lebensform
Ruth Wodak: The Politics of Fear
Geoffrey Galt Harpham: Scholarship and Freedom
News
- The latest podcast episode asks "What keeps democracies alive?"17.06.2021The newest episode of our podcast Democracy in Question? asks how we can foster and nurture democratic spaces and practices in our societies.
- IWMpost 127 out now!11.06.2021The latest issue of the IWM's magazine, IWMpost, is now available in both digital and hard copies. “History and memory” make up the central focus of this issue.
- New "Made in IWM": Slovenian Translation of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century08.06.2021When non-fiction tops the list: 149 books in translation enabled by the Institute’s Paul Celan program This month, IWM Permanent Fellow Ludger Hagedorn introduces our "Made in IWM" piece. He interviewed Vesna Velkovrh Bukilica, a Paul Celan Fellow at the IWM in 2015, and the translator of the…
Upcoming events
- Conferences and WorkshopsCET
- International conference, Institute for Human Sciences, ViennaConferences and WorkshopsCET
- Politics of History and Monument Building in Putin’s RussiaSeminars and ColloquiaCET
- Panels and DiscussionsCET
Recent Media
The IWM is a community of scholars pursuing advanced research in the humanities and social sciences.
For nearly four decades, the Institute has promoted intellectual exchange across disciplines, between academia and society, and among regions of the world. It hosts more than a hundred fellows each year, organizes public exchanges, and publishes books, articles, and digital fora.