Current Fellows' research
- Socialist Yugoslavia and the Global South in the Long 1970s: Exploring the Contradictions of Decolonial SolidarityDuring his fellowship, Paul Stubbs will work on a book-length manuscript exploring socialist Yugoslavia's internal and external politics, and the inextricable links between them, in what he terms “the long 1970s.” This was a kind of “interregnum” or—in Gramsci&…
- On the Crises of Metaphysics and Freedom: Patočka’s Negative Platonism and Adorno’s Negative DialecticJan Patočka and Theodor W. Adorno are representatives of two different philosophical streams.
- The Influencing Machine: AI Agents and HumansThe aim is to reinterpret Victor Tausk’s psychoanalytic concept of the influencing machine as a framework for understanding how contemporary AI systems shape human cognition, agency, and labor.
- Deciphering the Shadows of War: A Legal and Humanistic Inquiry into the Filtration Process in the Russian War against UkraineThis project delves into the complex and largely unexplored phenomenon of 'filtration' in the Russo-Ukrainian War. It seeks to unravel this practice as distinct from internment, focusing on its legal and humanitarian implications.
- Mensch und Phantasie. Untersuchung der anthropologischen Grundlage von José Ortega y Gassets KulturphilosophieDas Forschungsprojekt beschäftigt sich mit der Philosophischen Anthropologie und Kulturphilosophie des spanischen Philosophen José Ortega y Gasset.
- The Politics of WeaknessWhy do the Western Balkans matter for Europe’s future? Because global players easily exploit their multilayered weaknesses. What is the Hungarian ruler’s source of power? It is the systematic exploitation of the weaknesses of Hungary and the European Union.
News
- Can History Explain Putin’s War, Sergey Radchenko?So many of us seem to be scrambling to understand where the world is heading. Decade-old certainties seem to crumble before our eyes. Perhaps we are reaching the moment that Karl Marx predicted when all that is solid…
- Political Salon with Maciej Kisilowski: Let's Agree on PolandWe are delighted to announce the relaunch of the Political Salon event series, initiated in 2004 in cooperation with Die Presse. The opening event of the new series will take place on 9 December 2025 in the IWM Library…
- IWM Rector Misha Glenny to Move to BBCThe journalist, author, and current IWM Rector will leave the Institute to become a presenter on BBC Radio 4.
Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Maria TodorovaSeminars and Colloquia
- Political Salon with Maciej KisilowskiPanels and Discussions
- Jan Patočka Memorial LectureLecture
- Fellows' Colloquium with Peter B. KaufmanSeminars and Colloquia
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Upcoming events
- Fellows' Colloquium with Maria TodorovaSeminars and Colloquia
- Political Salon with Maciej KisilowskiPanels and Discussions
- Jan Patočka Memorial LectureLecture
- Fellows' Colloquium with Peter B. KaufmanSeminars and Colloquia
News
- Can History Explain Putin’s War, Sergey Radchenko?So many of us seem to be scrambling to understand where the world is heading. Decade-old certainties seem to crumble before our eyes. Perhaps we are reaching the moment that Karl Marx predicted when all that is solid…
- Political Salon with Maciej Kisilowski: Let's Agree on PolandWe are delighted to announce the relaunch of the Political Salon event series, initiated in 2004 in cooperation with Die Presse. The opening event of the new series will take place on 9 December 2025 in the IWM Library…
- IWM Rector Misha Glenny to Move to BBCThe journalist, author, and current IWM Rector will leave the Institute to become a presenter on BBC Radio 4.
Current Fellows' research
- Socialist Yugoslavia and the Global South in the Long 1970s: Exploring the Contradictions of Decolonial SolidarityDuring his fellowship, Paul Stubbs will work on a book-length manuscript exploring socialist Yugoslavia's internal and external politics, and the inextricable links between them, in what he terms “the long 1970s.” This was a kind of “interregnum” or—in Gramsci&…
- On the Crises of Metaphysics and Freedom: Patočka’s Negative Platonism and Adorno’s Negative DialecticJan Patočka and Theodor W. Adorno are representatives of two different philosophical streams.
- The Influencing Machine: AI Agents and HumansThe aim is to reinterpret Victor Tausk’s psychoanalytic concept of the influencing machine as a framework for understanding how contemporary AI systems shape human cognition, agency, and labor.
- Deciphering the Shadows of War: A Legal and Humanistic Inquiry into the Filtration Process in the Russian War against UkraineThis project delves into the complex and largely unexplored phenomenon of 'filtration' in the Russo-Ukrainian War. It seeks to unravel this practice as distinct from internment, focusing on its legal and humanitarian implications.
- Mensch und Phantasie. Untersuchung der anthropologischen Grundlage von José Ortega y Gassets KulturphilosophieDas Forschungsprojekt beschäftigt sich mit der Philosophischen Anthropologie und Kulturphilosophie des spanischen Philosophen José Ortega y Gasset.
- The Politics of WeaknessWhy do the Western Balkans matter for Europe’s future? Because global players easily exploit their multilayered weaknesses. What is the Hungarian ruler’s source of power? It is the systematic exploitation of the weaknesses of Hungary and the European Union.
Recent Media
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