Current Fellows' research
- Beyond the Ideology: Public Opinion in Putin’s Russia and during WartimeThe analysis of public opinion under authoritarianism poses a significant problem.
- Understanding and Evaluating Machine Learning ErrorsNowadays, machine learning (ML) models are evaluated based on their success. For example, a good model has an accuracy of over 90%. However, less attention is paid to the impact of the errors.
- Christian Hajjis: Mobility and Status in the Late Ottoman EmpireThis project explores the formation of Balkan elites in the late Ottoman Empire by focusing on the Christian hajjis—Eastern Orthodox pilgrims to Jerusalem who took as their model the Muslim hajj to Mecca. These pilgrims defy familiar classifications.
- "Bos -poros": The Gendered Body as the Aporetic ThresholdDeniz Guvensoy argues that the border performs itself in a paradoxical counter-turning, which simultaneously enables and endangers binary oppositions in the political space.
- Digital Humanism and Care: What is Digital Humanism Made of?Access to the digital realm works through the function of technological devices, which over time become objects, documentation and testimony of past human agency.
- Digital HumanismWe live in a “digital” world, the separation between physical and virtual makes (almost) no sense anymore.
News
- Current IWM Open Calls09.01.2023The IWM currently has numerous calls for applications for its various fellowship programs. Here you will find an overview of all current calls.
- IWM Europe’s Futures Fellow Valbona Zeneli Receives the Inspiration Award25.01.2023The IWM warmly congratulates former IWM Europe’s Futures Fellow Valbona Zeneli on receiving the “Inspiration Award” for women. Zeneli was a Europe’s Futures Fellow at the IWM from 2021 to 2022.
- In Memoriam Gáspár Miklós Tamás23.01.202328.11.1948 – 15.01.2023
Upcoming events
- Books in PerspectiveOtherCET
- Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to WarPanels and DiscussionsCET
- Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to WarPanels and DiscussionsCET
- Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to WarPanels and DiscussionsCET
Upcoming events
- Books in PerspectiveOtherCET
- Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to WarPanels and DiscussionsCET
- Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to WarPanels and DiscussionsCET
- Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to WarPanels and DiscussionsCET
News
- Current IWM Open Calls09.01.2023The IWM currently has numerous calls for applications for its various fellowship programs. Here you will find an overview of all current calls.
- IWM Europe’s Futures Fellow Valbona Zeneli Receives the Inspiration Award25.01.2023The IWM warmly congratulates former IWM Europe’s Futures Fellow Valbona Zeneli on receiving the “Inspiration Award” for women. Zeneli was a Europe’s Futures Fellow at the IWM from 2021 to 2022.
- In Memoriam Gáspár Miklós Tamás23.01.202328.11.1948 – 15.01.2023
Current Fellows' research
- Beyond the Ideology: Public Opinion in Putin’s Russia and during WartimeThe analysis of public opinion under authoritarianism poses a significant problem.
- Understanding and Evaluating Machine Learning ErrorsNowadays, machine learning (ML) models are evaluated based on their success. For example, a good model has an accuracy of over 90%. However, less attention is paid to the impact of the errors.
- Christian Hajjis: Mobility and Status in the Late Ottoman EmpireThis project explores the formation of Balkan elites in the late Ottoman Empire by focusing on the Christian hajjis—Eastern Orthodox pilgrims to Jerusalem who took as their model the Muslim hajj to Mecca. These pilgrims defy familiar classifications.
- "Bos -poros": The Gendered Body as the Aporetic ThresholdDeniz Guvensoy argues that the border performs itself in a paradoxical counter-turning, which simultaneously enables and endangers binary oppositions in the political space.
- Digital Humanism and Care: What is Digital Humanism Made of?Access to the digital realm works through the function of technological devices, which over time become objects, documentation and testimony of past human agency.
- Digital HumanismWe live in a “digital” world, the separation between physical and virtual makes (almost) no sense anymore.
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