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ERC Mentoring Initiative - Call for Applications
The Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM), Vienna is an independent institute of advanced study in the humanities and social sciences. Together with the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN…
Save the Date: Vienna Humanities Festival from 27.9.- 2.10.
Join us for thought-provoking discussions about the roots and consequences of the Russo-Ukrainian war, global crises and digitization at this year’s festival “The Age of Uncertainty – Zeitenwende”
Over 120 Documenting Ukraine Grants Awarded
Since the launch of the program Documenting Ukraine in April 2022, the IWM has awarded over 120 grants to projects that contribute to creating a wide-ranging record of the Russo-Ukrainian War, focusing particularly on Ukrainian society's experience…
New Visiting Fellows Starting in August
We are happy to hereby announce our fellows who will begin their fellowships in August. You can learn more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names.
On the Democratic Core of the People’s Uprising in Sri Lanka
Commentary by Harshana Rambukwella
Media attention around the world is currently taken in by the happenings in Sri Lanka. Prolonged political tensions have culminated in the people’s uprising of July 9th, when an estimated 100,000 protesters…
New Visiting Fellows Starting in July
We are pleased to introduce the visiting fellows who will begin their fellowship at the IWM in July. You can learn more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names.
IWMpost 129 Out Now!
IWMpost 129, is now available in both digital and hard copies. “European Boundaries and Divides” make up the central focus of this issue, along with a special supplement with insights from and reflections on Ukraine.
Timothy Snyder and Yuval Noah Harari: The Last Forty Years and the Next Forty
Timothy Snyder and Yuval Noah Harari will be in conversation in an event that will be live-streamed on Thursday June 30, 19:00 CET.
Sharing Solidarity with Migrants
Youth Meet on “Ethics of Solidarity, Care and Protection” held in India in collaboration with the IWM.
New Policy Paper for Reinvigorating EU-Enlargement
In view of the upcoming summit of the European Council, IWM Europe’s Futures Fellows and alumni have proposed six fixes for the enlargement process.
Civilisations, Barbarity, Conquest, Legitimacy and Crimes of War: Transcript
This public event took place in the IWM Library on 31 May 2022, with John Dunn. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of this year has cast a glaring new light on a very old but ever more urgent question. In his lecture John Dunn asked, if…