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ERC Mentoring Initiative - Call for Applications

The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), together with the Polish Academy of Sciences and generously supported by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, has established a mentoring initiative for applicants for European Research Council…
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Digital Humanism Summit 2023: Read the Final Statement

Statement of the Digital Humanism Initiative on Generative AI and Democratic Sustainability

New Fellows at the IWM During the Summer Months

We are happy to introduce our fellows who will be staying at the IWM during the summer months. You can learn more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests and other…
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In Memoriam Victoria Amelina (1986-2023)

We are profoundly saddened by the death of Ukrainian writer and human rights activist Victoria Amelina on 1 July 2023. She died of injuries sustained in a Russian missile attack on Ria Lounge, a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk…
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New Podcast Episode on New Approaches to EU Enlargement

In this week's episode, Ivan Vejvoda sits down with Kristof Bender, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, to discuss a policy that many point to as among the most successful peace projects in the history of the world…
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Vienna Humanities Festival 2023: Program Now Online

From 25 September to 1 October, the Institute for Human Sciences once again invites renowned thinkers to come together in Vienna and reflect on the fears, hopes, and big questions of our time. Admission is free.
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Art Installation by Digital Humanism Junior Visiting Fellow Marika Grasso

Between 26 and 28 June, parts of the IWM library were turned into a venue for an art installation curated by IWM Visiting Fellow Marika Grasso. The installation is a response to the Junior Visiting Fellows Conference 2023 and the discourses and…
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Balázs Jarábik and Ivan Vejvoda on Ukraine, Moldova and Europe After the Russo-Ukrainian War

In this week's episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda is joined by Balázs Jarábik, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, to consider the future of Ukraine and its neighbors in a Europe forever…

Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture: Read the Full Text or Watch the Recording

On 16 June 2023, Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University and member of the IWM Board, delivered this year's Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture. Read the full text and watch the recording…
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IWMpost 131 Out Now!

The photo on the cover of this issue is taken from the portrait series ST. JAVELIN by Julia Krahn. The artist invited Ukrainian women who have fled their country to tell their stories through images and interviews. The photo points to the essays by…
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New Vienna Coffe House Conversations Episode with Oksana Forostyna Explores Untranslatable Ukrainian Humour and Life in Ukraine Today

Oksana Forostyna, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, joins Ivan Vejvoda from Lviv to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine, her recent essay on Ukrainian jokes and humour and their importance as a shield…
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Podcast Episode With Heather Grabbe on a Resilient, Independent and Green Europe

For this week's podcast episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda is in conversation with Heather Grabbe, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation.