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IWM Library Closed until 3 September
Due to maintenance work and the annual inventory, the IWM library will be closed for external users from 22 July until the end of August 2024.
Interview: Ola Hnatiuk on Jerzy Giedroyc's Legacy and Polish-Ukrainian Relations
Ola Hnatiuk is a Polish and Ukrainian scholar, emerita professor at the University of Warsaw and professor at Kyiv Mohyla Academy, former vice president of PEN Ukraine, diplomat, and civic activist. She is currently a visiting scholar within the IWM…
The Current State and Future of Democracy with Philippe C. Schmitter
In this episode, Ivan Vejvoda is joined by Philippe C. Schmitter to discuss the current state and future of democracy, particularly in the context of rising populism and authoritarianism.
ERC Mentoring Initiative - Call for Applications
The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna), 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…
Kim Lane Scheppele Talks About Orbán, Populism, and the Legal Path to Autocracy in New Podcast Episode
In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda hosts Kim Lane Scheppele, the Lawrence S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Vienna Humanities Festival 2024: Full Program Now Online
The full program of this year's Vienna Humanities Festival, which sees its seventh edition in autumn, is now available online. Under the overarching theme Uncharted/Neuland, visitors are invited to examine and discuss the political, ecological,…
Life on the Edge and The Most Documented War: Highlights from Recent Documenting Ukraine Events
In late May and early June, the IWM's Documenting Ukraine program, together with partners within and outside Ukraine, co-organized two significant events that provided space for encounters, exchange, and reflection on the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war…
The Long Shadow of a Sinister Past: Read the Full Text of this Year's Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture
On 14 June, Martin Pollack, one of Austria's most renowned writers and public intellectuals, delivered the 2024 Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture. Since 2019, the IWM has been inviting renowned scholars and intellectuals to honor the legacy of…
Buchpreis zum Österreichischen Franz Kafka-Preis 2024 geht an Radka Denemarková
Das IWM richtet herzliche Glückwünsche an Radka Denemarková, die 2023 als Jan Patočka Visiting Fellow am Institut zu Gast war. Für ihren Roman Stunden aus Blei (Hoffmann & Campe, 2022) wurde die tschechische Autorin am 14. Juni mit dem Odradek…
Apply Now: Digital Humanism Junior Visiting Fellowship
The IWM is now accepting applications for its Digital Humanism Fellowship. The fellowship aims to bring eminent scholars from a wide range of academic fields to the Institute and allow them to pursue cutting-edge research on all aspects of…
IWMpost 133 Out Now!
The main essay in this IWMpost issue responds to a pervasive mood of our time. Against the backdrop of several ongoing global crises, from which it is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine a way out, apocalyptic visions of the future are…
Erik Jones on Populism and Political Disorder
In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations podcast, host Ivan Vejvoda speaks with Erik Jones, director of the Schuman Center for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence.