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IWM Library Closed until 31 August
Due to maintenance work and the annual inventory, the IWM library will be closed for external users until 31 August 2025.
New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: Europe’s Demographic Reckoning with Tim Judah
In this new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda speaks with British journalist and author Tim Judah about his new book Life and Fate.
New World Orders: Past, Present, and Future: Rewatch this Year's Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture
The Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan delivered the 2025 Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture. Since 2018, the IWM has invited renowned scholars and intellectuals to honor the legacy of its founding rector as part of this lecture series.…
Applications Open for Documenting Ukraine Grants
The Documenting Ukraine program is glad to launch the 2025 application cycle. Ukrainian academics, creative professionals and public intellectuals are welcome to apply for one-time 5000 EUR grants for projects documenting the experience of the full-…
IWMpost 135 Out Now!
Perhaps it is due to the tremendous political changes of our time that a majority of the essays in this edition address political issues. Several contributions focus on the current crisis of democracy. In the lead article, IWM Rector Glenny…
Timothy Snyder to Give a Lecture on Belarus on 27 June
On 27 June, IWM Lesya Ukrainka Permanent Fellow Timothy Snyder will hold a lecture at Wien Museum on Belarus: Ancient and Modern. A Reconsideration of a Central European History.
New IWM Publication – »Life and Fate« by Tim Judah
Tim Judah's new book Life and Fate. All you need to know about the changing demography of central, eastern and south-eastern Europe was published under the auspices of the Europe's Futures project by the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna) and…
New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: Demography, Europe, and the Western Balkans’ Future with Alida Vračić
In this new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Alida Vračić, co-founder and executive director of the Sarajevo-based think tank Populari.
Reflections on the Spring Fellows' Conference 2025
On 28 May, fellows and guests of the Institute gathered for the spring 2025 edition of IWM’s biennial Fellow’s Conference. On this occasion, 11 presenters explored the themes of solidarity and crisis through time and across scales. The presentations…
New Fellows Arriving at the IWM in June
We are pleased to introduce the new fellows arriving at the Institute in June. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests or media inquiries, please reach out to iwm-pr@iwm.at.
IWM at Hay Festival 2025
From 22 May to 1 June, Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye 2025 will take place in Wales. The IWM will be represented at different events.
A Speech to Europe 2025: Lea Ypi on Migration
On the occasion of this years's Speech to Europe, philosopher and political scientist Lea Ypi delivered her "Speech to Europe on Migration" on Vienna's Judenplatz on 15 May. Ypi argues that migration is not the root of social and political…