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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…
New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: Post-Enlightenment Hungary with Péter Krekó
In this new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Péter Krekó to discuss the emerging “post-Enlightenment” era, characterized by emotional, myth-driven politics that challenge the…
8th Vienna Humanities Festival 2025
The full program of this year's Vienna Humanities Festival under the overarching theme ON EDGE/UNBEHAGEN is now available online. On the last weekend of September, with over 20 events, professors from the world's leading universities as well as…
New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: Defending the European Miracle: Borders, Asylum, and Security with Gerald Knaus
In this new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda speaks with Austrian social scientist and co-founder and chairman of the European Stability Initiative (ESI) Gerald Knaus.
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.