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New edition of “Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration“ published
This publication is brought out with the support of the Institute of Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna. It is a part of a research program of Calcutta Research Group and IWM on migration and forced migration studies. Its Editor is Paula Banerjee, a…
The IWM Revokes Olena Semenyaka’s Fellowship with Immediate Effect
The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) strongly condemns and distances itself from the far-right statements and actions of Olena Semenyaka, who was due to start her Fellowship at IWM in January 2021 as part of the Ukraine in European Dialogue…
Ruth Wodak receives the Bruno Kreisky Prize
The IWM warmly congratulates Ruth Wodak, an exceptional scholar of political discourse and the radical right, who will receive the prestigious Bruno Kreisky Prize for for her lifetime achievements (publications and research [publizistisches…
Jubiläum: 30 Jahre Transit – Europäische Revue im Zeitraffer
Vor 30 Jahren erschien die erste Nummer der Zeitschrift Transit – Europäische Revue. Anlässlich dieses Jubiläums hat das IWM eine illustrierte Chronik der ersten zehn Jahre gestaltet.
Institutes for Advanced Study and the Current Pandemic – Potentials and Capacities for the European Research Area
Like many institutions in the cultural and academic space, the European Institutes of Advanced Study are currently facing enormous challenges. At the IWM, as well as at our partner institutes, we have actively accepted these challenges and have been…
Institutes for Advanced Study and the Current Pandemic – Potentials and Capacities for the European Research Area
Like many institutions in the cultural and academic space, the European Institutes of Advanced Study are currently facing enormous challenges. At the IWM, as well as at our partner institutes, we have actively accepted these challenges and have been…
ERC Mentoring Initiative: Call for Applications
The IWM, an independent institute of advanced study in the humanities and social sciences, has established a mentoring initiative for applicants for European Research Council (ERC) Starting and Consolidator Grants in the humanities and social…
The Other Europe. Interviews Behind the Iron Curtain
The Other Europe is the name of a six-part series, shot in 1987–1988 in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, especially Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, Poland and Romania.
IWM Fellow Tomasz Rakowski nominated for Jan Długosz Contest
The IWM is happy to announce that Prof. Tomasz Rakowski, currently Tischner Visiting Fellow at the Institute, is one of the nominees for this year’s Jan Długosz Contest.
40 Years Back: Solidarity, A Word That Created History
People are remembered for certain outstanding moments in their lives. One such moment in the life of Józef Tischner occurred on October 19, 1980, when he delivered a sermon on Cracow’s highly symbolic Wawel Hill for the newly founded Solidarność,…
New Podcast: Democracy in Question
Democracy in Question is the new podcast series of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna and the Albert Hirschman Center on Democracy at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. Hosted by Shalini Randeria, Rector of the IWM, and Director of the…
Begabtenfonds für Studierende aus Südosteuropa: IWM erhält 157.000 Euro aus Wiener Studienstiftung für Stipendien
Das IWM erhält aus den Mitteln der aufgelösten „Wiener Studienstiftung für begabte und bedürftige Studierende aus dem südosteuropäischen Bereich“ 157.000 Euro für die Vergabe von Forschungsstipendien. Das haben Kulturstadträtin Veronica Kaup-Hasler…