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Next Tuesday: Omri Boehm Delivers Speech to Europe 2024
As part of the Wiener Festwochen 2024, philosopher Omri Boehm will deliver the “Speech to Europe” on 7 May 2024. In the third edition of this event, the focus lies on the impact that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could have on Europe.
Nächsten Montag im Volkstheater: Omri Boehm & Daniel Kehlmann sprechen über Kant
Dieses Jahr feiern wir den 300. Geburtstag von Immanuel Kant, dem Begründer der modernen Philosophie. In Kooperation mit dem Wiener Volkstheater lädt das IWM am 6. Mai 2024 zu einem Gespräch über den Philosophen aus Königsberg (heute Kaliningrad).
Storms and Networks Symposium at the Belvedere
On 7 May 2024, the Austrian Gallery Belvedere, in collaboration with the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna), is hosting the interdisciplinary symposium Storms and Networks. The event will be held in English and is open to the public.
Debating Europe This Sunday: Biden or Trump? The US Elections and Their Impact on Europe
The next edition of the Debating Europe series at the Burgtheater Vienna, a collaboration between the Burgtheater, ERSTE Foundation, the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna), and DER STANDARD, will cast a glance across the…
Announcing INDEX: Institute for Documentation and Exchange (Lviv)
The IWM is launching a new institution based in Ukraine. INDEX: Institute for Documentation and Exchange will open its doors in Lviv later this year. It is intended to support Ukrainians as they document the Russo-Ukrainian War and to facilitate…
Kafkas letzte Tage – Ein Podcast in 53 Folgen
Die letzten Wochen seines Lebens, vom 19. April bis zum 3. Juni 1924, verbrachte Franz Kafka in einem kleinen Sanatorium in Kierling bei Klosterneuburg. Kafkas Lebensgefährtin Dora Diamant war bei ihm. Die Zeit ist von Kafkas tödlicher Krankheit,…
New Fellows Starting in April
We are happy to introduce our fellows who will be starting their fellowship in April. You can learn more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests and other media-related…
Tracing Cultural Politics: IWM Field Trip to Bratislava
On 23 March 2024, a group of IWM staff members and visiting fellows made their way to Bratislava to see the exhibition Liberated Space: Care – Architecture – Feminism. The trip also provided an opportunity for dialogue with protagonists of…
Cancelled: Geopolitical Talk with Meghan O'Sullivan
Regrettably, tomorrow's event on "Geopolitics and the Energy Transition. Can the Downward Spiral Be Reversed?" with Meghan O'Sullivan has to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Unveiling Crimea's Complexities with Mariia Shynkarenko
Mariia Shynkarenko is a political scientist and a Research Associate in the Ukraine in European Dialogue program at the IWM. Her research focuses on the historical and contemporary identity, indigeneity and resistance of Crimean Tatars. In 2023,…
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…
Neue Publikation: Kosmopolitismus im Wandel
Das vom Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen herausgegebene Buch von Seyla Benhabib Kosmopolitismus im Wandel: Zwischen Demos, Kosmos und Globus ist bei Mandelbaum erschienen.