Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Ukrainian Historical Experiences Through Habsburg, European, and Global Lenses	Tue, 15.07.2025, 09:00 - Tue, 15.07.2025, 16:45	Conferences and Workshops	Katherine Younger Svitlana Potapenko Taras FedirkoTomasz Hen-Konarski, Patrice Dabrowski	Ukrainian Historical Experiences Through Habsburg, European, and Global Lenses Tue, 15.07.2025, 09:00 - Tue, 15.07.2025, 16:45 Speakers: Katherine Younger Svitlana Potapenko Taras FedirkoTomasz Hen-Konarski, Patrice Dabrowski Series: Conferences and Workshops This workshop brings together scholars examining Ukraine’s experiences under Habsburg rule from the 18th to 20th centuries. It aims to provide feedback on Austria-related research in progress and foster discussion on integrating Habsburg history into global narratives of Ukraine’s past. Read more
Ukrainian Historical Experiences Through Habsburg, European, and Global Lenses Tue, 15.07.2025, 09:00 - Tue, 15.07.2025, 16:45 Speakers: Katherine Younger Svitlana Potapenko Taras FedirkoTomasz Hen-Konarski, Patrice Dabrowski Series: Conferences and Workshops This workshop brings together scholars examining Ukraine’s experiences under Habsburg rule from the 18th to 20th centuries. It aims to provide feedback on Austria-related research in progress and foster discussion on integrating Habsburg history into global narratives of Ukraine’s past. Read more
	Un/Making Protection: The Proliferation of Temporary Protection Regimes Across Space and Time	Tue, 08.07.2025, 09:00 - Tue, 08.07.2025, 18:00	Conferences and Workshops	Diego Acosta Manuela Bojadžijev Ruslana Koziienko Ayşe ÇağlarVolha Biziukova, Irem Sengül, Leila Hadj Abdou, Kayi Esra, Lucie Macková, Sarah Knoll	Un/Making Protection: The Proliferation of Temporary Protection Regimes Across Space and Time Tue, 08.07.2025, 09:00 - Tue, 08.07.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Diego Acosta Manuela Bojadžijev Ruslana Koziienko Ayşe ÇağlarVolha Biziukova, Irem Sengül, Leila Hadj Abdou, Kayi Esra, Lucie Macková, Sarah Knoll Series: Conferences and Workshops The workshop examined the proliferation of temporary protection (TP) regimes in response to mass displacement since the post-Cold War era, focusing on cases such as the former Yugoslavia, the Venezuelan exodus, Syrians in Turkey, and Ukrainians in the EU. It aimed to critically explore common patterns of temporariness and uncertainty across these regimes and situate them within broader legal, political, and institutional contexts. Read more
Un/Making Protection: The Proliferation of Temporary Protection Regimes Across Space and Time Tue, 08.07.2025, 09:00 - Tue, 08.07.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Diego Acosta Manuela Bojadžijev Ruslana Koziienko Ayşe ÇağlarVolha Biziukova, Irem Sengül, Leila Hadj Abdou, Kayi Esra, Lucie Macková, Sarah Knoll Series: Conferences and Workshops The workshop examined the proliferation of temporary protection (TP) regimes in response to mass displacement since the post-Cold War era, focusing on cases such as the former Yugoslavia, the Venezuelan exodus, Syrians in Turkey, and Ukrainians in the EU. It aimed to critically explore common patterns of temporariness and uncertainty across these regimes and situate them within broader legal, political, and institutional contexts. Read more
	The World That Drone Wars Made: War Economies and the Remaking of Political Order	Mon, 30.06.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Misha Glenny Taras Fedirko	The World That Drone Wars Made: War Economies and the Remaking of Political Order Mon, 30.06.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Taras Fedirko Series: Lecture Wars have made the world we live in—from nation-states and tax systems to international law and intergovernmental organisations—through war economies: the political, material, and moral arrangements for organising labour and resources for political violence, amid the resurgence of war and genocide. This talk explored the emerging global economies of drone warfare and how they rely on and transform local social orders. Drawing on ethnographic research during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Taras Fedirko examined how new war economies emerged, endured, and reshaped political and moral orders in their wake. Read more
The World That Drone Wars Made: War Economies and the Remaking of Political Order Mon, 30.06.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Taras Fedirko Series: Lecture Wars have made the world we live in—from nation-states and tax systems to international law and intergovernmental organisations—through war economies: the political, material, and moral arrangements for organising labour and resources for political violence, amid the resurgence of war and genocide. This talk explored the emerging global economies of drone warfare and how they rely on and transform local social orders. Drawing on ethnographic research during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Taras Fedirko examined how new war economies emerged, endured, and reshaped political and moral orders in their wake. Read more
	Belarus: Ancient and Modern	Fri, 27.06.2025, 18:30	Lecture	Timothy SnyderStephanie Fenkart	Belarus: Ancient and Modern A Reconsideration of a Central European History Fri, 27.06.2025, 18:30 Speakers: Timothy SnyderStephanie Fenkart Series: Lecture Timothy Snyder, IWM Lesya Ukrainka Permanent Fellow, has delivered a lecture on modern authoritarianism at Wien Museum. Read more

	A Future-Oriented Humanism? Racism and Balibar’s Reinterpretation of Anthropological Differences	Mon, 23.06.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Manuela Bojadžijev Ayşe Çağlar	A Future-Oriented Humanism? Racism and Balibar’s Reinterpretation of Anthropological Differences Fellows' Colloquium with Manuela Bojadžijev Mon, 23.06.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Manuela Bojadžijev Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Manuela Bojadžijev explored the possibility of a future-oriented humanism in the face of ongoing processes of dehumanization. She examined Étienne Balibar’s anthropology of differences, highlighting how his theory of racism and concept of the “genealogical schema” offer critical tools for understanding and resisting contemporary forms of exclusion and domination. Read more
A Future-Oriented Humanism? Racism and Balibar’s Reinterpretation of Anthropological Differences Fellows' Colloquium with Manuela Bojadžijev Mon, 23.06.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Manuela Bojadžijev Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Manuela Bojadžijev explored the possibility of a future-oriented humanism in the face of ongoing processes of dehumanization. She examined Étienne Balibar’s anthropology of differences, highlighting how his theory of racism and concept of the “genealogical schema” offer critical tools for understanding and resisting contemporary forms of exclusion and domination. Read more
	New World Orders: Past, Present, and Future	Wed, 18.06.2025, 19:00	Lecture	Misha GlennyMargaret MacMillan	New World Orders: Past, Present, and Future Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture Wed, 18.06.2025, 19:00 Speakers: Misha GlennyMargaret MacMillan Series: Lecture The Michalski Memorial Lecture was an annual tribute to Krzysztof Michalski, the founding rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna), an outstanding philosopher and ardent advocate of intellectual exchange between East and West. In this lecture, the renowned Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan helped us understand our present situation by drawing upon historical examples of systemic crisis and the mechanisms through which world orders have evolved. Read more
New World Orders: Past, Present, and Future Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture Wed, 18.06.2025, 19:00 Speakers: Misha GlennyMargaret MacMillan Series: Lecture The Michalski Memorial Lecture was an annual tribute to Krzysztof Michalski, the founding rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna), an outstanding philosopher and ardent advocate of intellectual exchange between East and West. In this lecture, the renowned Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan helped us understand our present situation by drawing upon historical examples of systemic crisis and the mechanisms through which world orders have evolved. Read more
	Some Thoughts on Religious Nationalism	Mon, 16.06.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Assaf Sharon Clemena Antonova	Some Thoughts on Religious Nationalism Fellows' Colloquium with Assaf Sharon Mon, 16.06.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Assaf Sharon Clemena Antonova Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Assaf Sharon will explore the rise of religious nationalism as a dominant political force in many countries around the globe. Often regarded as a front for xenophobia, racism, or economic anxiety, it has deep intellectual roots and a distinct approach to political authority, state sovereignty, and social morality. Taking it seriously is indispensable for understanding the phenomenon and the challenge it poses for liberal societies. Read more
Some Thoughts on Religious Nationalism Fellows' Colloquium with Assaf Sharon Mon, 16.06.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Assaf Sharon Clemena Antonova Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Assaf Sharon will explore the rise of religious nationalism as a dominant political force in many countries around the globe. Often regarded as a front for xenophobia, racism, or economic anxiety, it has deep intellectual roots and a distinct approach to political authority, state sovereignty, and social morality. Taking it seriously is indispensable for understanding the phenomenon and the challenge it poses for liberal societies. Read more
	Vienna meets Prague: JETZT.	Sat, 14.06.2025, 18:00	Festivals	Ludger HagedornDavid Böhm	Vienna meets Prague: JETZT. Ausstellung und Buchpräsentation mit David Böhm Sat, 14.06.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger HagedornDavid Böhm Series: Festivals Wie lange dauert das Jetzt? Und ist eigentlich immer Jetzt? Solche Fragen beantwortet das Buch mit dem Titel JETZT. Für die Abschlussveranstaltung von Vienna meets Prague 2025 hat David Böhm nicht nur sein Buch mitgebracht, sondern zum Thema der Zeit eine ganze Ausstellung konzipiert. Read more
Vienna meets Prague: JETZT. Ausstellung und Buchpräsentation mit David Böhm Sat, 14.06.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger HagedornDavid Böhm Series: Festivals Wie lange dauert das Jetzt? Und ist eigentlich immer Jetzt? Solche Fragen beantwortet das Buch mit dem Titel JETZT. Für die Abschlussveranstaltung von Vienna meets Prague 2025 hat David Böhm nicht nur sein Buch mitgebracht, sondern zum Thema der Zeit eine ganze Ausstellung konzipiert. Read more
	Vienna meets Prague: Kočár do Vídně	Fri, 13.06.2025, 20:00	Festivals	Michal Bregant	Vienna meets Prague: Kočár do Vídně Coach to Vienna // Wagen nach Wien Fri, 13.06.2025, 20:00 Speakers: Michal Bregant Series: Festivals Im Rahmen des Festivals Vienna meets Prague wird der tschechoslowakische Film Kočár do Vídně (Wagen nach Wien) gezeigt. Im Anschluss fand ein Gespräch mit Michal Bregant, Direktor des NFA Prag, statt. Read more
Vienna meets Prague: Kočár do Vídně Coach to Vienna // Wagen nach Wien Fri, 13.06.2025, 20:00 Speakers: Michal Bregant Series: Festivals Im Rahmen des Festivals Vienna meets Prague wird der tschechoslowakische Film Kočár do Vídně (Wagen nach Wien) gezeigt. Im Anschluss fand ein Gespräch mit Michal Bregant, Direktor des NFA Prag, statt. Read more
	Vienna meets Prague: Toyen. Malerin des Surrealismus	Fri, 13.06.2025, 18:00	Festivals	Andrea Sedláčková	Vienna meets Prague: Toyen. Malerin des Surrealismus Ein ARTE-Dokumentarfilm von Andrea Sedláčková Fri, 13.06.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Andrea Sedláčková Series: Festivals Eine Filmvorführung von Toyen: Malerin des Surrealismus. Anschließend gab es ein Gespräch mit der Regisseurin Andrea Sedláčková über die Faszination für Toyen und über ihre Arbeit an diesem Film. Read more
Vienna meets Prague: Toyen. Malerin des Surrealismus Ein ARTE-Dokumentarfilm von Andrea Sedláčková Fri, 13.06.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Andrea Sedláčková Series: Festivals Eine Filmvorführung von Toyen: Malerin des Surrealismus. Anschließend gab es ein Gespräch mit der Regisseurin Andrea Sedláčková über die Faszination für Toyen und über ihre Arbeit an diesem Film. Read more