Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	China, Europe, and Global Leadership	Wed, 30.04.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo MilaneseXuetong Yan	China, Europe, and Global Leadership Wed, 30.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo MilaneseXuetong Yan Series: Panels and Discussions As technological, climatic, and social change have begun to accelerate at an unprecedented rate, the United States appears to have relinquished its aspirations to global leadership. China and Europe are faced with multiple dilemmas in determining how to respond to these changes. Yan Xuetong, one of China’s leading intellectuals, in conversation with Niccolò Milanese and Ivan Vejvoda, will address what this will mean for Europe and China. Read more
China, Europe, and Global Leadership Wed, 30.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo MilaneseXuetong Yan Series: Panels and Discussions As technological, climatic, and social change have begun to accelerate at an unprecedented rate, the United States appears to have relinquished its aspirations to global leadership. China and Europe are faced with multiple dilemmas in determining how to respond to these changes. Yan Xuetong, one of China’s leading intellectuals, in conversation with Niccolò Milanese and Ivan Vejvoda, will address what this will mean for Europe and China. Read more
	Innovation as Technosociality: Myth, Magic, and How Innovation Really Works	Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Hans Akkermans Ludger Hagedorn	Innovation as Technosociality: Myth, Magic, and How Innovation Really Works Fellows' Colloquium with Hans Akkermans Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Hans Akkermans Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his Fellows' Colloquium, Hans Akkermans argued that innovation should be understood as a specific type of Complex Adaptive System that he dubs “technosociality.” He also attempted to address three aspects of the needed democratization of technology. Read more
Innovation as Technosociality: Myth, Magic, and How Innovation Really Works Fellows' Colloquium with Hans Akkermans Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Hans Akkermans Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his Fellows' Colloquium, Hans Akkermans argued that innovation should be understood as a specific type of Complex Adaptive System that he dubs “technosociality.” He also attempted to address three aspects of the needed democratization of technology. Read more
	PERLA: Vor und hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang	Mon, 28.04.2025, 19:30	Visual and Performing Arts	Barbara Tóth Misha GlennySaša Makarová	PERLA: Vor und hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang Film und Gespräch Mon, 28.04.2025, 19:30 Speakers: Barbara Tóth Misha GlennySaša Makarová Series: Visual and Performing Arts Das Stadtkino Wien lädt gemeinsam mit dem IWM und den Aktionstagen Politische Bildung zu einem Special Screening von Alexandra Makarovás PERLA. Nach dem Film spricht Historikerin und Journalistin Barbara Tóth mit IWM Rektor Misha Glenny und mit Saša Makarová, Malerin und Mutter der Regisseurin. Read more
PERLA: Vor und hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang Film und Gespräch Mon, 28.04.2025, 19:30 Speakers: Barbara Tóth Misha GlennySaša Makarová Series: Visual and Performing Arts Das Stadtkino Wien lädt gemeinsam mit dem IWM und den Aktionstagen Politische Bildung zu einem Special Screening von Alexandra Makarovás PERLA. Nach dem Film spricht Historikerin und Journalistin Barbara Tóth mit IWM Rektor Misha Glenny und mit Saša Makarová, Malerin und Mutter der Regisseurin. Read more
	Beyond Resilience: Rethinking Solidarity and Resistance Through Palestine and Ukraine	Mon, 28.04.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Mariia ShynkarenkoMalaka Shwaikh, Svitlana Matviyenko	Beyond Resilience: Rethinking Solidarity and Resistance Through Palestine and Ukraine Svitlana Matviyenko and Malaka Shwaikh in Conversation Mon, 28.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoMalaka Shwaikh, Svitlana Matviyenko Series: Panels and Discussions What new insights emerge when we think of Palestine and Ukraine in conversation with one another? In this dialogue, Svitlana Matviyenko and Malaka Shweikh critically examined the limits of the discourse of “resilience”—a term that often obscures the structural conditions of violence. Read more
Beyond Resilience: Rethinking Solidarity and Resistance Through Palestine and Ukraine Svitlana Matviyenko and Malaka Shwaikh in Conversation Mon, 28.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoMalaka Shwaikh, Svitlana Matviyenko Series: Panels and Discussions What new insights emerge when we think of Palestine and Ukraine in conversation with one another? In this dialogue, Svitlana Matviyenko and Malaka Shweikh critically examined the limits of the discourse of “resilience”—a term that often obscures the structural conditions of violence. Read more
	Technologies of Colonialism and Solidarity	Mon, 28.04.2025, 10:45 - Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00	Conferences and Workshops		Technologies of Colonialism and Solidarity Mon, 28.04.2025, 10:45 - Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops This conference aims to critically position Russian colonialism not as an isolated phenomenon but as an integral part of the international project of colonial expansion. It brings together researchers, artists, and activists to analyze ways and methods of colonial violence, as well as to develop methods of translocal solidarity. Read more
Technologies of Colonialism and Solidarity Mon, 28.04.2025, 10:45 - Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops This conference aims to critically position Russian colonialism not as an isolated phenomenon but as an integral part of the international project of colonial expansion. It brings together researchers, artists, and activists to analyze ways and methods of colonial violence, as well as to develop methods of translocal solidarity. Read more
	The Global Right: A Challenge for Liberal Democracy	Sun, 27.04.2025, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Jan-Werner Müller Misha Glenny Soli ÖzelGerold Riedmann, Jagoda Marinić, Sylvie Kauffmann	The Global Right: A Challenge for Liberal Democracy Debating Europe Sun, 27.04.2025, 11:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Misha Glenny Soli ÖzelGerold Riedmann, Jagoda Marinić, Sylvie Kauffmann Series: Panels and Discussions In this Debating Europe panel discussion, renowned experts in political science, sociology, and investigative journalism discussed the strategies and mechanisms by which right-wing populist and authoritarian movements operate worldwide. They also considered what tactics and strategy might be effective in countering this fundamental assault on democratic values. Read more
The Global Right: A Challenge for Liberal Democracy Debating Europe Sun, 27.04.2025, 11:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Misha Glenny Soli ÖzelGerold Riedmann, Jagoda Marinić, Sylvie Kauffmann Series: Panels and Discussions In this Debating Europe panel discussion, renowned experts in political science, sociology, and investigative journalism discussed the strategies and mechanisms by which right-wing populist and authoritarian movements operate worldwide. They also considered what tactics and strategy might be effective in countering this fundamental assault on democratic values. Read more
	On the Quest for Legal Unicorns Against Authoritarians	Tue, 22.04.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Misha Glenny Solmaz Khorsand	On the Quest for Legal Unicorns Against Authoritarians Monthly Lecture with Solmaz Khorsand Tue, 22.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Solmaz Khorsand Series: Lecture Antidemocrats all over the world have learned to consolidate their power through the law: smoothly, gradually, and, above all, legally. In this Monthly Lecture, journalist Solmaz Khorsand went on a quest to find legal warriors (and in some cases more legal unicorns) who are prepared to defend the rule of law by anticipating the worst and showing the places of legal resistance – even the most humble. Read more
On the Quest for Legal Unicorns Against Authoritarians Monthly Lecture with Solmaz Khorsand Tue, 22.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Solmaz Khorsand Series: Lecture Antidemocrats all over the world have learned to consolidate their power through the law: smoothly, gradually, and, above all, legally. In this Monthly Lecture, journalist Solmaz Khorsand went on a quest to find legal warriors (and in some cases more legal unicorns) who are prepared to defend the rule of law by anticipating the worst and showing the places of legal resistance – even the most humble. Read more
	Beyond Empire: Ukraine, Poland, and the End of Moscow’s Rule in Eastern Central Europe, 1980-1991	Tue, 15.04.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Franziska Davies Ivan Vejvoda	Beyond Empire: Ukraine, Poland, and the End of Moscow’s Rule in Eastern Central Europe, 1980-1991 Monthly Lecture with Franziska Davies Tue, 15.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Franziska Davies Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Franziska Davies offered an often overlooked perspective on the end of Moscow’s hegemony by focusing on the role of Ukrainian society in the 1980s and the development of Polish-Ukrainian relations in the lead-up to the fall of the Soviet Union. Read more
Beyond Empire: Ukraine, Poland, and the End of Moscow’s Rule in Eastern Central Europe, 1980-1991 Monthly Lecture with Franziska Davies Tue, 15.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Franziska Davies Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Franziska Davies offered an often overlooked perspective on the end of Moscow’s hegemony by focusing on the role of Ukrainian society in the 1980s and the development of Polish-Ukrainian relations in the lead-up to the fall of the Soviet Union. Read more
	The Great Russian Art Heist	Mon, 07.04.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Yegor Mostovshikov	The Great Russian Art Heist Fellows' Colloquium with Yegor Mostovshikov Mon, 07.04.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Yegor Mostovshikov Series: Seminars and Colloquia For more than three centuries, the Russian Empire, USSR, and Russia have been routinely exploiting and appropriating Ukrainian culture. Currently, Russia is in the process of committing one of the biggest art heists since the Nazis looted museums and private collections across Europe. Up to 480,000 pieces have been either stolen or destroyed. In this Fellows' Colloquium, journalist Yegor Mostovshikov discussed Russia's looting practices and crimes against art. Read more
The Great Russian Art Heist Fellows' Colloquium with Yegor Mostovshikov Mon, 07.04.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Yegor Mostovshikov Series: Seminars and Colloquia For more than three centuries, the Russian Empire, USSR, and Russia have been routinely exploiting and appropriating Ukrainian culture. Currently, Russia is in the process of committing one of the biggest art heists since the Nazis looted museums and private collections across Europe. Up to 480,000 pieces have been either stolen or destroyed. In this Fellows' Colloquium, journalist Yegor Mostovshikov discussed Russia's looting practices and crimes against art. Read more
	Global Upheavals, Local Struggles	Thu, 03.04.2025, 15:00 - Thu, 03.04.2025, 18:30	Conferences and Workshops	Ivan Vejvoda Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Sanja M. BojanicPetar Bojanić, Gazela Pudar Draško, Hedvig Morvai	Global Upheavals, Local Struggles European and Western Balkan Responses to Geopolitical Turmoil Thu, 03.04.2025, 15:00 - Thu, 03.04.2025, 18:30 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Sanja M. BojanicPetar Bojanić, Gazela Pudar Draško, Hedvig Morvai Series: Conferences and Workshops As geopolitical instability, economic uncertainty, and environmental crises intensify, how is Europe—and particularly the Western Balkans—positioned within these global transformations? By examining current disruptions for democracy, governance, and socio-economic stability, this panel provided insights into the Western Balkans’ role in shaping Europe’s future at a time of profound transformation. Read more
Global Upheavals, Local Struggles European and Western Balkan Responses to Geopolitical Turmoil Thu, 03.04.2025, 15:00 - Thu, 03.04.2025, 18:30 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Sanja M. BojanicPetar Bojanić, Gazela Pudar Draško, Hedvig Morvai Series: Conferences and Workshops As geopolitical instability, economic uncertainty, and environmental crises intensify, how is Europe—and particularly the Western Balkans—positioned within these global transformations? By examining current disruptions for democracy, governance, and socio-economic stability, this panel provided insights into the Western Balkans’ role in shaping Europe’s future at a time of profound transformation. Read more