Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Liberty after Liberalism: Emancipatory Struggles in Ukrainian Journalism, 1998-2021	Mon, 10.07.2023	Lecture	Katherine Younger Mary Kaldor Taras Fedirko Timothy Snyder	Liberty after Liberalism: Emancipatory Struggles in Ukrainian Journalism, 1998-2021 Mon, 10.07.2023 Speakers: Katherine Younger Mary Kaldor Taras Fedirko Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture This talk traced the emergence and transformation of a movement for the reform of Ukrainian journalism in 1998-2021 in order to explore the rise of an anti-oligarchic liberalism and its effects on civic conflicts in pre-invasion Ukraine. Read more
Liberty after Liberalism: Emancipatory Struggles in Ukrainian Journalism, 1998-2021 Mon, 10.07.2023 Speakers: Katherine Younger Mary Kaldor Taras Fedirko Timothy Snyder Series: Lecture This talk traced the emergence and transformation of a movement for the reform of Ukrainian journalism in 1998-2021 in order to explore the rise of an anti-oligarchic liberalism and its effects on civic conflicts in pre-invasion Ukraine. Read more
	Ukraine's Place in a Fragmented World Order – Day 1	Mon, 10.07.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Luke Cooper Mariia Shynkarenko Mary Kaldor Volha BiziukovaMariia Shynkarenko, Myroslava Savisko, Tymofii Brik, Oksana Potapova, Aliona Lyasheva, Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Wojciech Michnik, Aliaksandr Bystryk, Leon Hartwell	Ukraine's Place in a Fragmented World Order – Day 1 Mon, 10.07.2023 Speakers: Luke Cooper Mariia Shynkarenko Mary Kaldor Volha BiziukovaMariia Shynkarenko, Myroslava Savisko, Tymofii Brik, Oksana Potapova, Aliona Lyasheva, Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Wojciech Michnik, Aliaksandr Bystryk, Leon Hartwell Series: Conferences and Workshops This two-day workshop provided the first opportunity for PeaceRep’s Ukraine program and associated contacts and networks to meet in person since the project's launch on 1st October 2022. Read more
Ukraine's Place in a Fragmented World Order – Day 1 Mon, 10.07.2023 Speakers: Luke Cooper Mariia Shynkarenko Mary Kaldor Volha BiziukovaMariia Shynkarenko, Myroslava Savisko, Tymofii Brik, Oksana Potapova, Aliona Lyasheva, Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Wojciech Michnik, Aliaksandr Bystryk, Leon Hartwell Series: Conferences and Workshops This two-day workshop provided the first opportunity for PeaceRep’s Ukraine program and associated contacts and networks to meet in person since the project's launch on 1st October 2022. Read more
	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 3	Wed, 05.07.2023	Other	Allison Stanger Hannes Werthner	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 3 Wed, 05.07.2023 Speakers: Allison Stanger Hannes Werthner Series: Other This session presented the results of the two-day conference Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability and was open to the public. Afterward, there was an opportunity for press inquiries. Read more
Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 3 Wed, 05.07.2023 Speakers: Allison Stanger Hannes Werthner Series: Other This session presented the results of the two-day conference Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability and was open to the public. Afterward, there was an opportunity for press inquiries. Read more
	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 2	Tue, 04.07.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Allison Stanger George Metakides Hannes WerthnerAndrew Wyckoff, Lucilla Sioli, Marc Rotenberg, Viktoria Robertson, Zephyr Teachout, Dylan Sparks	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 2 Tue, 04.07.2023 Speakers: Allison Stanger George Metakides Hannes WerthnerAndrew Wyckoff, Lucilla Sioli, Marc Rotenberg, Viktoria Robertson, Zephyr Teachout, Dylan Sparks Series: Conferences and Workshops The release of ChatGPT has stirred worldwide enthusiasm as well as anxieties. It has triggered popular awareness of the far-reaching impact of the latest generative AI, which ranges from numerous beneficial uses to worrisome concerns for open democratic societies and the lives of their citizens. We are concerned about the enormous concentration of power, resources, and prioritization of future AI R&D directions in the hands of Big Tech as well as under the control of government bureaucracies. Read more
Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 2 Tue, 04.07.2023 Speakers: Allison Stanger George Metakides Hannes WerthnerAndrew Wyckoff, Lucilla Sioli, Marc Rotenberg, Viktoria Robertson, Zephyr Teachout, Dylan Sparks Series: Conferences and Workshops The release of ChatGPT has stirred worldwide enthusiasm as well as anxieties. It has triggered popular awareness of the far-reaching impact of the latest generative AI, which ranges from numerous beneficial uses to worrisome concerns for open democratic societies and the lives of their citizens. We are concerned about the enormous concentration of power, resources, and prioritization of future AI R&D directions in the hands of Big Tech as well as under the control of government bureaucracies. Read more
	Art Criticism during Wartime: Why Not Everything is a Cultural Policy	Mon, 03.07.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Anna Kaluher Katherine Younger	Art Criticism during Wartime: Why Not Everything is a Cultural Policy Mon, 03.07.2023 Speakers: Anna Kaluher Katherine Younger Series: Seminars and Colloquia What does art criticism mean during wartime? How does decolonization manifest within Ukrainian art criticism in 2022–2023? What are the risks of limiting ourselves to the diplomatic function of cultural policy realization, even if it seems to be the only viable option for action? These questions were explored during this Fellows Colloquium. Read more
Art Criticism during Wartime: Why Not Everything is a Cultural Policy Mon, 03.07.2023 Speakers: Anna Kaluher Katherine Younger Series: Seminars and Colloquia What does art criticism mean during wartime? How does decolonization manifest within Ukrainian art criticism in 2022–2023? What are the risks of limiting ourselves to the diplomatic function of cultural policy realization, even if it seems to be the only viable option for action? These questions were explored during this Fellows Colloquium. Read more
	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 1	Mon, 03.07.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Allison Stanger Hannes Werthner Misha GlennyPaul Timmers, Daniel Innerarity, Enrico Nardelli, Colin Megill, Pablo Aragón, Moshe Vardi, Roger Berkowitz	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 1 Mon, 03.07.2023 Speakers: Allison Stanger Hannes Werthner Misha GlennyPaul Timmers, Daniel Innerarity, Enrico Nardelli, Colin Megill, Pablo Aragón, Moshe Vardi, Roger Berkowitz Series: Conferences and Workshops The release of ChatGPT has stirred worldwide enthusiasm as well as anxieties. It has triggered popular awareness of the far-reaching impact of the latest generative AI, which ranges from numerous beneficial uses to worrisome concerns for open democratic societies and the lives of their citizens. We are concerned about the enormous concentration of power, resources, and prioritization of future AI R&D directions in the hands of Big Tech as well as under the control of government bureaucracies. Read more
Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 1 Mon, 03.07.2023 Speakers: Allison Stanger Hannes Werthner Misha GlennyPaul Timmers, Daniel Innerarity, Enrico Nardelli, Colin Megill, Pablo Aragón, Moshe Vardi, Roger Berkowitz Series: Conferences and Workshops The release of ChatGPT has stirred worldwide enthusiasm as well as anxieties. It has triggered popular awareness of the far-reaching impact of the latest generative AI, which ranges from numerous beneficial uses to worrisome concerns for open democratic societies and the lives of their citizens. We are concerned about the enormous concentration of power, resources, and prioritization of future AI R&D directions in the hands of Big Tech as well as under the control of government bureaucracies. Read more
	How to Save Political History – and Should We?	Wed, 28.06.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Adéla Gjuričová Ludger Hagedorn	How to Save Political History – and Should We? Wed, 28.06.2023 Speakers: Adéla Gjuričová Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Political history once stood at the birth of modern historiography and for long has dominated or rather embodied the whole discipline. From the 1960s onwards, however, new approaches have challenged the authority of traditional political history. Read more
How to Save Political History – and Should We? Wed, 28.06.2023 Speakers: Adéla Gjuričová Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Political history once stood at the birth of modern historiography and for long has dominated or rather embodied the whole discipline. From the 1960s onwards, however, new approaches have challenged the authority of traditional political history. Read more
	The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Future of the World	Mon, 26.06.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Timothy Snyder Misha Glenny	The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Future of the World Mon, 26.06.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Timothy Snyder Misha Glenny Series: Panels and Discussions The Russo-Ukrainian War recalls all of the half-forgotten precedents and warnings from the past. Yet, in a profound sense, it is a war for and about the future of democracy. It is also about sustainable energy, the distribution of natural resources, and the possibility of truth in an age of digital propaganda. The war raises the need for ethical judgement at a time when it might appear that the major questions are all technical. We invite you to a discussion between two thinkers who bring together an expertise in the region with a concern for the broadest possible questions of international order and justice. Read more
The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Future of the World Mon, 26.06.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Timothy Snyder Misha Glenny Series: Panels and Discussions The Russo-Ukrainian War recalls all of the half-forgotten precedents and warnings from the past. Yet, in a profound sense, it is a war for and about the future of democracy. It is also about sustainable energy, the distribution of natural resources, and the possibility of truth in an age of digital propaganda. The war raises the need for ethical judgement at a time when it might appear that the major questions are all technical. We invite you to a discussion between two thinkers who bring together an expertise in the region with a concern for the broadest possible questions of international order and justice. Read more
	Europe and the World After Ukraine	Sat, 24.06.2023	Lecture	Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Stefan Lehne Misha Glenny	Europe and the World After Ukraine Sat, 24.06.2023 Speakers: Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Stefan Lehne Misha Glenny Series: Lecture It is still too early to know whether Ukraine’s counter-offensive will be a success and, indeed, what success looks like. Nonetheless, whatever the outcome, Misha Glenny considered how Europe will have to engage with a world that is evolving rapidly – politically, economically, environmentally and technologically. Does it have the requisite tools to meet the implicit challenges? Read more
Europe and the World After Ukraine Sat, 24.06.2023 Speakers: Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Stefan Lehne Misha Glenny Series: Lecture It is still too early to know whether Ukraine’s counter-offensive will be a success and, indeed, what success looks like. Nonetheless, whatever the outcome, Misha Glenny considered how Europe will have to engage with a world that is evolving rapidly – politically, economically, environmentally and technologically. Does it have the requisite tools to meet the implicit challenges? Read more
	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium – Day 2	Fri, 23.06.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Nathalie Tocci Oksana Forostyna Olivia Lazard Thomas de Waal	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium – Day 2 Fri, 23.06.2023 Speakers: Nathalie Tocci Oksana Forostyna Olivia Lazard Thomas de Waal Series: Conferences and Workshops At the Europe's Futures Annual Symposium 2023, the fifth cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows presented the conclusions of their research in the academic year 2022/23. The findings were discussed with the Europe’s Futures Alumni Network and researchers from the University of Rijeka Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe. Read more
Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium – Day 2 Fri, 23.06.2023 Speakers: Nathalie Tocci Oksana Forostyna Olivia Lazard Thomas de Waal Series: Conferences and Workshops At the Europe's Futures Annual Symposium 2023, the fifth cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows presented the conclusions of their research in the academic year 2022/23. The findings were discussed with the Europe’s Futures Alumni Network and researchers from the University of Rijeka Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe. Read more