Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	An Aromatic Trail through the Centuries: The Damascene Rose as Art, Economics, and Anthropology on the Silk Road and Beyond	Mon, 11.12.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Yavor Siderov Ayşe Çağlar	An Aromatic Trail through the Centuries: The Damascene Rose as Art, Economics, and Anthropology on the Silk Road and Beyond Fellows' Colloquium with Yavor Siderov Mon, 11.12.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Yavor Siderov Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia The Rosa Damascena, itself a cultivar, is frequently described as the "queen of scents." Despite its name, which suggests a Syrian origin, it may have been selected in Persia. Its derivatives—attar, oil, and rose water—have become an indelible part of Islam and Hinduism. Read more
An Aromatic Trail through the Centuries: The Damascene Rose as Art, Economics, and Anthropology on the Silk Road and Beyond Fellows' Colloquium with Yavor Siderov Mon, 11.12.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Yavor Siderov Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia The Rosa Damascena, itself a cultivar, is frequently described as the "queen of scents." Despite its name, which suggests a Syrian origin, it may have been selected in Persia. Its derivatives—attar, oil, and rose water—have become an indelible part of Islam and Hinduism. Read more
	Ukrainian Storybox: Voices of War	Wed, 06.12.2023, 20:30	Visual and Performing Arts	Gunnar Dedio, Kseniya Kharchenko	Ukrainian Storybox: Voices of War this human world - International Human Rights Film Festival Wed, 06.12.2023, 20:30 Speakers: Gunnar Dedio, Kseniya Kharchenko Series: Visual and Performing Arts A travelling video lightbox reveals the heart of the war in Ukraine. With the Storybox, we hear the unfiltered voices of Ukrainians, especially women, who waver between the war front and everyday struggles between flight and home. Read more
Ukrainian Storybox: Voices of War this human world - International Human Rights Film Festival Wed, 06.12.2023, 20:30 Speakers: Gunnar Dedio, Kseniya Kharchenko Series: Visual and Performing Arts A travelling video lightbox reveals the heart of the war in Ukraine. With the Storybox, we hear the unfiltered voices of Ukrainians, especially women, who waver between the war front and everyday struggles between flight and home. Read more
	Psychoanalytic Anthropology between Universal Aspirations and Eurocentric Limitations	Tue, 05.12.2023, 18:00	Lecture	Ivan Vejvoda Slobodan Markovich	Psychoanalytic Anthropology between Universal Aspirations and Eurocentric Limitations Tue, 05.12.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Slobodan Markovich Series: Lecture This lecture focused on five psychoanalytic concepts and their contemporary applications: the psychoanalytic construct of human nature, the importance of the unconscious, causes of human violence, sexual fluidity, and culture and identity. To what extent are these notions, defined in psychoanalytic terms, used by current researchers? Read more
Psychoanalytic Anthropology between Universal Aspirations and Eurocentric Limitations Tue, 05.12.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Slobodan Markovich Series: Lecture This lecture focused on five psychoanalytic concepts and their contemporary applications: the psychoanalytic construct of human nature, the importance of the unconscious, causes of human violence, sexual fluidity, and culture and identity. To what extent are these notions, defined in psychoanalytic terms, used by current researchers? Read more
	We Will Not Fade Away - My ne zgasnemo	Mon, 04.12.2023, 18:00	Visual and Performing Arts	Alisa Kovalenko, Kseniya Kharchenko	We Will Not Fade Away - My ne zgasnemo this human world - International Human Rights Film Festival Mon, 04.12.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Alisa Kovalenko, Kseniya Kharchenko Series: Visual and Performing Arts At first glance, the movie may appear to be a teenage road movie, but it is, in reality, a tender and simultaneously poignant portrait of lost youth. This story captures the voices of teenagers from Ukrainian front-line territories. Their childhood unfolded amidst the Russian-Ukrainian War, which the world has overlooked since 2014 — a movie by Alisa Kovalenko, who will be in discussion with Kseniya Kharchenko after the screeing. Read more
We Will Not Fade Away - My ne zgasnemo this human world - International Human Rights Film Festival Mon, 04.12.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Alisa Kovalenko, Kseniya Kharchenko Series: Visual and Performing Arts At first glance, the movie may appear to be a teenage road movie, but it is, in reality, a tender and simultaneously poignant portrait of lost youth. This story captures the voices of teenagers from Ukrainian front-line territories. Their childhood unfolded amidst the Russian-Ukrainian War, which the world has overlooked since 2014 — a movie by Alisa Kovalenko, who will be in discussion with Kseniya Kharchenko after the screeing. Read more
	Documentaries as a Fragile Shelter for Truth, Responsibility, and Impact	Sun, 03.12.2023, 19:00	Panels and Discussions	Katherine YoungerAlisa Kovalenko, Roman Liubyi, Stephane Siohan, Kseniya Kharchenko	Documentaries as a Fragile Shelter for Truth, Responsibility, and Impact this human world - International Human Rights Film Festival Sun, 03.12.2023, 19:00 Speakers: Katherine YoungerAlisa Kovalenko, Roman Liubyi, Stephane Siohan, Kseniya Kharchenko Series: Panels and Discussions The discussion titled "Documentaries as a Fragile Shelter for Truth, Responsibility, and Impact" explored the pivotal role of documentaries in preserving and disseminating the truth in the face of adversity Read more
Documentaries as a Fragile Shelter for Truth, Responsibility, and Impact this human world - International Human Rights Film Festival Sun, 03.12.2023, 19:00 Speakers: Katherine YoungerAlisa Kovalenko, Roman Liubyi, Stephane Siohan, Kseniya Kharchenko Series: Panels and Discussions The discussion titled "Documentaries as a Fragile Shelter for Truth, Responsibility, and Impact" explored the pivotal role of documentaries in preserving and disseminating the truth in the face of adversity Read more
	20 Days in Mariupol	Sun, 03.12.2023, 17:00	Visual and Performing Arts	Katherine YoungerAlisa Kovalenko, Stéphane Siohan, Kseniya Kharchenko, Roman Liubyi	20 Days in Mariupol this human world - International Human Rights Film Festival Sun, 03.12.2023, 17:00 Speakers: Katherine YoungerAlisa Kovalenko, Stéphane Siohan, Kseniya Kharchenko, Roman Liubyi Series: Visual and Performing Arts The 2023 Ukraine´s entry for the Oscar reveals the fate of Ukrainian journalists in the embattled harbour city of Mariupol. After the screening, there was a discussion on "Documentaries as a Fragile Shelter for Truth, Responsibility, and Impact". Read more
20 Days in Mariupol this human world - International Human Rights Film Festival Sun, 03.12.2023, 17:00 Speakers: Katherine YoungerAlisa Kovalenko, Stéphane Siohan, Kseniya Kharchenko, Roman Liubyi Series: Visual and Performing Arts The 2023 Ukraine´s entry for the Oscar reveals the fate of Ukrainian journalists in the embattled harbour city of Mariupol. After the screening, there was a discussion on "Documentaries as a Fragile Shelter for Truth, Responsibility, and Impact". Read more
	Iron Butterflies	Sat, 02.12.2023, 18:00	Visual and Performing Arts	Roman Liubyi, Kseniya Kharchenko	Iron Butterflies This Human World - International Human Rights Film Festival Sat, 02.12.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Roman Liubyi, Kseniya Kharchenko Series: Visual and Performing Arts The film delves into the lies and violence surrounding the incident on 17 July 2014, when Russian forces shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and highlights its significance in recent history. It is a film by Ukrainian filmmaker Roman Liubyi, who discussed his work with Kseniya Kharchenko after the screening. Read more
Iron Butterflies This Human World - International Human Rights Film Festival Sat, 02.12.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Roman Liubyi, Kseniya Kharchenko Series: Visual and Performing Arts The film delves into the lies and violence surrounding the incident on 17 July 2014, when Russian forces shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and highlights its significance in recent history. It is a film by Ukrainian filmmaker Roman Liubyi, who discussed his work with Kseniya Kharchenko after the screening. Read more
	Autumn Fellows' Conference 2023	Wed, 29.11.2023, 09:00	Conferences and Workshops	Anastasiia Omelianiuk Börries Kuzmany George Metakides Hana Kopecka Jan Farfal Jan Musil Johana Wyss Kinga Siewior Liz Calhoun Ludger Hagedorn Mikhail Minakov Misha Glenny Natalia Volvach Olesya Yaremchuk Slobodan Markovich Stanisław Boridczenko Stefan Voicu Ayşe ÇağlarBrigitta Busch, Anna Dobrosovestnova	Autumn Fellows' Conference 2023 Wed, 29.11.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Anastasiia Omelianiuk Börries Kuzmany George Metakides Hana Kopecka Jan Farfal Jan Musil Johana Wyss Kinga Siewior Liz Calhoun Ludger Hagedorn Mikhail Minakov Misha Glenny Natalia Volvach Olesya Yaremchuk Slobodan Markovich Stanisław Boridczenko Stefan Voicu Ayşe ÇağlarBrigitta Busch, Anna Dobrosovestnova Series: Conferences and Workshops A staple of intellectual life at the IWM since its early days, the biannual conference provides an opportunity for early-career visiting researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds to present their work and exchange ideas in a collegial atmosphere. Visiting and Permanent Fellows, alumni and scholars from Viennese institutions act as commentators and discussants. Read more
Autumn Fellows' Conference 2023 Wed, 29.11.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Anastasiia Omelianiuk Börries Kuzmany George Metakides Hana Kopecka Jan Farfal Jan Musil Johana Wyss Kinga Siewior Liz Calhoun Ludger Hagedorn Mikhail Minakov Misha Glenny Natalia Volvach Olesya Yaremchuk Slobodan Markovich Stanisław Boridczenko Stefan Voicu Ayşe ÇağlarBrigitta Busch, Anna Dobrosovestnova Series: Conferences and Workshops A staple of intellectual life at the IWM since its early days, the biannual conference provides an opportunity for early-career visiting researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds to present their work and exchange ideas in a collegial atmosphere. Visiting and Permanent Fellows, alumni and scholars from Viennese institutions act as commentators and discussants. Read more
	Decolonizing Slavic Studies	Tue, 28.11.2023, 16:00	Lecture	Daryna KorkachEwa Thompson	Decolonizing Slavic Studies Tue, 28.11.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Daryna KorkachEwa Thompson Series: Lecture Ewa Thompson´s lecture dealt with the insights first articulated in that book: why Russian colonialism has not been noticed until recently, how the teaching of Russian literature and history in the West has been influenced by colonialist distortions present in Russian literature, and the role of Western universities and research centres in promoting a colonialist version of Russian history. Read more
Decolonizing Slavic Studies Tue, 28.11.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Daryna KorkachEwa Thompson Series: Lecture Ewa Thompson´s lecture dealt with the insights first articulated in that book: why Russian colonialism has not been noticed until recently, how the teaching of Russian literature and history in the West has been influenced by colonialist distortions present in Russian literature, and the role of Western universities and research centres in promoting a colonialist version of Russian history. Read more
	Deserved. Economic Memories After the Fall of the Iron Curtain	Mon, 27.11.2023, 18:00	Other	Misha Glenny Philipp TherTill Hilmar, Dorit Geva, Anna Durnová, Anna-Marie Kroupová	Deserved. Economic Memories After the Fall of the Iron Curtain Book Presentation and Discussion Mon, 27.11.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Philipp TherTill Hilmar, Dorit Geva, Anna Durnová, Anna-Marie Kroupová Series: Other After the fall of the Iron Curtain, people across the former socialist world saw their lives transformed. In just a few years, labor markets were completely disrupted, and the meanings attached to work were drastically altered. How did people who found themselves living under state socialism one day and capitalist democracy the next adjust to the changing social order and its new system of values? Read more
Deserved. Economic Memories After the Fall of the Iron Curtain Book Presentation and Discussion Mon, 27.11.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Philipp TherTill Hilmar, Dorit Geva, Anna Durnová, Anna-Marie Kroupová Series: Other After the fall of the Iron Curtain, people across the former socialist world saw their lives transformed. In just a few years, labor markets were completely disrupted, and the meanings attached to work were drastically altered. How did people who found themselves living under state socialism one day and capitalist democracy the next adjust to the changing social order and its new system of values? Read more