Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Towards Democratic Renewal: Theory and Practice	Thu, 22.06.2023 - Fri, 23.06.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Charles Taylor Clemena Antonova Dilip Gaonkar Kim Scheppele Ludger Hagedorn Olga Shparaga Shalini RanderiaRebecca Tapscott, Yogendra Yadav, Stephen Sawyer, Mukulika Banerjee, Madhulika Banerjee, Craig Calhoun, Jayson Harsin, Gesche Keding, Gerasimos Makris	Towards Democratic Renewal: Theory and Practice Thu, 22.06.2023 - Fri, 23.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Clemena Antonova Dilip Gaonkar Kim Scheppele Ludger Hagedorn Olga Shparaga Shalini RanderiaRebecca Tapscott, Yogendra Yadav, Stephen Sawyer, Mukulika Banerjee, Madhulika Banerjee, Craig Calhoun, Jayson Harsin, Gesche Keding, Gerasimos Makris Series: Conferences and Workshops During this conference, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States will discuss how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. These scholars will also identify and evaluate opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
Towards Democratic Renewal: Theory and Practice Thu, 22.06.2023 - Fri, 23.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Clemena Antonova Dilip Gaonkar Kim Scheppele Ludger Hagedorn Olga Shparaga Shalini RanderiaRebecca Tapscott, Yogendra Yadav, Stephen Sawyer, Mukulika Banerjee, Madhulika Banerjee, Craig Calhoun, Jayson Harsin, Gesche Keding, Gerasimos Makris Series: Conferences and Workshops During this conference, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States will discuss how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. These scholars will also identify and evaluate opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium – Day 1	Thu, 22.06.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Balázs Jarábik Ivan Vejvoda Ivana Dragičević Kristof Bender Veronica Anghel Misha Glenny	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium – Day 1 Thu, 22.06.2023 Speakers: Balázs Jarábik Ivan Vejvoda Ivana Dragičević Kristof Bender Veronica Anghel Misha Glenny 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 1 Thu, 22.06.2023 Speakers: Balázs Jarábik Ivan Vejvoda Ivana Dragičević Kristof Bender Veronica Anghel Misha Glenny 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
	Degenerations of Democracy, Regenerations of Democracy	Wed, 21.06.2023	Panels and Discussions	Charles Taylor Dilip Gaonkar Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaCraig Calhoun, Mukulika Banerjee, Yogendra Yadav	Degenerations of Democracy, Regenerations of Democracy Wed, 21.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Dilip Gaonkar Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaCraig Calhoun, Mukulika Banerjee, Yogendra Yadav Series: Panels and Discussions During this double panel of public presentations, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States discussed how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. At the same time, these scholars also identified and evaluated opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
Degenerations of Democracy, Regenerations of Democracy Wed, 21.06.2023 Speakers: Charles Taylor Dilip Gaonkar Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaCraig Calhoun, Mukulika Banerjee, Yogendra Yadav Series: Panels and Discussions During this double panel of public presentations, distinguished scholars from Canada, Europe, India, and the United States discussed how and why democracies tend to weaken and degenerate over time, even in highly developed and affluent liberal societies. At the same time, these scholars also identified and evaluated opportunities for regenerating and rebuilding democracies, especially in developing countries facing challenges of economic duress, poor governance, and communal conflicts. Read more
	Culture After Empire	Tue, 20.06.2023	Lecture	Dilip Gaonkar Gyan Prakash Ludger Hagedorn	Culture After Empire Tue, 20.06.2023 Speakers: Dilip Gaonkar Gyan Prakash Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Frantz Fanon called for a new humanism in writing about the world after the empire. He envisioned it in terms of political sovereignty and as inaugurating a new world, the Third World. Fanon was not alone in thinking about the postcolonial future in this way. Read more
Culture After Empire Tue, 20.06.2023 Speakers: Dilip Gaonkar Gyan Prakash Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Frantz Fanon called for a new humanism in writing about the world after the empire. He envisioned it in terms of political sovereignty and as inaugurating a new world, the Third World. Fanon was not alone in thinking about the postcolonial future in this way. Read more
	Mahler's Vienna and New York. Reflections on Modernism and Antisemitism	Fri, 16.06.2023	Lecture	Misha GlennyIra Katznelson	Mahler's Vienna and New York. Reflections on Modernism and Antisemitism Fri, 16.06.2023 Speakers: Misha GlennyIra Katznelson Series: Lecture Krzysztof Michalski, philosopher, charismatic personality, founder, and long-time rector of IWM. For this year's Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture, we have invited the political scientist and historian Ira Katznelson. Listen to his reflection on the topic "Mahler's Vienna and New York: Reflections on Modernism and Antisemitism." Read more
Mahler's Vienna and New York. Reflections on Modernism and Antisemitism Fri, 16.06.2023 Speakers: Misha GlennyIra Katznelson Series: Lecture Krzysztof Michalski, philosopher, charismatic personality, founder, and long-time rector of IWM. For this year's Krzysztof Michalski Memorial Lecture, we have invited the political scientist and historian Ira Katznelson. Listen to his reflection on the topic "Mahler's Vienna and New York: Reflections on Modernism and Antisemitism." Read more
	Democracy's Dilemmas Reconsidered	Thu, 15.06.2023	Lecture	Ewa AtanassowIra Katznelson	Democracy's Dilemmas Reconsidered Thu, 15.06.2023 Speakers: Ewa AtanassowIra Katznelson Series: Lecture Drawing on Tocqueville’s analytical and policy writings, the presentation focused on how urgent questions facing democracies today are rooted in hard-wired tensions Tocqueville identified between the universal scope of democratic principles and the limits of practical attempts to grapple with key issues of sovereignty, nationalism, and globalization. Read more
Democracy's Dilemmas Reconsidered Thu, 15.06.2023 Speakers: Ewa AtanassowIra Katznelson Series: Lecture Drawing on Tocqueville’s analytical and policy writings, the presentation focused on how urgent questions facing democracies today are rooted in hard-wired tensions Tocqueville identified between the universal scope of democratic principles and the limits of practical attempts to grapple with key issues of sovereignty, nationalism, and globalization. Read more
	Elusive Transformations	Wed, 14.06.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Mieke Verloo Toni Haastrup	Elusive Transformations Wed, 14.06.2023 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Toni Haastrup Series: Seminars and Colloquia Toni Haastrup critically scrutinized the EU’s claims to feminist actorship by introducing the analytical concept of “Feminist Power Europe.” In employing FPE as a lens, she examined whether the EU can adopt an FFP and if such an approach upholds the transformative potential of feminism. She demonstrated that the EU’s propensity for a transformative feminist foreign policy is limited by the setup of global politics, which continues to be situated in a traditionally masculine environment with prevailing hierarchies as a result of colonialism and racism. Read more
Elusive Transformations Wed, 14.06.2023 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Toni Haastrup Series: Seminars and Colloquia Toni Haastrup critically scrutinized the EU’s claims to feminist actorship by introducing the analytical concept of “Feminist Power Europe.” In employing FPE as a lens, she examined whether the EU can adopt an FFP and if such an approach upholds the transformative potential of feminism. She demonstrated that the EU’s propensity for a transformative feminist foreign policy is limited by the setup of global politics, which continues to be situated in a traditionally masculine environment with prevailing hierarchies as a result of colonialism and racism. Read more
	Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin	Tue, 13.06.2023	Lecture	Clemena Antonova Nikolay Mitrokhin Serguei OushakineRandall A. Poole, Dessy Gavrilova	Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin Tue, 13.06.2023 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Nikolay Mitrokhin Serguei OushakineRandall A. Poole, Dessy Gavrilova Series: Lecture The third part of the lecture series, “Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin,” offered contemporary readings on religion and human rights topics. In the afternoon session, the two speakers considered the official rhetoric of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Russo-Ukrainian War. They looked closely and critiqued some of the positions of the Church, frequently identified with the pronouncements of Patriarch Kirill, which make intentional associations with a long intellectual tradition of Eastern Orthodox and Russian thought. The evening lecture will consider the recent demise of a nineteenth-century Russian intellectual tradition of human dignity and human rights. Read more
Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin Tue, 13.06.2023 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Nikolay Mitrokhin Serguei OushakineRandall A. Poole, Dessy Gavrilova Series: Lecture The third part of the lecture series, “Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin,” offered contemporary readings on religion and human rights topics. In the afternoon session, the two speakers considered the official rhetoric of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Russo-Ukrainian War. They looked closely and critiqued some of the positions of the Church, frequently identified with the pronouncements of Patriarch Kirill, which make intentional associations with a long intellectual tradition of Eastern Orthodox and Russian thought. The evening lecture will consider the recent demise of a nineteenth-century Russian intellectual tradition of human dignity and human rights. Read more
	Responsible AI	Wed, 07.06.2023	Lecture	Hannes Werthner Ludger Hagedorn Ricardo Baeza-YatesGerti Kappel	Responsible AI Wed, 07.06.2023 Speakers: Hannes Werthner Ludger Hagedorn Ricardo Baeza-YatesGerti Kappel Series: Lecture The first part of this presentation covered irresponsible AI. This set the context for the second part, where three main challenges were addressed: (1) principles and governance, (2) regulation, and (3) our cognitive biases. At the end of the talk there was a discussion on responsible AI initiatives and the outlook for the near future. Read more
Responsible AI Wed, 07.06.2023 Speakers: Hannes Werthner Ludger Hagedorn Ricardo Baeza-YatesGerti Kappel Series: Lecture The first part of this presentation covered irresponsible AI. This set the context for the second part, where three main challenges were addressed: (1) principles and governance, (2) regulation, and (3) our cognitive biases. At the end of the talk there was a discussion on responsible AI initiatives and the outlook for the near future. Read more
	Irony in Politics	Mon, 05.06.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Gergely Tóth Misha Glenny	Irony in Politics Mon, 05.06.2023 Speakers: Gergely Tóth Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Irony has always fascinated thinkers, artists and frankly, everyone reflecting on the smaller and bigger paradoxes of life. Since the Romantic movement, irony is understood to be more than an “average” trope; it has been framed, variously, as an attitude, a discursive strategy or even the source of freedom. According to Søren Kierkegaard, “[j]ust as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony. […] no genuinely human life is possible without irony.” Read more
Irony in Politics Mon, 05.06.2023 Speakers: Gergely Tóth Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Irony has always fascinated thinkers, artists and frankly, everyone reflecting on the smaller and bigger paradoxes of life. Since the Romantic movement, irony is understood to be more than an “average” trope; it has been framed, variously, as an attitude, a discursive strategy or even the source of freedom. According to Søren Kierkegaard, “[j]ust as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony. […] no genuinely human life is possible without irony.” Read more