Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Dialogues for Tomorrow: A Green and Global Europe?	Wed, 10.05.2023, 19:00	Panels and Discussions	Nathalie Tocci Philipp Blom	Dialogues for Tomorrow: A Green and Global Europe? Wed, 10.05.2023, 19:00 Speakers: Nathalie Tocci Philipp Blom Series: Panels and Discussions Philipp Blom and Political Scientist Nathalie Tocci in Conversation. Historian, journalist and author Philipp Blom invites international guests to talk about transformation, reasonable change, necessary steps and new conceptual spaces. Read more
Dialogues for Tomorrow: A Green and Global Europe? Wed, 10.05.2023, 19:00 Speakers: Nathalie Tocci Philipp Blom Series: Panels and Discussions Philipp Blom and Political Scientist Nathalie Tocci in Conversation. Historian, journalist and author Philipp Blom invites international guests to talk about transformation, reasonable change, necessary steps and new conceptual spaces. Read more
	A Conversation with Sergei Medvedev, Russian Historian	Wed, 10.05.2023, 09:30	Seminars and Colloquia	Sergei MedvedevMirjana Tomic Petrovic	A Conversation with Sergei Medvedev, Russian Historian Wed, 10.05.2023, 09:30 Speakers: Sergei MedvedevMirjana Tomic Petrovic Series: Seminars and Colloquia Numerous academic and non-academic analyses have been exploring Russian history to provide explanation for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We have invited Sergei Medvedev to explain the historical and current context. Read more
A Conversation with Sergei Medvedev, Russian Historian Wed, 10.05.2023, 09:30 Speakers: Sergei MedvedevMirjana Tomic Petrovic Series: Seminars and Colloquia Numerous academic and non-academic analyses have been exploring Russian history to provide explanation for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We have invited Sergei Medvedev to explain the historical and current context. Read more
	A Speech to Europe 2023: “No Peace without Freedom, No Justice without Law“	Tue, 09.05.2023, 19:00	Lecture	Oleksandra Matviichuk	A Speech to Europe 2023: “No Peace without Freedom, No Justice without Law“ Part of Wiener Festwochen Tue, 09.05.2023, 19:00 Speakers: Oleksandra Matviichuk Series: Lecture We are pleased that we were able to secure the Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk for the Speech to Europe 2023, which marked the beginning of this year's Wiener Festwochen program. After a three-year hiatus, the event returns to the Judenplatz in Vienna, where Yale historian and IWM Permanent Fellow Timothy Snyder delivered the first Speech to Europe in 2019. Read more
A Speech to Europe 2023: “No Peace without Freedom, No Justice without Law“ Part of Wiener Festwochen Tue, 09.05.2023, 19:00 Speakers: Oleksandra Matviichuk Series: Lecture We are pleased that we were able to secure the Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk for the Speech to Europe 2023, which marked the beginning of this year's Wiener Festwochen program. After a three-year hiatus, the event returns to the Judenplatz in Vienna, where Yale historian and IWM Permanent Fellow Timothy Snyder delivered the first Speech to Europe in 2019. Read more
	From Biopolitics of Care to Necropolitics of War	Mon, 08.05.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Sergei Medvedev	From Biopolitics of Care to Necropolitics of War Politics of the Body in the Making of Russian Fascism Mon, 08.05.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Sergei Medvedev Series: Seminars and Colloquia The Russio-Ukrainian War in Ukraine can be interpreted in many ways: as a geopolitical grab of territory; as an institutional fight for the new world order; or as a making of Russian identity and a manifestation of post-imperial ressentiment. The presentation took on an alternate view, suggesting that it is an extension of the biopolitical discourse that has shaped Russia’s authoritarian drift of the past decade. Read more
From Biopolitics of Care to Necropolitics of War Politics of the Body in the Making of Russian Fascism Mon, 08.05.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Sergei Medvedev Series: Seminars and Colloquia The Russio-Ukrainian War in Ukraine can be interpreted in many ways: as a geopolitical grab of territory; as an institutional fight for the new world order; or as a making of Russian identity and a manifestation of post-imperial ressentiment. The presentation took on an alternate view, suggesting that it is an extension of the biopolitical discourse that has shaped Russia’s authoritarian drift of the past decade. Read more
	Ukraine Testifies	Wed, 03.05.2023, 20:15	Visual and Performing Arts	Katherine Younger Nataliya Gumenyuk	Ukraine Testifies A Documentary Film Screening Wed, 03.05.2023, 20:15 Speakers: Katherine Younger Nataliya Gumenyuk Series: Visual and Performing Arts The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) and its program Documenting Ukraine is happy to announce the launch of an event series together with this human world – International Human Rights Film Festival. The first event, organized in cooperation with The Reckoning Project, featured a special screening of Ukrainian short films documenting war crimes during the Russo-Ukrainian War. Read more
Ukraine Testifies A Documentary Film Screening Wed, 03.05.2023, 20:15 Speakers: Katherine Younger Nataliya Gumenyuk Series: Visual and Performing Arts The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) and its program Documenting Ukraine is happy to announce the launch of an event series together with this human world – International Human Rights Film Festival. The first event, organized in cooperation with The Reckoning Project, featured a special screening of Ukrainian short films documenting war crimes during the Russo-Ukrainian War. Read more
	IWM auf der Leipziger Buchmesse: Geschichten, die wir uns erzählen: Erinnerung, Amnesie und das Trauma des Krieges	Sun, 30.04.2023, 14:00	Panels and Discussions	Kateryna Mishchenko Ludger Hagedorn Nelia VakhovskaKarl-Markus Gauß	IWM auf der Leipziger Buchmesse: Geschichten, die wir uns erzählen: Erinnerung, Amnesie und das Trauma des Krieges Sun, 30.04.2023, 14:00 Speakers: Kateryna Mishchenko Ludger Hagedorn Nelia VakhovskaKarl-Markus Gauß Series: Panels and Discussions Wie bestimmt das Erzählen die Gegenwart und vor allem die Zukunft? Read more

	IWM at the Leipzig Book Fair: Ukrainian Writers at War	Sat, 29.04.2023, 15:00	Panels and Discussions	Artem Chapeye Katherine Younger	IWM at the Leipzig Book Fair: Ukrainian Writers at War Sat, 29.04.2023, 15:00 Speakers: Artem Chapeye Katherine Younger Series: Panels and Discussions How to put down on paper the experiences and emotions of defending one’s country. This conversation with Artem Chapeye explored the perspectives and insights gained from a new life in uniform. Read more
IWM at the Leipzig Book Fair: Ukrainian Writers at War Sat, 29.04.2023, 15:00 Speakers: Artem Chapeye Katherine Younger Series: Panels and Discussions How to put down on paper the experiences and emotions of defending one’s country. This conversation with Artem Chapeye explored the perspectives and insights gained from a new life in uniform. Read more
	IWM at the Leipzig Book Fair: ChatGPT and the Future of Publishing	Sat, 29.04.2023, 10:30	Other	Misha Glenny	IWM at the Leipzig Book Fair: ChatGPT and the Future of Publishing Sat, 29.04.2023, 10:30 Speakers: Misha Glenny Series: Other Misha Glenny explored the dangers publishing faces with the rise of Artificial Intelligence. Read more

	Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin	Wed, 26.04.2023, 16:00	Lecture	Clemena Antonova Mischa GabowitschTatyana Gershkovich, Ivan Foletti	Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin Visual Thought & The Reception of Tolstoy Wed, 26.04.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Mischa GabowitschTatyana Gershkovich, Ivan Foletti Series: Lecture This event is part of the series “Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin,” which started in January 2023. The first two speakers, Ivan Foletti and Mischa Gabowitsch, addressed the topic through the perspective of “visual thought". In the ensuing lecture, Tatyana Gershkovich presented her findings regarding the question of what Tolstoy meant during the Russian revolution and today. Read more
Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin Visual Thought & The Reception of Tolstoy Wed, 26.04.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Mischa GabowitschTatyana Gershkovich, Ivan Foletti Series: Lecture This event is part of the series “Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin,” which started in January 2023. The first two speakers, Ivan Foletti and Mischa Gabowitsch, addressed the topic through the perspective of “visual thought". In the ensuing lecture, Tatyana Gershkovich presented her findings regarding the question of what Tolstoy meant during the Russian revolution and today. Read more
	Destroying Democracy by Law	Tue, 25.04.2023, 18:00	Lecture	Kim Scheppele Misha Glenny	Destroying Democracy by Law Tue, 25.04.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Kim Scheppele Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Until 2005, the number of democracies in the world had been steadily increasing; however, since that date, the number has declined. Even robust democracies are now showing signs of weakness and some have turned into hybrid regimes suspended between democracy and autocracy. What is killing off the world’s democracies, and what can be done about it? Read more
Destroying Democracy by Law Tue, 25.04.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Kim Scheppele Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Until 2005, the number of democracies in the world had been steadily increasing; however, since that date, the number has declined. Even robust democracies are now showing signs of weakness and some have turned into hybrid regimes suspended between democracy and autocracy. What is killing off the world’s democracies, and what can be done about it? Read more