Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Europe’s Futures Colloquium with Ilir Deda and Vladimir Arsenijević	Wed, 20.09.2023, 18:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ilir Deda Misha Glenny Vladimir Arsenijević	Europe’s Futures Colloquium with Ilir Deda and Vladimir Arsenijević Wed, 20.09.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Ilir Deda Misha Glenny Vladimir Arsenijević Series: Seminars and Colloquia After the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the unresolved issues in the Western Balkans have been rediscovered by policymakers as a potential for destabilizing the region itself and Europe. In this debate, Europe’s Futures Fellows Ilir Deda and Vladimir Arsenijević examined the state of democratization efforts in Kosovo and Serbia and the effects of benign and malign foreign influences in these two countries. Read more
Europe’s Futures Colloquium with Ilir Deda and Vladimir Arsenijević Wed, 20.09.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Ilir Deda Misha Glenny Vladimir Arsenijević Series: Seminars and Colloquia After the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the unresolved issues in the Western Balkans have been rediscovered by policymakers as a potential for destabilizing the region itself and Europe. In this debate, Europe’s Futures Fellows Ilir Deda and Vladimir Arsenijević examined the state of democratization efforts in Kosovo and Serbia and the effects of benign and malign foreign influences in these two countries. Read more
	What Can We Learn from Early Modernity about Self-Learning Experiences? Key Questions, Remarks, and Research Paths	Tue, 19.09.2023, 18:00	Lecture	Misha Glenny Valentina Lepri	What Can We Learn from Early Modernity about Self-Learning Experiences? Key Questions, Remarks, and Research Paths Tue, 19.09.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Valentina Lepri Series: Lecture This lecture aimed to explore the very complex and multifaceted matter of self-learning experiences in early modern Europe. Its primary focus was on the relationship between the individual, their self-learning, and the surrounding intellectual environment. Read more
What Can We Learn from Early Modernity about Self-Learning Experiences? Key Questions, Remarks, and Research Paths Tue, 19.09.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Valentina Lepri Series: Lecture This lecture aimed to explore the very complex and multifaceted matter of self-learning experiences in early modern Europe. Its primary focus was on the relationship between the individual, their self-learning, and the surrounding intellectual environment. Read more
	Europe’s Futures Colloquium with Hanna Shelest	Thu, 14.09.2023, 18:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Hanna Shelest Ivan Vejvoda	Europe’s Futures Colloquium with Hanna Shelest Thu, 14.09.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Hanna Shelest Ivan Vejvoda Series: Seminars and Colloquia Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has prompted the need to wholly rethink and revise European strategies and policies. A broad spectrum of aspects playing into today’s situation were assessed, with an emphasis on contextualizing reactions of politicians in Europe to the unprompted Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 with respect to their position on the political spectrum. Read more
Europe’s Futures Colloquium with Hanna Shelest Thu, 14.09.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Hanna Shelest Ivan Vejvoda Series: Seminars and Colloquia Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has prompted the need to wholly rethink and revise European strategies and policies. A broad spectrum of aspects playing into today’s situation were assessed, with an emphasis on contextualizing reactions of politicians in Europe to the unprompted Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 with respect to their position on the political spectrum. Read more
	Once Upon a Time in Ukraine	Tue, 12.09.2023, 18:00	Lecture	Katherine Younger Sasha Dovzhyk	Once Upon a Time in Ukraine Tales of Full-Scale Resistance Tue, 12.09.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Katherine Younger Sasha Dovzhyk Series: Lecture Sasha Dovzhyk read from her creative nonfiction collection Once Upon a Time in Ukraine: Tales of Full-scale Resistance (in progress) and spoke about the role of storytelling amidst the all-out war. Read more
Once Upon a Time in Ukraine Tales of Full-Scale Resistance Tue, 12.09.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Katherine Younger Sasha Dovzhyk Series: Lecture Sasha Dovzhyk read from her creative nonfiction collection Once Upon a Time in Ukraine: Tales of Full-scale Resistance (in progress) and spoke about the role of storytelling amidst the all-out war. Read more
	Emma Goldman Awards 2023	Fri, 08.09.2023, 18:00	Other	Mieke Verloo Misha GlennyStefanie Claudine Boulila, Susan Zimmermann	Emma Goldman Awards 2023 Fri, 08.09.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Misha GlennyStefanie Claudine Boulila, Susan Zimmermann Series: Other The FLAX Foundation awards the Emma Goldman Awards and Emma Goldman Snowball Awards to talented and engaged scholars working on feminist and inequality issues in Europe since 2020. Read more

	“Architects of the Better World”: The Birth of the International Parliamentary Complex (1918–1998)	Mon, 04.09.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Daniel Quiroga-Villamarin Ivan Vejvoda	“Architects of the Better World”: The Birth of the International Parliamentary Complex (1918–1998) Mon, 04.09.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Daniel Quiroga-Villamarin Ivan Vejvoda Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this presentation, Daniel Quiroga-Villamarin argued that the “architecture of international cooperation” is a relevant question for international legal history. Instead of taking purpose-built environments for granted, he traced a genealogy of the emergence of the international parliamentary complex as a spatial technology of global governance (1918–1998). Read more
“Architects of the Better World”: The Birth of the International Parliamentary Complex (1918–1998) Mon, 04.09.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Daniel Quiroga-Villamarin Ivan Vejvoda Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this presentation, Daniel Quiroga-Villamarin argued that the “architecture of international cooperation” is a relevant question for international legal history. Instead of taking purpose-built environments for granted, he traced a genealogy of the emergence of the international parliamentary complex as a spatial technology of global governance (1918–1998). Read more
	Migrants and Roads	Fri, 28.07.2023, 00:00	Conferences and Workshops		Migrants and Roads Reporting in the Wake of Disasters and Migration Fri, 28.07.2023, 00:00 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops Reporting in the Wake of Disasters and Migration. Media workshop in Kolkata. Read more

	Liberty after Liberalism: Emancipatory Struggles in Ukrainian Journalism, 1998-2021	Mon, 10.07.2023, 18:00	Lecture	Katherine Younger Mary Kaldor Taras Fedirko Timothy Snyder	Liberty after Liberalism: Emancipatory Struggles in Ukrainian Journalism, 1998-2021 Mon, 10.07.2023, 18:00 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, 18:00 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
	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 3	Wed, 05.07.2023, 11:30	Other	Allison Stanger Hannes Werthner	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 3 Public Presentation and Discussion of Recommendations Wed, 05.07.2023, 11:30 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 Public Presentation and Discussion of Recommendations Wed, 05.07.2023, 11:30 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, 09:00	Conferences and Workshops	Allison Stanger George Metakides Hannes Werthner Ljubiša BojićAndrew Wyckoff, Lucilla Sioli, Marc Rotenberg, Viktoria Robertson, Zephyr Teachout, Hans Akkermans, Jakob Angeli, Pablo Aragon Asenjo, Anna Assimakopoulos, Valerie Barr, Roger Berkowitz, Marina Biskic-Burzin, Sanja Boltek, Rekgotsofetse Chikane, Amra Delic, Anita Eichinger, Kay Firth-Butterfield, Martin Fritz, Eva Fuchs-Rendl, Walter Gehr, Dylan Sparks	Digital Humanism Summit on AI and Democratic Sustainability – Day 2 Tue, 04.07.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Allison Stanger George Metakides Hannes Werthner Ljubiša BojićAndrew Wyckoff, Lucilla Sioli, Marc Rotenberg, Viktoria Robertson, Zephyr Teachout, Hans Akkermans, Jakob Angeli, Pablo Aragon Asenjo, Anna Assimakopoulos, Valerie Barr, Roger Berkowitz, Marina Biskic-Burzin, Sanja Boltek, Rekgotsofetse Chikane, Amra Delic, Anita Eichinger, Kay Firth-Butterfield, Martin Fritz, Eva Fuchs-Rendl, Walter Gehr, 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, 09:00 Speakers: Allison Stanger George Metakides Hannes Werthner Ljubiša BojićAndrew Wyckoff, Lucilla Sioli, Marc Rotenberg, Viktoria Robertson, Zephyr Teachout, Hans Akkermans, Jakob Angeli, Pablo Aragon Asenjo, Anna Assimakopoulos, Valerie Barr, Roger Berkowitz, Marina Biskic-Burzin, Sanja Boltek, Rekgotsofetse Chikane, Amra Delic, Anita Eichinger, Kay Firth-Butterfield, Martin Fritz, Eva Fuchs-Rendl, Walter Gehr, 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