Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Exhibition Opening: Bearing Witness to War	Fri, 02.06.2023	Exhibition	Mariia ShynkarenkoMariia Shynkarenko, Katharina Hasewend	Exhibition Opening: Bearing Witness to War Fri, 02.06.2023 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoMariia Shynkarenko, Katharina Hasewend Series: Exhibition Documenting Ukraine program at the IWM, in cooperation with Bildrecht, presented the exhibition Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War, which takes place at the Bildraum Studio from 3 June till 1 July 2023. Read more
Exhibition Opening: Bearing Witness to War Fri, 02.06.2023 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoMariia Shynkarenko, Katharina Hasewend Series: Exhibition Documenting Ukraine program at the IWM, in cooperation with Bildrecht, presented the exhibition Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War, which takes place at the Bildraum Studio from 3 June till 1 July 2023. Read more
	Vienna Meets Prague	Fri, 02.06.2023 - Tue, 06.06.2023	Festivals	Ludger Hagedorn Radka Denemarková Misha GlennyJáchym Topol, Martin Pollack, Martin Búřil	Vienna Meets Prague Fri, 02.06.2023 - Tue, 06.06.2023 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Radka Denemarková Misha GlennyJáchym Topol, Martin Pollack, Martin Búřil Series: Festivals The fourth edition of the Vienna Meets Prague Festival is inviting to discover highlights of Czech culture in Vienna. Read more

	The Most Documented War. Symposium for Documentation and Archiving Initiatives	Thu, 01.06.2023 - Sat, 03.06.2023	Conferences and Workshops		The Most Documented War. Symposium for Documentation and Archiving Initiatives Thu, 01.06.2023 - Sat, 03.06.2023 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops We are inviting individual and collective projects, regardless of discipline or methodology, to participate in The Most Documented War. Symposium for Documentation and Archiving Initiatives that will take place on 1—3 June 2023 at the Center for Urban History in Lviv, Ukraine. Registration is open until April 18, 2023. Read more
The Most Documented War. Symposium for Documentation and Archiving Initiatives Thu, 01.06.2023 - Sat, 03.06.2023 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops We are inviting individual and collective projects, regardless of discipline or methodology, to participate in The Most Documented War. Symposium for Documentation and Archiving Initiatives that will take place on 1—3 June 2023 at the Center for Urban History in Lviv, Ukraine. Registration is open until April 18, 2023. Read more
	Is This the End of American Democracy?	Wed, 31.05.2023	Lecture	Misha GlennyRichard Parker	Is This the End of American Democracy? Wed, 31.05.2023 Speakers: Misha GlennyRichard Parker Series: Lecture Richard Parker refracted Stephen Skowronek’s observations about transformative presidents and the presidential cycle through the prism of economics, in order to identify how serious the latest threats to American democracy might be. Read more
Is This the End of American Democracy? Wed, 31.05.2023 Speakers: Misha GlennyRichard Parker Series: Lecture Richard Parker refracted Stephen Skowronek’s observations about transformative presidents and the presidential cycle through the prism of economics, in order to identify how serious the latest threats to American democracy might be. Read more
	Exhibition Soft Opening: Bearing Witness to War	Fri, 26.05.2023	Exhibition	Katherine YoungerKseniya Kharchenko	Exhibition Soft Opening: Bearing Witness to War Fri, 26.05.2023 Speakers: Katherine YoungerKseniya Kharchenko Series: Exhibition Documenting Ukraine program at the IWM, in cooperation with Bildrecht, presents the exhibition Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War, which will take place at the Bildraum Studio from 3 June till 1 July 2023. Read more
Exhibition Soft Opening: Bearing Witness to War Fri, 26.05.2023 Speakers: Katherine YoungerKseniya Kharchenko Series: Exhibition Documenting Ukraine program at the IWM, in cooperation with Bildrecht, presents the exhibition Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War, which will take place at the Bildraum Studio from 3 June till 1 July 2023. Read more
	Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Summer 2023	Fri, 26.05.2023	Conferences and Workshops		Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Summer 2023 Fri, 26.05.2023 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference is a bi-annual event at the Institute for Human Sciences that allows the Junior Fellows to present their work and research in a day-long conference. A traditional semester-closing celebration of the talented young researchers that is as old as the Institute itself, and is always organized by the Junior Fellows themselves. Usually, it includes Senior Fellows, Staff members, and Alumni, among others, as commentators and discussants. Read more
Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Summer 2023 Fri, 26.05.2023 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference is a bi-annual event at the Institute for Human Sciences that allows the Junior Fellows to present their work and research in a day-long conference. A traditional semester-closing celebration of the talented young researchers that is as old as the Institute itself, and is always organized by the Junior Fellows themselves. Usually, it includes Senior Fellows, Staff members, and Alumni, among others, as commentators and discussants. Read more
	Geopolitical Talks: Overlapping Crises	Wed, 24.05.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevComfort Ero	Geopolitical Talks: Overlapping Crises Wed, 24.05.2023 Speakers: Ivan KrastevComfort Ero Series: Panels and Discussions The geopolitical reverberations of the Russo-Ukrainian War have been felt far beyond Europe. The conflict has further complicated an already daunting set of challenges facing the global order. The war has also exposed the limitations of those institutions responsible for maintaining international peace and security. International Crisis Group President and CEO Dr. Comfort Ero spoke on how to best grapple with these overlapping crises. Read more
Geopolitical Talks: Overlapping Crises Wed, 24.05.2023 Speakers: Ivan KrastevComfort Ero Series: Panels and Discussions The geopolitical reverberations of the Russo-Ukrainian War have been felt far beyond Europe. The conflict has further complicated an already daunting set of challenges facing the global order. The war has also exposed the limitations of those institutions responsible for maintaining international peace and security. International Crisis Group President and CEO Dr. Comfort Ero spoke on how to best grapple with these overlapping crises. Read more
	A Left Populist Strategy for a Green Democratic Revolution	Tue, 23.05.2023	Lecture	Chantal Mouffe Ivan Vejvoda	A Left Populist Strategy for a Green Democratic Revolution Tue, 23.05.2023 Speakers: Chantal Mouffe Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture In this presentation, Chantal Mouffe intended to argue that at the current crossroads, a project to radicalize democracy requires implementing a left populist strategy whose hegemonic signifier is a Green Democratic Revolution, connecting the defense of the environment with the manifold democratic struggles against different forms of inequality. Read more
A Left Populist Strategy for a Green Democratic Revolution Tue, 23.05.2023 Speakers: Chantal Mouffe Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture In this presentation, Chantal Mouffe intended to argue that at the current crossroads, a project to radicalize democracy requires implementing a left populist strategy whose hegemonic signifier is a Green Democratic Revolution, connecting the defense of the environment with the manifold democratic struggles against different forms of inequality. Read more
	Bringing Beauty into Life: How Soviet Workers Discovered Aesthetics after Stalin	Mon, 22.05.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Serguei OushakineFranz Graf	Bringing Beauty into Life: How Soviet Workers Discovered Aesthetics after Stalin Mon, 22.05.2023 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Serguei OushakineFranz Graf Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his talk, Oushakine focused on one aspect of late Soviet materiality: by reading closely materials published in the 1960s–1970s, he showed how Soviet sociologists, urbanists, and designers tried (though ultimately failed) to transform new mass apartments into an effectively constructed material ecosystem. Material aesthetics - not ideology - was seen as a major force that could productively shape the perceptions and demands of the Soviet individual. Read more
Bringing Beauty into Life: How Soviet Workers Discovered Aesthetics after Stalin Mon, 22.05.2023 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Serguei OushakineFranz Graf Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his talk, Oushakine focused on one aspect of late Soviet materiality: by reading closely materials published in the 1960s–1970s, he showed how Soviet sociologists, urbanists, and designers tried (though ultimately failed) to transform new mass apartments into an effectively constructed material ecosystem. Material aesthetics - not ideology - was seen as a major force that could productively shape the perceptions and demands of the Soviet individual. Read more
	Time To Decide Europe Summit 2023	Tue, 16.05.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Anthony Barnett Gerald Knaus Ivan Krastev Ivana Dragičević Jan-Werner Müller Janka Oertel Kim Scheppele Soli Özel Misha GlennyAlexander Schallenberg	Time To Decide Europe Summit 2023 Tue, 16.05.2023 Speakers: Anthony Barnett Gerald Knaus Ivan Krastev Ivana Dragičević Jan-Werner Müller Janka Oertel Kim Scheppele Soli Özel Misha GlennyAlexander Schallenberg Series: Conferences and Workshops What will the coming year bring about? How will Europe’s foreign and defense policy be transformed? Will Europe’s democracies come out weakened or strengthened from the current crisis? What future for the economy and ecology in Europe? Can risks be turned into opportunities, and how? Read more
Time To Decide Europe Summit 2023 Tue, 16.05.2023 Speakers: Anthony Barnett Gerald Knaus Ivan Krastev Ivana Dragičević Jan-Werner Müller Janka Oertel Kim Scheppele Soli Özel Misha GlennyAlexander Schallenberg Series: Conferences and Workshops What will the coming year bring about? How will Europe’s foreign and defense policy be transformed? Will Europe’s democracies come out weakened or strengthened from the current crisis? What future for the economy and ecology in Europe? Can risks be turned into opportunities, and how? Read more