Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Imagine Feminist Futures	Fri, 14.03.2025, 10:00 - Fri, 14.03.2025, 16:30	Conferences and Workshops	Mieke Verloo Cornelia RoggebandMeike Lauggas, Petra Meier, Florian Duijsens	Imagine Feminist Futures A One-Day Workshop for Researchers and Activists Fri, 14.03.2025, 10:00 - Fri, 14.03.2025, 16:30 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Cornelia RoggebandMeike Lauggas, Petra Meier, Florian Duijsens Series: Conferences and Workshops This one-day workshop was designed to bring together activists and researchers to tackle the most pressing issues in gender studies. Its interactive format fostered dialogue between Emma Goldman Award recipients and the audience. Read more
Imagine Feminist Futures A One-Day Workshop for Researchers and Activists Fri, 14.03.2025, 10:00 - Fri, 14.03.2025, 16:30 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Cornelia RoggebandMeike Lauggas, Petra Meier, Florian Duijsens Series: Conferences and Workshops This one-day workshop was designed to bring together activists and researchers to tackle the most pressing issues in gender studies. Its interactive format fostered dialogue between Emma Goldman Award recipients and the audience. Read more
	Emma Goldman Awards 2025	Thu, 13.03.2025, 18:00 - Thu, 13.03.2025, 20:30	Other	Mieke Verloo Misha GlennyFlorian Duijsens, Marta Rawłuszko	Emma Goldman Awards 2025 Thu, 13.03.2025, 18:00 - Thu, 13.03.2025, 20:30 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Misha GlennyFlorian Duijsens, Marta Rawłuszko Series: Other The IWM was honored to host the Emma Goldman Awards 2025 ceremony. Since 2020, the FLAX Foundation has presented the Emma Goldman Awards and Emma Goldman Snowball Awards to talented and engaged scholars working on feminist and inequality issues in Europe. Read more
Emma Goldman Awards 2025 Thu, 13.03.2025, 18:00 - Thu, 13.03.2025, 20:30 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Misha GlennyFlorian Duijsens, Marta Rawłuszko Series: Other The IWM was honored to host the Emma Goldman Awards 2025 ceremony. Since 2020, the FLAX Foundation has presented the Emma Goldman Awards and Emma Goldman Snowball Awards to talented and engaged scholars working on feminist and inequality issues in Europe. Read more
	Ist Deutschland noch zu retten?	Sun, 09.03.2025, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Wolfgang Münchau, Gabriel Felbermayr, Katja Hoyer, Maria Fiedler, Eric Frey	Ist Deutschland noch zu retten? Europa im Diskurs Sun, 09.03.2025, 11:00 Speakers: Wolfgang Münchau, Gabriel Felbermayr, Katja Hoyer, Maria Fiedler, Eric Frey Series: Panels and Discussions Tage nach der Bundestagswahl diskutierte auf der Bühne des Burgtheaters im Rahmen von Europa im Diskurs eine hochkarätige Runde über Deutschlands Zukunft und seine weitere Rolle in Europa. Read more
Ist Deutschland noch zu retten? Europa im Diskurs Sun, 09.03.2025, 11:00 Speakers: Wolfgang Münchau, Gabriel Felbermayr, Katja Hoyer, Maria Fiedler, Eric Frey Series: Panels and Discussions Tage nach der Bundestagswahl diskutierte auf der Bühne des Burgtheaters im Rahmen von Europa im Diskurs eine hochkarätige Runde über Deutschlands Zukunft und seine weitere Rolle in Europa. Read more
	Phantom (Border)Lands in the Late Memory Boom	Mon, 03.03.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Julia Golachowska Mariia Shynkarenko	Phantom (Border)Lands in the Late Memory Boom Fellows' Colloquium with Julia Golachowska Mon, 03.03.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Julia Golachowska Mariia Shynkarenko Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this week's Fellows' Colloquium, Julia Golachowska elaborated on the concept of Polish borderlands ("Kresy") and how the memory of them is cultivated in three museums in eastern Poland. Read more
Phantom (Border)Lands in the Late Memory Boom Fellows' Colloquium with Julia Golachowska Mon, 03.03.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Julia Golachowska Mariia Shynkarenko Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this week's Fellows' Colloquium, Julia Golachowska elaborated on the concept of Polish borderlands ("Kresy") and how the memory of them is cultivated in three museums in eastern Poland. Read more
	Literarische Landschaften der Ukraine	Thu, 20.02.2025, 19:00	Panels and Discussions	Ludger HagedornAntje Contius, Ursula Ebel, Julia Stachiwska, Bohdan Kolomijtschuk, Natalka Sniadanko	Literarische Landschaften der Ukraine Thu, 20.02.2025, 19:00 Speakers: Ludger HagedornAntje Contius, Ursula Ebel, Julia Stachiwska, Bohdan Kolomijtschuk, Natalka Sniadanko Series: Panels and Discussions Die kürzlich erschienene Ausgabe Nr. 295 der vierteljährlichen Zeitschrift die horen stellt aktuelle Literatur aus der Ukraine vor. Ein beeindruckendes literarisches Porträt einer Gesellschaft mit all ihrem Mut und ihrer Verzweiflung im Angesicht eines zermürbenden Krieges. Read more
Literarische Landschaften der Ukraine Thu, 20.02.2025, 19:00 Speakers: Ludger HagedornAntje Contius, Ursula Ebel, Julia Stachiwska, Bohdan Kolomijtschuk, Natalka Sniadanko Series: Panels and Discussions Die kürzlich erschienene Ausgabe Nr. 295 der vierteljährlichen Zeitschrift die horen stellt aktuelle Literatur aus der Ukraine vor. Ein beeindruckendes literarisches Porträt einer Gesellschaft mit all ihrem Mut und ihrer Verzweiflung im Angesicht eines zermürbenden Krieges. Read more
	Making Sense of an Unsettling World	Thu, 13.02.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Ludger Hagedorn Timothy Snyder	Making Sense of an Unsettling World Ivan Krastev and Timothy Snyder in Conversation Thu, 13.02.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ludger Hagedorn Timothy Snyder Series: Panels and Discussions We have entered a world of uncertainty. As individuals and citizens, we at times feel powerless and vulnerable, and are left wondering whether the checks and balances that have sustained liberal democracies for decades are sufficient to meet the unprecedented challenges they face. Two great thinkers of our time, Ivan Krastev and Timothy Snyder, cast light on the forces driving these developments and discussed how safety, freedom, and democracy can be preserved. Read more
Making Sense of an Unsettling World Ivan Krastev and Timothy Snyder in Conversation Thu, 13.02.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ludger Hagedorn Timothy Snyder Series: Panels and Discussions We have entered a world of uncertainty. As individuals and citizens, we at times feel powerless and vulnerable, and are left wondering whether the checks and balances that have sustained liberal democracies for decades are sufficient to meet the unprecedented challenges they face. Two great thinkers of our time, Ivan Krastev and Timothy Snyder, cast light on the forces driving these developments and discussed how safety, freedom, and democracy can be preserved. Read more
	(Re-)Branding Regions in East Central Europe	Thu, 13.02.2025, 10:00 - Fri, 14.02.2025, 15:00	Conferences and Workshops	Börries Kuzmany Mariia ShynkarenkoKerstin S. Jobst, Patrice Dabrowski, Piotr Szlanta, Christoph Augustynowicz, Dietlind Hüchtker, Alois Woldan, Magdalena Baran-Szoltys	(Re-)Branding Regions in East Central Europe Space and Spatial Representations in Transition after World Wars I & II Thu, 13.02.2025, 10:00 - Fri, 14.02.2025, 15:00 Speakers: Börries Kuzmany Mariia ShynkarenkoKerstin S. Jobst, Patrice Dabrowski, Piotr Szlanta, Christoph Augustynowicz, Dietlind Hüchtker, Alois Woldan, Magdalena Baran-Szoltys Series: Conferences and Workshops Scholars from Eastern Europe will present their projects that systematically examine practices of “branding” and (multiple) “re-branding” of micro- and macroregional spaces after the redrawing of state borders. Such a focus will allow participants to discuss how political epistemologies have been translated into top-down and bottom-up actions in different spheres (political, economic, social, and cultural) and at various levels (state, regional or local). Read more
(Re-)Branding Regions in East Central Europe Space and Spatial Representations in Transition after World Wars I & II Thu, 13.02.2025, 10:00 - Fri, 14.02.2025, 15:00 Speakers: Börries Kuzmany Mariia ShynkarenkoKerstin S. Jobst, Patrice Dabrowski, Piotr Szlanta, Christoph Augustynowicz, Dietlind Hüchtker, Alois Woldan, Magdalena Baran-Szoltys Series: Conferences and Workshops Scholars from Eastern Europe will present their projects that systematically examine practices of “branding” and (multiple) “re-branding” of micro- and macroregional spaces after the redrawing of state borders. Such a focus will allow participants to discuss how political epistemologies have been translated into top-down and bottom-up actions in different spheres (political, economic, social, and cultural) and at various levels (state, regional or local). Read more
	New Museums and the Memory Disputes in Poland	Mon, 10.02.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Robert Kostro	New Museums and the Memory Disputes in Poland Fellows' Colloquia with Robert Kostro Mon, 10.02.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Robert Kostro Series: Seminars and Colloquia Historian Robert Kostro zoomed in on the museum boom occurring in Poland over the past 20 years. By looking at institutions such as the Polish History Museum in Warsaw, Kostro analyzed the interconnections between history, memory, and politics. Read more
New Museums and the Memory Disputes in Poland Fellows' Colloquia with Robert Kostro Mon, 10.02.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Robert Kostro Series: Seminars and Colloquia Historian Robert Kostro zoomed in on the museum boom occurring in Poland over the past 20 years. By looking at institutions such as the Polish History Museum in Warsaw, Kostro analyzed the interconnections between history, memory, and politics. Read more
	The Slovak Lesson: When the Enemies of Democracy Come to Power	Tue, 28.01.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Martin Milan Šimečka Misha Glenny	The Slovak Lesson: When the Enemies of Democracy Come to Power Monthly Lecture with Martin Milan Šimečka Tue, 28.01.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Martin Milan Šimečka Misha Glenny Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Martin Milan Šimečka reflected on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's first year in office and argued that democracy can defend itself if it has strong and independent media on its side, a well-organized opposition, and an active part of society that protests autocratic change. Read more
The Slovak Lesson: When the Enemies of Democracy Come to Power Monthly Lecture with Martin Milan Šimečka Tue, 28.01.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Martin Milan Šimečka Misha Glenny Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Martin Milan Šimečka reflected on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's first year in office and argued that democracy can defend itself if it has strong and independent media on its side, a well-organized opposition, and an active part of society that protests autocratic change. Read more
	Růžena Vacková as a Critic	Mon, 27.01.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Nikola Bečanová	Růžena Vacková as a Critic Fellows' Colloquium with Nikola Bečanová Mon, 27.01.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nikola Bečanová Series: Seminars and Colloquia By situating Růžena Vacková’s writings within broader sociopolitical and cultural contexts, the presentation shed light on her contributions to Czech criticism and her underappreciated influence on the intellectual landscape of that time. Read more
Růžena Vacková as a Critic Fellows' Colloquium with Nikola Bečanová Mon, 27.01.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nikola Bečanová Series: Seminars and Colloquia By situating Růžena Vacková’s writings within broader sociopolitical and cultural contexts, the presentation shed light on her contributions to Czech criticism and her underappreciated influence on the intellectual landscape of that time. Read more