Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Das Leben Passiert Nicht Außerhalb der Geschichte	Mon, 15.05.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Radka Denemarková Ludger Hagedorn	Das Leben Passiert Nicht Außerhalb der Geschichte Mon, 15.05.2023 Speakers: Radka Denemarková Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Im Fellows Colloquium präsentierte Radka Denemarková ihre literarische Auseinandersetzung mit dem intellektuellen Vermächtnis Václav Havels und Jan Patočkas. Im Hintergrund spielen jedoch die mitteleuropäischen Erfahrungen des 20. Jahrhunderts und insbesondere die tschechoslowakische Dissidenz eine wichtige Rolle. Read more
Das Leben Passiert Nicht Außerhalb der Geschichte Mon, 15.05.2023 Speakers: Radka Denemarková Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Im Fellows Colloquium präsentierte Radka Denemarková ihre literarische Auseinandersetzung mit dem intellektuellen Vermächtnis Václav Havels und Jan Patočkas. Im Hintergrund spielen jedoch die mitteleuropäischen Erfahrungen des 20. Jahrhunderts und insbesondere die tschechoslowakische Dissidenz eine wichtige Rolle. Read more
	Dialogues for Tomorrow: A Green and Global Europe?	Wed, 10.05.2023	Panels and Discussions	Nathalie Tocci Philipp Blom	Dialogues for Tomorrow: A Green and Global Europe? Wed, 10.05.2023 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 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 Speech to Europe 2023: “No Peace without Freedom, No Justice without Law“	Tue, 09.05.2023	Lecture	Oleksandra Matviichuk	A Speech to Europe 2023: “No Peace without Freedom, No Justice without Law“ Tue, 09.05.2023 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“ Tue, 09.05.2023 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	Seminars and Colloquia	Sergei Medvedev Misha Glenny	From Biopolitics of Care to Necropolitics of War Mon, 08.05.2023 Speakers: Sergei Medvedev Misha Glenny 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 Mon, 08.05.2023 Speakers: Sergei Medvedev Misha Glenny 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	Visual and Performing Arts	Katherine Younger Nataliya Gumenyuk	Ukraine Testifies Wed, 03.05.2023 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 Wed, 03.05.2023 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	Panels and Discussions	Kateryna Mishchenko Nelia Vakhovska Ludger HagedornKarl-Markus Gauß	IWM auf der Leipziger Buchmesse: Geschichten, die wir uns erzählen: Erinnerung, Amnesie und das Trauma des Krieges Sun, 30.04.2023 Speakers: Kateryna Mishchenko Nelia Vakhovska Ludger HagedornKarl-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	Panels and Discussions	Artem Chapeye Katherine Younger	IWM at the Leipzig Book Fair: Ukrainian Writers at War Sat, 29.04.2023 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 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	Other	Misha Glenny	IWM at the Leipzig Book Fair: ChatGPT and the Future of Publishing Sat, 29.04.2023 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	Lecture	Clemena Antonova Mischa GabowitschTatyana Gershkovich, Ivan Foletti	Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin Wed, 26.04.2023 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 Wed, 26.04.2023 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	Lecture	Kim Scheppele Misha Glenny	Destroying Democracy by Law Tue, 25.04.2023 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 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