Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	What Makes a City Grow Again: The Cases of Gdańsk, Cluj-Napoca, and Plovdiv	Mon, 24.03.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Ognyan Georgiev	What Makes a City Grow Again: The Cases of Gdańsk, Cluj-Napoca, and Plovdiv Fellows' Colloquium with Ognyan Georgiev Mon, 24.03.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Ognyan Georgiev Series: Seminars and Colloquia If you could move and start anew, where would you go? For decades, people in Eastern Europe felt they had no choice but to move to the West in the hopes of a better life. This presentation focussed on three cities in Central and Eastern Europe—Gdańsk in Poland, Cluj-Napoca in Romania, and Plovdiv in Bulgaria—and analyzed how they have managed to escape depopulation. Read more
What Makes a City Grow Again: The Cases of Gdańsk, Cluj-Napoca, and Plovdiv Fellows' Colloquium with Ognyan Georgiev Mon, 24.03.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Ognyan Georgiev Series: Seminars and Colloquia If you could move and start anew, where would you go? For decades, people in Eastern Europe felt they had no choice but to move to the West in the hopes of a better life. This presentation focussed on three cities in Central and Eastern Europe—Gdańsk in Poland, Cluj-Napoca in Romania, and Plovdiv in Bulgaria—and analyzed how they have managed to escape depopulation. Read more
	Life After Captivity and Justice for Ukraine	Wed, 19.03.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Misha GlennyMaksym Butkevych	Life After Captivity and Justice for Ukraine Maksym Butkevych and Misha Glenny in Conversation Wed, 19.03.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Misha GlennyMaksym Butkevych Series: Panels and Discussions Maksym Butkevych, one of Ukraine’s most prominent human rights activists reflected on what he learned from his time in Russian captivity, what justice for Ukraine should look like, and how to remain resilient in the face of a much stronger enemy. He was be in conversation with IWM Rector Misha Glenny. Read more
Life After Captivity and Justice for Ukraine Maksym Butkevych and Misha Glenny in Conversation Wed, 19.03.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Misha GlennyMaksym Butkevych Series: Panels and Discussions Maksym Butkevych, one of Ukraine’s most prominent human rights activists reflected on what he learned from his time in Russian captivity, what justice for Ukraine should look like, and how to remain resilient in the face of a much stronger enemy. He was be in conversation with IWM Rector Misha Glenny. Read more
	Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again?	Mon, 17.03.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Cameron Abadi Ivan Krastev	Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again? Fellows' Colloquium with Cameron Abadi Mon, 17.03.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Cameron Abadi Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Cameron Abadi traced the changes in Germany's military readiness and asked whether and how the German culture could become “re-bellicized” in parallel with the country's coming rearmament. Read more
Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again? Fellows' Colloquium with Cameron Abadi Mon, 17.03.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Cameron Abadi Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Cameron Abadi traced the changes in Germany's military readiness and asked whether and how the German culture could become “re-bellicized” in parallel with the country's coming rearmament. Read more
	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