Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Who Is in Putin’s Army? Talking to Russian Prisoners of War in Ukraine and What We Can Learn From It	Mon, 30.01.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Kirill Rogov Peter Ruzavin	Who Is in Putin’s Army? Talking to Russian Prisoners of War in Ukraine and What We Can Learn From It Mon, 30.01.2023 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Kirill Rogov Peter Ruzavin Series: Seminars and Colloquia Peter Ruzavin is a Russian journalist, who has been reporting from Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Peter conducted several interviews with Russian prisoners of war in Ukrainian captivity. He believes that the conversations he had are important in giving a sense of a range of questions. Read more
Who Is in Putin’s Army? Talking to Russian Prisoners of War in Ukraine and What We Can Learn From It Mon, 30.01.2023 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Kirill Rogov Peter Ruzavin Series: Seminars and Colloquia Peter Ruzavin is a Russian journalist, who has been reporting from Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Peter conducted several interviews with Russian prisoners of war in Ukrainian captivity. He believes that the conversations he had are important in giving a sense of a range of questions. Read more
	Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals	Thu, 26.01.2023	Lecture	Katherine Younger András Bozoki Misha Glenny	Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals Thu, 26.01.2023 Speakers: Katherine Younger András Bozoki Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Book presentation by András Bozóki, the author of Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals (2022, CEU Press). The model of rolling transition offers a new account of dissident intellectuals’ contribution to the literature of regime change, following neither the vanguard model, nor the New Class explanation. The account focuses on the exceptionally influential political role of Hungarian intellectuals in the period of 1977–1994. Read more
Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals Thu, 26.01.2023 Speakers: Katherine Younger András Bozoki Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Book presentation by András Bozóki, the author of Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals (2022, CEU Press). The model of rolling transition offers a new account of dissident intellectuals’ contribution to the literature of regime change, following neither the vanguard model, nor the New Class explanation. The account focuses on the exceptionally influential political role of Hungarian intellectuals in the period of 1977–1994. Read more
	Frontline Reporting on Ukraine's War for Democracy	Wed, 25.01.2023	Lecture	Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha Glenny	Frontline Reporting on Ukraine's War for Democracy Wed, 25.01.2023 Speakers: Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha Glenny Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture Nataliya Gumenyuk presented her journalistic work during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gumenyuk has pivoted to frontline media reporting in order to document Ukrainians' wartime stories. Read more
Frontline Reporting on Ukraine's War for Democracy Wed, 25.01.2023 Speakers: Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha Glenny Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture Nataliya Gumenyuk presented her journalistic work during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gumenyuk has pivoted to frontline media reporting in order to document Ukrainians' wartime stories. Read more
	Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin	Tue, 17.01.2023	Lecture	Clemena Antonova George PattisonChristoph Schneider, Diana Dukhanova	Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin Tue, 17.01.2023 Speakers: Clemena Antonova George PattisonChristoph Schneider, Diana Dukhanova Series: Lecture The Symposium consisted of two parts. A joint lecture with Diana Dukhanova and Christoph Schneider and a lecture by George Pattison. Read more

	“Original Gender, Definitive Gender”: Zinaida Gippius and the Androgynous Ideal	Mon, 16.01.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Mischa Gabowitsch Valentina Parisi Ludger Hagedorn	“Original Gender, Definitive Gender”: Zinaida Gippius and the Androgynous Ideal Mon, 16.01.2023 Speakers: Mischa Gabowitsch Valentina Parisi Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The presentation contextualized Gippius’ ideas in the framework of the aesthetic utopia of Russian modernism, which viewed life itself as an act of artistic creation. Read more
“Original Gender, Definitive Gender”: Zinaida Gippius and the Androgynous Ideal Mon, 16.01.2023 Speakers: Mischa Gabowitsch Valentina Parisi Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia The presentation contextualized Gippius’ ideas in the framework of the aesthetic utopia of Russian modernism, which viewed life itself as an act of artistic creation. Read more
	Europas Not	Sun, 15.01.2023	Panels and Discussions	Adam Tooze, Karen Pittel, Christian Kern, Cem Özdemir, Monika Köppl-Turyna, Eric Frey	Europas Not Sun, 15.01.2023 Speakers: Adam Tooze, Karen Pittel, Christian Kern, Cem Özdemir, Monika Köppl-Turyna, Eric Frey Series: Panels and Discussions Ist Europa in der Lage, gleichzeitig die aktuelle Krise zu bestehen und trotzdem den Green Deal voranzutreiben? Und wie stark ist der ökologische Wandel gefährdet, wenn Europas Abhängigkeit von den dafür notwendigen chinesischen Rohstoffen und Seltenen Erden sich noch extremer darstellt als die heutige Abhängigkeit von russischem Öl und Gas? In einer hochrangig besetzten Diskussion im Wiener Burgtheater im Rahmen der Reihe „Europa im Diskurs“ erklärten der deutsche Landwirtschaftsminister Cem Özdemir und der ehemalige österreichische Bundeskanzler Christian Kern sowie die führenden Wirtschafts- und Energiefachleute Adam Tooze, Monika Köppl-Turyna und Karen Pittel die Optionen für einen Ausweg aus der Energiekrise, der vielleicht größten Herausforderung für Europa seit Jahrzehnten. Read more
Europas Not Sun, 15.01.2023 Speakers: Adam Tooze, Karen Pittel, Christian Kern, Cem Özdemir, Monika Köppl-Turyna, Eric Frey Series: Panels and Discussions Ist Europa in der Lage, gleichzeitig die aktuelle Krise zu bestehen und trotzdem den Green Deal voranzutreiben? Und wie stark ist der ökologische Wandel gefährdet, wenn Europas Abhängigkeit von den dafür notwendigen chinesischen Rohstoffen und Seltenen Erden sich noch extremer darstellt als die heutige Abhängigkeit von russischem Öl und Gas? In einer hochrangig besetzten Diskussion im Wiener Burgtheater im Rahmen der Reihe „Europa im Diskurs“ erklärten der deutsche Landwirtschaftsminister Cem Özdemir und der ehemalige österreichische Bundeskanzler Christian Kern sowie die führenden Wirtschafts- und Energiefachleute Adam Tooze, Monika Köppl-Turyna und Karen Pittel die Optionen für einen Ausweg aus der Energiekrise, der vielleicht größten Herausforderung für Europa seit Jahrzehnten. Read more
	Researching 'Journeys': Challenges and Possibilities in Migration Studies	Wed, 14.12.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Ayşe ÇağlarIshita Dey	Researching 'Journeys': Challenges and Possibilities in Migration Studies Wed, 14.12.2022 Speakers: Ayşe ÇağlarIshita Dey Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this presentation, Ishita Dey focused on railway networks that have played a role in the lives of internal migrant workers, especially in the context of Bihar in Eastern India, and highlighted possibilities of ethnographic engagements on journeys as a method in migration studies. Read more
Researching 'Journeys': Challenges and Possibilities in Migration Studies Wed, 14.12.2022 Speakers: Ayşe ÇağlarIshita Dey Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this presentation, Ishita Dey focused on railway networks that have played a role in the lives of internal migrant workers, especially in the context of Bihar in Eastern India, and highlighted possibilities of ethnographic engagements on journeys as a method in migration studies. Read more
	From Victory to Invasion: The Dialectic of Soviet and Post-Soviet War Commemoration	Tue, 13.12.2022	Lecture	Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch	From Victory to Invasion: The Dialectic of Soviet and Post-Soviet War Commemoration Tue, 13.12.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch Series: Lecture In this lecture, Mischa Gabowitsch argued that state ideology and local practices have always shaped each other, in a process that can be traced from before 1945 all the way to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more
From Victory to Invasion: The Dialectic of Soviet and Post-Soviet War Commemoration Tue, 13.12.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch Series: Lecture In this lecture, Mischa Gabowitsch argued that state ideology and local practices have always shaped each other, in a process that can be traced from before 1945 all the way to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more
	Policing a Postimperial World	Mon, 12.12.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	David Petruccelli Katherine Younger	Policing a Postimperial World Mon, 12.12.2022 Speakers: David Petruccelli Katherine Younger Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, David Petruccelli showed how the drive to internationalize policing in the early twentieth century was tied to the messy processes of imperial collapse convulsing Eastern and Central Europe after 1918. He considered the implications of the postimperial roots of Interpol for our understanding of international policing and international crime control today. Read more
Policing a Postimperial World Mon, 12.12.2022 Speakers: David Petruccelli Katherine Younger Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, David Petruccelli showed how the drive to internationalize policing in the early twentieth century was tied to the messy processes of imperial collapse convulsing Eastern and Central Europe after 1918. He considered the implications of the postimperial roots of Interpol for our understanding of international policing and international crime control today. Read more
	A Resilient Europe in Uncharted Waters	Mon, 12.12.2022	Conferences and Workshops	Alida Vracic Amanda Coakley Dimitar Bechev Isabelle Ioannides Ivan Vejvoda Julia De Clerck-Sachsse Nathalie Tocci Oana Popescu-Zamfir Rosa Balfour Stefan Lehne Valbona Zeneli Veronica AnghelRoberto Menotti, Riccardo Alcaro, Zoran Nechev	A Resilient Europe in Uncharted Waters Mon, 12.12.2022 Speakers: Alida Vracic Amanda Coakley Dimitar Bechev Isabelle Ioannides Ivan Vejvoda Julia De Clerck-Sachsse Nathalie Tocci Oana Popescu-Zamfir Rosa Balfour Stefan Lehne Valbona Zeneli Veronica AnghelRoberto Menotti, Riccardo Alcaro, Zoran Nechev Series: Conferences and Workshops Does Europe want to be a bystander in a radically shifting global landscape? Is it responding robustly enough to the threats to the democratic liberal order both internally and externally? Can the EU fulfil its intention to be a geopolitical actor on an equal footing with other powers? These are questions and issues that the seminar addressed. Read more
A Resilient Europe in Uncharted Waters Mon, 12.12.2022 Speakers: Alida Vracic Amanda Coakley Dimitar Bechev Isabelle Ioannides Ivan Vejvoda Julia De Clerck-Sachsse Nathalie Tocci Oana Popescu-Zamfir Rosa Balfour Stefan Lehne Valbona Zeneli Veronica AnghelRoberto Menotti, Riccardo Alcaro, Zoran Nechev Series: Conferences and Workshops Does Europe want to be a bystander in a radically shifting global landscape? Is it responding robustly enough to the threats to the democratic liberal order both internally and externally? Can the EU fulfil its intention to be a geopolitical actor on an equal footing with other powers? These are questions and issues that the seminar addressed. Read more