Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Open Societies and Democratic Sustainability in the Shadow of Big Tech	Tue, 22.11.2022	Lecture	Allison Stanger Ludger Hagedorn	Open Societies and Democratic Sustainability in the Shadow of Big Tech Tue, 22.11.2022 Speakers: Allison Stanger Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture There is growing public awareness that the velocity of technological innovation has outstripped the West’s efforts to harness it to the common good. An unprecedented shift in the balance of power between multinational industry and national governments has been a necessary condition for these new challenges. While many of these problems are in some ways new, they have also been previously encountered. Learning from past thought on existential threats to human values can help us better protect and defend the contemporary free world. Read more
Open Societies and Democratic Sustainability in the Shadow of Big Tech Tue, 22.11.2022 Speakers: Allison Stanger Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture There is growing public awareness that the velocity of technological innovation has outstripped the West’s efforts to harness it to the common good. An unprecedented shift in the balance of power between multinational industry and national governments has been a necessary condition for these new challenges. While many of these problems are in some ways new, they have also been previously encountered. Learning from past thought on existential threats to human values can help us better protect and defend the contemporary free world. Read more
	Ancient Philosophy and Modern Freedom in Times of Crisis	Mon, 21.11.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Carlos Fraenkel Ludger Hagedorn	Ancient Philosophy and Modern Freedom in Times of Crisis Mon, 21.11.2022 Speakers: Carlos Fraenkel Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Can we learn something from ancient philosophy? Yes, Carlos Fraenkel argued, a great deal. Since the Soviet Bloc crumbled, more people than ever are free to live as they please. What liberal societies fail to teach us is how to make good use of all that choice. The last few years have thrown us into ever-growing confusion: extreme weather, populist upheaval, billionaires buzzing through space juxtaposed with capsized migrant dinghies washing up on shores, war in Europe, etc. The ancients, Fraenkel argues, can help us fix the mess. Read more
Ancient Philosophy and Modern Freedom in Times of Crisis Mon, 21.11.2022 Speakers: Carlos Fraenkel Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Can we learn something from ancient philosophy? Yes, Carlos Fraenkel argued, a great deal. Since the Soviet Bloc crumbled, more people than ever are free to live as they please. What liberal societies fail to teach us is how to make good use of all that choice. The last few years have thrown us into ever-growing confusion: extreme weather, populist upheaval, billionaires buzzing through space juxtaposed with capsized migrant dinghies washing up on shores, war in Europe, etc. The ancients, Fraenkel argues, can help us fix the mess. Read more
	War and the Future of Ukraine - Conference	Fri, 18.11.2022	Conferences and Workshops	Katherine YoungerPaul Chaisty, Roy Allison, Gwendolyn Sasse, Timothy Garton Ash	War and the Future of Ukraine - Conference Fri, 18.11.2022 Speakers: Katherine YoungerPaul Chaisty, Roy Allison, Gwendolyn Sasse, Timothy Garton Ash Series: Conferences and Workshops 10am on Friday, 18 November 2022 to 2pm on Saturday, 19 November 2022 Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College Chair: Katherine Younger (Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna); Paul Chaisty (OSGA, St Antony's); Roy Allison (REES, St Antony's); Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS, Berlin); Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's). Convenors: REES, OSGA; ESC & RESC, St Antony's; Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna; Centre for East European and International Studies, Berlin. Read more
War and the Future of Ukraine - Conference Fri, 18.11.2022 Speakers: Katherine YoungerPaul Chaisty, Roy Allison, Gwendolyn Sasse, Timothy Garton Ash Series: Conferences and Workshops 10am on Friday, 18 November 2022 to 2pm on Saturday, 19 November 2022 Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College Chair: Katherine Younger (Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna); Paul Chaisty (OSGA, St Antony's); Roy Allison (REES, St Antony's); Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS, Berlin); Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's). Convenors: REES, OSGA; ESC & RESC, St Antony's; Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna; Centre for East European and International Studies, Berlin. Read more
	„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache	Thu, 17.11.2022	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Georg Witte	„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache Thu, 17.11.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Georg Witte Series: Lecture Der Ukrainekrieg hat den Osteuropadiskurs nachhaltig erschüttert. Nаchdem geokulturelle Konfrontationen des „Ostens“ und „Westens“ seit dem Ende des Kalten Kriegs fast schon erledigt schienen, beobachten wir derzeit ein bemerkenswertes Wiederaufleben der Block-Konfrontationen. Es stellen sich unerwartete Fragen: Wie ist ein Osten neu und wieder zu denken unter den Prämissen einer Dekolonisierung Russlands, gerade im Hinblick auf kulturelle und sprachliche Hegemonien? Kann die russische Kultur „bestraft“ werden (Oleksiy Radynski), und wenn ja, von wem und wie? Gewinnt der Westen eine neue historische Bedeutung ausgerechnet als antihegemoniale Projektionsfläche? Schließlich: Was heißt es vor diesem Hintergrund, unseren eigenen Diskurs zu dekolonisieren? Read more
„Wir werden auf Russisch ermordet.“ Plädoyer für eine involvierte Sprache Thu, 17.11.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Georg Witte Series: Lecture Der Ukrainekrieg hat den Osteuropadiskurs nachhaltig erschüttert. Nаchdem geokulturelle Konfrontationen des „Ostens“ und „Westens“ seit dem Ende des Kalten Kriegs fast schon erledigt schienen, beobachten wir derzeit ein bemerkenswertes Wiederaufleben der Block-Konfrontationen. Es stellen sich unerwartete Fragen: Wie ist ein Osten neu und wieder zu denken unter den Prämissen einer Dekolonisierung Russlands, gerade im Hinblick auf kulturelle und sprachliche Hegemonien? Kann die russische Kultur „bestraft“ werden (Oleksiy Radynski), und wenn ja, von wem und wie? Gewinnt der Westen eine neue historische Bedeutung ausgerechnet als antihegemoniale Projektionsfläche? Schließlich: Was heißt es vor diesem Hintergrund, unseren eigenen Diskurs zu dekolonisieren? Read more
	The Odesa Childhood of Isaac Babel	Mon, 14.11.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Aleksander Kaczorowski Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch	The Odesa Childhood of Isaac Babel Mon, 14.11.2022 Speakers: Aleksander Kaczorowski Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch Series: Seminars and Colloquia Odesa, the hometown of Isaac Babel (1894–1940), was the youngest and most cosmopolitan city of the Romanov Empire. What is the true nature of this city, which today is associated with television reports of Russian bombings and the local gangsters made famous in Babel’s stories, but in the writer’s time was primarily a great financial and intellectual center of Jewish life? How did Odesa shape Isaac Babel? How does his literary vision contribute to the modern myth of Odesa? Read more
The Odesa Childhood of Isaac Babel Mon, 14.11.2022 Speakers: Aleksander Kaczorowski Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch Series: Seminars and Colloquia Odesa, the hometown of Isaac Babel (1894–1940), was the youngest and most cosmopolitan city of the Romanov Empire. What is the true nature of this city, which today is associated with television reports of Russian bombings and the local gangsters made famous in Babel’s stories, but in the writer’s time was primarily a great financial and intellectual center of Jewish life? How did Odesa shape Isaac Babel? How does his literary vision contribute to the modern myth of Odesa? Read more
	Mut zur Sprache, Symposion Tag 2	Wed, 09.11.2022	Session	Marjana Gaponenko, Frieder Schuller, Dževad Karahasan, Barbi Marković, Ioana Pârvulescu, Natalka Sniadanko, Dimitré Dinev, Georgi Tenev	Mut zur Sprache, Symposion Tag 2 Wed, 09.11.2022 Speakers: Marjana Gaponenko, Frieder Schuller, Dževad Karahasan, Barbi Marković, Ioana Pârvulescu, Natalka Sniadanko, Dimitré Dinev, Georgi Tenev Series: Session Die Literaturen im östlichen Europa teilen wesentliche historische Erfahrungen. Dies gilt auch (und gerade) für die vergangenen 60 Jahre. Mit der Zäsur der Umbruchsjahre 1989 – 1992 in der Mitte gliedert sich dieser Zeitraum in zwei fast gleich lange, sehr unterschiedliche Abschnitte. Read more
Mut zur Sprache, Symposion Tag 2 Wed, 09.11.2022 Speakers: Marjana Gaponenko, Frieder Schuller, Dževad Karahasan, Barbi Marković, Ioana Pârvulescu, Natalka Sniadanko, Dimitré Dinev, Georgi Tenev Series: Session Die Literaturen im östlichen Europa teilen wesentliche historische Erfahrungen. Dies gilt auch (und gerade) für die vergangenen 60 Jahre. Mit der Zäsur der Umbruchsjahre 1989 – 1992 in der Mitte gliedert sich dieser Zeitraum in zwei fast gleich lange, sehr unterschiedliche Abschnitte. Read more
	Mut zur Sprache, Symposion Tag 1	Tue, 08.11.2022	Session	Noémi KissMila Haugová, Michael Stavarič, Radek Knapp, György Dalos, Leszek Szaruga, Julia Cimafiejeva, Alhierd Bacharevič	Mut zur Sprache, Symposion Tag 1 Tue, 08.11.2022 Speakers: Noémi KissMila Haugová, Michael Stavarič, Radek Knapp, György Dalos, Leszek Szaruga, Julia Cimafiejeva, Alhierd Bacharevič Series: Session Die Literaturen im östlichen Europa teilen wesentliche historische Erfahrungen. Dies gilt auch (und gerade) für die vergangenen 60 Jahre. Mit der Zäsur der Umbruchsjahre 1989 – 1992 in der Mitte gliedert sich dieser Zeitraum in zwei fast gleich lange, sehr unterschiedliche Abschnitte. Read more
Mut zur Sprache, Symposion Tag 1 Tue, 08.11.2022 Speakers: Noémi KissMila Haugová, Michael Stavarič, Radek Knapp, György Dalos, Leszek Szaruga, Julia Cimafiejeva, Alhierd Bacharevič Series: Session Die Literaturen im östlichen Europa teilen wesentliche historische Erfahrungen. Dies gilt auch (und gerade) für die vergangenen 60 Jahre. Mit der Zäsur der Umbruchsjahre 1989 – 1992 in der Mitte gliedert sich dieser Zeitraum in zwei fast gleich lange, sehr unterschiedliche Abschnitte. Read more
	Turkey in the Cold War: Anti-Communism, Political Islam, and Turkish-German Relations	Mon, 07.11.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Ayşe Çağlar Behlül Özkan	Turkey in the Cold War: Anti-Communism, Political Islam, and Turkish-German Relations Mon, 07.11.2022 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Behlül Özkan Series: Seminars and Colloquia This presentation will analyze the impact of anti-communism on relations between the two NATO frontier countries of Turkey and the former West Germany, as well as on Political Islam in both countries. Read more
Turkey in the Cold War: Anti-Communism, Political Islam, and Turkish-German Relations Mon, 07.11.2022 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Behlül Özkan Series: Seminars and Colloquia This presentation will analyze the impact of anti-communism on relations between the two NATO frontier countries of Turkey and the former West Germany, as well as on Political Islam in both countries. Read more
	Angst und Angstmacherei	Thu, 03.11.2022	Other	Martin Schürz Shalini Randeria Misha Glenny	Angst und Angstmacherei Thu, 03.11.2022 Speakers: Martin Schürz Shalini Randeria Misha Glenny Series: Other Wie bezahlen wir die wirtschaftlichen Folgen von Pandemie und Krieg? Martin Schürz präsentierte sein Buch Angst und Angstmacherei (Schürz/Marterbauer 2022) ein Plädoyer für einen besseren Sozialstaat. Read more

	One World? Or How Many? Haruki Murakami as a Global Author	Mon, 31.10.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit	One World? Or How Many? Haruki Murakami as a Global Author Mon, 31.10.2022 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit Series: Seminars and Colloquia The aim of this talk was to look behind the scenes and to explore the mechanisms of the creation of Haruki Murakami’s global stature. To what extent are they based on his writing, his particular topics, style, and other issues of “content”? Other aspects are worth noting, such as translation policy, marketing, and the creation of a certain authorial image. While we can, for instance, speculate about the role of the international prizes that help to determine and systematically expand his profile as a global author, the author’s own agency is not easy to discern. The talk shed light on some of these aspects, in particular on the role of (American) English and of translation in general, leading to surprising, if not upsetting conclusions. Read more
One World? Or How Many? Haruki Murakami as a Global Author Mon, 31.10.2022 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit Series: Seminars and Colloquia The aim of this talk was to look behind the scenes and to explore the mechanisms of the creation of Haruki Murakami’s global stature. To what extent are they based on his writing, his particular topics, style, and other issues of “content”? Other aspects are worth noting, such as translation policy, marketing, and the creation of a certain authorial image. While we can, for instance, speculate about the role of the international prizes that help to determine and systematically expand his profile as a global author, the author’s own agency is not easy to discern. The talk shed light on some of these aspects, in particular on the role of (American) English and of translation in general, leading to surprising, if not upsetting conclusions. Read more