Events / Misha Glenny

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	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
	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

	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
	Grounding a ‘Geopolitical Europe’	Mon, 03.04.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Ayşe Çağlar Luiza Bialasiewicz Misha Glenny	Grounding a ‘Geopolitical Europe’ Mon, 03.04.2023 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Luiza Bialasiewicz Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Examining a number of different European national contexts, Luiza Bialasiewicz argued in this talk that without a grounded and democratic geopolitics, other geopolitical stories will inevitably rush in to fill the void to help EU citizens make sense of the vertigo of the current moment. Such geopolitical stories include the conspiratorial geopolitical imaginations fed by extremist parties and movements, but not solely. They also increasingly manifest themselves across a range of issue areas and spaces: most visibly in urban contexts, where they have begun to frame various forms of contestation, including protests against refugee reception. Read more
Grounding a ‘Geopolitical Europe’ Mon, 03.04.2023 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Luiza Bialasiewicz Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Examining a number of different European national contexts, Luiza Bialasiewicz argued in this talk that without a grounded and democratic geopolitics, other geopolitical stories will inevitably rush in to fill the void to help EU citizens make sense of the vertigo of the current moment. Such geopolitical stories include the conspiratorial geopolitical imaginations fed by extremist parties and movements, but not solely. They also increasingly manifest themselves across a range of issue areas and spaces: most visibly in urban contexts, where they have begun to frame various forms of contestation, including protests against refugee reception. Read more
	Christ the Savior – Orthodoxy’s Ground Zero	Mon, 27.03.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Lucy Ash Misha Glenny	Christ the Savior – Orthodoxy’s Ground Zero Mon, 27.03.2023 Speakers: Lucy Ash Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Using stories of individual priests, individual churches and individual cities, Ash traced the story of the Russian Orthodox Church back to its roots one thousand years ago and to show that, whatever the violent and extreme changes of political power, those at the top of the church have done whatever it takes to curry favor. Read more
Christ the Savior – Orthodoxy’s Ground Zero Mon, 27.03.2023 Speakers: Lucy Ash Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Using stories of individual priests, individual churches and individual cities, Ash traced the story of the Russian Orthodox Church back to its roots one thousand years ago and to show that, whatever the violent and extreme changes of political power, those at the top of the church have done whatever it takes to curry favor. Read more
	The Russo-Ukrainian War One Year On	Sun, 05.03.2023	Panels and Discussions	Mischa Gabowitsch Misha Glenny Nathalie TocciOlga Tokariuk, Ursula Plassnik, Michael Clarke	The Russo-Ukrainian War One Year On Sun, 05.03.2023 Speakers: Mischa Gabowitsch Misha Glenny Nathalie TocciOlga Tokariuk, Ursula Plassnik, Michael Clarke Series: Panels and Discussions A year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Debating Europe series brought together five leading experts to examine to what degree the Russo-Ukrainian War is shifting the geo-political landscape. Read more
The Russo-Ukrainian War One Year On Sun, 05.03.2023 Speakers: Mischa Gabowitsch Misha Glenny Nathalie TocciOlga Tokariuk, Ursula Plassnik, Michael Clarke Series: Panels and Discussions A year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Debating Europe series brought together five leading experts to examine to what degree the Russo-Ukrainian War is shifting the geo-political landscape. Read more
	Geopolitical Talks: The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy	Thu, 16.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Misha GlennyJames O'Brien	Geopolitical Talks: The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy Thu, 16.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Misha GlennyJames O'Brien Series: Panels and Discussions In this Geopolitical Talk, Ambassador James O’Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the U.S. Department of State, discussed the role of sanctions in US foreign policy with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev. Read more
Geopolitical Talks: The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy Thu, 16.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Misha GlennyJames O'Brien Series: Panels and Discussions In this Geopolitical Talk, Ambassador James O’Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the U.S. Department of State, discussed the role of sanctions in US foreign policy with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev. Read more
	Enver Hoxha: Biography of a Balkan Tyrant	Mon, 13.02.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Nikolai Antoniadis Robert Austin Misha Glenny	Enver Hoxha: Biography of a Balkan Tyrant Mon, 13.02.2023 Speakers: Nikolai Antoniadis Robert Austin Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Robert C. Austin presented his research on Albania’s Enver Hoxha (1908-1985), who is likely the least understood of the twentieth century’s communist dictators that took power in the aftermath of the Second World War in Europe. Hoxha was also one of the most violent, ruthless, and repressive communist leaders. Albanians could easily claim that they endured the worst type of communist rule: Hoxha’s form of (violent) communism was without parallel in Europe. Read more
Enver Hoxha: Biography of a Balkan Tyrant Mon, 13.02.2023 Speakers: Nikolai Antoniadis Robert Austin Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Robert C. Austin presented his research on Albania’s Enver Hoxha (1908-1985), who is likely the least understood of the twentieth century’s communist dictators that took power in the aftermath of the Second World War in Europe. Hoxha was also one of the most violent, ruthless, and repressive communist leaders. Albanians could easily claim that they endured the worst type of communist rule: Hoxha’s form of (violent) communism was without parallel in Europe. Read more
	Who Tells Ukraine’s Story and How Should it be Told?	Wed, 08.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Katherine Younger Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha GlennyAnna Ilchenko, Bohdana Neborak, Oksana Sarkisova, Sasha Dovzhyk, Svitlana Oslavska, Tetyana Ogarkova, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Cathrin Kahlweit	Who Tells Ukraine’s Story and How Should it be Told? Wed, 08.02.2023 Speakers: Katherine Younger Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha GlennyAnna Ilchenko, Bohdana Neborak, Oksana Sarkisova, Sasha Dovzhyk, Svitlana Oslavska, Tetyana Ogarkova, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Cathrin Kahlweit Series: Panels and Discussions This round table was part of the two-day event Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War. With easily available technologies that give access to audiences of millions, coupled with changes in attitudes to trusted news sources, there has been a disruption of traditional models of war reporting and who is able to tell the stories of war. Despite persistent gatekeeping, how reporting on war works and who it empowers and leaves out has been transformed. This round table considered the changing media landscape as it pertains to the Russo-Ukrainian War. In the first session, the focus was on new approaches to storytelling and the technologies that make them possible; the second session concentrated on questions of authorship, agency, and representation. Read more
Who Tells Ukraine’s Story and How Should it be Told? Wed, 08.02.2023 Speakers: Katherine Younger Nataliya Gumenyuk Misha GlennyAnna Ilchenko, Bohdana Neborak, Oksana Sarkisova, Sasha Dovzhyk, Svitlana Oslavska, Tetyana Ogarkova, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Cathrin Kahlweit Series: Panels and Discussions This round table was part of the two-day event Documenting Ukraine: Bearing Witness to War. With easily available technologies that give access to audiences of millions, coupled with changes in attitudes to trusted news sources, there has been a disruption of traditional models of war reporting and who is able to tell the stories of war. Despite persistent gatekeeping, how reporting on war works and who it empowers and leaves out has been transformed. This round table considered the changing media landscape as it pertains to the Russo-Ukrainian War. In the first session, the focus was on new approaches to storytelling and the technologies that make them possible; the second session concentrated on questions of authorship, agency, and representation. 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