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  • Patočka Workshop Highlights the Work of French Translator Erika Abrams
    On November 28, the IWM Library witnessed the annual workshop of Patočka scholars, editors, and translators. This year’s meeting served as an overdue opportunity to pay tribute to the eminent merits of French translator and editor Erika Abrams.…
  • Can History Explain Putin’s War, Sergey Radchenko?
    So many of us seem to be scrambling to understand where the world is heading. Decade-old certainties seem to crumble before our eyes. Perhaps we are reaching the moment that Karl Marx predicted when all that is solid melts into air. But don’t panic…
  • IWM Rector Misha Glenny to Move to BBC
    The journalist, author, and current IWM Rector will leave the Institute to become a presenter on BBC Radio 4.
  • Can We Resist the AI Empire, Karen Hao?
    So many of us seem to be scrambling to understand where the world is heading. Decade-old certainties seem to crumble before our eyes. Perhaps we are reaching the moment that Karl Marx predicted when all that is solid melts into air. But don’t panic…
  • What Is the Meaning of Freedom, Timothy Snyder?
    So many of us seem to be scrambling to understand where the world is heading. Decade-old certainties seem to crumble before our eyes. Perhaps we are reaching the moment that Karl Marx predicted when all that is solid melts into air. But don’t panic…
  • Debating Europe This Sunday: Biden or Trump? The US Elections and Their Impact on Europe
    The next edition of the Debating Europe series at the Burgtheater Vienna, a collaboration between the Burgtheater, ERSTE Foundation, the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna), and DER STANDARD, will cast a glance across the…
  • Jetzt Nachhören: IWM-Rektor Misha Glenny im Ö1-Europagespräch zur Österreichischen Neutralität
    Am 23. Mai 2023 diskutierte IWM-Rektor Misha Glenny gemeinsam mit Stephanie Fenkart (International Institute for Peace, IIP) und Martin Selmayr (Vertreter der EU-Kommission in Wien) über Österreichs Neutralität im europäischen Rahmen. Moderiert…
  • IWM at Hay Festival 2023
    From 25 May to 4 June, Hay Festival 2023 will take place in Wales, UK. We are pleased that the IWM will be represented at the festival with various conversations. 
  • IWM Alumnus Volodymyr Yermolenko Elected President of PEN Ukraine
    The IWM warmly congratulates Volodymyr Yermolenko on his election as president of PEN Ukraine. Yermolenko, who was a Ukraine in European Dialogue Visiting Fellow in 2021, is a philosopher, writer, journalist, and one of Ukraine’s leading public…
  • New Podcast Series with IWM Rector Misha Glenny
    In the new BBC podcast series "The Scramble for Rare Earths" consisting of 5 episodes, IWM Rector Misha Glenny explores the world of rare earth metals and other critical raw materials. They are vital for the future of technology and the green…