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Fields of Expertise at the IWM

Regional Expertise:

Central and Eastern Europe, USA, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Balkans

Thematic Areas of Expertise:

  • Clemena Antonova (Art History): Russian Religious Philosophy, Art History
  • Marta Bucholc (Sociology): History of Ideas, Sociology of Law, Sociology of Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, East Central Europe
  • Ayse Caglar (Social Anthropology): Globalization, Migration, Displacement, Neoliberalization, Citizenship, European Cultural Policies, Deindustrialized Cities
  • Taras Fedirko (Social and Political Sciences): Political Economy of War, Media and Free Speech, Oligarchy and Corruption, State-building, Historical Sociology, Social Anthropology
  • Ludger Hagedorn (Philosophy): Modernity and Secularization, Jan Patočka, Phenomenology, Political Philosophy
  • Ivan Krastev (Political Science): Future of Democracy, Protest Movements, Russian Politics
  • Timothy Snyder (History): History of Central and Eastern Europe, Holocaust Studies, Ukraine, Memory and National Historiographies
  • Charles Taylor (Philosophy): Religion and Secularism, Political Theory, Philosophy of Action

Further topics, disciplines and regions are covered by our Visiting Fellows and invited speakers.

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