Events / Program: Guests of the Institute

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Two Types of Cosmopolitanism	Mon, 10.11.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Galin Tihanov	Two Types of Cosmopolitanism Mon, 10.11.2025 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Galin Tihanov Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows’ Colloquium, Galin Tihanov explored the distinction between cultural and political cosmopolitanism, arguing that both are rooted in the recognition of difference, yet handle it in contrasting ways. Cultural cosmopolitanism embraces and encourages diversity, while political cosmopolitanism seeks to negotiate and accommodate it within a regime of commonality. Read more
Two Types of Cosmopolitanism Mon, 10.11.2025 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Galin Tihanov Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows’ Colloquium, Galin Tihanov explored the distinction between cultural and political cosmopolitanism, arguing that both are rooted in the recognition of difference, yet handle it in contrasting ways. Cultural cosmopolitanism embraces and encourages diversity, while political cosmopolitanism seeks to negotiate and accommodate it within a regime of commonality. Read more
	Streaming Illiberalism: Alternative Digital Ecosystems and Democratic Erosion in Central and Eastern Europe	Mon, 22.09.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Václav Štětka	Streaming Illiberalism: Alternative Digital Ecosystems and Democratic Erosion in Central and Eastern Europe Mon, 22.09.2025 Speakers: Misha Glenny Václav Štětka Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellow's Colloquium Václav Štětka addressed the growing prominence of right-wing media ecosystems built around online influencers and amplified by platforms like TikTok and YouTube. The presentation examined how this environment will affect democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the Czech Republic ahead of the 2025 elections, and explored the disruptive role of global digital platforms through the lens of platform capitalism. Read more
Streaming Illiberalism: Alternative Digital Ecosystems and Democratic Erosion in Central and Eastern Europe Mon, 22.09.2025 Speakers: Misha Glenny Václav Štětka Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellow's Colloquium Václav Štětka addressed the growing prominence of right-wing media ecosystems built around online influencers and amplified by platforms like TikTok and YouTube. The presentation examined how this environment will affect democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the Czech Republic ahead of the 2025 elections, and explored the disruptive role of global digital platforms through the lens of platform capitalism. Read more
	Emancypantki: The Forgotten Herstory of Poland’s Suffragists	Mon, 15.09.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Ivan Krastev Katarzyna Wężyk	Emancypantki: The Forgotten Herstory of Poland’s Suffragists Mon, 15.09.2025 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Katarzyna Wężyk Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellow's Colloquium Katarzyna Wężyk examined the lives of women’s rights activists who fought for suffrage and broader emancipation in a nation that did not yet exist, navigating the archetype of the “Polish mother” rooted in patriotism and Catholicism. Many of these women defied gender norms through unorthodox lives and intellectual pursuits, moving from Romantic ideals to Positivist calls for independence and finally to suffrage demands. Read more
Emancypantki: The Forgotten Herstory of Poland’s Suffragists Mon, 15.09.2025 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Katarzyna Wężyk Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellow's Colloquium Katarzyna Wężyk examined the lives of women’s rights activists who fought for suffrage and broader emancipation in a nation that did not yet exist, navigating the archetype of the “Polish mother” rooted in patriotism and Catholicism. Many of these women defied gender norms through unorthodox lives and intellectual pursuits, moving from Romantic ideals to Positivist calls for independence and finally to suffrage demands. Read more
	The Geopolitics of Digital Regulation	Mon, 02.06.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Philip Schlesinger	The Geopolitics of Digital Regulation Mon, 02.06.2025 Speakers: Misha Glenny Philip Schlesinger Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Philip Schlesinger discussed the far-reaching transformation of the post-World War II media-political order, marked by the shift from “legacy media” to a digitalized and increasingly decentered landscape (“post-public sphere”). Read more
The Geopolitics of Digital Regulation Mon, 02.06.2025 Speakers: Misha Glenny Philip Schlesinger Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Philip Schlesinger discussed the far-reaching transformation of the post-World War II media-political order, marked by the shift from “legacy media” to a digitalized and increasingly decentered landscape (“post-public sphere”). Read more
	Dayton at 30	Mon, 19.05.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Christopher R. Hill Ivan Vejvoda	Dayton at 30 Mon, 19.05.2025 Speakers: Christopher R. Hill Ivan Vejvoda Series: Seminars and Colloquia Now, 30 years after the drafting of the Dayton Accords, the spirit that drove the architects and builders at Dayton is very much in question. It is a time when senior US leadership has openly called into question the role of Washington’s interests in Europe, raising the possibility that the Dayton Accords, or any similar such agreement, might never happen again. Read more
Dayton at 30 Mon, 19.05.2025 Speakers: Christopher R. Hill Ivan Vejvoda Series: Seminars and Colloquia Now, 30 years after the drafting of the Dayton Accords, the spirit that drove the architects and builders at Dayton is very much in question. It is a time when senior US leadership has openly called into question the role of Washington’s interests in Europe, raising the possibility that the Dayton Accords, or any similar such agreement, might never happen again. Read more
	Geopolitics in 4D! Understanding the Subterranean and Orbital Dimensions of Political Struggles	Tue, 13.05.2025	Lecture	Julie Klinger Misha Glenny	Geopolitics in 4D! Understanding the Subterranean and Orbital Dimensions of Political Struggles Tue, 13.05.2025 Speakers: Julie Klinger Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Protests in the streets, policy-(un)making in offices, and radical changes in the relative freedom of movement of different groups of people are generally considered to be terrestrial affairs. Yet these are often directly and indirectly shaped by access to and power within space-based and space-linked technological systems. In this Monthly Lecture, Julie Klinger presented a framework and several illustrative examples for 4D geopolitics. Read more
Geopolitics in 4D! Understanding the Subterranean and Orbital Dimensions of Political Struggles Tue, 13.05.2025 Speakers: Julie Klinger Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Protests in the streets, policy-(un)making in offices, and radical changes in the relative freedom of movement of different groups of people are generally considered to be terrestrial affairs. Yet these are often directly and indirectly shaped by access to and power within space-based and space-linked technological systems. In this Monthly Lecture, Julie Klinger presented a framework and several illustrative examples for 4D geopolitics. Read more
	The End of Russian Hegemony: Changing Regional Orders in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia	Mon, 05.05.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Stefan Meister	The End of Russian Hegemony: Changing Regional Orders in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia Mon, 05.05.2025 Speakers: Misha Glenny Stefan Meister Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Stefan Meister discussed the likelihood of the war in Ukraine to be prolonged, since the Putin regime needs the war to distract from its internal weaknesses. Despite imperial ambitions, the main driver of current Russian politics is domestic legitimization through war and external enemies. Read more
The End of Russian Hegemony: Changing Regional Orders in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia Mon, 05.05.2025 Speakers: Misha Glenny Stefan Meister Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Stefan Meister discussed the likelihood of the war in Ukraine to be prolonged, since the Putin regime needs the war to distract from its internal weaknesses. Despite imperial ambitions, the main driver of current Russian politics is domestic legitimization through war and external enemies. Read more
	Nationalisms Without Nations?	Mon, 31.03.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Ondřej Slačálek	Nationalisms Without Nations? Mon, 31.03.2025 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Ondřej Slačálek Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his presentation, Ondřej Slačálek's discussed the contemporary rise of a variety of nationalisms that do not need to develop nations as a positive cultural project. Among others, he addressed the question what—if anything—we can learn about contemporary European and Northern American nationalisms through a dialogue with classical theories of nationalism. Read more
Nationalisms Without Nations? Mon, 31.03.2025 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Ondřej Slačálek Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his presentation, Ondřej Slačálek's discussed the contemporary rise of a variety of nationalisms that do not need to develop nations as a positive cultural project. Among others, he addressed the question what—if anything—we can learn about contemporary European and Northern American nationalisms through a dialogue with classical theories of nationalism. Read more
	Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again?	Mon, 17.03.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Cameron Abadi Ivan Krastev	Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again? Mon, 17.03.2025 Speakers: Cameron Abadi Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Cameron Abadi traced the changes in Germany's military readiness and asked whether and how the German culture could become “re-bellicized” in parallel with the country's coming rearmament. Read more
Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again? Mon, 17.03.2025 Speakers: Cameron Abadi Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Cameron Abadi traced the changes in Germany's military readiness and asked whether and how the German culture could become “re-bellicized” in parallel with the country's coming rearmament. Read more
	New Museums and the Memory Disputes in Poland	Mon, 10.02.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Robert Kostro	New Museums and the Memory Disputes in Poland Mon, 10.02.2025 Speakers: Misha Glenny Robert Kostro Series: Seminars and Colloquia Historian Robert Kostro zoomed in on the museum boom occurring in Poland over the past 20 years. By looking at institutions such as the Polish History Museum in Warsaw, Kostro analyzed the interconnections between history, memory, and politics. Read more
New Museums and the Memory Disputes in Poland Mon, 10.02.2025 Speakers: Misha Glenny Robert Kostro Series: Seminars and Colloquia Historian Robert Kostro zoomed in on the museum boom occurring in Poland over the past 20 years. By looking at institutions such as the Polish History Museum in Warsaw, Kostro analyzed the interconnections between history, memory, and politics. Read more