Events / Program: Guests of the Institute

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	The World after 5 November 2024	Mon, 09.09.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Soli Özel	The World after 5 November 2024 Mon, 09.09.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Soli Özel Series: Seminars and Colloquia With the presidential elections in the USA that will take place on 5 November 2024, this “year of elections,” in which half the world population went to the polls and on many occasions surprised pundits, incumbents and other luminaries, will have its grand finale. In this Fellows' Colloquium, Soli Özel discussed the implications of the results of the upcoming US elections. Read more
The World after 5 November 2024 Mon, 09.09.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Soli Özel Series: Seminars and Colloquia With the presidential elections in the USA that will take place on 5 November 2024, this “year of elections,” in which half the world population went to the polls and on many occasions surprised pundits, incumbents and other luminaries, will have its grand finale. In this Fellows' Colloquium, Soli Özel discussed the implications of the results of the upcoming US elections. Read more
	Ideology of Hindutva as It Developed and Its Present Praxis	Mon, 17.06.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Subhoranjan Dasgupta	Ideology of Hindutva as It Developed and Its Present Praxis Mon, 17.06.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Subhoranjan Dasgupta Series: Seminars and Colloquia Veer Savarkar, considered by many to be a prime proponent of Hindutva, envisioned an India where "people belonging to different religions, sects or races would be treated with perfect equality." Following this, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister of India, equated the Islamic mazar and the Christian church with a Hindu shrine. However, the relentless persecution of various religious minorities has not stopped. Thus, Professor Dasgupta asked: Has the ideology of Hindutva tried occasionally to amend itself but without attaining any tangible result? Read more
Ideology of Hindutva as It Developed and Its Present Praxis Mon, 17.06.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Subhoranjan Dasgupta Series: Seminars and Colloquia Veer Savarkar, considered by many to be a prime proponent of Hindutva, envisioned an India where "people belonging to different religions, sects or races would be treated with perfect equality." Following this, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister of India, equated the Islamic mazar and the Christian church with a Hindu shrine. However, the relentless persecution of various religious minorities has not stopped. Thus, Professor Dasgupta asked: Has the ideology of Hindutva tried occasionally to amend itself but without attaining any tangible result? Read more
	Two Versions of the Common Good: How Catholic Integralism Seeks to Subvert Liberalism	Mon, 10.06.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	H. David Baer Ludger Hagedorn	Two Versions of the Common Good: How Catholic Integralism Seeks to Subvert Liberalism Mon, 10.06.2024 Speakers: H. David Baer Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium presentation, David Baer focused on the way Catholic integralists attempt to subvert principles of liberalism by leveraging the seemingly innocuous and universally acceptable concept of the common good. Read more
Two Versions of the Common Good: How Catholic Integralism Seeks to Subvert Liberalism Mon, 10.06.2024 Speakers: H. David Baer Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium presentation, David Baer focused on the way Catholic integralists attempt to subvert principles of liberalism by leveraging the seemingly innocuous and universally acceptable concept of the common good. Read more
	Beyond the Leader: Looking at Grassroots Reasons for the Rise of Illiberalism	Tue, 14.05.2024	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Marlene Laruelle	Beyond the Leader: Looking at Grassroots Reasons for the Rise of Illiberalism Tue, 14.05.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marlene Laruelle Series: Lecture As Europe and the United States prepare themselves to see a rise of far-right and illiberal parties gaining a large share of the votes at the June and November 2024 elections, Marlene Laruelle explored the grassroots reasons for this rise of illiberalism. Read more
Beyond the Leader: Looking at Grassroots Reasons for the Rise of Illiberalism Tue, 14.05.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marlene Laruelle Series: Lecture As Europe and the United States prepare themselves to see a rise of far-right and illiberal parties gaining a large share of the votes at the June and November 2024 elections, Marlene Laruelle explored the grassroots reasons for this rise of illiberalism. Read more
	Parrhesia and the Care of the Self: Foucault, Patočka, and Dissident Praxis	Mon, 13.05.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Darren Gardner Ludger Hagedorn	Parrhesia and the Care of the Self: Foucault, Patočka, and Dissident Praxis Mon, 13.05.2024 Speakers: Darren Gardner Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Drawing on an elaboration of their concepts of “care,“ Darren Gardner discussed how Foucault and Patočka can be seen to contribute to an understanding of dissidence, and how that dissidence can be viewed in the light of a long but underappreciated tradition of cynic philosophical praxis. Read more
Parrhesia and the Care of the Self: Foucault, Patočka, and Dissident Praxis Mon, 13.05.2024 Speakers: Darren Gardner Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Drawing on an elaboration of their concepts of “care,“ Darren Gardner discussed how Foucault and Patočka can be seen to contribute to an understanding of dissidence, and how that dissidence can be viewed in the light of a long but underappreciated tradition of cynic philosophical praxis. Read more
	Minority and Majority as Asymmetrical Concepts: The Perils of Democratic Equality and Fantasies of National Homogeneity	Mon, 15.04.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Till van Rahden	Minority and Majority as Asymmetrical Concepts: The Perils of Democratic Equality and Fantasies of National Homogeneity Mon, 15.04.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Till van Rahden Series: Seminars and Colloquia To this day, the conceptual couple of majority and minority is viewed as a harmless way of identifying an arithmetic relationship to make sense of cultural differences. The talk argued that a history of the binary juxtaposition between a majority and one or several minorities suggests that it is both a recent neologism and an essentially contested conceptual couple. Read more
Minority and Majority as Asymmetrical Concepts: The Perils of Democratic Equality and Fantasies of National Homogeneity Mon, 15.04.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Till van Rahden Series: Seminars and Colloquia To this day, the conceptual couple of majority and minority is viewed as a harmless way of identifying an arithmetic relationship to make sense of cultural differences. The talk argued that a history of the binary juxtaposition between a majority and one or several minorities suggests that it is both a recent neologism and an essentially contested conceptual couple. Read more
	Can Beauty Save the World? On Historical Injustice, Reconciliation and the Role of Aesthetic Education	Tue, 09.04.2024	Lecture	Lea Ypi Misha Glenny	Can Beauty Save the World? On Historical Injustice, Reconciliation and the Role of Aesthetic Education Tue, 09.04.2024 Speakers: Lea Ypi Misha Glenny Series: Lecture “Beautiful world! Where hast thou gone?" asks Friedrich Schiller in his famous poem “The Gods of Greece.” He laments the loss of harmony in a world divided by injustice both past and present. In this lecture, Lea Ypi read from her forthcoming book on human dignity. Read more
Can Beauty Save the World? On Historical Injustice, Reconciliation and the Role of Aesthetic Education Tue, 09.04.2024 Speakers: Lea Ypi Misha Glenny Series: Lecture “Beautiful world! Where hast thou gone?" asks Friedrich Schiller in his famous poem “The Gods of Greece.” He laments the loss of harmony in a world divided by injustice both past and present. In this lecture, Lea Ypi read from her forthcoming book on human dignity. Read more
	The Contamination of History. World War II and How Everything Started to Make Sense	Tue, 19.03.2024	Lecture	Holly Case Ivan Vejvoda	The Contamination of History. World War II and How Everything Started to Make Sense Tue, 19.03.2024 Speakers: Holly Case Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Holly Case elaborated on the ideas of those who made super sense out of the events of World War II in particular, and how their ideas have come to inform the contemporary perception that the world is irredeemably contaminated. Read more
The Contamination of History. World War II and How Everything Started to Make Sense Tue, 19.03.2024 Speakers: Holly Case Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Holly Case elaborated on the ideas of those who made super sense out of the events of World War II in particular, and how their ideas have come to inform the contemporary perception that the world is irredeemably contaminated. Read more
	The Vienna Black Market 1943-1948	Mon, 11.03.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Nathan Marcus	The Vienna Black Market 1943-1948 Mon, 11.03.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Nathan Marcus Series: Seminars and Colloquia Historians have long argued against understanding the end of the Second World War in Germany or Austria as one of complete rupture. The popular concept of “Stunde Null,” which implied a total break with the past and a completely new beginning, rather served to obscure problematic continuities in both societies. Read more
The Vienna Black Market 1943-1948 Mon, 11.03.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Nathan Marcus Series: Seminars and Colloquia Historians have long argued against understanding the end of the Second World War in Germany or Austria as one of complete rupture. The popular concept of “Stunde Null,” which implied a total break with the past and a completely new beginning, rather served to obscure problematic continuities in both societies. Read more
	Solidarity-Based Citizenship for Migrants in Rural Regions: Marginalised Solidarities in Marginalised Places?	Mon, 04.03.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Sevasti Trubeta Ayşe Çağlar	Solidarity-Based Citizenship for Migrants in Rural Regions: Marginalised Solidarities in Marginalised Places? Mon, 04.03.2024 Speakers: Sevasti Trubeta Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia European cities and civil societies have been since 2015 remarkably active in promoting solidarity-based local citizenship for migrants and refugees regardless of those nationality and legal status of residence. Read more
Solidarity-Based Citizenship for Migrants in Rural Regions: Marginalised Solidarities in Marginalised Places? Mon, 04.03.2024 Speakers: Sevasti Trubeta Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia European cities and civil societies have been since 2015 remarkably active in promoting solidarity-based local citizenship for migrants and refugees regardless of those nationality and legal status of residence. Read more