Events / Program: Guests of the Institute

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Růžena Vacková as a Critic	Mon, 27.01.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Nikola Bečanová	Růžena Vacková as a Critic Mon, 27.01.2025 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nikola Bečanová Series: Seminars and Colloquia By situating Růžena Vacková’s writings within broader sociopolitical and cultural contexts, the presentation shed light on her contributions to Czech criticism and her underappreciated influence on the intellectual landscape of that time. Read more
Růžena Vacková as a Critic Mon, 27.01.2025 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Nikola Bečanová Series: Seminars and Colloquia By situating Růžena Vacková’s writings within broader sociopolitical and cultural contexts, the presentation shed light on her contributions to Czech criticism and her underappreciated influence on the intellectual landscape of that time. Read more
	Political Entrepreneurs vs. Democracy: Why Are People Abandoning Democracy for the Nation	Mon, 25.11.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Ivan Vejvoda Filip Milačić	Political Entrepreneurs vs. Democracy: Why Are People Abandoning Democracy for the Nation Mon, 25.11.2024 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Filip Milačić Series: Seminars and Colloquia In many countries appeals to safeguard the nation have been followed by democratic backsliding. Nevertheless, the literature on democratic backsliding has not recognized ethno-nationalism as a separate explanatory variable of the phenomenon. Read more
Political Entrepreneurs vs. Democracy: Why Are People Abandoning Democracy for the Nation Mon, 25.11.2024 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Filip Milačić Series: Seminars and Colloquia In many countries appeals to safeguard the nation have been followed by democratic backsliding. Nevertheless, the literature on democratic backsliding has not recognized ethno-nationalism as a separate explanatory variable of the phenomenon. Read more
	Comparing Cold War Political Trials: Prosecuting the “Enemy Within”	Mon, 11.11.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Barbara Falk Ivan Vejvoda	Comparing Cold War Political Trials: Prosecuting the “Enemy Within” Mon, 11.11.2024 Speakers: Barbara Falk Ivan Vejvoda Series: Seminars and Colloquia During the early Cold War, domestic justice was politicized in the service of the larger international conflict. Political trials were a prominent feature utilized by both East and West to “construct” the Cold War and to target the “enemy within.” In this Fellows' Colloquium, Barbara J. Falk compared and analyzed four such trials, namely the 1949 Rajk trial in Hungary and the 1952 Slánský trial in Czechoslovakia, as well as the 1949 Dennis trial and the 1951 Rosenberg-Sobell trial in the US. Read more
Comparing Cold War Political Trials: Prosecuting the “Enemy Within” Mon, 11.11.2024 Speakers: Barbara Falk Ivan Vejvoda Series: Seminars and Colloquia During the early Cold War, domestic justice was politicized in the service of the larger international conflict. Political trials were a prominent feature utilized by both East and West to “construct” the Cold War and to target the “enemy within.” In this Fellows' Colloquium, Barbara J. Falk compared and analyzed four such trials, namely the 1949 Rajk trial in Hungary and the 1952 Slánský trial in Czechoslovakia, as well as the 1949 Dennis trial and the 1951 Rosenberg-Sobell trial in the US. Read more
	Can We Create a Better World Order?	Tue, 05.11.2024	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Stephen Walt	Can We Create a Better World Order? Tue, 05.11.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Stephen Walt Series: Panels and Discussions The Geopolitical Talks are a series of public debates with foreign policy experts and former politicians initiated by IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev in 2018. This time, he was in conversation with Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and, most recently, a fellow at the IWM. Read more
Can We Create a Better World Order? Tue, 05.11.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Stephen Walt Series: Panels and Discussions The Geopolitical Talks are a series of public debates with foreign policy experts and former politicians initiated by IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev in 2018. This time, he was in conversation with Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and, most recently, a fellow at the IWM. Read more
	Between Populism and Technocracy: Digital Hyperconnectivity and the Transformation of Politics and Governance	Wed, 30.10.2024	Lecture	Misha Glenny Rogers Brubaker	Between Populism and Technocracy: Digital Hyperconnectivity and the Transformation of Politics and Governance Wed, 30.10.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Rogers Brubaker Series: Lecture Digital hyperconnectivity has reshaped political life by transforming regimes of knowing, feeling, and governing. In this lecture, Rogers Brubaker discussed the social and political implications of hyperconnectivity and its ability to foster both populism and technocracy. Read more
Between Populism and Technocracy: Digital Hyperconnectivity and the Transformation of Politics and Governance Wed, 30.10.2024 Speakers: Misha Glenny Rogers Brubaker Series: Lecture Digital hyperconnectivity has reshaped political life by transforming regimes of knowing, feeling, and governing. In this lecture, Rogers Brubaker discussed the social and political implications of hyperconnectivity and its ability to foster both populism and technocracy. Read more
	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