Events / Program: Jan Patočka Fellowship

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	„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie	Tue, 10.10.2023	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Olga ShparagaKrzysztof Czyżewski, Ewa Kasp, Liliana Niesielska	Zur Anmeldung	„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie Tue, 10.10.2023 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Olga ShparagaKrzysztof Czyżewski, Ewa Kasp, Liliana Niesielska Series: Lecture Dieser Abend war angelegt als Würdigung eines Werkes, das den späteren Nobelpreisträger für Literatur Czesław Miłosz weltweit bekannt machte, inkl. Lesung ausgewählter Passagen, zog im Gespräch aber genauso seine weitreichenden politischen Implikationen in Betracht, die deutlich bis in die Gegenwart reichen. Read more
„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie Tue, 10.10.2023 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Olga ShparagaKrzysztof Czyżewski, Ewa Kasp, Liliana Niesielska Series: Lecture Dieser Abend war angelegt als Würdigung eines Werkes, das den späteren Nobelpreisträger für Literatur Czesław Miłosz weltweit bekannt machte, inkl. Lesung ausgewählter Passagen, zog im Gespräch aber genauso seine weitreichenden politischen Implikationen in Betracht, die deutlich bis in die Gegenwart reichen. Read more
	Which Future for Democracy in a Post-political Age	Thu, 20.06.2019	Panels and Discussions	Chantal Mouffe Pavel Barsa		Which Future for Democracy in a Post-political Age Thu, 20.06.2019 Speakers: Chantal Mouffe Pavel Barsa Series: Panels and Discussions The lecture analyzed the current conjuncture in Western liberal democracies and the reasons for the increasing success of right-wing populist movements. It elaborated the thesis that the only way to fight against those movements is to develop left populist alternatives. Specifically, it shall be argued that it is a lack of understanding for the dynamics of politics and the role of affects in the formation of collective identities that explains the failure of social democratic parties in offering an appropriate answer to the right-wing populist challenge. Read more
Which Future for Democracy in a Post-political Age Thu, 20.06.2019 Speakers: Chantal Mouffe Pavel Barsa Series: Panels and Discussions The lecture analyzed the current conjuncture in Western liberal democracies and the reasons for the increasing success of right-wing populist movements. It elaborated the thesis that the only way to fight against those movements is to develop left populist alternatives. Specifically, it shall be argued that it is a lack of understanding for the dynamics of politics and the role of affects in the formation of collective identities that explains the failure of social democratic parties in offering an appropriate answer to the right-wing populist challenge. Read more
	Vienna Meets Prague	Thu, 17.06.2021	Festivals		Festival Homepage	Vienna Meets Prague Thu, 17.06.2021 Speakers: Series: Festivals Das tschechisch-österreichische Kulturfestival "Vienna meets Prague" widmete sich im Jahr 2021 dem großen Prager Erzähler Bohumil Hrabal mit einem Schwerpunkt, der verschiedene Formate verbindete. Read more

	The Virtues and Limits of Cosmopolitanism	Thu, 10.06.2010	Lecture	Ian Buruma		The Virtues and Limits of Cosmopolitanism Thu, 10.06.2010 Speakers: Ian Buruma Series: Lecture Ian Buruma, einer der bekanntesten Publizisten und Kulturanalytiker im englischsprachigen Raum, ist der Inbegriff eines Kosmopoliten. Read more

	The Sociological Truth of Fiction	Mon, 01.03.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Jan Vana Kapka Kassabova Ludger Hagedorn		The Sociological Truth of Fiction Mon, 01.03.2021 Speakers: Jan Vana Kapka Kassabova Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Social scientists often refer to literary fiction as a source of inspiration, social understanding, and deep insights into the “Zeitgeist” or “episteme”. In passing, they often subsume literature into conceptual frameworks, approaching it as “fictional” data to be translated or converted into “factual” scholarly discourse. This presentation tried to develop an epistemological-theoretical model which treats novels as allies endowed with their own agency – not passive objects to be gutted by sociological theory. Read more
The Sociological Truth of Fiction Mon, 01.03.2021 Speakers: Jan Vana Kapka Kassabova Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Social scientists often refer to literary fiction as a source of inspiration, social understanding, and deep insights into the “Zeitgeist” or “episteme”. In passing, they often subsume literature into conceptual frameworks, approaching it as “fictional” data to be translated or converted into “factual” scholarly discourse. This presentation tried to develop an epistemological-theoretical model which treats novels as allies endowed with their own agency – not passive objects to be gutted by sociological theory. Read more
	The Future of Work	Mon, 03.06.2019	Panels and Discussions	Ludger Hagedorn Robert SkidelskyMichal Pechoucek		The Future of Work Mon, 03.06.2019 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Robert SkidelskyMichal Pechoucek Series: Panels and Discussions In contemporary discussions about the future of artificial intelligence we often lose our heads. While economists offer bleak predictions of mass job losses and a deepening of already widespread precarity, Silicon Valley utopians insist that new technologies are bringing us ever closer together and will one day deliver us from work, disease and poverty. But when human life is reduced to a set of rational processes waiting to be optimized, we risk losing sight of the irreducible quality of human experience. With his characteristic attention to the subtleties of the human condition, Robert Skidelsky offers a challenging account of what it means to pursue the good life in the age of the machines. Read more
The Future of Work Mon, 03.06.2019 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Robert SkidelskyMichal Pechoucek Series: Panels and Discussions In contemporary discussions about the future of artificial intelligence we often lose our heads. While economists offer bleak predictions of mass job losses and a deepening of already widespread precarity, Silicon Valley utopians insist that new technologies are bringing us ever closer together and will one day deliver us from work, disease and poverty. But when human life is reduced to a set of rational processes waiting to be optimized, we risk losing sight of the irreducible quality of human experience. With his characteristic attention to the subtleties of the human condition, Robert Skidelsky offers a challenging account of what it means to pursue the good life in the age of the machines. Read more
	Social and Ecological Movements in “Apocalyptic Times”	Mon, 15.06.2020	Seminars and Colloquia	Adam Ramsay Ludger Hagedorn Matyáš Křížkovský		Social and Ecological Movements in “Apocalyptic Times” Mon, 15.06.2020 Speakers: Adam Ramsay Ludger Hagedorn Matyáš Křížkovský Series: Seminars and Colloquia Ecological discourses are in upheaval once again. After the 2018 IPCC report made clear that the timeframe to avoid the worst scenarios is rapidly shrinking, new societal groups have taken the streets. Discerning different strategies for social transformation and their respective relations to utopian/dystopian ecological imaginaries, the paper outlines three ideal types of social movements. This framework is then used to analyse Extinction Rebellion as the best known and most revolutionary newcomer – but also the most controversial, even for many ecological activists. What are the promises and possible dangers of this new attempt to revolutionize ecological issues? Read more
Social and Ecological Movements in “Apocalyptic Times” Mon, 15.06.2020 Speakers: Adam Ramsay Ludger Hagedorn Matyáš Křížkovský Series: Seminars and Colloquia Ecological discourses are in upheaval once again. After the 2018 IPCC report made clear that the timeframe to avoid the worst scenarios is rapidly shrinking, new societal groups have taken the streets. Discerning different strategies for social transformation and their respective relations to utopian/dystopian ecological imaginaries, the paper outlines three ideal types of social movements. This framework is then used to analyse Extinction Rebellion as the best known and most revolutionary newcomer – but also the most controversial, even for many ecological activists. What are the promises and possible dangers of this new attempt to revolutionize ecological issues? Read more
	Slavic Bazaar: Performances and Instrumentalizations of the Slavic discourse 1791 - 2017	Mon, 10.01.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Tomáš Glanc		Slavic Bazaar: Performances and Instrumentalizations of the Slavic discourse 1791 - 2017 Mon, 10.01.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Tomáš Glanc Series: Seminars and Colloquia The ideology of Slavic unity and reciprocity has been a crucial pattern of European thought and culture since the beginning of the 19th century, and it is still relevant today. In his presentation, Tomáš Glanc will discuss the development, the teleology, and the typologies of this heterogeneous discourse. The talk will outline performative practices of “Slaventum” rich in contradictions, geopolitical phantasms and geopoetic fictions. Glanc will use examples from different disciplines such as literature, art, linguistics, but also referring to political essays, institutional history, and the history of gymnastics. Read more
Slavic Bazaar: Performances and Instrumentalizations of the Slavic discourse 1791 - 2017 Mon, 10.01.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Tomáš Glanc Series: Seminars and Colloquia The ideology of Slavic unity and reciprocity has been a crucial pattern of European thought and culture since the beginning of the 19th century, and it is still relevant today. In his presentation, Tomáš Glanc will discuss the development, the teleology, and the typologies of this heterogeneous discourse. The talk will outline performative practices of “Slaventum” rich in contradictions, geopolitical phantasms and geopoetic fictions. Glanc will use examples from different disciplines such as literature, art, linguistics, but also referring to political essays, institutional history, and the history of gymnastics. Read more
	Schutz, Macht und Verantwortung	Thu, 04.12.2014	Lecture	Jürgen Osterhammel		Schutz, Macht und Verantwortung Thu, 04.12.2014 Speakers: Jürgen Osterhammel Series: Lecture Sein Geschichtswerk „Die Verwandlung der Welt. Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts“ wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet und in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt. Spätestens seit seiner Festansprache zum 60. Read more

	On Sharing Responsibility	Thu, 18.11.2010	Lecture	Claus Offe		On Sharing Responsibility Thu, 18.11.2010 Speakers: Claus Offe Series: Lecture Responsibility” is a triadic concept: Someone is responsible to someone (or even “all of us”) for (refraining from) doing something. Read more