Upcoming Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	Tsimtsum as a Political Theology for the Secular Age	Mon, 05.12.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Rafał Zawisza		Tsimtsum as a Political Theology for the Secular Age Mon, 05.12.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Rafał Zawisza Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his presentation, Rafael Zawisza will concentrate on the political consequences of the heterodox theogonies that sprang from tsimtsum (contraction), the kabbalistic vision of creation, in the regional context of Central-Eastern Europe. Read more
Tsimtsum as a Political Theology for the Secular Age Mon, 05.12.2022 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Rafał Zawisza Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his presentation, Rafael Zawisza will concentrate on the political consequences of the heterodox theogonies that sprang from tsimtsum (contraction), the kabbalistic vision of creation, in the regional context of Central-Eastern Europe. Read more
	The Politics of Creating a Resilient, Independent and Green Europe	Tue, 06.12.2022	Panels and Discussions	Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda	I want to attend at the IWM Library	The Politics of Creating a Resilient, Independent and Green Europe Tue, 06.12.2022 Speakers: Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Series: Panels and Discussions This seminar will consider the dimensions of justice involved in the climate transition and the challenges that they pose to democracy, particularly in Europe. Can the EU maintain democratic consent for this long and large-scale transition? Or will it get blamed for unpopular measures? Might authoritarian regimes deliver faster and better transitions to climate neutrality? Should the EU develop new methods of transnational governance – or go local instead, relying on local climate assemblies to design policies with democratic legitimacy? Read more
The Politics of Creating a Resilient, Independent and Green Europe Tue, 06.12.2022 Speakers: Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Series: Panels and Discussions This seminar will consider the dimensions of justice involved in the climate transition and the challenges that they pose to democracy, particularly in Europe. Can the EU maintain democratic consent for this long and large-scale transition? Or will it get blamed for unpopular measures? Might authoritarian regimes deliver faster and better transitions to climate neutrality? Should the EU develop new methods of transnational governance – or go local instead, relying on local climate assemblies to design policies with democratic legitimacy? Read more
	Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Winter 2022	Wed, 07.12.2022	Conferences and Workshops			Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Winter 2022 Wed, 07.12.2022 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference is an annual event at the Institute for Human Sciences that gives the Junior Fellows the opportunity to present their work and research in a day-long conference. A traditional semester-closing celebration of the talented young researchers that is as old as the Institute itself, it is always organized by the Junior Fellows themselves and usually includes Senior Fellows, Staff members and Alumni among others as commentators and discussants. Read more
Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Winter 2022 Wed, 07.12.2022 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference is an annual event at the Institute for Human Sciences that gives the Junior Fellows the opportunity to present their work and research in a day-long conference. A traditional semester-closing celebration of the talented young researchers that is as old as the Institute itself, it is always organized by the Junior Fellows themselves and usually includes Senior Fellows, Staff members and Alumni among others as commentators and discussants. Read more
	From Victory to Invasion: The Dialectic of Soviet and Post-Soviet War Commemoration	Tue, 13.12.2022	Lecture	Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch	REGISTRATION	From Victory to Invasion: The Dialectic of Soviet and Post-Soviet War Commemoration Tue, 13.12.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch Series: Lecture In this lecture, Mischa Gabowitsch argues that state ideology and local practices have always shaped each other, in a process that can be traced from before 1945 all the way to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more
From Victory to Invasion: The Dialectic of Soviet and Post-Soviet War Commemoration Tue, 13.12.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Mischa Gabowitsch Series: Lecture In this lecture, Mischa Gabowitsch argues that state ideology and local practices have always shaped each other, in a process that can be traced from before 1945 all the way to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more
	Europas Not	Sun, 15.01.2023	Panels and Discussions	Adam Tooze, Karin Pittel, Christian Kern, Cem Özdemir, Monika Köppl-Turyna, Eric Frey		Europas Not Sun, 15.01.2023 Speakers: Adam Tooze, Karin Pittel, Christian Kern, Cem Özdemir, Monika Köppl-Turyna, Eric Frey Series: Panels and Discussions Ist Europa in der Lage, gleichzeitig die aktuelle Krise zu bestehen und trotzdem den Green Deal voranzutreiben? Und wie stark ist der ökologische Wandel gefährdet, wenn Europas Abhängigkeit von den dafür notwendigen chinesischen Rohstoffen und Seltenen Erden sich noch extremer darstellt als die heutige Abhängigkeit von russischem Öl und Gas? In einer hochrangig besetzten Diskussion im Wiener Burgtheater im Rahmen der Reihe „Europa im Diskurs“ erörtern der deutsche Landwirtschaftsminister Cem Özdemir und der ehemalige österreichische Bundeskanzler Christian Kern, sowie führende Wirtschafts- und Energiefachleute wie Adam Tooze und Karen Pittel die Optionen für einen Ausweg aus der Energiekrise, der vielleicht größten Herausforderung für Europa seit Jahrzehnten. Read more
Europas Not Sun, 15.01.2023 Speakers: Adam Tooze, Karin Pittel, Christian Kern, Cem Özdemir, Monika Köppl-Turyna, Eric Frey Series: Panels and Discussions Ist Europa in der Lage, gleichzeitig die aktuelle Krise zu bestehen und trotzdem den Green Deal voranzutreiben? Und wie stark ist der ökologische Wandel gefährdet, wenn Europas Abhängigkeit von den dafür notwendigen chinesischen Rohstoffen und Seltenen Erden sich noch extremer darstellt als die heutige Abhängigkeit von russischem Öl und Gas? In einer hochrangig besetzten Diskussion im Wiener Burgtheater im Rahmen der Reihe „Europa im Diskurs“ erörtern der deutsche Landwirtschaftsminister Cem Özdemir und der ehemalige österreichische Bundeskanzler Christian Kern, sowie führende Wirtschafts- und Energiefachleute wie Adam Tooze und Karen Pittel die Optionen für einen Ausweg aus der Energiekrise, der vielleicht größten Herausforderung für Europa seit Jahrzehnten. Read more