Upcoming Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	Ketman: the Rise and Fall of an Idea	Mon, 02.03.2026, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Jacob Mikanowski Taras Fedirko		Ketman: the Rise and Fall of an Idea Fellows' Colloquium with Jacob Mikanowski Mon, 02.03.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Jacob Mikanowski Taras Fedirko Series: Seminars and Colloquia When Czesław Miłosz published The Captive Mind in 1953, it caused an immediate firestorm. One concept in the book proved to be especially compelling for this first cohort of readers: the idea of ketman, or ideological disguise. In this talk, Jacob Mikanowski will tell the story of ketman’s rise and fall in order to identify an overlooked current in mid-century thought, and as a way to reflect on the current terms of our relationship to ideology and power. Read more
Ketman: the Rise and Fall of an Idea Fellows' Colloquium with Jacob Mikanowski Mon, 02.03.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Jacob Mikanowski Taras Fedirko Series: Seminars and Colloquia When Czesław Miłosz published The Captive Mind in 1953, it caused an immediate firestorm. One concept in the book proved to be especially compelling for this first cohort of readers: the idea of ketman, or ideological disguise. In this talk, Jacob Mikanowski will tell the story of ketman’s rise and fall in order to identify an overlooked current in mid-century thought, and as a way to reflect on the current terms of our relationship to ideology and power. Read more
	Entangled Histories: a Conversation Across Borders	Wed, 04.03.2026, 16:00	Panels and Discussions	Andrii Portnov Taras Fedirko Manuela Boatcă		Entangled Histories: a Conversation Across Borders Wed, 04.03.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Andrii Portnov Taras Fedirko Manuela Boatcă Series: Panels and Discussions This fellows’ conversation examines the use of the concepts of “entangled history,” “entanglement,” and “creolisation” to capture the condition of interconnection and interdependence. Manuela Boatcă and Andrii Portnov will discuss what a historical and sociological study of a particular place or region can teach us about regional and global interconnections, especially as these become visible in times of crises. Read more
Entangled Histories: a Conversation Across Borders Wed, 04.03.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Andrii Portnov Taras Fedirko Manuela Boatcă Series: Panels and Discussions This fellows’ conversation examines the use of the concepts of “entangled history,” “entanglement,” and “creolisation” to capture the condition of interconnection and interdependence. Manuela Boatcă and Andrii Portnov will discuss what a historical and sociological study of a particular place or region can teach us about regional and global interconnections, especially as these become visible in times of crises. Read more
	Emma Goldman Award Ceremony 2026	Thu, 05.03.2026, 18:00	Other	Mieke Verloo Ayşe ÇağlarAnna Carastathis, Adriana Zaharijević		Emma Goldman Award Ceremony 2026 Thu, 05.03.2026, 18:00 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Ayşe ÇağlarAnna Carastathis, Adriana Zaharijević Series: Other The Emma Goldman Award Ceremony honors researchers and activists for their outstanding work on gender and inequality. This year's awards ceremony will be opened by IWM Permanent Fellow Ayşe Çağlar and FLAX Foundation board member Mieke Verloo, who will also introduce the two keynote speakers, Adriana Zaharijević and Anna Carastathis. Read more
Emma Goldman Award Ceremony 2026 Thu, 05.03.2026, 18:00 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Ayşe ÇağlarAnna Carastathis, Adriana Zaharijević Series: Other The Emma Goldman Award Ceremony honors researchers and activists for their outstanding work on gender and inequality. This year's awards ceremony will be opened by IWM Permanent Fellow Ayşe Çağlar and FLAX Foundation board member Mieke Verloo, who will also introduce the two keynote speakers, Adriana Zaharijević and Anna Carastathis. Read more
	Freedom of the Media Under Pressure: Disinformation as a Threat to Europe’s Democracies	Sun, 08.03.2026, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Matúš Kostolný, Alexandra Borchardt, Márton Gergely, Gerold Riedmann	Purchase a ticket	Freedom of the Media Under Pressure: Disinformation as a Threat to Europe’s Democracies Debating Europe Sun, 08.03.2026, 11:00 Speakers: Matúš Kostolný, Alexandra Borchardt, Márton Gergely, Gerold Riedmann Series: Panels and Discussions Experts from journalism, media research, politics, and civil society analyze how disinformation is created and spread, and who stands to benefit. They discuss threats to independent reporting and the responsibilities of politicians, platforms, and the media. Read more
Freedom of the Media Under Pressure: Disinformation as a Threat to Europe’s Democracies Debating Europe Sun, 08.03.2026, 11:00 Speakers: Matúš Kostolný, Alexandra Borchardt, Márton Gergely, Gerold Riedmann Series: Panels and Discussions Experts from journalism, media research, politics, and civil society analyze how disinformation is created and spread, and who stands to benefit. They discuss threats to independent reporting and the responsibilities of politicians, platforms, and the media. Read more
	Literature Without Borders. Reconsidering the Polish-language Legacy of Belarus	Mon, 09.03.2026, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Hanna Yankuta Ludger Hagedorn		Literature Without Borders. Reconsidering the Polish-language Legacy of Belarus Fellows' Colloquium with Hanna Yankuta Mon, 09.03.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Hanna Yankuta Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia There is a long tradition of Polish-language literature in Belarus, yet to date only a small number of authors have been incorporated into the Belarusian literary canon. Most of them are classified as Polish writers from the Kresy Wschodnie (Eastern Borderlands), the outskirts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Second Polish Republic. Yet to date only a small number of authors have been incorporated into the Belarusian literary canon. In this presentation, Hanna Yankuta will attempt to reinterpret the works of émigré writers from Eastern Belarus in relation to the region’s multilingual legacy. Read more
Literature Without Borders. Reconsidering the Polish-language Legacy of Belarus Fellows' Colloquium with Hanna Yankuta Mon, 09.03.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Hanna Yankuta Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia There is a long tradition of Polish-language literature in Belarus, yet to date only a small number of authors have been incorporated into the Belarusian literary canon. Most of them are classified as Polish writers from the Kresy Wschodnie (Eastern Borderlands), the outskirts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Second Polish Republic. Yet to date only a small number of authors have been incorporated into the Belarusian literary canon. In this presentation, Hanna Yankuta will attempt to reinterpret the works of émigré writers from Eastern Belarus in relation to the region’s multilingual legacy. Read more
	Questions of Race and Nation: the Persecution of the Romany Peoples in Europe 1933–1945	Tue, 10.03.2026, 18:00	Lecture	Michael Stewart Misha Glenny	REGISTER HERE	Questions of Race and Nation: the Persecution of the Romany Peoples in Europe 1933–1945 Monthly Lecture with Michael Stewart Tue, 10.03.2026, 18:00 Speakers: Michael Stewart Misha Glenny Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Michael Stewart addresses the misalignment between different approaches to discussing the persecution of Romany peoples during World War II and asks the question: What does it mean to be racially persecuted? Read more
Questions of Race and Nation: the Persecution of the Romany Peoples in Europe 1933–1945 Monthly Lecture with Michael Stewart Tue, 10.03.2026, 18:00 Speakers: Michael Stewart Misha Glenny Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Michael Stewart addresses the misalignment between different approaches to discussing the persecution of Romany peoples during World War II and asks the question: What does it mean to be racially persecuted? Read more
	Resistance in Crumbling Democracies	Thu, 12.03.2026, 19:00	Panels and Discussions	Misha Glenny Slobodan MarkovichMichael Roth, Renata Salecl	REGISTER HERE	Resistance in Crumbling Democracies Thu, 12.03.2026, 19:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Slobodan MarkovichMichael Roth, Renata Salecl Series: Panels and Discussions "Resistance" is not only a common term in current political discourse; in psychoanalysis, it refers to an avoidance tactic directed against the conscious recognition of repressed content, whereas in society, it is a conscious act directed against the actions of an authority perceived as wrong or immoral. Read more
Resistance in Crumbling Democracies Thu, 12.03.2026, 19:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Slobodan MarkovichMichael Roth, Renata Salecl Series: Panels and Discussions "Resistance" is not only a common term in current political discourse; in psychoanalysis, it refers to an avoidance tactic directed against the conscious recognition of repressed content, whereas in society, it is a conscious act directed against the actions of an authority perceived as wrong or immoral. Read more
	Veering Right While Talking Left: Diagonalist Political Communication in Italian Red-Brown and Rightwing Populism	Mon, 16.03.2026, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Vito Laterza Ayşe Çağlar		Veering Right While Talking Left: Diagonalist Political Communication in Italian Red-Brown and Rightwing Populism Fellows' Colloquium with Vito Laterza Mon, 16.03.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Vito Laterza Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Vito Laterza will build on the emerging concept of diagonalist political communication to show its relevance to the mainstreaming of rightwing populism. Read more
Veering Right While Talking Left: Diagonalist Political Communication in Italian Red-Brown and Rightwing Populism Fellows' Colloquium with Vito Laterza Mon, 16.03.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Vito Laterza Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Vito Laterza will build on the emerging concept of diagonalist political communication to show its relevance to the mainstreaming of rightwing populism. Read more