Upcoming Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	“Arrival” Infrastructures of the Displaced from Ukraine in Vienna	Thu, 09.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ayşe ÇağlarDavid Himler-Preukschat, Nina Andresen, Tanja Maier, Nataliia Kolchanova, Saskia Schwaiger	REGISTRATION	“Arrival” Infrastructures of the Displaced from Ukraine in Vienna Thu, 09.02.2023 Speakers: Ayşe ÇağlarDavid Himler-Preukschat, Nina Andresen, Tanja Maier, Nataliia Kolchanova, Saskia Schwaiger Series: Panels and Discussions Reviewing the outcomes of the research, the IWM is organizing a panel discussion with different stakeholders from the city, NGOs, civil initiatives, and people from Ukraine to present key findings and discuss the most salient questions about ‘arrival infrastructures’ in Vienna. Read more
“Arrival” Infrastructures of the Displaced from Ukraine in Vienna Thu, 09.02.2023 Speakers: Ayşe ÇağlarDavid Himler-Preukschat, Nina Andresen, Tanja Maier, Nataliia Kolchanova, Saskia Schwaiger Series: Panels and Discussions Reviewing the outcomes of the research, the IWM is organizing a panel discussion with different stakeholders from the city, NGOs, civil initiatives, and people from Ukraine to present key findings and discuss the most salient questions about ‘arrival infrastructures’ in Vienna. Read more
	Enver Hoxha: Biography of a Balkan Tyrant	Mon, 13.02.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Nikolai Antoniadis Robert Austin Misha Glenny		Enver Hoxha: Biography of a Balkan Tyrant Mon, 13.02.2023 Speakers: Nikolai Antoniadis Robert Austin Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Robert C. Austin will present his research on Albania’s Enver Hoxha (1908-1985), who is likely the least understood of the twentieth century’s communist dictators that took power in the aftermath of the Second World War in Europe. Hoxha was also one of the most violent, ruthless, and repressive communist leaders. Albanians could easily claim that they endured the worst type of communist rule: Hoxha’s form of (violent) communism was without parallel in Europe. Read more
Enver Hoxha: Biography of a Balkan Tyrant Mon, 13.02.2023 Speakers: Nikolai Antoniadis Robert Austin Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Robert C. Austin will present his research on Albania’s Enver Hoxha (1908-1985), who is likely the least understood of the twentieth century’s communist dictators that took power in the aftermath of the Second World War in Europe. Hoxha was also one of the most violent, ruthless, and repressive communist leaders. Albanians could easily claim that they endured the worst type of communist rule: Hoxha’s form of (violent) communism was without parallel in Europe. Read more
	Krzysztof Michalski In Memoriam	Mon, 13.02.2023	Social and Networking Events	Agnieszka Pasieka James Dodd Marci Shore Piotr Kubasiak Timothy Snyder Klaus Nellen Ludger HagedornMonika Szmigiel-Turlej		Krzysztof Michalski In Memoriam Mon, 13.02.2023 Speakers: Agnieszka Pasieka James Dodd Marci Shore Piotr Kubasiak Timothy Snyder Klaus Nellen Ludger HagedornMonika Szmigiel-Turlej Series: Social and Networking Events Im Februar 2023 ist der 10. Todestag von Krzysztof Michalski, weltgewandter Philosoph, charismatische Persönlichkeit mit Organisationstalent und, nicht zuletzt, Gründer und langjähriger Rektor des IWM. Freunde und Wegbegleiter, die ihn kannten, schätzten und bisweilen kritisierten, erinnern an eine herausragende Person der polnischen und österreichischen Zeitgeschichte, an einen Brückenbauer mit großen Verdiensten für Europa Ost und West. Read more
Krzysztof Michalski In Memoriam Mon, 13.02.2023 Speakers: Agnieszka Pasieka James Dodd Marci Shore Piotr Kubasiak Timothy Snyder Klaus Nellen Ludger HagedornMonika Szmigiel-Turlej Series: Social and Networking Events Im Februar 2023 ist der 10. Todestag von Krzysztof Michalski, weltgewandter Philosoph, charismatische Persönlichkeit mit Organisationstalent und, nicht zuletzt, Gründer und langjähriger Rektor des IWM. Freunde und Wegbegleiter, die ihn kannten, schätzten und bisweilen kritisierten, erinnern an eine herausragende Person der polnischen und österreichischen Zeitgeschichte, an einen Brückenbauer mit großen Verdiensten für Europa Ost und West. Read more
	The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy	Thu, 16.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Misha Glenny James O'Brien	I want to attend at the IWM Library	The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy Thu, 16.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Misha Glenny James O'Brien Series: Panels and Discussions In the next Geopolitical Talk, Ambassador James O’Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the U.S. Department of State, will discuss the role of sanctions in US foreign policy with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev. Read more
The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy Thu, 16.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Misha Glenny James O'Brien Series: Panels and Discussions In the next Geopolitical Talk, Ambassador James O’Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the U.S. Department of State, will discuss the role of sanctions in US foreign policy with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev. Read more
	End of the Near Abroad	Fri, 17.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Thomas de Waal	I want to attend at the IWM Library	End of the Near Abroad Fri, 17.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Thomas de Waal Series: Panels and Discussions Europe’s Futures Fellow Thomas de Waal will speak about how the Russo-Ukrainian War has ended the concepts of “the Near Abroad” and the “post-Soviet space” and what this means in the longer term for Russia’s own cohesion, state identity and relations with its neighbours. Read more
End of the Near Abroad Fri, 17.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Thomas de Waal Series: Panels and Discussions Europe’s Futures Fellow Thomas de Waal will speak about how the Russo-Ukrainian War has ended the concepts of “the Near Abroad” and the “post-Soviet space” and what this means in the longer term for Russia’s own cohesion, state identity and relations with its neighbours. Read more
	Non-Territorial Autonomy and National Minorities in Interwar Europe	Mon, 20.02.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Marina Germane		Non-Territorial Autonomy and National Minorities in Interwar Europe Mon, 20.02.2023 Speakers: Marina Germane Series: Seminars and Colloquia This talk will examine the concept of non-territorial autonomy (NTA) as a common ideological platform shared by numerous ethnic minorities in interwar Europe, with a particular focus on Jews and Germans. Through a reflection upon the advantages and pitfalls of NTA, Marina Germane will explore the limits to minorities’ cooperation in a world of nation-states. Read more
Non-Territorial Autonomy and National Minorities in Interwar Europe Mon, 20.02.2023 Speakers: Marina Germane Series: Seminars and Colloquia This talk will examine the concept of non-territorial autonomy (NTA) as a common ideological platform shared by numerous ethnic minorities in interwar Europe, with a particular focus on Jews and Germans. Through a reflection upon the advantages and pitfalls of NTA, Marina Germane will explore the limits to minorities’ cooperation in a world of nation-states. Read more
	Move Over, Mona Lisa. Move Over, Jane Eyre: Making the World’s Universities, Museums, and Libraries More Welcoming to Everyone	Mon, 27.02.2023	Lecture	Peggy Levitt Ayşe Çağlar	I want to attend at the IWM Library	Move Over, Mona Lisa. Move Over, Jane Eyre: Making the World’s Universities, Museums, and Libraries More Welcoming to Everyone Mon, 27.02.2023 Speakers: Peggy Levitt Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture Across the world, calls for greater equity in the halls of academia, museum galleries, and libraries are loud and clear. If everyone agrees that business as usual is no longer acceptable, why is progress so slow? In this presentation, Peggy Levitt argues that the simple answer is that the lack of diversity in intellectual and cultural institutions is the product of a supply chain of exclusions that leave out a broader set of experiences at every turn. Read more
Move Over, Mona Lisa. Move Over, Jane Eyre: Making the World’s Universities, Museums, and Libraries More Welcoming to Everyone Mon, 27.02.2023 Speakers: Peggy Levitt Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture Across the world, calls for greater equity in the halls of academia, museum galleries, and libraries are loud and clear. If everyone agrees that business as usual is no longer acceptable, why is progress so slow? In this presentation, Peggy Levitt argues that the simple answer is that the lack of diversity in intellectual and cultural institutions is the product of a supply chain of exclusions that leave out a broader set of experiences at every turn. Read more
	Following Anti-Gender Movements in Europe: What’s Next?	Mon, 06.03.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Mieke Verloo Tatev Hovhannisyan		Following Anti-Gender Movements in Europe: What’s Next? Mon, 06.03.2023 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Tatev Hovhannisyan Series: Seminars and Colloquia Over the past 20 years, anti-democratic transnational movements against women’s rights and gender equality have grown in strength across Europe. In this talk, Tatev Hovhannisyan will present a number of openDemocracy’s investigations, according to which the backlash in Europe is well-organized and extensively funded by transnational actors, including US Christian conservatives. Read more
Following Anti-Gender Movements in Europe: What’s Next? Mon, 06.03.2023 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Tatev Hovhannisyan Series: Seminars and Colloquia Over the past 20 years, anti-democratic transnational movements against women’s rights and gender equality have grown in strength across Europe. In this talk, Tatev Hovhannisyan will present a number of openDemocracy’s investigations, according to which the backlash in Europe is well-organized and extensively funded by transnational actors, including US Christian conservatives. Read more