Upcoming Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	The Global Right: A Challenge for Liberal Democracy	Sun, 27.04.2025, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Jan-Werner Müller Misha Glenny Soli ÖzelGerold Riedmann, Jagoda Marinić, Sylvie Kauffmann	PURCHASE TICKET	The Global Right: A Challenge for Liberal Democracy Debating Europe Sun, 27.04.2025, 11:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Misha Glenny Soli ÖzelGerold Riedmann, Jagoda Marinić, Sylvie Kauffmann Series: Panels and Discussions In this Debating Europe panel discussion, renowned experts in political science, sociology, and investigative journalism will discuss the strategies and mechanisms by which right-wing populist and authoritarian movements operate worldwide. They will also consider what tactics and strategy might be effective in countering this fundamental assault on democratic values. Read more
The Global Right: A Challenge for Liberal Democracy Debating Europe Sun, 27.04.2025, 11:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Misha Glenny Soli ÖzelGerold Riedmann, Jagoda Marinić, Sylvie Kauffmann Series: Panels and Discussions In this Debating Europe panel discussion, renowned experts in political science, sociology, and investigative journalism will discuss the strategies and mechanisms by which right-wing populist and authoritarian movements operate worldwide. They will also consider what tactics and strategy might be effective in countering this fundamental assault on democratic values. Read more
	Technologies of Colonialism and Solidarity	Mon, 28.04.2025, 10:45 - Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00	Conferences and Workshops			Technologies of Colonialism and Solidarity Mon, 28.04.2025, 10:45 - Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops This conference aims to critically position Russian colonialism not as an isolated phenomenon but as an integral part of the international project of colonial expansion. It brings together researchers, artists, and activists to analyze ways and methods of colonial violence, as well as to develop methods of translocal solidarity. Read more
Technologies of Colonialism and Solidarity Mon, 28.04.2025, 10:45 - Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops This conference aims to critically position Russian colonialism not as an isolated phenomenon but as an integral part of the international project of colonial expansion. It brings together researchers, artists, and activists to analyze ways and methods of colonial violence, as well as to develop methods of translocal solidarity. Read more
	Beyond Resilience: Rethinking Solidarity and Resistance Through Palestine and Ukraine	Mon, 28.04.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Mariia ShynkarenkoMalaka Shwaikh, Svitlana Matviyenko	REGISTER HERE	Beyond Resilience: Rethinking Solidarity and Resistance Through Palestine and Ukraine Svitlana Matviyenko and Malaka Shwaikh in Conversation Mon, 28.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoMalaka Shwaikh, Svitlana Matviyenko Series: Panels and Discussions What new insights emerge when we think of Palestine and Ukraine in conversation with one another? In this dialogue, Svitlana Matviyenko and Malaka Shweikh will critically examine the limits of the discourse of “resilience”—a term that often obscures the structural conditions of violence. Read more
Beyond Resilience: Rethinking Solidarity and Resistance Through Palestine and Ukraine Svitlana Matviyenko and Malaka Shwaikh in Conversation Mon, 28.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Mariia ShynkarenkoMalaka Shwaikh, Svitlana Matviyenko Series: Panels and Discussions What new insights emerge when we think of Palestine and Ukraine in conversation with one another? In this dialogue, Svitlana Matviyenko and Malaka Shweikh will critically examine the limits of the discourse of “resilience”—a term that often obscures the structural conditions of violence. Read more
	PERLA: Vor und hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang	Mon, 28.04.2025, 19:30	Visual and Performing Arts	Barbara Tóth Misha GlennySaša Makarová	TICKET KAUFEN	PERLA: Vor und hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang Film und Gespräch Mon, 28.04.2025, 19:30 Speakers: Barbara Tóth Misha GlennySaša Makarová Series: Visual and Performing Arts Das Stadtkino Wien lädt gemeinsam mit dem IWM und den Aktionstagen Politische Bildung zu einem Special Screening von Alexandra Makarovás PERLA. Nach dem Film spricht Historikerin und Journalistin Barbara Tóth mit IWM Rektor Misha Glenny und mit Saša Makarová, Malerin und Mutter der Regisseurin. Read more
PERLA: Vor und hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang Film und Gespräch Mon, 28.04.2025, 19:30 Speakers: Barbara Tóth Misha GlennySaša Makarová Series: Visual and Performing Arts Das Stadtkino Wien lädt gemeinsam mit dem IWM und den Aktionstagen Politische Bildung zu einem Special Screening von Alexandra Makarovás PERLA. Nach dem Film spricht Historikerin und Journalistin Barbara Tóth mit IWM Rektor Misha Glenny und mit Saša Makarová, Malerin und Mutter der Regisseurin. Read more
	Innovation as Technosociality: Myth, Magic, and How Innovation Really Works	Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Hans Akkermans Ludger Hagedorn		Innovation as Technosociality: Myth, Magic, and How Innovation Really Works Fellows' Colloquium with Hans Akkermans Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Hans Akkermans Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his Fellows' Colloquium, Hans Akkermans will argue that innovation should be understood as a specific type of Complex Adaptive System that he dubs “technosociality.” He will also attempt to address a three aspects of the needed democratization of technology. Read more
Innovation as Technosociality: Myth, Magic, and How Innovation Really Works Fellows' Colloquium with Hans Akkermans Tue, 29.04.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Hans Akkermans Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia In his Fellows' Colloquium, Hans Akkermans will argue that innovation should be understood as a specific type of Complex Adaptive System that he dubs “technosociality.” He will also attempt to address a three aspects of the needed democratization of technology. Read more
	China, Europe, and Global Leadership	Wed, 30.04.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo MilaneseXuetong Yan	REGISTER HERE	China, Europe, and Global Leadership Wed, 30.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo MilaneseXuetong Yan Series: Panels and Discussions As technological, climatic, and social change have begun to accelerate at an unprecedented rate, the United States appears to have relinquished its aspirations to global leadership. China and Europe are faced with multiple dilemmas in determining how to respond to these changes. Yan Xuetong, one of China’s leading intellectuals, in conversation with Niccolò Milanese and Ivan Vejvoda, will address what this will mean for Europe and China. Read more
China, Europe, and Global Leadership Wed, 30.04.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo MilaneseXuetong Yan Series: Panels and Discussions As technological, climatic, and social change have begun to accelerate at an unprecedented rate, the United States appears to have relinquished its aspirations to global leadership. China and Europe are faced with multiple dilemmas in determining how to respond to these changes. Yan Xuetong, one of China’s leading intellectuals, in conversation with Niccolò Milanese and Ivan Vejvoda, will address what this will mean for Europe and China. Read more
	The End of Russian Hegemony: Changing Regional Orders in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia	Mon, 05.05.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Stefan Meister		The End of Russian Hegemony: Changing Regional Orders in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia Fellows' Colloquium with Stefan Meister Mon, 05.05.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Stefan Meister Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Stefan Meister will discuss the likelihood of the war in Ukraine to be prolonged, since the Putin regime needs the war to distract from its internal weaknesses. Despite imperial ambitions, the main driver of current Russian politics is domestic legitimization through war and external enemies. Read more
The End of Russian Hegemony: Changing Regional Orders in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia Fellows' Colloquium with Stefan Meister Mon, 05.05.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Stefan Meister Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Stefan Meister will discuss the likelihood of the war in Ukraine to be prolonged, since the Putin regime needs the war to distract from its internal weaknesses. Despite imperial ambitions, the main driver of current Russian politics is domestic legitimization through war and external enemies. Read more
	Thinking in Dark Times	Tue, 06.05.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Volodymyr Yermolenko	REGISTER HERE	Thinking in Dark Times Lessons from Ukraine Tue, 06.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Volodymyr Yermolenko Series: Lecture Living through Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainians have worked to make meaning of their experience. In moments such as these, we can imagine the act of thinking as an enlightening force that breaks through the darkness of war. In this lecture, Ukrainian philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko will reflect on the significance of ongoing intellectual work in times of existential threat. Read more
Thinking in Dark Times Lessons from Ukraine Tue, 06.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Volodymyr Yermolenko Series: Lecture Living through Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainians have worked to make meaning of their experience. In moments such as these, we can imagine the act of thinking as an enlightening force that breaks through the darkness of war. In this lecture, Ukrainian philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko will reflect on the significance of ongoing intellectual work in times of existential threat. Read more
	Beyond the Headlines: Current Structural Trends in Global Politics	Mon, 12.05.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevJake Sullivan	REGISTER HERE	Beyond the Headlines: Current Structural Trends in Global Politics Geopolitical Talk with Jake Sullivan Mon, 12.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevJake Sullivan Series: Panels and Discussions This Geopolitical Talk with Jake Sullivan invites us to look beyond the immediate and the dramatic, and instead to examine the deeper trends influencing geopolitics today—trends that persist regardless of who occupies the seats of power in Washington, Beijing, Moscow, or Brussels. Read more
Beyond the Headlines: Current Structural Trends in Global Politics Geopolitical Talk with Jake Sullivan Mon, 12.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevJake Sullivan Series: Panels and Discussions This Geopolitical Talk with Jake Sullivan invites us to look beyond the immediate and the dramatic, and instead to examine the deeper trends influencing geopolitics today—trends that persist regardless of who occupies the seats of power in Washington, Beijing, Moscow, or Brussels. Read more
	Geopolitics in 4D! Understanding the Subterranean and Orbital Dimensions of Political Struggles	Tue, 13.05.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Julie Klinger Misha Glenny	REGISTER HERE	Geopolitics in 4D! Understanding the Subterranean and Orbital Dimensions of Political Struggles Monthly Lecture with Julie Michelle Klinger Tue, 13.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Julie Klinger Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Protests in the streets, policy-(un)making in offices, and radical changes in the relative freedom of movement of different groups of people are generally considered to be terrestrial affairs. Yet these are often directly and indirectly shaped by access to and power within space-based and space-linked technological systems. In this Monthly Lecture, Julie Klinger will present a framework and several illustrative examples for 4D geopolitics. Read more
Geopolitics in 4D! Understanding the Subterranean and Orbital Dimensions of Political Struggles Monthly Lecture with Julie Michelle Klinger Tue, 13.05.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Julie Klinger Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Protests in the streets, policy-(un)making in offices, and radical changes in the relative freedom of movement of different groups of people are generally considered to be terrestrial affairs. Yet these are often directly and indirectly shaped by access to and power within space-based and space-linked technological systems. In this Monthly Lecture, Julie Klinger will present a framework and several illustrative examples for 4D geopolitics. Read more