Upcoming Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	Life After Captivity and Justice for Ukraine	Wed, 19.03.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Misha GlennyMaksym Butkevych		Life After Captivity and Justice for Ukraine Maksym Butkevych and Misha Glenny in Conversation Wed, 19.03.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Misha GlennyMaksym Butkevych Series: Panels and Discussions Maksym Butkevych, one of Ukraine’s most prominent human rights activists will reflect on what he learned from his time in Russian captivity, what justice for Ukraine should look like, and how to remain resilient in the face of a much stronger enemy. He will be in conversation with IWM Rector Misha Glenny. Read more
Life After Captivity and Justice for Ukraine Maksym Butkevych and Misha Glenny in Conversation Wed, 19.03.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Misha GlennyMaksym Butkevych Series: Panels and Discussions Maksym Butkevych, one of Ukraine’s most prominent human rights activists will reflect on what he learned from his time in Russian captivity, what justice for Ukraine should look like, and how to remain resilient in the face of a much stronger enemy. He will be in conversation with IWM Rector Misha Glenny. Read more
	What Makes a City Grow Again: The Cases of Gdańsk, Cluj-Napoca, and Plovdiv	Mon, 24.03.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Ognyan Georgiev		What Makes a City Grow Again: The Cases of Gdańsk, Cluj-Napoca, and Plovdiv Fellows' Colloquium with Ognyan Georgiev Mon, 24.03.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Ognyan Georgiev Series: Seminars and Colloquia If you could move and start anew, where would you go? For decades, people in Eastern Europe felt they had no choice but to move to the West in the hopes of a better life. This presentation will focus on three cities in Central and Eastern Europe—Gdańsk in Poland, Cluj-Napoca in Romania, and Plovdiv in Bulgaria—and analyze how they have managed to escape depopulation. Read more
What Makes a City Grow Again: The Cases of Gdańsk, Cluj-Napoca, and Plovdiv Fellows' Colloquium with Ognyan Georgiev Mon, 24.03.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Ognyan Georgiev Series: Seminars and Colloquia If you could move and start anew, where would you go? For decades, people in Eastern Europe felt they had no choice but to move to the West in the hopes of a better life. This presentation will focus on three cities in Central and Eastern Europe—Gdańsk in Poland, Cluj-Napoca in Romania, and Plovdiv in Bulgaria—and analyze how they have managed to escape depopulation. Read more
	Nationalisms Without Nations?	Mon, 31.03.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ivan Vejvoda Ondřej Slačálek		Nationalisms Without Nations? Fellows' Colloquium with Ondřej Slačálek Mon, 31.03.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Ondřej Slačálek Series: Seminars and Colloquia Ondřej Slačálek's presentation will discuss the contemporary rise of a variety of nationalisms that do not need to develop nations as a positive cultural project. He will, among others, address the question what—if anything—we can learn about contemporary European and Northern American nationalisms through a dialogue with classical theories of nationalism. Read more
Nationalisms Without Nations? Fellows' Colloquium with Ondřej Slačálek Mon, 31.03.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Ondřej Slačálek Series: Seminars and Colloquia Ondřej Slačálek's presentation will discuss the contemporary rise of a variety of nationalisms that do not need to develop nations as a positive cultural project. He will, among others, address the question what—if anything—we can learn about contemporary European and Northern American nationalisms through a dialogue with classical theories of nationalism. Read more
	The Global Right: A Challenge for Liberal Democracy	Sun, 27.04.2025, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Jan-Werner Müller Soli ÖzelGerold Riedmann	TICKETS	The Global Right: A Challenge for Liberal Democracy Debating Europe Sun, 27.04.2025, 11:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Soli ÖzelGerold Riedmann Series: Panels and Discussions The Trump administration as a model of destruction: Anti-democratic forces have been utilizing the opportunities of globalization to an unprecedented extent, forging a network that connects countries and continents—to weaken democratic institutions systematically. The panel discussion, which takes place during Debating Europe, is dedicated to this pressing phenomenon. Read more
The Global Right: A Challenge for Liberal Democracy Debating Europe Sun, 27.04.2025, 11:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Soli ÖzelGerold Riedmann Series: Panels and Discussions The Trump administration as a model of destruction: Anti-democratic forces have been utilizing the opportunities of globalization to an unprecedented extent, forging a network that connects countries and continents—to weaken democratic institutions systematically. The panel discussion, which takes place during Debating Europe, is dedicated to this pressing phenomenon. Read more