In his monthly lecture Jiří Přibáň employes the contrast of the imaginaries of democracy and dissent to recover an idea of humanity beyond the human condition.
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Panel Discussion with: Marian Benbow (IOM), Ayse Caglar (IWM), Christoph Pinter (UNHCR Austria) and Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University/Vienna University).Moderator: Luiza Bialasiewicz (University of Amsterdam)
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In June 2016, the majority of the British population voted in favour of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Since then, this decision has created enormous political waves within Great Britain – it has been in fact already termed as the biggest political crisis in the UK since World War II. It has also posed unprecedented challenges for the European Union – after years of enlargement. What will political and economic relations between Britain and the EU look like in the future and what are the implications for both sides? Foto: Christian Fischer
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The talk explores the scope and dimensions of contemporary violence and insecurity, and detail the reasons for the persistent failure of some states to provide security and order as a public good for their citizens.
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The monthly lecture with Ranabir Samaddar shows why the international legal understanding of statelessness is inadequate to theorise the growing phenomenon of statelessness today.
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Geopolitical Talk with Robert John Sawers
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Aid is still regarded as an important instrument for human development, nationally and internationally. Yet, the nature of aid, its structuring and implementation has changed considerably in recent years. It has been increasingly integrated into the financial and economic system, giving rise to a thriving new industry dealing in „social bonds“ and „social business“, thus in social profiteering.
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European polities are facing a challenge from the far right unprecedented in the post-WW2 era. This new fascism is well financed, transnational and intent on turning the clock backwards on democracy, human rights, and the freedoms of minorities. They also often promote climate change denial at this dangerous moment for the ecological future of our planet, wrapping this up in a narrative of opposition to ‘experts’ and ‘elites’.
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Organized crime is part of all our worlds—often without us even knowing. In our times of the return of geopolitics Misha Glenny renowned author and journalist will present and discuss the deep and intricate connections in the world of international organized crime and how these developments affect today’s politics and societies.
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Nestor Machno – der große Unbekannte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Von der sowjetischen Geschichtsschreibung zum Banditen degradiert, von den Anarchisten in aller Welt als Held, als ukrainischer Che Guevara verherrlicht, hat er mit seinen Freischärlern den Ausgang des russischen Bürgerkriegs entscheidend beeinflusst. Der Schauspieler Mark Zak, selbst in der Ukraine aufgewachsen, hat über diesen Rebellen und die Bewegung eine dramatisierte Lesefassung aus den Stimmen verschiedener Zeitzeugen zusammengestellt.
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A Panel Discussion on affective geopolitics and the landscapes of urban fears.
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Monthly Lecture by Marci Shore on "Understanding ‘Post-Truth’: Lessons from Central European Philosophy after 1968"
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The keynote speech by Sigrid Weigel, prof. em of Literature, was part of the Conference The Cryptotheological Legacy of Hannah Arendt, which took place at the IWM from October 17 to 19, 2018.
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Debating Europe with: Karin Kneissl (Austrian Minister of Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs), Natalie Nougayrede (Journalist The Guardian), Vesna Pusić (Former Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs; member, IWM Board of Trustees), Norbert Röttgen (Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, CDU), Chair: Ivan Vejvoda, IWM Permanent Fellow
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Erik Jones shows in this monthly lecture how similar developments are taking place in very different institutional environments and to consider the implications for democratic performance.
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Im dritten Teil seiner Vortragsreihe geht es um ein besonderes Quellenmaterial über Vorstellungen von Reinheit, nämlich Werbung. Weil Bilder der Reinheit vor allem Bilder weiblicher Körper und der in ihnen enthaltenen Flüssigkeiten sind, bewegen sie sich in einer besonderen Spannung zwischen Idealisierung, Versachlichung und erotischer Aufladung. Wo und wie werden sie als Verkaufsargument eingesetzt? Werbung ist so etwas wie das Schmuddelkind der kulturwissenschaftlichen Aufmerksamkeit.
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Im zweiten Teil von Valentin Groebners Vortragsreihe wird es fleischlich-konkreter. Reinheit als Unbeflecktheit wurde – und wird – an weiblichen Körpern definiert und visualisiert. Die visuellen Codes für Reinheit beruhen darauf, dass das bedrohlich Kontaminierende – der Sex, das Blut – nicht gezeigt werden darf....
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Im ersten Teil seiner Vortragsreihe spricht Valentin Groebner über den Begriff “Reinheit” und seine Verwendung aus historischer Perspektive. Wenn von Reinheit und Befleckung die Rede ist, dann geht es nie nur um Schmutz als “Dinge am falschen Ort”, wie Oscar Wilde das so geistreich definiert hat, sondern immer auch um religiöse, sexuelle und soziale Codes – um kollektive Ordnungssysteme.
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Podiumsdiskussion mit:
Hanada Al Refai, Aktivistin und Folterüberlebende aus Syrien; Anwar al-Bunni, Syrian Center for Legal Studies and Research;
Tatiana Urdaneta Wittek, Center for the Enforcement of Human Rights International; Wolfgang Kaleck, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights; Karoline Krause (Moderation), KURIER Aussenpolitik
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The co-existence of different religions and/or understandings of religion takes many different forms, some extremely conflictual, and others which tend to foster peaceful co-existence and mutual understanding, says Charles Taylor in his keynote speech at the conference ‘The End(s) of Religious Community‘.
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Sind muslimische Einwanderer die gefährlicheren Antisemiten als Burschenschafter? Diese Frage diskutierten am IWM Matthias Dusini (Falter), Melisa Erkurt (das biber), Verena Krausneker (Shalom Alaikum), Theodor Much (Or Chadasch) und Milos Vec (IWM).
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Why do we change our mind about political positions? In this Political Salon we attempt a conversation beyond prejudice to enquire into the defining changes that mark our times, their underlying causes, and the state of public discourse in Europe
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What does it mean for a people to be sovereign? In an age of Brexit and Catalonia, Orbán and Trump, it seems timely to return to the once exceptional and presently paradigmatic concept of popular sovereignty, the principle positing that, to be legitimate, political authority must rest with the people.
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Patočka Memorial Lecture, April 25, 2018 by Lord Robert Skidelsky about "What History and Economics can Tell us About the Impact of Automation on Work".
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