Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	IWM at the Leipzig Book Fair: ChatGPT and the Future of Publishing	Sat, 29.04.2023, 10:30	Other	Misha Glenny	IWM at the Leipzig Book Fair: ChatGPT and the Future of Publishing Sat, 29.04.2023, 10:30 Speakers: Misha Glenny Series: Other Misha Glenny explored the dangers publishing faces with the rise of Artificial Intelligence. Read more

	Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin	Wed, 26.04.2023, 16:00	Lecture	Clemena Antonova Mischa GabowitschTatyana Gershkovich, Ivan Foletti	Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin Visual Thought & The Reception of Tolstoy Wed, 26.04.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Mischa GabowitschTatyana Gershkovich, Ivan Foletti Series: Lecture This event is part of the series “Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin,” which started in January 2023. The first two speakers, Ivan Foletti and Mischa Gabowitsch, addressed the topic through the perspective of “visual thought". In the ensuing lecture, Tatyana Gershkovich presented her findings regarding the question of what Tolstoy meant during the Russian revolution and today. Read more
Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin Visual Thought & The Reception of Tolstoy Wed, 26.04.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Mischa GabowitschTatyana Gershkovich, Ivan Foletti Series: Lecture This event is part of the series “Reading Russian Philosophy in the Age of Putin,” which started in January 2023. The first two speakers, Ivan Foletti and Mischa Gabowitsch, addressed the topic through the perspective of “visual thought". In the ensuing lecture, Tatyana Gershkovich presented her findings regarding the question of what Tolstoy meant during the Russian revolution and today. Read more
	Destroying Democracy by Law	Tue, 25.04.2023, 18:00	Lecture	Kim Scheppele Misha Glenny	Destroying Democracy by Law Tue, 25.04.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Kim Scheppele Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Until 2005, the number of democracies in the world had been steadily increasing; however, since that date, the number has declined. Even robust democracies are now showing signs of weakness and some have turned into hybrid regimes suspended between democracy and autocracy. What is killing off the world’s democracies, and what can be done about it? Read more
Destroying Democracy by Law Tue, 25.04.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Kim Scheppele Misha Glenny Series: Lecture Until 2005, the number of democracies in the world had been steadily increasing; however, since that date, the number has declined. Even robust democracies are now showing signs of weakness and some have turned into hybrid regimes suspended between democracy and autocracy. What is killing off the world’s democracies, and what can be done about it? Read more
	Prelude to Ukraine: Russia's Intervention in the Syrian Civil War	Mon, 17.04.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Itamar Rabinovich Ivan Krastev	Prelude to Ukraine: Russia's Intervention in the Syrian Civil War Mon, 17.04.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Itamar Rabinovich Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia The talk outlined Russia's intervention, in league with Iran, in the Syrian civil war and its role in enabling Bashar al Assad to remain in power in a truncated Syria. Read more
Prelude to Ukraine: Russia's Intervention in the Syrian Civil War Mon, 17.04.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Itamar Rabinovich Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia The talk outlined Russia's intervention, in league with Iran, in the Syrian civil war and its role in enabling Bashar al Assad to remain in power in a truncated Syria. Read more
	Europa im Diskurs: Ist künstliche Intelligenz bald klüger als wir?	Sun, 16.04.2023, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Helga NowotnyLisz Hirn, Peter Knees, Maya Pindeus, Jörg Piringer, Petra Stuiber	Europa im Diskurs: Ist künstliche Intelligenz bald klüger als wir? Sun, 16.04.2023, 11:00 Speakers: Helga NowotnyLisz Hirn, Peter Knees, Maya Pindeus, Jörg Piringer, Petra Stuiber Series: Panels and Discussions Sie beantworten Mails, schreiben Hausübungen, unterstützen wissenschaftliche Recherchen und versuchen sich auf Verlangen sogar an Lyrik und Dramatik. Ist künstliche Intelligenz bald klüger als wir? Read more
Europa im Diskurs: Ist künstliche Intelligenz bald klüger als wir? Sun, 16.04.2023, 11:00 Speakers: Helga NowotnyLisz Hirn, Peter Knees, Maya Pindeus, Jörg Piringer, Petra Stuiber Series: Panels and Discussions Sie beantworten Mails, schreiben Hausübungen, unterstützen wissenschaftliche Recherchen und versuchen sich auf Verlangen sogar an Lyrik und Dramatik. Ist künstliche Intelligenz bald klüger als wir? Read more
	War, Work and Want: How OPEC Caused Mass Migration and Revolution	Tue, 11.04.2023, 18:00	Lecture	Ivan Vejvoda Randall Hansen	War, Work and Want: How OPEC Caused Mass Migration and Revolution Tue, 11.04.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Randall Hansen Series: Lecture In the early 1970s, there was every reason to believe that large-scale immigration to Europe and America would end. In fact, global migration has tripled. This lecture asked why. Read more
War, Work and Want: How OPEC Caused Mass Migration and Revolution Tue, 11.04.2023, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Randall Hansen Series: Lecture In the early 1970s, there was every reason to believe that large-scale immigration to Europe and America would end. In fact, global migration has tripled. This lecture asked why. Read more
	Grounding a ‘Geopolitical Europe’	Mon, 03.04.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ayşe Çağlar Luiza Bialasiewicz Misha Glenny	Grounding a ‘Geopolitical Europe’ Mon, 03.04.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Luiza Bialasiewicz Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Examining a number of different European national contexts, Luiza Bialasiewicz argued in this talk that without a grounded and democratic geopolitics, other geopolitical stories will inevitably rush in to fill the void to help EU citizens make sense of the vertigo of the current moment. Such geopolitical stories include the conspiratorial geopolitical imaginations fed by extremist parties and movements, but not solely. They also increasingly manifest themselves across a range of issue areas and spaces: most visibly in urban contexts, where they have begun to frame various forms of contestation, including protests against refugee reception. Read more
Grounding a ‘Geopolitical Europe’ Mon, 03.04.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Luiza Bialasiewicz Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Examining a number of different European national contexts, Luiza Bialasiewicz argued in this talk that without a grounded and democratic geopolitics, other geopolitical stories will inevitably rush in to fill the void to help EU citizens make sense of the vertigo of the current moment. Such geopolitical stories include the conspiratorial geopolitical imaginations fed by extremist parties and movements, but not solely. They also increasingly manifest themselves across a range of issue areas and spaces: most visibly in urban contexts, where they have begun to frame various forms of contestation, including protests against refugee reception. Read more
	Documenting Refugees from Eastern Europe	Thu, 30.03.2023, 09:00	Conferences and Workshops	Kamil Ruszała Philipp TherKatarzyna Nowak, Christoph Augustynowicz	Documenting Refugees from Eastern Europe Thu, 30.03.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Kamil Ruszała Philipp TherKatarzyna Nowak, Christoph Augustynowicz Series: Conferences and Workshops The conference was opened by an introductory lecture by Philipp Ther, discussing the exile of yesterday and today, with particular emphasis on the contemporary situation. The lecture was followed by three thematic panels: 1) discussing migration during both world wars in Europe; 2) presenting the Ukrainian experience of refugeedom, both in the past and present; 3) presenting projects documenting contemporary wars and refugeedom. Read more
Documenting Refugees from Eastern Europe Thu, 30.03.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Kamil Ruszała Philipp TherKatarzyna Nowak, Christoph Augustynowicz Series: Conferences and Workshops The conference was opened by an introductory lecture by Philipp Ther, discussing the exile of yesterday and today, with particular emphasis on the contemporary situation. The lecture was followed by three thematic panels: 1) discussing migration during both world wars in Europe; 2) presenting the Ukrainian experience of refugeedom, both in the past and present; 3) presenting projects documenting contemporary wars and refugeedom. Read more
	Elections in Finland: Between Happiness and the Russo-Ukrainian War	Tue, 28.03.2023, 09:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ivan VejvodaVeera Luoma-aho, Iro Särkkä, Mirjana Tomic	Elections in Finland: Between Happiness and the Russo-Ukrainian War Tue, 28.03.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaVeera Luoma-aho, Iro Särkkä, Mirjana Tomic Series: Seminars and Colloquia Finland holds elections on 2 April 2023. The campaign focuses on domestic issues, but the war in Ukraine cannot be ignored. The seminar addressed both domestic and security issues. Does Finland fear the spillover of the Russo-Ukrainian War? How does the war affect the elections? Read more
Elections in Finland: Between Happiness and the Russo-Ukrainian War Tue, 28.03.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaVeera Luoma-aho, Iro Särkkä, Mirjana Tomic Series: Seminars and Colloquia Finland holds elections on 2 April 2023. The campaign focuses on domestic issues, but the war in Ukraine cannot be ignored. The seminar addressed both domestic and security issues. Does Finland fear the spillover of the Russo-Ukrainian War? How does the war affect the elections? Read more
	Christ the Savior – Orthodoxy’s Ground Zero	Mon, 27.03.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Lucy Ash Misha Glenny	Christ the Savior – Orthodoxy’s Ground Zero Mon, 27.03.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Lucy Ash Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Using stories of individual priests, individual churches and individual cities, Ash traced the story of the Russian Orthodox Church back to its roots one thousand years ago and to show that, whatever the violent and extreme changes of political power, those at the top of the church have done whatever it takes to curry favor. Read more
Christ the Savior – Orthodoxy’s Ground Zero Mon, 27.03.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Lucy Ash Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia Using stories of individual priests, individual churches and individual cities, Ash traced the story of the Russian Orthodox Church back to its roots one thousand years ago and to show that, whatever the violent and extreme changes of political power, those at the top of the church have done whatever it takes to curry favor. Read more

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