Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Sex/Gender in the Brain: Critical Notes on fMRI-Studies	Mon, 12.09.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Anelis Kaiser Trujillo Clemena Antonova	Sex/Gender in the Brain: Critical Notes on fMRI-Studies Mon, 12.09.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Anelis Kaiser Trujillo Clemena Antonova Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, Anelis Kaiser Trujillo aimed to present and discuss how sex/gender is categorized, treated, measured and discovered in (f)MRI studies, i.e., in studies that look at how women and men differ in structure and function of the brain. Central to her research is a transdisciplinary background in neuroscience and gender studies. While in neuroscience gender is a hard variable, in gender studies it is a social phenomenon, a result and a facet of human action and social structures––in short: a social construct. Kaiser Trujillo’s aim is to bridge the divide between these two epistemologically different approaches. Read more
Sex/Gender in the Brain: Critical Notes on fMRI-Studies Mon, 12.09.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Anelis Kaiser Trujillo Clemena Antonova Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, Anelis Kaiser Trujillo aimed to present and discuss how sex/gender is categorized, treated, measured and discovered in (f)MRI studies, i.e., in studies that look at how women and men differ in structure and function of the brain. Central to her research is a transdisciplinary background in neuroscience and gender studies. While in neuroscience gender is a hard variable, in gender studies it is a social phenomenon, a result and a facet of human action and social structures––in short: a social construct. Kaiser Trujillo’s aim is to bridge the divide between these two epistemologically different approaches. Read more
	The EU, the Ukraine War and the Meaning of Resilience	Thu, 08.09.2022, 18:00	Lecture	Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci	The EU, the Ukraine War and the Meaning of Resilience Thu, 08.09.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Series: Lecture Resilience can both mean the readiness to withstand pain and the ability to bounce back and transform. Against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin banks on the EU’s low threshold of pain endurance, be it in terms of bearing the energy and economic costs of the war, its defense implications or the long-term societal acceptance of refugees. The EU instead relies on its inherent DNA to transform crises into opportunities for the integration project. As the Ukraine war grinds on, which interpretation of resilience is more likely to win the day? Read more
The EU, the Ukraine War and the Meaning of Resilience Thu, 08.09.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Series: Lecture Resilience can both mean the readiness to withstand pain and the ability to bounce back and transform. Against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin banks on the EU’s low threshold of pain endurance, be it in terms of bearing the energy and economic costs of the war, its defense implications or the long-term societal acceptance of refugees. The EU instead relies on its inherent DNA to transform crises into opportunities for the integration project. As the Ukraine war grinds on, which interpretation of resilience is more likely to win the day? Read more
	Emma Goldman Awards 2022	Tue, 06.09.2022, 18:00	Other	Misha GlennySara Garbagnoli, Asli Vatansever	Emma Goldman Awards 2022 Tue, 06.09.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Misha GlennySara Garbagnoli, Asli Vatansever Series: Other The IWM is proud to have hosted the 2022 Emma Goldman Awards ceremony, awarded since 2020 by the FLAX Foundation. These awards are given to talented and engaged scholars working on feminist and inequality issues in Europe, to support their research and development. The FLAX Foundation issues two types of awards: the Emma Goldman Awards and the Emma Goldman Snowball Awards for earlier-career researchers, nominated by the Emma Goldman awardees. Read more
Emma Goldman Awards 2022 Tue, 06.09.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Misha GlennySara Garbagnoli, Asli Vatansever Series: Other The IWM is proud to have hosted the 2022 Emma Goldman Awards ceremony, awarded since 2020 by the FLAX Foundation. These awards are given to talented and engaged scholars working on feminist and inequality issues in Europe, to support their research and development. The FLAX Foundation issues two types of awards: the Emma Goldman Awards and the Emma Goldman Snowball Awards for earlier-career researchers, nominated by the Emma Goldman awardees. Read more
	Preparing for a Fascist America	Tue, 19.07.2022, 19:00	Lecture	Jason Stanley Marci Shore	Preparing for a Fascist America Tue, 19.07.2022, 19:00 Speakers: Jason Stanley Marci Shore Series: Lecture The ongoing coup against American democracy raises serious concerns for democracy worldwide. In this talk, Stanley argued that the history of the United States, as well as its present situation, justifies these concerns. More specifically, Stanley argued that the anti-democratic form that is emerging in the United States is a kind of racial fascism. Europe should prepare for the possibility of a fascist United States. Read more
Preparing for a Fascist America Tue, 19.07.2022, 19:00 Speakers: Jason Stanley Marci Shore Series: Lecture The ongoing coup against American democracy raises serious concerns for democracy worldwide. In this talk, Stanley argued that the history of the United States, as well as its present situation, justifies these concerns. More specifically, Stanley argued that the anti-democratic form that is emerging in the United States is a kind of racial fascism. Europe should prepare for the possibility of a fascist United States. Read more
	ERC Mentoring Initiative Workshop July 2022	Fri, 08.07.2022, 10:00	Conferences and Workshops	Ylva Huber, Mari-Liis Jakobson, Michal Ksinan, Piotr Kuligowski, Mitja Sardoc, Ewa Szumowska, Richard Turcsanyi, Anna Urbaniak, Maria Vargha, Aleksandra Wagner, Tomasz Wozniakowski, Magnus Schoeller	ERC Mentoring Initiative Workshop July 2022 Fri, 08.07.2022, 10:00 Speakers: Ylva Huber, Mari-Liis Jakobson, Michal Ksinan, Piotr Kuligowski, Mitja Sardoc, Ewa Szumowska, Richard Turcsanyi, Anna Urbaniak, Maria Vargha, Aleksandra Wagner, Tomasz Wozniakowski, Magnus Schoeller Series: Conferences and Workshops In continuation of the ERC Mentoring Initiative, a workshop washeld on July 8-9. The Institute for Human Sciences, in cooperation with the Polish Academy of Sciences (and generously supported by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science), has established a mentoring initiative for applicants for European Research Council Starting and Consolidator Grants in the humanities and social sciences from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The purpose of the initiative is to strengthen and further internationalize the humanities and social sciences in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe by increasing their inclusion in ERC funding schemes. Read more
ERC Mentoring Initiative Workshop July 2022 Fri, 08.07.2022, 10:00 Speakers: Ylva Huber, Mari-Liis Jakobson, Michal Ksinan, Piotr Kuligowski, Mitja Sardoc, Ewa Szumowska, Richard Turcsanyi, Anna Urbaniak, Maria Vargha, Aleksandra Wagner, Tomasz Wozniakowski, Magnus Schoeller Series: Conferences and Workshops In continuation of the ERC Mentoring Initiative, a workshop washeld on July 8-9. The Institute for Human Sciences, in cooperation with the Polish Academy of Sciences (and generously supported by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science), has established a mentoring initiative for applicants for European Research Council Starting and Consolidator Grants in the humanities and social sciences from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The purpose of the initiative is to strengthen and further internationalize the humanities and social sciences in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe by increasing their inclusion in ERC funding schemes. Read more
	Ukrainian War, Refugees, and Human Rights in a Global Context	Wed, 06.07.2022, 14:00	Panels and Discussions	Giorgia Donà Ranabir Samaddar Randall Hansen Ayşe ÇağlarAlex Aleinikoff, Grażyna Baranowska, Olena Fedyuk	Ukrainian War, Refugees, and Human Rights in a Global Context Wed, 06.07.2022, 14:00 Speakers: Giorgia Donà Ranabir Samaddar Randall Hansen Ayşe ÇağlarAlex Aleinikoff, Grażyna Baranowska, Olena Fedyuk Series: Panels and Discussions The Ukrainian war unleashed unprecedented displacements in Europe, unseen since WWII. Most of the borders in Europe and throughout the world were opened to Ukrainians - in contrast to the restrictive border regimes many recent refugee movements to Europe, such as the Syrian or Afghani refugees fleeing war, were subject to. A series of schemes were developed to welcome Ukrainian refugees and emplace them into the labor markets and educational systems of their host countries. Instead of approaching the current Ukrainian refugee movement as unique and singular, this panel aimed to situate its dynamics within a broader context of refugee movements in Europe and beyond. It further placed it in conversation with the historical, political, and social contexts that cause such movements in the first place and seeks to explore it in relation to and together with other refugee movements globally. Read more
Ukrainian War, Refugees, and Human Rights in a Global Context Wed, 06.07.2022, 14:00 Speakers: Giorgia Donà Ranabir Samaddar Randall Hansen Ayşe ÇağlarAlex Aleinikoff, Grażyna Baranowska, Olena Fedyuk Series: Panels and Discussions The Ukrainian war unleashed unprecedented displacements in Europe, unseen since WWII. Most of the borders in Europe and throughout the world were opened to Ukrainians - in contrast to the restrictive border regimes many recent refugee movements to Europe, such as the Syrian or Afghani refugees fleeing war, were subject to. A series of schemes were developed to welcome Ukrainian refugees and emplace them into the labor markets and educational systems of their host countries. Instead of approaching the current Ukrainian refugee movement as unique and singular, this panel aimed to situate its dynamics within a broader context of refugee movements in Europe and beyond. It further placed it in conversation with the historical, political, and social contexts that cause such movements in the first place and seeks to explore it in relation to and together with other refugee movements globally. Read more
	How left-wing parties deal with immigration: Notes from France	Mon, 04.07.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Madeleine Schwartz	How left-wing parties deal with immigration: Notes from France Mon, 04.07.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Madeleine Schwartz Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, Schwartz discussed her recent reporting on the French socialist and leftist parties to elaborate on how left-wing parties deal with changing social patterns. Read more
How left-wing parties deal with immigration: Notes from France Mon, 04.07.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Madeleine Schwartz Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, Schwartz discussed her recent reporting on the French socialist and leftist parties to elaborate on how left-wing parties deal with changing social patterns. Read more
	The Last Forty Years and the Next Forty: Eastern Europe, Europe, the World	Thu, 30.06.2022, 19:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Timothy SnyderYuval Harari	The Last Forty Years and the Next Forty: Eastern Europe, Europe, the World Thu, 30.06.2022, 19:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Timothy SnyderYuval Harari Series: Panels and Discussions In this conversation, part of a series of events marking the IWM’s 40th anniversary in 2022, Timothy Snyder and Yuval Noah Harari discussed what lessons we should take from the past four decades and what will determine the course of the years to come. Read more
The Last Forty Years and the Next Forty: Eastern Europe, Europe, the World Thu, 30.06.2022, 19:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Timothy SnyderYuval Harari Series: Panels and Discussions In this conversation, part of a series of events marking the IWM’s 40th anniversary in 2022, Timothy Snyder and Yuval Noah Harari discussed what lessons we should take from the past four decades and what will determine the course of the years to come. Read more
	Feminism, Modernism and Resistance to Empire in Ukraine	Tue, 28.06.2022, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Katherine Younger Uilleam BlackerTamara Hundorova	Feminism, Modernism and Resistance to Empire in Ukraine The Case of Lesia Ukrainka Tue, 28.06.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Katherine Younger Uilleam BlackerTamara Hundorova Series: Panels and Discussions Tamara Hundorova and Uilleam Blacker discussed the work of Lesia Ukrainka (Larysa Kosach, 1871-1913), a Ukrainian modernist, feminist and anti-colonial thinker, in the context of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the move towards decolonizing the study of Russia and Eastern Europe. Lesia Ukrainka is a canonical figure in Ukraine, known for her fiery poems opposing Russian colonial rule in Ukraine and praising freedom. Her most accomplished works were her dramas, however, which transform stories and myths drawn from European and world culture into feminist and anti-imperial allegories: these with their focus on imperial violence, the importance of freedom and the twisting of truth, have much to teach us today. Read more
Feminism, Modernism and Resistance to Empire in Ukraine The Case of Lesia Ukrainka Tue, 28.06.2022, 18:00 Speakers: Katherine Younger Uilleam BlackerTamara Hundorova Series: Panels and Discussions Tamara Hundorova and Uilleam Blacker discussed the work of Lesia Ukrainka (Larysa Kosach, 1871-1913), a Ukrainian modernist, feminist and anti-colonial thinker, in the context of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the move towards decolonizing the study of Russia and Eastern Europe. Lesia Ukrainka is a canonical figure in Ukraine, known for her fiery poems opposing Russian colonial rule in Ukraine and praising freedom. Her most accomplished works were her dramas, however, which transform stories and myths drawn from European and world culture into feminist and anti-imperial allegories: these with their focus on imperial violence, the importance of freedom and the twisting of truth, have much to teach us today. Read more
	Rule by Law and the Making of Ethno-Democracies	Mon, 27.06.2022, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Rajshree ChandraDimitry Kochenov	Rule by Law and the Making of Ethno-Democracies Mon, 27.06.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Rajshree ChandraDimitry Kochenov Series: Seminars and Colloquia The paper accompanying this colloquium seeks to understand a mutation in the Rule of law project, where an increasing gap between the Rule of Law and “rule by law” becomes a factor in the fashioning of modern ethno and/or authoritarian democracies. It seeks to use India as a case study to examine the conduct of law in its various modes – constitutional, exceptional and extra-legal. Read more
Rule by Law and the Making of Ethno-Democracies Mon, 27.06.2022, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Rajshree ChandraDimitry Kochenov Series: Seminars and Colloquia The paper accompanying this colloquium seeks to understand a mutation in the Rule of law project, where an increasing gap between the Rule of Law and “rule by law” becomes a factor in the fashioning of modern ethno and/or authoritarian democracies. It seeks to use India as a case study to examine the conduct of law in its various modes – constitutional, exceptional and extra-legal. Read more

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