Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	The Future of Work	Mon, 03.06.2019, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ludger Hagedorn Robert SkidelskyMichal Pechoucek	The Future of Work Is Artifical Intelligence a New Road to Serfdom? Mon, 03.06.2019, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Robert SkidelskyMichal Pechoucek Series: Panels and Discussions In contemporary discussions about the future of artificial intelligence we often lose our heads. While economists offer bleak predictions of mass job losses and a deepening of already widespread precarity, Silicon Valley utopians insist that new technologies are bringing us ever closer together and will one day deliver us from work, disease and poverty. But when human life is reduced to a set of rational processes waiting to be optimized, we risk losing sight of the irreducible quality of human experience. With his characteristic attention to the subtleties of the human condition, Robert Skidelsky offers a challenging account of what it means to pursue the good life in the age of the machines. Read more
The Future of Work Is Artifical Intelligence a New Road to Serfdom? Mon, 03.06.2019, 18:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Robert SkidelskyMichal Pechoucek Series: Panels and Discussions In contemporary discussions about the future of artificial intelligence we often lose our heads. While economists offer bleak predictions of mass job losses and a deepening of already widespread precarity, Silicon Valley utopians insist that new technologies are bringing us ever closer together and will one day deliver us from work, disease and poverty. But when human life is reduced to a set of rational processes waiting to be optimized, we risk losing sight of the irreducible quality of human experience. With his characteristic attention to the subtleties of the human condition, Robert Skidelsky offers a challenging account of what it means to pursue the good life in the age of the machines. Read more
	Dilemmas of Popular Sovereignty: Tocqueville’s Perspective	Mon, 03.06.2019, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Aishwary Kumar Ewa Atanassow	Dilemmas of Popular Sovereignty: Tocqueville’s Perspective Mon, 03.06.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Aishwary Kumar Ewa Atanassow Series: Seminars and Colloquia Might a 19th century thinker help us grapple with political dilemmas of the 21st? This talk brought Tocqueville to bear on liberal democracy’s present discontents by exploring his understanding of popular sovereignty and its ramifications for democratic politics. While Tocqueville embraced popular sovereignty as an abstract principle and American practice, he also diagnosed its inherent dangers. Tocqueville’s clairvoyant analysis of the dilemmas faced by the American Union of his day offers a privileged site for considering enduring challenges to liberal democracy. Read more
Dilemmas of Popular Sovereignty: Tocqueville’s Perspective Mon, 03.06.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Aishwary Kumar Ewa Atanassow Series: Seminars and Colloquia Might a 19th century thinker help us grapple with political dilemmas of the 21st? This talk brought Tocqueville to bear on liberal democracy’s present discontents by exploring his understanding of popular sovereignty and its ramifications for democratic politics. While Tocqueville embraced popular sovereignty as an abstract principle and American practice, he also diagnosed its inherent dangers. Tocqueville’s clairvoyant analysis of the dilemmas faced by the American Union of his day offers a privileged site for considering enduring challenges to liberal democracy. Read more
	Popular Sovereignty, Majority Rule, and Electoral Politics	Thu, 30.05.2019, 13:30 - Sat, 01.06.2019, 13:00	Conferences and Workshops	Aishwary Kumar Ayşe Çağlar Charles Taylor Ewa Atanassow Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaBenjamin Lee, Michael Ignatieff, Craig Calhoun, Nilüfer Göle, Luciana Chamorro, Arudra Burra, Mukulika Banerjee, Deval Desai	Popular Sovereignty, Majority Rule, and Electoral Politics Thu, 30.05.2019, 13:30 - Sat, 01.06.2019, 13:00 Speakers: Aishwary Kumar Ayşe Çağlar Charles Taylor Ewa Atanassow Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaBenjamin Lee, Michael Ignatieff, Craig Calhoun, Nilüfer Göle, Luciana Chamorro, Arudra Burra, Mukulika Banerjee, Deval Desai Series: Conferences and Workshops The three concepts-popular sovereignty, majority rule and electoral politics-as embodied in institutional arrangements and practices, are seen as constitutive of the modern democratic project as it has evolved over the last three hundred years or more. However, in recent decades those concepts and their institutional expressions are beginning to threaten and undermine the spirit and norms of democracy everywhere, including in economically advanced liberal societies in the West. This conference interrogated and explored this challenge “internal” to the democratic project itself. Read more
Popular Sovereignty, Majority Rule, and Electoral Politics Thu, 30.05.2019, 13:30 - Sat, 01.06.2019, 13:00 Speakers: Aishwary Kumar Ayşe Çağlar Charles Taylor Ewa Atanassow Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaBenjamin Lee, Michael Ignatieff, Craig Calhoun, Nilüfer Göle, Luciana Chamorro, Arudra Burra, Mukulika Banerjee, Deval Desai Series: Conferences and Workshops The three concepts-popular sovereignty, majority rule and electoral politics-as embodied in institutional arrangements and practices, are seen as constitutive of the modern democratic project as it has evolved over the last three hundred years or more. However, in recent decades those concepts and their institutional expressions are beginning to threaten and undermine the spirit and norms of democracy everywhere, including in economically advanced liberal societies in the West. This conference interrogated and explored this challenge “internal” to the democratic project itself. Read more
	Migrants and City Making in Disempowered Cities	Tue, 28.05.2019, 18:00	Lecture	Ayşe Çağlar	Migrants and City Making in Disempowered Cities Tue, 28.05.2019, 18:00 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture What do cities which have lost their economic, political, and cultural power and population reveal about the location of migrants in city-making and urban politics? What do they disclose about the fault lines of neoliberal urban redevelopment? Empirical findings from left-behind cities might provide new insights to think about migrants, urban politics, and current populist narratives. However, this requires a move beyond the historically and culturally constructed categories and divides of migration scholarship and public debates. Once we shift our focus to the entanglements between urban regeneration and their dispossessive forces that create common conditions of displacement and precarity for urban residents, we might see new ways of exploring solidarities for social and historical justice struggles in these cities. Read more
Migrants and City Making in Disempowered Cities Tue, 28.05.2019, 18:00 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture What do cities which have lost their economic, political, and cultural power and population reveal about the location of migrants in city-making and urban politics? What do they disclose about the fault lines of neoliberal urban redevelopment? Empirical findings from left-behind cities might provide new insights to think about migrants, urban politics, and current populist narratives. However, this requires a move beyond the historically and culturally constructed categories and divides of migration scholarship and public debates. Once we shift our focus to the entanglements between urban regeneration and their dispossessive forces that create common conditions of displacement and precarity for urban residents, we might see new ways of exploring solidarities for social and historical justice struggles in these cities. Read more
	Making Sense of the Results of the European Elections	Tue, 28.05.2019, 17:00	Lecture	Ivan KrastevMichael Zantovsky, Ondřej Ditrych	Making Sense of the Results of the European Elections Patocka Debate 2019 Tue, 28.05.2019, 17:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevMichael Zantovsky, Ondřej Ditrych Series: Lecture “Democratic politics need drama,” the political analyst Ivan Krastev is convinced. Elections are a form of therapy session in which voters are confronted with their worst fears – a new war, demographic collapse, economic crisis, environmental horror – but become convinced they have the power to avert the devastation. If this assumption is correct, then in front of our eyes the European Union is turning into a true democracy. The traditionally uneventful and boring European Parliament elections have for the first time produced a drama usually reserved for the national stage. In this debate, Ivan Krastev provided a first analysis of the results of these historical elections and tried to make sense of the voters’ unsettling judgments. His remarks were responded to in a conversation with Michael Žantovský moderated by Ondřej Ditrych. Read more
Making Sense of the Results of the European Elections Patocka Debate 2019 Tue, 28.05.2019, 17:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevMichael Zantovsky, Ondřej Ditrych Series: Lecture “Democratic politics need drama,” the political analyst Ivan Krastev is convinced. Elections are a form of therapy session in which voters are confronted with their worst fears – a new war, demographic collapse, economic crisis, environmental horror – but become convinced they have the power to avert the devastation. If this assumption is correct, then in front of our eyes the European Union is turning into a true democracy. The traditionally uneventful and boring European Parliament elections have for the first time produced a drama usually reserved for the national stage. In this debate, Ivan Krastev provided a first analysis of the results of these historical elections and tried to make sense of the voters’ unsettling judgments. His remarks were responded to in a conversation with Michael Žantovský moderated by Ondřej Ditrych. Read more
	European Elections 2019: The Day After	Mon, 27.05.2019, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Marina Lalovic	European Elections 2019: The Day After Mon, 27.05.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Marina Lalovic Series: Seminars and Colloquia European elections represent the biggest electoral contest in Europe. But since the first votes in 1979, turnout in European parliament elections has been declining ever since. Could anything be different this time? One of the most important tests for the future of the EU seems to be the next European elections. These are the first elections without the participation of the United Kingdom, even though neither that’s clear so far. On the other hand, it is necessary to put the spotlight on how the rising populism shakes up these elections. Less than two months after an alleged Brexit day (March 29), in May 2019, these last elections were those most politically exploited by European leaders. So far, one may identify three possible scenarios: a decisive victory for anti-EU parties, unexpected gains for the pro-EU parties and the third one could be a scenario that confusedly mixes the two. Regardless of who is going to win, the upcoming European elections are going to reshape both the reality and the perception of the current EU. Read more
European Elections 2019: The Day After Mon, 27.05.2019, 16:00 Speakers: Marina Lalovic Series: Seminars and Colloquia European elections represent the biggest electoral contest in Europe. But since the first votes in 1979, turnout in European parliament elections has been declining ever since. Could anything be different this time? One of the most important tests for the future of the EU seems to be the next European elections. These are the first elections without the participation of the United Kingdom, even though neither that’s clear so far. On the other hand, it is necessary to put the spotlight on how the rising populism shakes up these elections. Less than two months after an alleged Brexit day (March 29), in May 2019, these last elections were those most politically exploited by European leaders. So far, one may identify three possible scenarios: a decisive victory for anti-EU parties, unexpected gains for the pro-EU parties and the third one could be a scenario that confusedly mixes the two. Regardless of who is going to win, the upcoming European elections are going to reshape both the reality and the perception of the current EU. Read more
	Democracy and Its Enemies	Wed, 22.05.2019, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Chantal Mouffe Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaPeter Engelmann	Democracy and Its Enemies Peter Engelmann in conversation with Chantal Mouffe Wed, 22.05.2019, 18:00 Speakers: Chantal Mouffe Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaPeter Engelmann Series: Panels and Discussions Democracy is undoubtedly the most successful form of government in our times. Unlike in the early 20th century democracy today is neither endangered by dictators or by military coup d’état. We are witnessing instead a growing erosion of democracy and its legitimacy from the inside. The title the IWM publication expresses this new threat succinctly Wenn Demokratien demokratisch untergehen (When Democracies are dismantled democratically). The volume marks the resumption of a series of IWM publications in cooperation with Passagen Verlag, Vienna. Read more
Democracy and Its Enemies Peter Engelmann in conversation with Chantal Mouffe Wed, 22.05.2019, 18:00 Speakers: Chantal Mouffe Ludger Hagedorn Shalini RanderiaPeter Engelmann Series: Panels and Discussions Democracy is undoubtedly the most successful form of government in our times. Unlike in the early 20th century democracy today is neither endangered by dictators or by military coup d’état. We are witnessing instead a growing erosion of democracy and its legitimacy from the inside. The title the IWM publication expresses this new threat succinctly Wenn Demokratien demokratisch untergehen (When Democracies are dismantled democratically). The volume marks the resumption of a series of IWM publications in cooperation with Passagen Verlag, Vienna. Read more
	What Europeans Really Want	Tue, 21.05.2019, 10:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Piotr Buras Ulrike LunacekIngrid Steiner-Gashi	What Europeans Really Want Fears and Hopes Before the European Elections Tue, 21.05.2019, 10:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Piotr Buras Ulrike LunacekIngrid Steiner-Gashi Series: Panels and Discussions 70 percent of Europeans are yet to make up their minds on who they want to vote for, and nearly 100 million swing voters are up for grabs. Just days ahead of the European election, and building on a comprehensive survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations, our distinguished panel will offer insight in how Europe’s new lawmakers can give the EU a renewed license to operate. The elections themselves come in the middle of a heated debate about the future of Europe. What will it mean for the European Union if Eurosceptic parties gain control and how could the mainstream parties respond? What do the Europeans expect from the new European Parliament in the upcoming legislative term? Read more
What Europeans Really Want Fears and Hopes Before the European Elections Tue, 21.05.2019, 10:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Piotr Buras Ulrike LunacekIngrid Steiner-Gashi Series: Panels and Discussions 70 percent of Europeans are yet to make up their minds on who they want to vote for, and nearly 100 million swing voters are up for grabs. Just days ahead of the European election, and building on a comprehensive survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations, our distinguished panel will offer insight in how Europe’s new lawmakers can give the EU a renewed license to operate. The elections themselves come in the middle of a heated debate about the future of Europe. What will it mean for the European Union if Eurosceptic parties gain control and how could the mainstream parties respond? What do the Europeans expect from the new European Parliament in the upcoming legislative term? Read more
	The Return of Geopolitics?	Mon, 20.05.2019, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Luiza Bialasiewicz	The Return of Geopolitics? Mon, 20.05.2019, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Luiza Bialasiewicz Series: Panels and Discussions Over the past several years, it has become common to announce the ‘return of geopolitics’ in shaping the world order and relations between states. The popular media, but also the discourse of state leaders, increasingly makes use of classical geopolitical concepts in describing global events, from ‘spheres of influence’, ‘balance of power’ or ‘grand strategy’, to geographical descriptors like ‘heartlands’, ‘rimlands’ or ‘shatterbelts’. Read more
The Return of Geopolitics? Mon, 20.05.2019, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Luiza Bialasiewicz Series: Panels and Discussions Over the past several years, it has become common to announce the ‘return of geopolitics’ in shaping the world order and relations between states. The popular media, but also the discourse of state leaders, increasingly makes use of classical geopolitical concepts in describing global events, from ‘spheres of influence’, ‘balance of power’ or ‘grand strategy’, to geographical descriptors like ‘heartlands’, ‘rimlands’ or ‘shatterbelts’. Read more
	Junior Fellows’ Conference	Thu, 16.05.2019, 10:00	Conferences and Workshops	Aishwary Kumar Aleksandra Głos Alicja Rybkowska Anastasiya Ryabchuk Eva Schwab Hubert Czyzewski Ivan Krastev Krzysztof Skonieczny Ludger Hagedorn Luiza Bialasiewicz Marci Shore Paweł Grad Sanja Dragic Zofia Smolarska Miloš Vec	Junior Fellows’ Conference Thu, 16.05.2019, 10:00 Speakers: Aishwary Kumar Aleksandra Głos Alicja Rybkowska Anastasiya Ryabchuk Eva Schwab Hubert Czyzewski Ivan Krastev Krzysztof Skonieczny Ludger Hagedorn Luiza Bialasiewicz Marci Shore Paweł Grad Sanja Dragic Zofia Smolarska Miloš Vec Series: Conferences and Workshops Program 10:00–10:30 Martha Nussbaum and the Uses of Imagination in Political Philosophy Krzysztof Skoneczny Assistant Professor, Faculty of Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw Discussant: Aishwary Kumar Read more
Junior Fellows’ Conference Thu, 16.05.2019, 10:00 Speakers: Aishwary Kumar Aleksandra Głos Alicja Rybkowska Anastasiya Ryabchuk Eva Schwab Hubert Czyzewski Ivan Krastev Krzysztof Skonieczny Ludger Hagedorn Luiza Bialasiewicz Marci Shore Paweł Grad Sanja Dragic Zofia Smolarska Miloš Vec Series: Conferences and Workshops Program 10:00–10:30 Martha Nussbaum and the Uses of Imagination in Political Philosophy Krzysztof Skoneczny Assistant Professor, Faculty of Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw Discussant: Aishwary Kumar Read more

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