Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Will the Human Race Become Redundant?	Wed, 25.04.2018, 18:00	Lecture	Robert Skidelsky	Will the Human Race Become Redundant? What History and Economics can Tell us About the Impact of Automation on Work Wed, 25.04.2018, 18:00 Speakers: Robert Skidelsky Series: Lecture Ever since the advent of machinery, work has been associated with wage labour. Machinery brought promise of both higher wages and redundancy. What do economics and history tell us about the fate of these promises? Read more
Will the Human Race Become Redundant? What History and Economics can Tell us About the Impact of Automation on Work Wed, 25.04.2018, 18:00 Speakers: Robert Skidelsky Series: Lecture Ever since the advent of machinery, work has been associated with wage labour. Machinery brought promise of both higher wages and redundancy. What do economics and history tell us about the fate of these promises? Read more
	Europe and Its Dissenters	Thu, 05.04.2018, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevGisela Stuart, Christian Ultsch	Europe and Its Dissenters Thu, 05.04.2018, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevGisela Stuart, Christian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions What does it take for a politician, who was member of the European Convention and thus actively shaping the vision for a stronger European Union to turn into a passionate advocate for Brexit? What does it take for a German to want to politically divorce Britain from the continent? Read more
Europe and Its Dissenters Thu, 05.04.2018, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevGisela Stuart, Christian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions What does it take for a politician, who was member of the European Convention and thus actively shaping the vision for a stronger European Union to turn into a passionate advocate for Brexit? What does it take for a German to want to politically divorce Britain from the continent? Read more
	Bedroht die Digitalisierung die Demokratie?	Sun, 18.03.2018, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Thomas Ramge, Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle, Eric Frey	Bedroht die Digitalisierung die Demokratie? Sun, 18.03.2018, 11:00 Speakers: Thomas Ramge, Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle, Eric Frey Series: Panels and Discussions Ob über Smartphones, im Auto oder am Arbeitsplatz: Mensch und Maschine sind in einer sehr engen Beziehung – und oft wird die Maschine von künstlicher Intelligenz gesteuert. Unser Leben kann dadurch vereinfacht und verbessert werden. Künstliche Intelligenz kann aber auch Meinungen beeinflussen, Wahlen manipulieren, politische Entscheidungen lenken. Read more
Bedroht die Digitalisierung die Demokratie? Sun, 18.03.2018, 11:00 Speakers: Thomas Ramge, Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle, Eric Frey Series: Panels and Discussions Ob über Smartphones, im Auto oder am Arbeitsplatz: Mensch und Maschine sind in einer sehr engen Beziehung – und oft wird die Maschine von künstlicher Intelligenz gesteuert. Unser Leben kann dadurch vereinfacht und verbessert werden. Künstliche Intelligenz kann aber auch Meinungen beeinflussen, Wahlen manipulieren, politische Entscheidungen lenken. Read more
	Wie wird unsere Republik in 100 Jahren aussehen?	Sun, 28.01.2018, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Anna Baar, Heinz Fischer, Karel zu Schwarzenberg, Harald Welzer, Lisa Nimmervoll	Wie wird unsere Republik in 100 Jahren aussehen? Sun, 28.01.2018, 11:00 Speakers: Anna Baar, Heinz Fischer, Karel zu Schwarzenberg, Harald Welzer, Lisa Nimmervoll Series: Panels and Discussions Die Republik Österreich feiert ihren 100. Geburtstag. Das Jubiläumsjahr 2018 soll nicht nur der Erinnerung an die Gründung der demokratischen Republik am 12. November 1918 gewidmet sein, sondern auch anderen tiefen Zäsuren in der Geschichte des Landes. Read more
Wie wird unsere Republik in 100 Jahren aussehen? Sun, 28.01.2018, 11:00 Speakers: Anna Baar, Heinz Fischer, Karel zu Schwarzenberg, Harald Welzer, Lisa Nimmervoll Series: Panels and Discussions Die Republik Österreich feiert ihren 100. Geburtstag. Das Jubiläumsjahr 2018 soll nicht nur der Erinnerung an die Gründung der demokratischen Republik am 12. November 1918 gewidmet sein, sondern auch anderen tiefen Zäsuren in der Geschichte des Landes. Read more
	After Europe	Mon, 27.11.2017, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch	After Europe Mon, 27.11.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Can democratic institutions be transformed to serve exclusionary ends? Why has the ongoing refugee crisis transformed the politics of Central and Eastern European states—despite the fact that these countries host virtually no migrants? Read more
After Europe Mon, 27.11.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevChristian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Can democratic institutions be transformed to serve exclusionary ends? Why has the ongoing refugee crisis transformed the politics of Central and Eastern European states—despite the fact that these countries host virtually no migrants? Read more
	Religious Tolerance	Wed, 22.11.2017, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Marcin Król Shalini RanderiaAneta Gawkowska, Agnieszka Graff-Osser, Bassam Tibi, Joseph Weiler	Religious Tolerance Wed, 22.11.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Marcin Król Shalini RanderiaAneta Gawkowska, Agnieszka Graff-Osser, Bassam Tibi, Joseph Weiler Series: Panels and Discussions The 26th Tischner Debate's participants are Aneta Gawkowska, Agnieszka Graff, Bassam Tibi, and Joseph Weiler. Marcin Król and Shalini Randeria chair the discussion. Read more
Religious Tolerance Wed, 22.11.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Marcin Król Shalini RanderiaAneta Gawkowska, Agnieszka Graff-Osser, Bassam Tibi, Joseph Weiler Series: Panels and Discussions The 26th Tischner Debate's participants are Aneta Gawkowska, Agnieszka Graff, Bassam Tibi, and Joseph Weiler. Marcin Król and Shalini Randeria chair the discussion. Read more
	A Future for Europe? Politics and Democracy in Times of Uncertainty	Mon, 09.10.2017, 18:00	Lecture	Ivan Vejvoda	A Future for Europe? Politics and Democracy in Times of Uncertainty Inaugural Adress by Ivan Vejvoda Mon, 09.10.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture We are living in times of individual, political, economic and societal uncertainty. Europe is confronted with an unprecedented crisis, an internal self-questioning of the project itself manifested by the rise of nationalism and populism, coupled with external challenges of the wave refugees, the crisis in the Middle East and Russia. Read more
A Future for Europe? Politics and Democracy in Times of Uncertainty Inaugural Adress by Ivan Vejvoda Mon, 09.10.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture We are living in times of individual, political, economic and societal uncertainty. Europe is confronted with an unprecedented crisis, an internal self-questioning of the project itself manifested by the rise of nationalism and populism, coupled with external challenges of the wave refugees, the crisis in the Middle East and Russia. Read more
	Wie steht es um die Verantwortung in einer digital-globalen Welt?	Sun, 01.10.2017, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Shalini RanderiaViola Raheb, Heide Schmidt, Renata Schmidtkunz	Wie steht es um die Verantwortung in einer digital-globalen Welt? Sun, 01.10.2017, 11:00 Speakers: Shalini RanderiaViola Raheb, Heide Schmidt, Renata Schmidtkunz Series: Panels and Discussions Eigenverantwortung und Individualismus – das waren zwei wichtige Merkmale der Reformation. Sowohl theologisch als auch soziologisch gesehen. Wie steht es heute um das Stellung beziehen? Wofür beziehen religiöse Menschen Stellung? Ist das überhaupt noch gefragt? Oder geht es Gesellschaften ohne Religion nicht ohnehin besser? Read more
Wie steht es um die Verantwortung in einer digital-globalen Welt? Sun, 01.10.2017, 11:00 Speakers: Shalini RanderiaViola Raheb, Heide Schmidt, Renata Schmidtkunz Series: Panels and Discussions Eigenverantwortung und Individualismus – das waren zwei wichtige Merkmale der Reformation. Sowohl theologisch als auch soziologisch gesehen. Wie steht es heute um das Stellung beziehen? Wofür beziehen religiöse Menschen Stellung? Ist das überhaupt noch gefragt? Oder geht es Gesellschaften ohne Religion nicht ohnehin besser? Read more
	Vienna Humanities Festival	Fri, 22.09.2017, 00:00 - Sun, 24.09.2017, 00:00	Festivals		Vienna Humanities Festival Revolution! Fri, 22.09.2017, 00:00 - Sun, 24.09.2017, 00:00 Speakers: Series: Festivals The theme of the second Vienna Humanities Festival (2017) was “Revolution!”. The talks covered a wide swath, from Russia in 1917 to the events of 1968 and from the transformations of 1989 to the upheavals in the Arab World and Ukraine. Read more
Vienna Humanities Festival Revolution! Fri, 22.09.2017, 00:00 - Sun, 24.09.2017, 00:00 Speakers: Series: Festivals The theme of the second Vienna Humanities Festival (2017) was “Revolution!”. The talks covered a wide swath, from Russia in 1917 to the events of 1968 and from the transformations of 1989 to the upheavals in the Arab World and Ukraine. Read more
	Europe and Austria: The Shape of the Future?	Thu, 18.05.2017, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Holly Case Miloš Vec Erhard Busek	Europe and Austria: The Shape of the Future? Thu, 18.05.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Holly Case Miloš Vec Erhard Busek Series: Panels and Discussions Europe is changing. Looking outwards, it has to operate increasingly as a global player; looking inwards, it needs to counter the centrifugal tendencies of some of its member states by strengthening regional cooperations. Read more
Europe and Austria: The Shape of the Future? Thu, 18.05.2017, 18:00 Speakers: Holly Case Miloš Vec Erhard Busek Series: Panels and Discussions Europe is changing. Looking outwards, it has to operate increasingly as a global player; looking inwards, it needs to counter the centrifugal tendencies of some of its member states by strengthening regional cooperations. Read more

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