Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Part II: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. From the Hermeneutics of Suspicion to Reconstructing Cosmopolitan Law	Tue, 17.10.2023, 18:30	Lecture	Misha Glenny Seyla Benhabib	Part II: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. From the Hermeneutics of Suspicion to Reconstructing Cosmopolitan Law IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Tue, 17.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Misha Glenny Seyla Benhabib Series: Lecture This lecture series defended cosmopolitanism from below by engaging with the postcolonial critiques of Kantian thought. Distinguishing between liberal nationalism, liberal internationalism, neoliberal globalism and cosmopolitanism, Seyla Benhabib argued in the second lecture that only cosmopolitanism from below can incorporate the advances in international human rights law advocated by third-world scholars of international law. Read more
Part II: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. From the Hermeneutics of Suspicion to Reconstructing Cosmopolitan Law IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Tue, 17.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Misha Glenny Seyla Benhabib Series: Lecture This lecture series defended cosmopolitanism from below by engaging with the postcolonial critiques of Kantian thought. Distinguishing between liberal nationalism, liberal internationalism, neoliberal globalism and cosmopolitanism, Seyla Benhabib argued in the second lecture that only cosmopolitanism from below can incorporate the advances in international human rights law advocated by third-world scholars of international law. Read more
	Crisis, Conjuncture, and Biopolitics from Below	Mon, 16.10.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Ranabir Samaddar Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury Ayşe Çağlar	Crisis, Conjuncture, and Biopolitics from Below Mon, 16.10.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Ranabir Samaddar Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia Drawing on Indian experiences, Ranabir Samaddar explored “biopolitics from below” within governments caught in crises, particularly in the neoliberal era. The presentation revolved around two themes: (a) the specific context of multiple crises – recent epidemiological, financial, and political crises culminating in a crisis of life; and (b) the emergence of “biopolitics from below” as a response to this conjuncture. It demonstrated how “biopolitics from below” manifests as a phenomenon specifically during moments of crisis and conjuncture. Read more
Crisis, Conjuncture, and Biopolitics from Below Mon, 16.10.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Ranabir Samaddar Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia Drawing on Indian experiences, Ranabir Samaddar explored “biopolitics from below” within governments caught in crises, particularly in the neoliberal era. The presentation revolved around two themes: (a) the specific context of multiple crises – recent epidemiological, financial, and political crises culminating in a crisis of life; and (b) the emergence of “biopolitics from below” as a response to this conjuncture. It demonstrated how “biopolitics from below” manifests as a phenomenon specifically during moments of crisis and conjuncture. Read more
	Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 2	Fri, 13.10.2023, 10:00	Conferences and Workshops	Paula Banerjee Som NiroulaSandro Mezzadra, Manuela Bojadžijev, Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky, Nagehan Uskan	Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 2 Europe-Asia Research Platform on Forced Migration Fri, 13.10.2023, 10:00 Speakers: Paula Banerjee Som NiroulaSandro Mezzadra, Manuela Bojadžijev, Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky, Nagehan Uskan Series: Conferences and Workshops Keywords in refugee and migration studies are words in motion. They show in many cases the colonial and postcolonial imprint on them. It is necessary to not only review their histories but also the multiple deployments of terms for co-option. Read more
Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 2 Europe-Asia Research Platform on Forced Migration Fri, 13.10.2023, 10:00 Speakers: Paula Banerjee Som NiroulaSandro Mezzadra, Manuela Bojadžijev, Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky, Nagehan Uskan Series: Conferences and Workshops Keywords in refugee and migration studies are words in motion. They show in many cases the colonial and postcolonial imprint on them. It is necessary to not only review their histories but also the multiple deployments of terms for co-option. Read more
	Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 1	Thu, 12.10.2023, 12:00	Conferences and Workshops	Ranabir Samaddar Ayşe ÇağlarMartina Tazzioli, Federico Rahola, Shahram Khosravi	Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 1 Europe-Asia Research Platform on Forced Migration Thu, 12.10.2023, 12:00 Speakers: Ranabir Samaddar Ayşe ÇağlarMartina Tazzioli, Federico Rahola, Shahram Khosravi Series: Conferences and Workshops Keywords in refugee and migration studies are words in motion. They show in many cases the colonial and postcolonial imprint on them. It is necessary to not only review their histories but also the multiple deployments of terms for co-option. Read more
Keywords in Refugee and Migration Studies - Day 1 Europe-Asia Research Platform on Forced Migration Thu, 12.10.2023, 12:00 Speakers: Ranabir Samaddar Ayşe ÇağlarMartina Tazzioli, Federico Rahola, Shahram Khosravi Series: Conferences and Workshops Keywords in refugee and migration studies are words in motion. They show in many cases the colonial and postcolonial imprint on them. It is necessary to not only review their histories but also the multiple deployments of terms for co-option. Read more
	„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie	Tue, 10.10.2023, 18:30	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Olga ShparagaKrzysztof Czyżewski, Ewa Kasp, Liliana Niesielska	„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie Tue, 10.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Olga ShparagaKrzysztof Czyżewski, Ewa Kasp, Liliana Niesielska Series: Lecture Dieser Abend war angelegt als Würdigung eines Werkes, das den späteren Nobelpreisträger für Literatur Czesław Miłosz weltweit bekannt machte, inkl. Lesung ausgewählter Passagen, zog im Gespräch aber genauso seine weitreichenden politischen Implikationen in Betracht, die deutlich bis in die Gegenwart reichen. Read more
„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie Tue, 10.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Olga ShparagaKrzysztof Czyżewski, Ewa Kasp, Liliana Niesielska Series: Lecture Dieser Abend war angelegt als Würdigung eines Werkes, das den späteren Nobelpreisträger für Literatur Czesław Miłosz weltweit bekannt machte, inkl. Lesung ausgewählter Passagen, zog im Gespräch aber genauso seine weitreichenden politischen Implikationen in Betracht, die deutlich bis in die Gegenwart reichen. Read more
	Berdyaev and the Russian Idea	Mon, 09.10.2023, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova George Pattison	Berdyaev and the Russian Idea Mon, 09.10.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova George Pattison Series: Seminars and Colloquia Nikolai Berdyaev was strongly cosmopolitan, and his philosophy can be seen as a variant of German idealism. At the same time, he strongly identified as Russian and defined his thought in terms of its relation to Russian religious and intellectual traditions. A question to be addressed in this colloquium was, therefore, what implications this relation has for the overall evaluation of Berdyaev both as a philosopher and as a point of reference for the contemporary crisis of Russian culture. Read more
Berdyaev and the Russian Idea Mon, 09.10.2023, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova George Pattison Series: Seminars and Colloquia Nikolai Berdyaev was strongly cosmopolitan, and his philosophy can be seen as a variant of German idealism. At the same time, he strongly identified as Russian and defined his thought in terms of its relation to Russian religious and intellectual traditions. A question to be addressed in this colloquium was, therefore, what implications this relation has for the overall evaluation of Berdyaev both as a philosopher and as a point of reference for the contemporary crisis of Russian culture. Read more
	Elections in Poland	Mon, 09.10.2023, 09:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Wojciech PrzybylskiJacek Kucharczyk, Aleksandra Niżyńska, Mirjana Tomić	Elections in Poland Polarized Voters, Opposing Policies, and the Russo-Ukrainian War on the Border Mon, 09.10.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Wojciech PrzybylskiJacek Kucharczyk, Aleksandra Niżyńska, Mirjana Tomić Series: Panels and Discussions European Contexts panel focuses on understanding the elections’ context, focusing on three topics: Internal electoral issues, international priorities based on internal political needs, and gender politics as electoral issues. Read more
Elections in Poland Polarized Voters, Opposing Policies, and the Russo-Ukrainian War on the Border Mon, 09.10.2023, 09:00 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Wojciech PrzybylskiJacek Kucharczyk, Aleksandra Niżyńska, Mirjana Tomić Series: Panels and Discussions European Contexts panel focuses on understanding the elections’ context, focusing on three topics: Internal electoral issues, international priorities based on internal political needs, and gender politics as electoral issues. Read more
	Part I: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. Kantian Cosmopolitanism and its Critics	Thu, 05.10.2023, 18:30	Lecture	Seyla Benhabib Ayşe ÇağlarGeorge Karamanolis	Part I: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. Kantian Cosmopolitanism and its Critics IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Thu, 05.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Seyla Benhabib Ayşe ÇağlarGeorge Karamanolis Series: Lecture This lecture series defended cosmopolitanism from below by engaging with the postcolonial critiques of Kantian thought. By interpreting cosmopolitanism as “world citizenship,” Kant makes a fundamental contribution to this contested tradition. In the first lecture, Seyla Benhabib defended aspects of Kant’s legacy against liberal nationalisms as well as postmodern and de-colonial criticisms. Read more
Part I: The Changing Fortunes of Cosmopolitanism: Demos, Cosmos, and Globus. Kantian Cosmopolitanism and its Critics IWM Lectures in Human Sciences Thu, 05.10.2023, 18:30 Speakers: Seyla Benhabib Ayşe ÇağlarGeorge Karamanolis Series: Lecture This lecture series defended cosmopolitanism from below by engaging with the postcolonial critiques of Kantian thought. By interpreting cosmopolitanism as “world citizenship,” Kant makes a fundamental contribution to this contested tradition. In the first lecture, Seyla Benhabib defended aspects of Kant’s legacy against liberal nationalisms as well as postmodern and de-colonial criticisms. Read more
	Vienna Humanities Festival 2023: What’s Become of the Common Good?	Sat, 30.09.2023, 19:30	Festivals	Ivan Krastev Michael J. Sandel	Vienna Humanities Festival 2023: What’s Become of the Common Good? Sat, 30.09.2023, 19:30 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Michael J. Sandel Series: Festivals As part of the Vienna Humanities Festival, in this lecture Michael Sandel talked about the prospects for a fairer society. He asked if such a thing as the common good still exists, as well as whether and how we should value and reward citizens’ contributions to the economy. His reflections took us to the very heart of what human dignity means. Read more
Vienna Humanities Festival 2023: What’s Become of the Common Good? Sat, 30.09.2023, 19:30 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Michael J. Sandel Series: Festivals As part of the Vienna Humanities Festival, in this lecture Michael Sandel talked about the prospects for a fairer society. He asked if such a thing as the common good still exists, as well as whether and how we should value and reward citizens’ contributions to the economy. His reflections took us to the very heart of what human dignity means. Read more
	Fourth Annual International Editors’ Roundtable - Part 2	Sat, 30.09.2023, 10:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Misha Glenny	Fourth Annual International Editors’ Roundtable - Part 2 Fragmentation: Co-Existing with Relative Truths Sat, 30.09.2023, 10:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Misha Glenny Series: Panels and Discussions The Annual International Editors’ Roundtable was established in 2018. This year it was held at the Josephinum and at the IWM under the leadership of Rector Misha Glenny and Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev. The event brought together a small group of editors, freelance writers, and academics from the most prestigious publications worldwide with diverse political orientations, among them: FAZ, New Statesmen, Süddeutsche, NZZ, Die Presse, The Guardian, FT, Die Zeit, Gazeta Wyborcza, Telex.hu, Politico, Der Standard, NYT. Read more
Fourth Annual International Editors’ Roundtable - Part 2 Fragmentation: Co-Existing with Relative Truths Sat, 30.09.2023, 10:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Misha Glenny Series: Panels and Discussions The Annual International Editors’ Roundtable was established in 2018. This year it was held at the Josephinum and at the IWM under the leadership of Rector Misha Glenny and Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev. The event brought together a small group of editors, freelance writers, and academics from the most prestigious publications worldwide with diverse political orientations, among them: FAZ, New Statesmen, Süddeutsche, NZZ, Die Presse, The Guardian, FT, Die Zeit, Gazeta Wyborcza, Telex.hu, Politico, Der Standard, NYT. Read more

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