Events / Ludger Hagedorn

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	Parrhesia and the Care of the Self: Foucault, Patočka, and Dissident Praxis	Tue, 01.07.2025 - Fri, 04.07.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Darren Gardner Ludger Hagedorn		Parrhesia and the Care of the Self: Foucault, Patočka, and Dissident Praxis Tue, 01.07.2025 - Fri, 04.07.2025 Speakers: Darren Gardner Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Drawing on an elaboration of their concepts of “care“, Darren Gardner will discuss how Foucault and Patočka can be seen to contribute to an understanding of dissidence, and how that dissidence can be viewed in the light of a long but underappreciated tradition of cynic philosophical praxis. Read more
Parrhesia and the Care of the Self: Foucault, Patočka, and Dissident Praxis Tue, 01.07.2025 - Fri, 04.07.2025 Speakers: Darren Gardner Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia Drawing on an elaboration of their concepts of “care“, Darren Gardner will discuss how Foucault and Patočka can be seen to contribute to an understanding of dissidence, and how that dissidence can be viewed in the light of a long but underappreciated tradition of cynic philosophical praxis. Read more
	Beyond the Leader: Looking at Grassroots Reasons for the Rise of Illiberalism	Wed, 11.09.2024	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Marlene Laruelle	I want to attend	Beyond the Leader: Looking at Grassroots Reasons for the Rise of Illiberalism Wed, 11.09.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marlene Laruelle Series: Lecture As Europe and the United States prepare themselves to see a rise of far-right and illiberal parties gaining a large share of the votes at the June and November 2024 elections, Marlene Laruelle explores the grassroots reasons for this rise of illiberalism. Read more
Beyond the Leader: Looking at Grassroots Reasons for the Rise of Illiberalism Wed, 11.09.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Marlene Laruelle Series: Lecture As Europe and the United States prepare themselves to see a rise of far-right and illiberal parties gaining a large share of the votes at the June and November 2024 elections, Marlene Laruelle explores the grassroots reasons for this rise of illiberalism. Read more
	„Der bestirnte Himmel über mir.“ Omri Boehm & Daniel Kehlmann sprechen über Kant	Mon, 06.05.2024	Panels and Discussions	Ludger HagedornOmri Boehm, Daniel Kehlmann		„Der bestirnte Himmel über mir.“ Omri Boehm & Daniel Kehlmann sprechen über Kant Mon, 06.05.2024 Speakers: Ludger HagedornOmri Boehm, Daniel Kehlmann Series: Panels and Discussions Im „Kantjahr“ 2024, dreihundert Jahre nach dessen Geburt im ostpreußischen Königsberg, trafen mit Daniel Kehlmann und Omri Boehm zwei der aufregendsten Denker unserer Gegenwart zusammen, um über die Aktualität Kants zu sprechen. Read more
„Der bestirnte Himmel über mir.“ Omri Boehm & Daniel Kehlmann sprechen über Kant Mon, 06.05.2024 Speakers: Ludger HagedornOmri Boehm, Daniel Kehlmann Series: Panels and Discussions Im „Kantjahr“ 2024, dreihundert Jahre nach dessen Geburt im ostpreußischen Königsberg, trafen mit Daniel Kehlmann und Omri Boehm zwei der aufregendsten Denker unserer Gegenwart zusammen, um über die Aktualität Kants zu sprechen. Read more
	Minority and Majority as Asymmetrical Concepts: The Perils of Democratic Equality and Fantasies of National Homogeneity	Mon, 15.04.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn Till van Rahden		Minority and Majority as Asymmetrical Concepts: The Perils of Democratic Equality and Fantasies of National Homogeneity Mon, 15.04.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Till van Rahden Series: Seminars and Colloquia To this day, the conceptual couple of majority and minority is viewed as a harmless way of identifying an arithmetic relationship to make sense of cultural differences. The talk argued that a history of the binary juxtaposition between a majority and one or several minorities suggests that it is both a recent neologism and an essentially contested conceptual couple. Read more
Minority and Majority as Asymmetrical Concepts: The Perils of Democratic Equality and Fantasies of National Homogeneity Mon, 15.04.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Till van Rahden Series: Seminars and Colloquia To this day, the conceptual couple of majority and minority is viewed as a harmless way of identifying an arithmetic relationship to make sense of cultural differences. The talk argued that a history of the binary juxtaposition between a majority and one or several minorities suggests that it is both a recent neologism and an essentially contested conceptual couple. Read more
	Ein Wir in Vielen Namen	Wed, 06.03.2024	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Olesya YaremchukMaria Weissenböck		Ein Wir in Vielen Namen Wed, 06.03.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Olesya YaremchukMaria Weissenböck Series: Lecture In ihrem Buch „Unsere Anderen: Geschichten ukrainischer Vielfalt“ dokumentiert die Journalistin und Schriftstellerin Olesya Yaremchuk die Geschichte(-n) ethnischer Minderheiten in der Ukraine. Im Gespräch mit Ludger Hagedorn stelle die Autorin ihr Buch vor, das 2021 in deutscher Übersetzung erschienen ist, und von ihrer aktuellen Arbeit erzählen. Read more
Ein Wir in Vielen Namen Wed, 06.03.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Olesya YaremchukMaria Weissenböck Series: Lecture In ihrem Buch „Unsere Anderen: Geschichten ukrainischer Vielfalt“ dokumentiert die Journalistin und Schriftstellerin Olesya Yaremchuk die Geschichte(-n) ethnischer Minderheiten in der Ukraine. Im Gespräch mit Ludger Hagedorn stelle die Autorin ihr Buch vor, das 2021 in deutscher Übersetzung erschienen ist, und von ihrer aktuellen Arbeit erzählen. Read more
	The Imperfect Is Our Paradise	Mon, 29.01.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Ludger Hagedorn John Palattella		The Imperfect Is Our Paradise Mon, 29.01.2024 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn John Palattella Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, the speaker will discuss the importance and variety of languages of wonder in nature writing as well as in poetry, and wager why they are vital to our lives. Read more

	Autumn Fellows' Conference 2023	Wed, 29.11.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Anastasiia Omelianiuk Börries Kuzmany George Metakides Hana Kopecka Jan Farfal Jan Musil Johana Wyss Kinga Siewior Liz Calhoun Ludger Hagedorn Mikhail Minakov Misha Glenny Natalia Volvach Olesya Yaremchuk Slobodan Markovich Stanisław Boridczenko Stefan Voicu Ayşe ÇağlarBrigitta Busch, Anna Dobrosovestnova		Autumn Fellows' Conference 2023 Wed, 29.11.2023 Speakers: Anastasiia Omelianiuk Börries Kuzmany George Metakides Hana Kopecka Jan Farfal Jan Musil Johana Wyss Kinga Siewior Liz Calhoun Ludger Hagedorn Mikhail Minakov Misha Glenny Natalia Volvach Olesya Yaremchuk Slobodan Markovich Stanisław Boridczenko Stefan Voicu Ayşe ÇağlarBrigitta Busch, Anna Dobrosovestnova Series: Conferences and Workshops A staple of intellectual life at the IWM since its early days, the biannual conference provides an opportunity for early-career visiting researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds to present their work and exchange ideas in a collegial atmosphere. Visiting and Permanent Fellows, alumni and scholars from Viennese institutions act as commentators and discussants. Read more
Autumn Fellows' Conference 2023 Wed, 29.11.2023 Speakers: Anastasiia Omelianiuk Börries Kuzmany George Metakides Hana Kopecka Jan Farfal Jan Musil Johana Wyss Kinga Siewior Liz Calhoun Ludger Hagedorn Mikhail Minakov Misha Glenny Natalia Volvach Olesya Yaremchuk Slobodan Markovich Stanisław Boridczenko Stefan Voicu Ayşe ÇağlarBrigitta Busch, Anna Dobrosovestnova Series: Conferences and Workshops A staple of intellectual life at the IWM since its early days, the biannual conference provides an opportunity for early-career visiting researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds to present their work and exchange ideas in a collegial atmosphere. Visiting and Permanent Fellows, alumni and scholars from Viennese institutions act as commentators and discussants. Read more
	Can Machines Save the World?	Thu, 16.11.2023 - Fri, 17.11.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Allison Stanger Edward Lee George Metakides Hannes Werthner Helga Nowotny Ludger HagedornAnita Eichinger, Erich Prem, Ivona Brandic, Felix Creutzig, Stavros Makris, Cristiano Codagnone, Thomas Bugnyar, Thomas Haigh, Joseph Sifakis, Julia Neidhardt, Gerti Kappel, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Michael Wiesmüller, Stefan Woltran		Can Machines Save the World? Thu, 16.11.2023 - Fri, 17.11.2023 Speakers: Allison Stanger Edward Lee George Metakides Hannes Werthner Helga Nowotny Ludger HagedornAnita Eichinger, Erich Prem, Ivona Brandic, Felix Creutzig, Stavros Makris, Cristiano Codagnone, Thomas Bugnyar, Thomas Haigh, Joseph Sifakis, Julia Neidhardt, Gerti Kappel, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Michael Wiesmüller, Stefan Woltran Series: Conferences and Workshops When it comes to the impact of machines, robots, and Artificial Intelligence, commentators easily adopt a doom-and-gloom perspective. This conference asked, rather provocatively, Can Machines Save the World? Read more
Can Machines Save the World? Thu, 16.11.2023 - Fri, 17.11.2023 Speakers: Allison Stanger Edward Lee George Metakides Hannes Werthner Helga Nowotny Ludger HagedornAnita Eichinger, Erich Prem, Ivona Brandic, Felix Creutzig, Stavros Makris, Cristiano Codagnone, Thomas Bugnyar, Thomas Haigh, Joseph Sifakis, Julia Neidhardt, Gerti Kappel, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Michael Wiesmüller, Stefan Woltran Series: Conferences and Workshops When it comes to the impact of machines, robots, and Artificial Intelligence, commentators easily adopt a doom-and-gloom perspective. This conference asked, rather provocatively, Can Machines Save the World? Read more
	Agency of the Powerless: The Transformative Power of the Non-politics of Small Things	Wed, 25.10.2023	Lecture	Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn		Agency of the Powerless: The Transformative Power of the Non-politics of Small Things Wed, 25.10.2023 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Beginning with Vaclav Havel’s essay on the power of the powerless, this lecture extended the application of his insights about the daily reproduction of the communist regime, and the related potential for its erosion, into the vast field of intentionally apolitical and inconspicuous social practices. Read more
Agency of the Powerless: The Transformative Power of the Non-politics of Small Things Wed, 25.10.2023 Speakers: Dariusz Stola Ludger Hagedorn Series: Lecture Beginning with Vaclav Havel’s essay on the power of the powerless, this lecture extended the application of his insights about the daily reproduction of the communist regime, and the related potential for its erosion, into the vast field of intentionally apolitical and inconspicuous social practices. Read more
	„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie	Tue, 10.10.2023	Lecture	Ludger Hagedorn Marci Shore Olga ShparagaKrzysztof Czyżewski, Ewa Kasp, Liliana Niesielska	Zur Anmeldung	„Verführtes Denken“: Literarische Kritik der Ideologie Tue, 10.10.2023 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 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

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