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The IWM promotes intellectual exchange between disciplines, academia and society, through public events, and fellowships for scholars, journalists, translators.
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📖 Flieg, mein Lied: Auftakt der Reihe „Ukrainische Bibliothek in deutscher Sprache“ (@wallsteinverlag.bsky.social) mit Werken von Taras Schewtschenko & Lesia Ukraїnka.
🗣️ Juri Andruchowytsch, Tanja Maljartschuk, Gerti Drassl, Maria Weissenböck & Musik von Ganna Gryniva.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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To go into exile or to stay—in one of this week's most popular videos on our channel, Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social speak about their new book 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow,' a story of a generation of Russian journalists shaped by the rise of Putin.

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ANDREI SOLDATOV, IRINA BOROGAN: Our Dear Friends in Moscow
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November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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🚨 Future Discontinuous is back! 🚨

In conversation with hosts Misha Glenny and @evakonzett.bsky.social,
@timothysnyder.bsky.social discusses his experiences in the Soviet Union, the many shades of freedom, and the structures societies need to truly flourish.

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November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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🗨️ ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’

In an engrossing conversation, IWM Rector Misha Glenny and historian Gary Gerstle discuss racial nationalism, the American Civil War, and the US Constitution.

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America’s political trauma
Democracy in the US is under threat from within. Racial nationalism – a throwback to unresolved tensions from the American Civil War – has found new impetus under Trump, forcing civic nationalism…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Wie steht es um Europas Verteidigungspolitik? Darüber diskutiert in der nächsten Ausgabe von ‚Europa im Diskurs‘ kommenden Sonntag unter anderem die Strategieberaterin und Publizistin Petra Erler.

👉 Tickets können über die Burgtheater-Website erworben werden: www.burgtheater.at/produktionen...
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Four visiting fellows are joining the IWM in November. We warmly welcome Galin Tihanov, Sanja Bojanić, Martin Schürz, and Peter B. Kaufman!

➡️ Find out more about their work and projects while at the Institute here: www.iwm.at/news/new-fel...
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The recordings of all three Lectures in Human Sciences with Rogers Brubaker are now available on YouTube!

📺 Watch his thought-provoking lecture series on the category of gender identity here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
IWM Lectures in Human Sciences 2025
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October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Am 9. November geht Europa im Diskurs in die nächste Runde! Es diskutieren Petra Erler, Markus Reisner und Ursula Plassnik über Verteidigungspolitik in EU & Ö, moderiert von @pestui.bsky.social.

In Kooperation mit der BURG, @erstestiftung.org und @derstandard.at.

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October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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📣 We are proud to welcome a new cohort of Europe's Futures fellows!

As the liberal order faces unprecedented challenges, they will explore how #liberalism might be rethought and renewed.

w/ @frankfukuyama.bsky.social @leaypi.bsky.social

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October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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While Russian art museums and galleries, navigating Putin’s censorship, either conform or risk closure, pro-war propaganda is also eradicating Ukrainian culture in the occupied territories, writes Yegor Mostovshikov via @iwm.at
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Symbiotic culture and repression
Russian art museums and galleries, navigating Putin’s censorship, either conform or risk closure. Dissenting cultural workers are sacked, artists arrested. Pro-war propaganda is both sardonically repl...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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📻 Putin, Trump, Xi, and their dreams of immortality—tune in to IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev's conversation with @raimundloew.bsky.social in the latest episode of @falter.at Radio: www.falter.at/podcasts/rad...
Podcast: Putin, Trump, Xi und ihre Träume vom ewigen Leben
Der Politikwissenschaftler Ivan Krastev über Russland, die Ukraine und die Welt der starken Männer. – Folge #1498
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October 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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In an age of turmoil and political extremism, can humanism still guide us? In one of this week's most popular videos from the #VHF25, philosopher Rob Riemen and conductor Yoel Gamzou explore why Europe’s humanist tradition may be our best answer to today’s crises:

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ROB RIEMEN - CAN HUMANISM SURVIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY?
ROB RIEMEN IN CONVERSATION WITH YOEL GAMZOU SONNTAG / SUNDAY, 28.09.2025 / 15h30 AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN, SITZUNGSSAAL In the deeply unsettled world of today—plagued by uncertainty,…
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October 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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🔊 Join us for the third and final lecture on the category of #gender identity! Why and how have pronoun policies and school curricula become bones of contention over the past decade?

In cooperation with @univie.ac.at @ifswien.bsky.social @recetvienna.bsky.social

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October 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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America First oder unwahrscheinlicher Friedensstifter?

🎙️IWM-Rektor @mishaglenny.bsky.social war bei @raimundloew.bsky.social zu Gast, um über Donald Trumps Außenpolitik zu diskutieren:

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raimundloew.bsky.social Raimund Löw @raimundloew.bsky.social · 19d
(FT) Hörtipp | Gaza-Deal: Donald Trump als Friedensengel?

Donald Trump ist unberechenbar und agiert nach der Devise America First. Aber in Gaza hat er einen Waffenstillstand zwischen Israelis und Palästinensern erzwungen. Kann es sein, dass der erratische Trump auch andere Konfliktzonen befriedet?
Podcast: Gaza-Deal: Donald Trump als Friedensengel?
Der US-Präsident erhielt viel Lob und Dank für seinen Gaza-Friedensplan – aber hält der Deal, was er verspricht? - Folge #1496
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October 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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The recording of Rogers Brubaker's first lecture is now available online!

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October 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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In his second IWM Lecture in Human Sciences, Rogers Brubaker traces the quiet revolution by which “gender identity,” once a narrow medical term, became a universal social category, mapping its depathologization and promotion from psychiatry to law, data, and education.

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October 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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A few seats are left for tomorrow's first Lecture in Human Sciences! Join us at the University of Vienna's Sky Lounge at 18:30 👇
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What if, instead of asking what gender identity is, we asked what the category “gender identity” does—and how it shapes people, policies, and discourses? Find out in the first Lecture in Human Sciences with Rogers Brubaker next Tuesday, in cooperation w/ @univie.ac.at.

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October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Europe’s future looks uncertain—aging populations, economic strain, war at its border. Yet, economist Tomáš Sedláček suggests the EU model might hold the key to a peaceful and prosperous global future.

👉 Rewatch his conversation with Taras Fedirko from the #VHF25 here: tinyurl.com/yvdznkcy
TOMÁŠ SEDLÁČEK - THE SPIRIT OF EUROPE - BEYOND ECONOMICS AND GEOGRAPHY
TOMÁŠ SEDLÁČEK IN CONVERSATION WITH TARAS FEDIRKO SAMSTAG / SATURDAY, 27.09.2025 / 17h00 AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN, AULA With bleak economic prospects, declining productive competitiveness,…
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October 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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📻 Listen to an interview by @christianccummins.bsky.social with participant Naja Dyrendom Graugaard about resource extractivism in Greenland here: fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
October 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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🌍 As the IWM– @uwmadison.bsky.social conference on Europe’s scramble for critical raw materials wraps up, we want to thank all participating experts for exploring how to secure sustainable, resilient supply chains amid geopolitical uncertainty, broaching issues from recycling to Ukraine’s CRMs.
October 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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What if, instead of asking what gender identity is, we asked what the category “gender identity” does—and how it shapes people, policies, and discourses? Find out in the first Lecture in Human Sciences with Rogers Brubaker next Tuesday, in cooperation w/ @univie.ac.at.

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October 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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In one of this week's most popular YouTube videos, journalist Lydia Cacho gives insights into her incredibly courageous investigative work exposing violence perpetrated against women and children.

➡️ Rewatch her talk from this year's Vienna Humanities Festival here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xl...
LYDIA CACHO - FEMICIDES, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND MEXICO’S ELITE
LYDIA CACHO IN CONVERSATION WITH KIRSTY LANG SONNTAG / SUNDAY, 28.09.2025 / 11h00 AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN, SITZUNGSSAAL Mexican journalist LYDIA CACHO will discuss her outstanding and…
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October 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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🎊 We would like to extend our gratitude to our speakers, cooperation partners, and all attendees for making the Vienna Humanities Festival 2025 an incredibly successful one! We eagerly await next year's #VHF edition.

📺 Recordings of this year's talks are now available online: tinyurl.com/y96mp982
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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💡 The term 'gender identity' has become central to social life and public discourse. What catalyzed its ascent, what drew it into the culture wars, and how can we talk about it while avoiding common pitfalls?

➡️ Join Rogers Brubaker for a thought-provoking lecture series: www.iwm.at/news/rogers-...
October 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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"Russian meddling matters. But it belongs on page two. The main threat to liberal democracy lies closer to home: in its defenders’ failure to confront the political reality voters keep signaling." - @europesfutures.bsky.social Fellow
Maciej Kisilowski for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social 👇
projectsyndicate.bsky.social Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · Oct 7
Russia’s electoral interference in Western democracies is well documented. But it is a mistake to exaggerate the impact – or to assume that wielding the “Russia card” can discredit populists, argues Maciej Kisilowski.
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Blaming Russia Won’t Stop the Populist Right
Maciej Kisilowski advises democrats in Europe and elsewhere to acknowledge voter sentiment and strategize accordingly.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM