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Der US-Militäreinsatz in Venezuela erinnert an mehrere Präzedenzfälle und ist ein Warnsignal für den autoritären Abwärtstrend in den USA – IWM Permanent Fellow @timothysnyder.bsky.social auf @derstandard.at (via @projectsyndicate.bsky.social): www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Trumps "Militäroperation" beschleunigt den autoritären Abwärtstrend
Die Entführung von Nicolás Maduro ist ein Signal: Der „Krieg gegen Drogen” des US-Präsidenten könnte zur Schaffung eines umfassenderen inneren Sicherheitsapparats genutzt werden. Die…
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January 12, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Der US-Militäreinsatz in Venezuela erinnert an mehrere Präzedenzfälle und ist ein Warnsignal für den autoritären Abwärtstrend in den USA – IWM Permanent Fellow @timothysnyder.bsky.social auf @derstandard.at (via @projectsyndicate.bsky.social): www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Wie steht es um China in der Ära Trump und wie könnte der US-amerikanisch-chinesische Tech-Krieg verlaufen? Diese und viele Fragen mehr erörtern SZ-Korrespondent Kai Strittmatter und @raimundloew.bsky.social vom @falter.at in einem unserer beliebtesten Videos der Woche: youtu.be/Yog1VKExJfc?...
KAI STRITTMATTER - CHINA: ZUKUNFT DER WELTPOLITIK?
KAI STRITTMATTER IM GESPRÄCH MIT RAIMUND LÖW
SAMSTAG / SATURDAY, 27.09.2025 / 17h00
AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN, SITZUNGSSAAL
Xi Jinping hat als unangefochtener Führer der Kommunistischen…
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January 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Wie steht es um China in der Ära Trump und wie könnte der US-amerikanisch-chinesische Tech-Krieg verlaufen? Diese und viele Fragen mehr erörtern SZ-Korrespondent Kai Strittmatter und @raimundloew.bsky.social vom @falter.at in einem unserer beliebtesten Videos der Woche: youtu.be/Yog1VKExJfc?...
📣 Call for applications: Józef Tischner Fellowship 2026-27
In honor of its founding president, the IWM awards four-month junior visiting fellowships to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences who are Polish citizens or reside in Poland
➡️ More info & to apply: buff.ly/ux32YbU
In honor of its founding president, the IWM awards four-month junior visiting fellowships to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences who are Polish citizens or reside in Poland
➡️ More info & to apply: buff.ly/ux32YbU
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
📣 Call for applications: Józef Tischner Fellowship 2026-27
In honor of its founding president, the IWM awards four-month junior visiting fellowships to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences who are Polish citizens or reside in Poland
➡️ More info & to apply: buff.ly/ux32YbU
In honor of its founding president, the IWM awards four-month junior visiting fellowships to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences who are Polish citizens or reside in Poland
➡️ More info & to apply: buff.ly/ux32YbU
On 18 January, the next edition of our Debating Europe series will examine the rise of the tech bros and Silicon Valley's influence on US politics and beyond. Our first panelist is @marietjeschaake.bsky.social.
🎫 Tickets & more info: buff.ly/Y3EsneY
🤝 BURG, @erstestiftung.org, @derstandard.at
🎫 Tickets & more info: buff.ly/Y3EsneY
🤝 BURG, @erstestiftung.org, @derstandard.at
January 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
On 18 January, the next edition of our Debating Europe series will examine the rise of the tech bros and Silicon Valley's influence on US politics and beyond. Our first panelist is @marietjeschaake.bsky.social.
🎫 Tickets & more info: buff.ly/Y3EsneY
🤝 BURG, @erstestiftung.org, @derstandard.at
🎫 Tickets & more info: buff.ly/Y3EsneY
🤝 BURG, @erstestiftung.org, @derstandard.at
📣 Call for applications: Jerzy Giedroyc Fellowship 2026-27
Do you work on relations between Poland and Ukraine, Lithuania, or Belarus? Does your research touch on the legacy of Jerzy Giedroyc and/or Kultura? Apply by 10 February for a four-month stay at the IWM: www.iwm.at/program/jerz...
Do you work on relations between Poland and Ukraine, Lithuania, or Belarus? Does your research touch on the legacy of Jerzy Giedroyc and/or Kultura? Apply by 10 February for a four-month stay at the IWM: www.iwm.at/program/jerz...
January 8, 2026 at 11:17 AM
📣 Call for applications: Jerzy Giedroyc Fellowship 2026-27
Do you work on relations between Poland and Ukraine, Lithuania, or Belarus? Does your research touch on the legacy of Jerzy Giedroyc and/or Kultura? Apply by 10 February for a four-month stay at the IWM: www.iwm.at/program/jerz...
Do you work on relations between Poland and Ukraine, Lithuania, or Belarus? Does your research touch on the legacy of Jerzy Giedroyc and/or Kultura? Apply by 10 February for a four-month stay at the IWM: www.iwm.at/program/jerz...
We kick off 2026 by welcoming six new visiting fellows to the Institute. In the coming months, they will work on topics ranging from planetary realism to non-figurative art and European economic (dis)unity.
👉 Learn more about their projects here: www.iwm.at/news/the-iwm...
👉 Learn more about their projects here: www.iwm.at/news/the-iwm...
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
We kick off 2026 by welcoming six new visiting fellows to the Institute. In the coming months, they will work on topics ranging from planetary realism to non-figurative art and European economic (dis)unity.
👉 Learn more about their projects here: www.iwm.at/news/the-iwm...
👉 Learn more about their projects here: www.iwm.at/news/the-iwm...
Anlässlich des 70. Geburtstags von Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier diskutiert IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev heute beim Symposium „Demokratie als Auftrag“ mit Historiker Norbert Frei darüber, wie Demokratie verteidigt werden kann.
📺 Live ab 18 Uhr: www.youtube.com/live/U6rNDGC...
📺 Live ab 18 Uhr: www.youtube.com/live/U6rNDGC...
Symposium "Demokratie als Auftrag"
Symposium zum 70. Geburtstag von Bundespräsident Frank-Walter SteinmeierMit einer Festrede von Jens Stoltenberg (Finanzminister des Königreichs Norwegen und ...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Anlässlich des 70. Geburtstags von Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier diskutiert IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev heute beim Symposium „Demokratie als Auftrag“ mit Historiker Norbert Frei darüber, wie Demokratie verteidigt werden kann.
📺 Live ab 18 Uhr: www.youtube.com/live/U6rNDGC...
📺 Live ab 18 Uhr: www.youtube.com/live/U6rNDGC...
In two weeks, join us for the next edition of Debating Europe on the Tech Bros and their quest for money, power, and political influence. A cooperation of BURG, @erstestiftung.org, @iwm.at, and @derstandard.at.
👉 More information & tickets: www.iwm.at/event/what-d...
👉 More information & tickets: www.iwm.at/event/what-d...
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
In two weeks, join us for the next edition of Debating Europe on the Tech Bros and their quest for money, power, and political influence. A cooperation of BURG, @erstestiftung.org, @iwm.at, and @derstandard.at.
👉 More information & tickets: www.iwm.at/event/what-d...
👉 More information & tickets: www.iwm.at/event/what-d...
How does Spain reckon with a dictatorship that was never fully confronted? In one of our most popular videos this week, historian Julián Casanova speaks with Judit Carrera about Franco’s legacy and why Spain still struggles to face this traumatic past.
📺 Rewatch their #VHF25 talk:
📺 Rewatch their #VHF25 talk:
JULIÁN CASANOVA - FRANCO, A 20TH CENTURY DICTATOR
JULIÁN CASANOVA IN CONVERSATION WITH JUDIT CARRERA
SONNTAG / SUNDAY, 28.09.2025 / 11h00
AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN, AULA
No single individual conditioned the contemporary history of Spain…
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January 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
How does Spain reckon with a dictatorship that was never fully confronted? In one of our most popular videos this week, historian Julián Casanova speaks with Judit Carrera about Franco’s legacy and why Spain still struggles to face this traumatic past.
📺 Rewatch their #VHF25 talk:
📺 Rewatch their #VHF25 talk:
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As the new year begins, I want to say a word of appreciation for colleagues in and funders of our Ukraine programming @iwm.at. Please follow the link to learn about the important work we are doing together in our project Ukraine and the World.
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www.iwm.at/news/ukraine...
Ukraine and the World: IWM Launches New Research Program
Through Ukraine and the World, the IWM encourages the exploration of trans-geographic and cross-chronological linkages to think about life during and after war; the ongoing reconsideration of Ukrainia...
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January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
As the new year begins, I want to say a word of appreciation for colleagues in and funders of our Ukraine programming @iwm.at. Please follow the link to learn about the important work we are doing together in our project Ukraine and the World.
www.iwm.at/news/ukraine...
www.iwm.at/news/ukraine...
📣 Applications are still open for our Lesia Ukraїnka Fellowship 2026–27!
Are you a scholar in the humanities or social sciences researching global questions linked to Ukraine’s past and present? Spend three months as a Junior Visiting Fellow at the IWM:
➡️ www.iwm.at/calls/lesia-...
Are you a scholar in the humanities or social sciences researching global questions linked to Ukraine’s past and present? Spend three months as a Junior Visiting Fellow at the IWM:
➡️ www.iwm.at/calls/lesia-...
January 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
📣 Applications are still open for our Lesia Ukraїnka Fellowship 2026–27!
Are you a scholar in the humanities or social sciences researching global questions linked to Ukraine’s past and present? Spend three months as a Junior Visiting Fellow at the IWM:
➡️ www.iwm.at/calls/lesia-...
Are you a scholar in the humanities or social sciences researching global questions linked to Ukraine’s past and present? Spend three months as a Junior Visiting Fellow at the IWM:
➡️ www.iwm.at/calls/lesia-...
30 years ago, in 1995, the IWM's website went live—back when most people were still discovering what a 'homepage' was. Stay tuned for 2026, with a refreshed look of our page and easier ways to access the IWM's content: www.iwm.at.
December 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
30 years ago, in 1995, the IWM's website went live—back when most people were still discovering what a 'homepage' was. Stay tuned for 2026, with a refreshed look of our page and easier ways to access the IWM's content: www.iwm.at.
Eine Anti-Migrationspolitik befeuert den Aufstieg des Autoritarismus zehn Jahre nach der Flüchtlingsbewegung von 2015. Dabei könnte Migrationspolitik zur Demokratisierung und einer neuen Humanität beitragen, schreibt Manuela Bojadžijev in der neuen IWMpost:
🗞️ www.iwm.at/publication/...
🗞️ www.iwm.at/publication/...
December 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Eine Anti-Migrationspolitik befeuert den Aufstieg des Autoritarismus zehn Jahre nach der Flüchtlingsbewegung von 2015. Dabei könnte Migrationspolitik zur Demokratisierung und einer neuen Humanität beitragen, schreibt Manuela Bojadžijev in der neuen IWMpost:
🗞️ www.iwm.at/publication/...
🗞️ www.iwm.at/publication/...
As Poland’s influence in Europe grows, so do its internal divisions. Can liberals and conservatives find real compromise? Rewatch our recent Political Salon with Maciej Kisilowski, Christian Ultsch, Andreas Treichl, and Ivan Krastev to find out more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDbC...
MACIEJ KISILOWSKI: Let's Agree on Poland
Political Salons
Let's Agree on Poland
Maciej Kisilowski, Ivan Krastev, Andreas Treichl, Christian Ultsch
9 December 2025, 18:00 CET
IWM Library
As Poland assumes an increasingly important role on…
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December 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As Poland’s influence in Europe grows, so do its internal divisions. Can liberals and conservatives find real compromise? Rewatch our recent Political Salon with Maciej Kisilowski, Christian Ultsch, Andreas Treichl, and Ivan Krastev to find out more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDbC...
📣 Call for applications!
We are currently accepting applications for the Milena Jesenská Fellowship, a three‑month residency for cultural journalists from across Europe, offering a monthly stipend, workspace, and access to the IWM community.
More info & to apply: www.iwm.at/calls/milena...
We are currently accepting applications for the Milena Jesenská Fellowship, a three‑month residency for cultural journalists from across Europe, offering a monthly stipend, workspace, and access to the IWM community.
More info & to apply: www.iwm.at/calls/milena...
December 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
📣 Call for applications!
We are currently accepting applications for the Milena Jesenská Fellowship, a three‑month residency for cultural journalists from across Europe, offering a monthly stipend, workspace, and access to the IWM community.
More info & to apply: www.iwm.at/calls/milena...
We are currently accepting applications for the Milena Jesenská Fellowship, a three‑month residency for cultural journalists from across Europe, offering a monthly stipend, workspace, and access to the IWM community.
More info & to apply: www.iwm.at/calls/milena...
The Polish women’s movement turned the legacy of sacrifice into a weapon for suffrage. With nationalism as its ally, it was among the world’s first to secure voting rights. Yet, the doors to power remained firmly shut to women.
🗞️ Katarzyna Wężyk in the latest IWMpost: www.iwm.at/publication/...
🗞️ Katarzyna Wężyk in the latest IWMpost: www.iwm.at/publication/...
December 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Polish women’s movement turned the legacy of sacrifice into a weapon for suffrage. With nationalism as its ally, it was among the world’s first to secure voting rights. Yet, the doors to power remained firmly shut to women.
🗞️ Katarzyna Wężyk in the latest IWMpost: www.iwm.at/publication/...
🗞️ Katarzyna Wężyk in the latest IWMpost: www.iwm.at/publication/...
How did the Civil War’s unresolved questions shape modern America? In one of our most popular videos this week, historian Gary Gerstle joins Misha Glenny to explore questions of race, power, identity, and the roots of today’s populism.
👉 Rewatch their talk from the #VHF25: youtu.be/P2nGfljbGTk?...
👉 Rewatch their talk from the #VHF25: youtu.be/P2nGfljbGTk?...
GARY GERSTLE - TRACES OF THE CIVIL WAR: AMERICA’S POLITICAL TRAUMA
GARY GERSTLE IN CONVERSATION WITH MISHA GLENNY
SONNTAG / SUNDAY, 28.09.2025 / 14h00
AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN, SITZUNGSSAAL
The North’s decisive military victory in the American Civil War…
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December 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
How did the Civil War’s unresolved questions shape modern America? In one of our most popular videos this week, historian Gary Gerstle joins Misha Glenny to explore questions of race, power, identity, and the roots of today’s populism.
👉 Rewatch their talk from the #VHF25: youtu.be/P2nGfljbGTk?...
👉 Rewatch their talk from the #VHF25: youtu.be/P2nGfljbGTk?...
The IWM will be closed from 24 December to 7 January. As the year draws to a close, here are 12 of our favorite books that shaped 2025 at the Institute:
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December 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The IWM will be closed from 24 December to 7 January. As the year draws to a close, here are 12 of our favorite books that shaped 2025 at the Institute:
📚 www.iwm.at/news/our-yea...
📚 www.iwm.at/news/our-yea...
🎙️New podcast episode out!
Did global order really begin in Europe—and are we now entering a long age of disorder?
Listen to the latest FD episode with IR scholar @aysezarakol.bsky.social on empires, strongmen, and what might come after the nation state: buff.ly/QSFpsSD
🤝 @falter.at
Did global order really begin in Europe—and are we now entering a long age of disorder?
Listen to the latest FD episode with IR scholar @aysezarakol.bsky.social on empires, strongmen, and what might come after the nation state: buff.ly/QSFpsSD
🤝 @falter.at
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🎙️New podcast episode out!
Did global order really begin in Europe—and are we now entering a long age of disorder?
Listen to the latest FD episode with IR scholar @aysezarakol.bsky.social on empires, strongmen, and what might come after the nation state: buff.ly/QSFpsSD
🤝 @falter.at
Did global order really begin in Europe—and are we now entering a long age of disorder?
Listen to the latest FD episode with IR scholar @aysezarakol.bsky.social on empires, strongmen, and what might come after the nation state: buff.ly/QSFpsSD
🤝 @falter.at
Serbia has become one of the focal points in the global struggle to protect academic freedom. The IWM was honored to host a delegation led by University of Belgrade Rector Vladan Đokić for yesterday's roundtable on civic resilience and institutional pushback against the assault on Serbian academia.
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Serbia has become one of the focal points in the global struggle to protect academic freedom. The IWM was honored to host a delegation led by University of Belgrade Rector Vladan Đokić for yesterday's roundtable on civic resilience and institutional pushback against the assault on Serbian academia.
📻 What is the future of public service media in an age of deepening polarization, disinformation, and eroding trust? In the latest IWMpost issue, @vstetka.bsky.social argues that its survival depends on its capacity to adapt to the digital era while resisting its harmful impacts.
👉 buff.ly/g6T1Q3f
👉 buff.ly/g6T1Q3f
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
📻 What is the future of public service media in an age of deepening polarization, disinformation, and eroding trust? In the latest IWMpost issue, @vstetka.bsky.social argues that its survival depends on its capacity to adapt to the digital era while resisting its harmful impacts.
👉 buff.ly/g6T1Q3f
👉 buff.ly/g6T1Q3f
In political transitions, nationalism resurges, with reproductive rights often being the first casualty. In one of our most popular videos this week, Marta Bucholc shows why struggles over reproduction sit at the very heart of democracy, justice, and equality.
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👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMpU...
MARTA BUCHOLC: Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies
Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies
Marta Bucholc, Ludger Hagedorn
7 October 2025, 18:00 CEST
IWM Library
In many countries that have recently gone through political…
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December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In political transitions, nationalism resurges, with reproductive rights often being the first casualty. In one of our most popular videos this week, Marta Bucholc shows why struggles over reproduction sit at the very heart of democracy, justice, and equality.
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMpU...
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMpU...
🗞️ IWMpost 136 Out Now!
From AI governance, public service media, and digital platforms in Africa to the computational visions of society championed by one of the leading intellectuals of the American Right, this issue maps the many dimensions of digital transformation.
➡️ www.iwm.at/publication/...
From AI governance, public service media, and digital platforms in Africa to the computational visions of society championed by one of the leading intellectuals of the American Right, this issue maps the many dimensions of digital transformation.
➡️ www.iwm.at/publication/...
December 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🗞️ IWMpost 136 Out Now!
From AI governance, public service media, and digital platforms in Africa to the computational visions of society championed by one of the leading intellectuals of the American Right, this issue maps the many dimensions of digital transformation.
➡️ www.iwm.at/publication/...
From AI governance, public service media, and digital platforms in Africa to the computational visions of society championed by one of the leading intellectuals of the American Right, this issue maps the many dimensions of digital transformation.
➡️ www.iwm.at/publication/...
📢 Call for Applications!
The Jan Patočka Fellowship is open to doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences who work on topics inspired by Jan Patočka’s legacy and his intellectual endeavor to rethink Europe under post-European paradigms.
www.iwm.at/calls/jan-pa...
The Jan Patočka Fellowship is open to doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences who work on topics inspired by Jan Patočka’s legacy and his intellectual endeavor to rethink Europe under post-European paradigms.
www.iwm.at/calls/jan-pa...
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
📢 Call for Applications!
The Jan Patočka Fellowship is open to doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences who work on topics inspired by Jan Patočka’s legacy and his intellectual endeavor to rethink Europe under post-European paradigms.
www.iwm.at/calls/jan-pa...
The Jan Patočka Fellowship is open to doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences who work on topics inspired by Jan Patočka’s legacy and his intellectual endeavor to rethink Europe under post-European paradigms.
www.iwm.at/calls/jan-pa...
Thank you to everyone who joined today’s workshop "Spaces and Traces of Containment: Architectures of Extractivism." We look forward to welcoming you back to the IWM soon!
@terminalias.bsky.social @smartitaz.bsky.social
@terminalias.bsky.social @smartitaz.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined today’s workshop "Spaces and Traces of Containment: Architectures of Extractivism." We look forward to welcoming you back to the IWM soon!
@terminalias.bsky.social @smartitaz.bsky.social
@terminalias.bsky.social @smartitaz.bsky.social