IWM Vienna
@iwm.at
The IWM promotes intellectual exchange between disciplines, academia and society, through public events, and fellowships for scholars, journalists, translators.
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How do citizenship policies, border regimes, and immigrant labor economies produce statelessness today? Why do these different “sites of statelessness” matter? And which histories and repertoires do they evoke?
📚 Join our book presentation next Tuesday evening: www.iwm.at/event/sites-...
📚 Join our book presentation next Tuesday evening: www.iwm.at/event/sites-...
January 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM
How do citizenship policies, border regimes, and immigrant labor economies produce statelessness today? Why do these different “sites of statelessness” matter? And which histories and repertoires do they evoke?
📚 Join our book presentation next Tuesday evening: www.iwm.at/event/sites-...
📚 Join our book presentation next Tuesday evening: www.iwm.at/event/sites-...
We also welcome Beeban Kidron to the panel, Crossbench Peer in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk and an advocate for digital regulation and children's rights: www.iwm.at/event/what-d...
January 12, 2026 at 12:34 PM
We also welcome Beeban Kidron to the panel, Crossbench Peer in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk and an advocate for digital regulation and children's rights: www.iwm.at/event/what-d...
📣 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...
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...
📣 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/...
📣 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/...
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...
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
🗞️ 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
Join us for the relaunch of our Political Salons on 9 Dec with Maciej Kisilowski, IWM fellow & professor @weareceu.bsky.social. He will discuss Poland’s political fragmentation, its economic “miracle,” and the country’s evolving role in shaping European security policy.
➡️ www.iwm.at/event/lets-a...
➡️ www.iwm.at/event/lets-a...
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Join us for the relaunch of our Political Salons on 9 Dec with Maciej Kisilowski, IWM fellow & professor @weareceu.bsky.social. He will discuss Poland’s political fragmentation, its economic “miracle,” and the country’s evolving role in shaping European security policy.
➡️ www.iwm.at/event/lets-a...
➡️ www.iwm.at/event/lets-a...
🎙️ New podcast episode out!
What really drove Soviet leaders? How did China become Moscow’s nightmare? And why is Putin’s war in Ukraine such a catastrophic gamble?
👉 Find out in our latest episode with @radchenko.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/37fa6cs4
@falter.at @evakonzett.bsky.social
What really drove Soviet leaders? How did China become Moscow’s nightmare? And why is Putin’s war in Ukraine such a catastrophic gamble?
👉 Find out in our latest episode with @radchenko.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/37fa6cs4
@falter.at @evakonzett.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🎙️ New podcast episode out!
What really drove Soviet leaders? How did China become Moscow’s nightmare? And why is Putin’s war in Ukraine such a catastrophic gamble?
👉 Find out in our latest episode with @radchenko.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/37fa6cs4
@falter.at @evakonzett.bsky.social
What really drove Soviet leaders? How did China become Moscow’s nightmare? And why is Putin’s war in Ukraine such a catastrophic gamble?
👉 Find out in our latest episode with @radchenko.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/37fa6cs4
@falter.at @evakonzett.bsky.social
We are delighted that six new fellows will start their research stays this month. Welcome to the IWM, Adam Bence Balazs, @okhromeychuk.bsky.social, Jakob Mikanowski, @terminalias.bsky.social, Milica Rašić, and Uldis Tirons!
👉 Find out more about their work here: www.iwm.at/news/new-fel...
👉 Find out more about their work here: www.iwm.at/news/new-fel...
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We are delighted that six new fellows will start their research stays this month. Welcome to the IWM, Adam Bence Balazs, @okhromeychuk.bsky.social, Jakob Mikanowski, @terminalias.bsky.social, Milica Rašić, and Uldis Tirons!
👉 Find out more about their work here: www.iwm.at/news/new-fel...
👉 Find out more about their work here: www.iwm.at/news/new-fel...
Are you a translator working on non‑fiction in the humanities, social sciences, cultural studies, between Eastern ↔ Western European languages? Apply for a 2026/2027 Paul Celan Fellowship at the IWM! Deadline: 16 Jan 2026.
➡️ iwm.at/calls/paul-celan-fellowship-26-27
In coop with S. Fischer Stiftung
➡️ iwm.at/calls/paul-celan-fellowship-26-27
In coop with S. Fischer Stiftung
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Are you a translator working on non‑fiction in the humanities, social sciences, cultural studies, between Eastern ↔ Western European languages? Apply for a 2026/2027 Paul Celan Fellowship at the IWM! Deadline: 16 Jan 2026.
➡️ iwm.at/calls/paul-celan-fellowship-26-27
In coop with S. Fischer Stiftung
➡️ iwm.at/calls/paul-celan-fellowship-26-27
In coop with S. Fischer Stiftung
💡 While preparing for this year’s Patočka Memorial Lecture, we dug deep into our archive. Jacques Derrida was among the first to deliver the lecture in 1992. Join us this year on 11 December, when @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social asks what remains of Christian Democracy today.
👉 www.iwm.at/event/what-w...
👉 www.iwm.at/event/what-w...
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
💡 While preparing for this year’s Patočka Memorial Lecture, we dug deep into our archive. Jacques Derrida was among the first to deliver the lecture in 1992. Join us this year on 11 December, when @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social asks what remains of Christian Democracy today.
👉 www.iwm.at/event/what-w...
👉 www.iwm.at/event/what-w...
Time to Decide! On 2 December, leading thinkers, policymakers, and experts will gather in Vienna to explore Europe’s place in a shifting world order. Get ready for a day full of bold ideas from some of today's most influential voices!
👉 www.iwm.at/event/time-t...
🤝 @erstestiftung.org
👉 www.iwm.at/event/time-t...
🤝 @erstestiftung.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Time to Decide! On 2 December, leading thinkers, policymakers, and experts will gather in Vienna to explore Europe’s place in a shifting world order. Get ready for a day full of bold ideas from some of today's most influential voices!
👉 www.iwm.at/event/time-t...
🤝 @erstestiftung.org
👉 www.iwm.at/event/time-t...
🤝 @erstestiftung.org