Current Fellows' research
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Minority and Majority as Asymmetrical Concepts: The Perils of Democratic Equality and Fantasies of National PurityTo 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.
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Balkan Cruelty: Analysis of Art Representational Forms of Violence Against WomenLana Čmajčanin's project follows the red thread of women’s individual and collective experiences of war violence, tracing the gray zones of national borders that were inscribed by all brutal reversals throughout the history of the Balkans, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Yugoslavia, and Bo
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Down Njegoš’s StreetNjegoševa street, a central and also very lively artery of the whole neighborhood in Belgrade, scattered with cafes, shops and public buildings, has been saturated with various graffiti, stencils and wall paintings.
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Resistance and Dissidence: Epimeleia in Patočka and FoucaultIn Foucault’s lectures for the Collège de France (The Government of Self and Others; The Courage of Truth) and Patočka’s Plato and Europe, the theme of care of the self / care of the soul is surprisingly central.
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The Path of Despair: The Contemporary Relevance of Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit'Bartosz Wójcik project analyzes G.W.F. Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit and aims to challenge instantiated and outdated interpretations of Hegel’s most important work.
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A Field from AfarIryna Zamuruieva’s writing and photography explore human-environmental relationships at different scales. During her fellowship at the IWM, she will build on strands of her research and creative work, where she considers the importance of particular plants.
News
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Europe's Futures Fellows Study Trip to Ireland and Northern IrelandFrom 15 to 19 April 2024, the current cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation went on a study trip to Dublin and Belfast.
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Spring Fellows’ Conference 2024 This Thursday and FridayOn 16 and 17 May, the IWM community will gather for the Spring Fellows’ Conference. The event, followed later this year by the Autumn Fellows’ Conference, has a longstanding tradition at the IWM. Providing early-career…
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New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode with Ruth WodakKicking off the second half of season three where we will look beyond the ranks of Europe's Futures Fellows to bring you conversations from thought leaders and key thinkers across the academic and policy spectrum, this…
Upcoming events
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LectureCET
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Analoge Photokunst von Andrej Kasík mit Motiven aus Prag und Lemberg/LvivVisual and Performing ArtsCET
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LectureCET
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Im Rahmen des Festivals Vienna Meets PragueFestivalsCET
Upcoming events
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LectureCET
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Analoge Photokunst von Andrej Kasík mit Motiven aus Prag und Lemberg/LvivVisual and Performing ArtsCET
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LectureCET
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Im Rahmen des Festivals Vienna Meets PragueFestivalsCET
News
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Europe's Futures Fellows Study Trip to Ireland and Northern IrelandFrom 15 to 19 April 2024, the current cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation went on a study trip to Dublin and Belfast.
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Spring Fellows’ Conference 2024 This Thursday and FridayOn 16 and 17 May, the IWM community will gather for the Spring Fellows’ Conference. The event, followed later this year by the Autumn Fellows’ Conference, has a longstanding tradition at the IWM. Providing early-career…
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New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode with Ruth WodakKicking off the second half of season three where we will look beyond the ranks of Europe's Futures Fellows to bring you conversations from thought leaders and key thinkers across the academic and policy spectrum, this…
Current Fellows' research
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Contemporary Artistic Narrative: Between Mythmaking and Social ProjectThe main purpose of the study is to identify and compare narrative techniques in the works of Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk (using the example of the novels Primeval & Other Times and Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead) and Belarusian writers Eva Vezhnavets and
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Down Njegoš’s StreetNjegoševa street, a central and also very lively artery of the whole neighborhood in Belgrade, scattered with cafes, shops and public buildings, has been saturated with various graffiti, stencils and wall paintings.
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Architecture and Emancipation: Specifics and Paradoxes of Socialist Women's Emancipation Using the Example of Women ArchitectsThis project raises the question of how the category of gender and Western feminist theoretical approaches can be used to examine the socialist architectural environment and its inequalities.
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Politik der Fürsorge: Eine vergleichende Perspektive, ausgehend von BelarusOlga Shparaga setzt in diesem Projekt ihre Arbeit an Dokumentation und Analyse jener fürsorglichen Praktiken fort, welche durch Belarus:innen während der Massenproteste 2020 und danach entfaltet wurden und werden - in einer Situation sowohl der verstärkten staatlichen Repression, a
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Discernment and Democracy: Protecting the Civic Role of the University in the Face of the AI ChallengeThe institution of the University is fundamental to liberal democracy in two ways: providing the education of good citizens and the evidence for good policy-making.
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Russia’s Capacity for Self-Correction: Where Did It Come From and Where Did It Go?Kadri Liik's research will take a closer look at the societal factors that made it possible for Soviet Russia to embark on positive change, to attempt democratization and a reckoning with the past. What were the factors that enabled these changes in the late 1980s and early 1990s?
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