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Trump’s courting of Europe’s far right may deepen polarization without securing lasting U.S. influence, argues IWM Albert Hirschman Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev in his latest piece for Foreign Affairs 👇
“Trump is not interested in exporting democracy. What he is keen to export is his domestic political agenda—one that is anti-immigration, anti-woke, anti-green,” writes Ivan Krastev.
The Paradox of Europe’s Trumpian Right
How America’s weaponization of ideology could backfire.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump’s courting of Europe’s far right may deepen polarization without securing lasting U.S. influence, argues IWM Albert Hirschman Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev in his latest piece for Foreign Affairs 👇
💡 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...
Could footnotes soon point to videos instead of books?
Read IWM Visiting Fellow @pbkauf.bsky.social's conversation with Russell Harper from the @chicagomanual.bsky.social about Peter B. Kaufman's new book, The Moving Image:
cmosshoptalk.com/2025/11/25/p...
Read IWM Visiting Fellow @pbkauf.bsky.social's conversation with Russell Harper from the @chicagomanual.bsky.social about Peter B. Kaufman's new book, The Moving Image:
cmosshoptalk.com/2025/11/25/p...
Peter B. Kaufman talks about The Moving Image
Peter B. Kaufman is Associate Director of Development at MIT Open Learning. He is the author of The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge (Seven Stories Press, 2021) and founder of Intelli...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Could footnotes soon point to videos instead of books?
Read IWM Visiting Fellow @pbkauf.bsky.social's conversation with Russell Harper from the @chicagomanual.bsky.social about Peter B. Kaufman's new book, The Moving Image:
cmosshoptalk.com/2025/11/25/p...
Read IWM Visiting Fellow @pbkauf.bsky.social's conversation with Russell Harper from the @chicagomanual.bsky.social about Peter B. Kaufman's new book, The Moving Image:
cmosshoptalk.com/2025/11/25/p...
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
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🤝 @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
📖 Last week, the IWM and @tuwien.at co-organized the First Interdisciplinary Science and Research Conference on Digital Humanism here in Vienna. The conference proceedings—30 full and 12 short papers—are available open access on @springernature.com: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#DigHum2025
#DigHum2025
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📖 Last week, the IWM and @tuwien.at co-organized the First Interdisciplinary Science and Research Conference on Digital Humanism here in Vienna. The conference proceedings—30 full and 12 short papers—are available open access on @springernature.com: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#DigHum2025
#DigHum2025
How can the Russo-Ukrainian war be brought to an end? IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev weighs in as one of 7 leading experts on @nytimes.com (paywall): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | 7 Experts on How to Actually End the War in Ukraine
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
How can the Russo-Ukrainian war be brought to an end? IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev weighs in as one of 7 leading experts on @nytimes.com (paywall): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
There are still some places left for tomorrow's Geopolitical Talk! Register here: civi.iwm.at/form/event-r...
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
There are still some places left for tomorrow's Geopolitical Talk! Register here: civi.iwm.at/form/event-r...
In an age of globalization, identity & cultural belonging matter more than ever. At this year's #VHF, author and novelist Andrea Tompa explored how stories shape who we are, and how our quest for belonging intertwines with power, control & freedom.
📺Rewatch her talk here: youtu.be/ivjlCgGouJo?...
📺Rewatch her talk here: youtu.be/ivjlCgGouJo?...
ANDREA TOMPA - HOME, BELONGING, AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
ANDREA TOMPA IN CONVERSATION WITH CARL HENRIK FREDRIKSSON
SAMSTAG / SATURDAY, 27.09.2025 / 15h30
AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN, AULA
Globalization has led to a heightened awareness of matters…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In an age of globalization, identity & cultural belonging matter more than ever. At this year's #VHF, author and novelist Andrea Tompa explored how stories shape who we are, and how our quest for belonging intertwines with power, control & freedom.
📺Rewatch her talk here: youtu.be/ivjlCgGouJo?...
📺Rewatch her talk here: youtu.be/ivjlCgGouJo?...
📣 Call for applications 📣
Are you a (post-) doctoral researcher in the humanities and social sciences, a journalist, or a translator? We are currently accepting applications for seven (!) different fellowship programs for the academic year 2026-2027.
👉 More info: www.iwm.at/news/seven-n...
Are you a (post-) doctoral researcher in the humanities and social sciences, a journalist, or a translator? We are currently accepting applications for seven (!) different fellowship programs for the academic year 2026-2027.
👉 More info: www.iwm.at/news/seven-n...
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📣 Call for applications 📣
Are you a (post-) doctoral researcher in the humanities and social sciences, a journalist, or a translator? We are currently accepting applications for seven (!) different fellowship programs for the academic year 2026-2027.
👉 More info: www.iwm.at/news/seven-n...
Are you a (post-) doctoral researcher in the humanities and social sciences, a journalist, or a translator? We are currently accepting applications for seven (!) different fellowship programs for the academic year 2026-2027.
👉 More info: www.iwm.at/news/seven-n...
🗣️ On 12 November, the IWM hosted its 2025 Autumn Fellows’ Conference, a day of intellectual exchange among early-career researchers and established scholars. It explored themes like prospects in digital humanism, crisis & critique, and the human face of political violence.
➡️ tinyurl.com/3srsfn8j
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November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🗣️ On 12 November, the IWM hosted its 2025 Autumn Fellows’ Conference, a day of intellectual exchange among early-career researchers and established scholars. It explored themes like prospects in digital humanism, crisis & critique, and the human face of political violence.
➡️ tinyurl.com/3srsfn8j
➡️ tinyurl.com/3srsfn8j
🎙️ New podcast episode out!
Join IWM Rector Misha Glenny and @falter.at's @evakonzett.bsky.social on Future Discontinuous as they sit down with award-winning journalist & author @karenhao.bsky.social to ask: Can we resist the #AI empire?
🎧 Listen now: www.iwm.at/news/can-we-...
Join IWM Rector Misha Glenny and @falter.at's @evakonzett.bsky.social on Future Discontinuous as they sit down with award-winning journalist & author @karenhao.bsky.social to ask: Can we resist the #AI empire?
🎧 Listen now: www.iwm.at/news/can-we-...
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎙️ New podcast episode out!
Join IWM Rector Misha Glenny and @falter.at's @evakonzett.bsky.social on Future Discontinuous as they sit down with award-winning journalist & author @karenhao.bsky.social to ask: Can we resist the #AI empire?
🎧 Listen now: www.iwm.at/news/can-we-...
Join IWM Rector Misha Glenny and @falter.at's @evakonzett.bsky.social on Future Discontinuous as they sit down with award-winning journalist & author @karenhao.bsky.social to ask: Can we resist the #AI empire?
🎧 Listen now: www.iwm.at/news/can-we-...
🌍 Join us for our upcoming Geopolitical Talk with @ajwsmall.bsky.social, senior fellow at @gmfus.bsky.social and incoming Asia director at @ecfr.eu. In conversation with Ivan Krastev, he will examine the intricate power dynamics between China, the US, and Europe.
👉 www.iwm.at/news/geopoli...
👉 www.iwm.at/news/geopoli...
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🌍 Join us for our upcoming Geopolitical Talk with @ajwsmall.bsky.social, senior fellow at @gmfus.bsky.social and incoming Asia director at @ecfr.eu. In conversation with Ivan Krastev, he will examine the intricate power dynamics between China, the US, and Europe.
👉 www.iwm.at/news/geopoli...
👉 www.iwm.at/news/geopoli...
Vergangenen Sonntag diskutierte eine hochkarätige Runde bei Europa im Diskurs im Wiener Burgtheater über Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der europäischen Verteidigungspolitik.
📺 Die Aufzeichnung zum Nachsehen gibt es hier: www.youtube.com/watch?v=isrB...
🤝 BURG, @erstestiftung.org, @derstandard.at
📺 Die Aufzeichnung zum Nachsehen gibt es hier: www.youtube.com/watch?v=isrB...
🤝 BURG, @erstestiftung.org, @derstandard.at
Krieg oder Frieden? Europas Verteidigungspolitik am Prüfstand
Europa im Diskurs
Krieg oder Frieden? Europas Verteidigungspolitik am Prüfstand
9. November 2025, 11:00 CET
Burgtheater Wien
Europas Sicherheit ist bedroht. Mannigfaltig. Durch Russlands Krieg in…
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November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Vergangenen Sonntag diskutierte eine hochkarätige Runde bei Europa im Diskurs im Wiener Burgtheater über Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der europäischen Verteidigungspolitik.
📺 Die Aufzeichnung zum Nachsehen gibt es hier: www.youtube.com/watch?v=isrB...
🤝 BURG, @erstestiftung.org, @derstandard.at
📺 Die Aufzeichnung zum Nachsehen gibt es hier: www.youtube.com/watch?v=isrB...
🤝 BURG, @erstestiftung.org, @derstandard.at
Wir freuen uns, @martinviktor.bsky.social als Redner der kommenden Monthly Lecture zu begrüßen! Basierend auf Freud & Sozialpsychologie spürt der Ökonom und Psychotherapeut dem Zusammenhang von Vermögenskonzentration, Endlichkeit und Unsterblichkeitsprojekten nach.
➡️ www.iwm.at/event/uberre...
➡️ www.iwm.at/event/uberre...
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Wir freuen uns, @martinviktor.bsky.social als Redner der kommenden Monthly Lecture zu begrüßen! Basierend auf Freud & Sozialpsychologie spürt der Ökonom und Psychotherapeut dem Zusammenhang von Vermögenskonzentration, Endlichkeit und Unsterblichkeitsprojekten nach.
➡️ www.iwm.at/event/uberre...
➡️ www.iwm.at/event/uberre...
Tomorrow, the IWM hosts the autumn edition of its biannual Fellows' Conference, which gives emerging researchers an opportunity to present their work and gather feedback in a collegial atmosphere.
➡️ More info: www.iwm.at/event/autumn...
🎥 Watch 2024 participant Krystof Dolezal's reflections here:
➡️ More info: www.iwm.at/event/autumn...
🎥 Watch 2024 participant Krystof Dolezal's reflections here:
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Tomorrow, the IWM hosts the autumn edition of its biannual Fellows' Conference, which gives emerging researchers an opportunity to present their work and gather feedback in a collegial atmosphere.
➡️ More info: www.iwm.at/event/autumn...
🎥 Watch 2024 participant Krystof Dolezal's reflections here:
➡️ More info: www.iwm.at/event/autumn...
🎥 Watch 2024 participant Krystof Dolezal's reflections here:
📖 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.
👉 www.iwm.at/event/flieg-...
🗣️ Juri Andruchowytsch, Tanja Maljartschuk, Gerti Drassl, Maria Weissenböck & Musik von Ganna Gryniva.
👉 www.iwm.at/event/flieg-...
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📖 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.
👉 www.iwm.at/event/flieg-...
🗣️ Juri Andruchowytsch, Tanja Maljartschuk, Gerti Drassl, Maria Weissenböck & Musik von Ganna Gryniva.
👉 www.iwm.at/event/flieg-...
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.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60r...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60r...
ANDREI SOLDATOV, IRINA BOROGAN: Our Dear Friends in Moscow
YouTube video by IWMVienna
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November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60r...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60r...
🚨 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.
🎙️ tinyurl.com/2fexmxu9
🤝 @falter.at
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.
🎙️ tinyurl.com/2fexmxu9
🤝 @falter.at
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🚨 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.
🎙️ tinyurl.com/2fexmxu9
🤝 @falter.at
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.
🎙️ tinyurl.com/2fexmxu9
🤝 @falter.at
🗨️ ‘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.
👉 Read more on @eurozine.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/americas-pol...
In an engrossing conversation, IWM Rector Misha Glenny and historian Gary Gerstle discuss racial nationalism, the American Civil War, and the US Constitution.
👉 Read more on @eurozine.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/americas-pol...
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…
www.eurozine.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🗨️ ‘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.
👉 Read more on @eurozine.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/americas-pol...
In an engrossing conversation, IWM Rector Misha Glenny and historian Gary Gerstle discuss racial nationalism, the American Civil War, and the US Constitution.
👉 Read more on @eurozine.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/americas-pol...
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...
👉 Tickets können über die Burgtheater-Website erworben werden: www.burgtheater.at/produktionen...
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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...
👉 Tickets können über die Burgtheater-Website erworben werden: www.burgtheater.at/produktionen...
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...
➡️ 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
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...
➡️ Find out more about their work and projects while at the Institute here: www.iwm.at/news/new-fel...
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...
📺 Watch his thought-provoking lecture series on the category of gender identity here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
IWM Lectures in Human Sciences 2025
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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...
📺 Watch his thought-provoking lecture series on the category of gender identity here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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.
🎫 www.iwm.at/event/krieg-...
In Kooperation mit der BURG, @erstestiftung.org und @derstandard.at.
🎫 www.iwm.at/event/krieg-...
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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.
🎫 www.iwm.at/event/krieg-...
In Kooperation mit der BURG, @erstestiftung.org und @derstandard.at.
🎫 www.iwm.at/event/krieg-...
📣 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
👉 www.iwm.at/news/2025-20...
🤝 @erstestiftung.org
As the liberal order faces unprecedented challenges, they will explore how #liberalism might be rethought and renewed.
w/ @frankfukuyama.bsky.social @leaypi.bsky.social
👉 www.iwm.at/news/2025-20...
🤝 @erstestiftung.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📣 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
👉 www.iwm.at/news/2025-20...
🤝 @erstestiftung.org
As the liberal order faces unprecedented challenges, they will explore how #liberalism might be rethought and renewed.
w/ @frankfukuyama.bsky.social @leaypi.bsky.social
👉 www.iwm.at/news/2025-20...
🤝 @erstestiftung.org
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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
eurozine.com/symbiotic-cu...
eurozine.com/symbiotic-cu...
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...
eurozine.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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
eurozine.com/symbiotic-cu...
eurozine.com/symbiotic-cu...