International Conference: Thinking Beyond the 'Soviet Jewry' Narrative. Localism, Diversity, and Subjective Experiences of Jews in the Soviet Republics under Late Socialism
Wednesday, 09 October, 2024 10:00 - 10 Oct, 18:00 CEST
The discursive construct of “Soviet Jewry," defined as a homogeneous unit, was shaped to a significant extent by the Soviet regime’s centralistic features, including its nationalities policies. We are interested in exploring the porous borders of Soviet (non)Jewishness, and the character and intensity of Jewish-non-Jewish encounters in the Soviet…
Migration – Rechtspopulismus – Autoritarismus: Herausforderungen für die offene Gesellschaft
Thursday, 23 November, 2023 18:00 - 24 Nov, 19:00 CEST
In dieser Tagung wollen wir uns an verschiedene Facetten des Nexus von Migration und Autoritarismus annähern – verbunden mit der Frage, ob es nicht restriktive Migrationspolitiken selbst sind, die autoritäre Tendenzen auch im Inland begünstigen.
Ukraine's Altered Landscapes: Losing and Recovering Alterity in the Face of War
Thursday, 09 November, 2023 09:45 - 10 Nov, 20:00 CEST
An interdisciplinary conference organized by the Ukraine in European Dialogue program at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) will be held at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna on 8-10 November 2023
International Conference: 600 Days of the All-Out War. Fighting for Freedom, Fighting for Democracy
Wednesday, 18 October, 2023 09:00 - 20 Oct, 13:00 CEST
The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 not only disrupted life in a 40+ million polity but also posed multiple challenges for adjacent states, problematizing the very foundations of the European – and a broader – order.
Keynote: Dual circulation, decoupling and dual use: Chinese policies' impact on Europe's de- and reindustrialization
Friday, 02 June, 2023 15:00 - 16:30 CEST
Three decades after the begin of China's process of opening up and reform and about a decade after China's accession to the WTO, the country's fast industrialisation process became hard to ignore. In European politics this is summarised in the acknowledgement of China as a „partner for cooperation and negotiation, an economic competitor and systemic rival".…
Double Keynote: Memory Perspectives on Industrial Transformation(s) in Eastern Europe & Rethinking the Periphery: Deindustrialization in the Global North and South
Wednesday, 31 May, 2023 17:30 - 19:00 CEST
Double Keynote presentation in the framework of the Conference "Deindustrialization and Reindustrialization Re-Connected"
Conference "Deindustrialization and Reindustrialization Re-Connected. Comparing Developments in the Global South and the Global North from the 1970s to the Present Day"
Wednesday, 31 May, 2023 17:00 - 02 Jun, 16:30 CEST
In the western world and in post-communist Eastern Europe, the history of deindustrialization has mostly been written as a story of loss and decline. However, the picture changes if we apply a global history perspective.
Humanität und Humanities: Herausforderungen für Wissenschaft und Kultur im Zeichen von Krieg und Krisen – Kulturerbe, Netzwerke, Kommunikation
Monday, 08 May, 2023 10:00 - 15:00 CEST
Welche Rolle kommt den Digital Humanities für Schutz und Sicherung von gefährdeten Kulturgütern zu? Wie funktioniert Kulturgutschutz zwischen politischer Willensbildung und praktischer Umsetzung? Inwieweit sollen sich Wissenschaftler:innen zu gesellschafts- und geopolitischen Fragen positionieren?
