Current Fellows' research
- Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again?It’s widely understood that the end of the Cold War led to changes in the material strength of the German military: military spending dropped dramatically, as did troop levels.
- Digital Pathways and Transnational Frames: The Mobilization of Georgia’s Young Far RightThis study sheds light on the multidimensionality of contemporary far-right mobilization, examining how digital pathways facilitate the intersection of local and transnational narratives.
- Identity Looted: Tracing Ukraine's Lost Art in Russia’s Black HoleFor more than three decades, members of the international art community have suspected Russia to be a “black hole of art crime.” Icons, ancient books, manuscripts, engravings, medals, orders, old musical instruments and jewelry have allegedly been stolen.
- An Anti-Nationalist Organic Wholeness? Walter Benjamin and the Body of Humankind at the Turn of the 1920sThis project builds on undeveloped tropes in Karolina Jesień’s PhD thesis and aims to analyze Walter Benjamin’s early post-WWI writings (1918–1923).
- What Did It Mean to Be “European” in Early Modern Florence?The primary focus of this project is to understand how the idea of Europe was conceptualized in early modern Florence and to discern the place Poland-Lithuania occupied within this framework.
- Resistance, Temporariness and Political (Dis)Continuity: Urban Governance and Refugees’ Labor Market Integration in Hamburg and IzmirThe project explores urban governance of refugee integration through a local-to-local interregional comparison. The interregional dimension is essential for uncovering similar local rationales despite national-level differences.
News
- Neue IWM-Publikation – »Der Balkan: Mission Possible« von Maria TodorovaDas neue Buch von Maria Todorova Der Balkan: Mission Possible, herausgegeben am Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, ist im Mandelbaum Verlag erschienen. Das Buch ist eine deutsche, erweiterte Fassung der IWM-…
- New Fellows Joining the IWM in AprilWe are excited to introduce our new fellows arriving at the Institute in April. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests or media inquiries, please…
- New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: European Struggles in the Age of Trump with Niccolò MilaneseIn a new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Niccolò Milanese, a poet and one of the founding directors of European Alternatives.
Upcoming events
- Monthly Lecture with Franziska DaviesLecture
- Monthly Lecture with Solmaz KhorsandLecture
- Debating EuropePanels and Discussions
- Ukraine in European Dialogue ConferenceConferences and Workshops
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Upcoming events
- Monthly Lecture with Franziska DaviesLecture
- Monthly Lecture with Solmaz KhorsandLecture
- Debating EuropePanels and Discussions
- Ukraine in European Dialogue ConferenceConferences and Workshops
News
- Neue IWM-Publikation – »Der Balkan: Mission Possible« von Maria TodorovaDas neue Buch von Maria Todorova Der Balkan: Mission Possible, herausgegeben am Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, ist im Mandelbaum Verlag erschienen. Das Buch ist eine deutsche, erweiterte Fassung der IWM-…
- New Fellows Joining the IWM in AprilWe are excited to introduce our new fellows arriving at the Institute in April. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests or media inquiries, please…
- New Vienna Coffee House Conversations Podcast Episode: European Struggles in the Age of Trump with Niccolò MilaneseIn a new episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Niccolò Milanese, a poet and one of the founding directors of European Alternatives.
Current Fellows' research
- Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again?It’s widely understood that the end of the Cold War led to changes in the material strength of the German military: military spending dropped dramatically, as did troop levels.
- Digital Pathways and Transnational Frames: The Mobilization of Georgia’s Young Far RightThis study sheds light on the multidimensionality of contemporary far-right mobilization, examining how digital pathways facilitate the intersection of local and transnational narratives.
- Identity Looted: Tracing Ukraine's Lost Art in Russia’s Black HoleFor more than three decades, members of the international art community have suspected Russia to be a “black hole of art crime.” Icons, ancient books, manuscripts, engravings, medals, orders, old musical instruments and jewelry have allegedly been stolen.
- An Anti-Nationalist Organic Wholeness? Walter Benjamin and the Body of Humankind at the Turn of the 1920sThis project builds on undeveloped tropes in Karolina Jesień’s PhD thesis and aims to analyze Walter Benjamin’s early post-WWI writings (1918–1923).
- What Did It Mean to Be “European” in Early Modern Florence?The primary focus of this project is to understand how the idea of Europe was conceptualized in early modern Florence and to discern the place Poland-Lithuania occupied within this framework.
- Resistance, Temporariness and Political (Dis)Continuity: Urban Governance and Refugees’ Labor Market Integration in Hamburg and IzmirThe project explores urban governance of refugee integration through a local-to-local interregional comparison. The interregional dimension is essential for uncovering similar local rationales despite national-level differences.
Recent Media
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