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Call For Papers – Material Turn and European War Experience in XX / XXI Century

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE States (and other institutional and non-institutional actors) utilize various methods to commemorate their involvement in past armed conflicts. These can include constructing monuments, establishing war cemeteries, naming streets and squares, organizing national holidays, and controlling the portrayal of such events in school textbooks, films, and other media. In some cases, non-democratic governments […]

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Panel Discussion “Youth, Democracy, and Right-Wing Extremism”

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February 18, 2024, St. Gilgen am Wolfgangsee During the annual seminar of the Green Student Organization “Verde,” a panel discussion on the far-right tendencies in Austria and other European countries took place. Péter Techet, research associate at the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), participated in the discussion. Other participants were Lena […]

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Book Presentation and Discussion: “Post-Communist Regimes and Mafia States in Eastern Europe: The Case of Hungary”

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February 14, 2024, IDM On February 14, 2024, the concept of two Hungarian sociologists, Bálint Magyar and Bálint Madlovics (CEU Democracy Institute), focusing on post-communist regimes and Hungary as a “post-communist mafia state” was presented at the Institute for Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) in Vienna. According to the concept of the authors, post-communist […]

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Péter Techet on the mafia state in Hungary

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In the Italian daily newspaper “Domani,” Péter Techet, research associate at the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), was also interviewed about the current scandal in Hungary, which occurred following the resignation of President Katalin Novák. An insider from the Fidesz party revealed in an interview: The regime operates like a mafia […]

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Discussion: “Antisemitism – The Old-New Danger Before the European Parliament Elections”

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The Alumni Club of the University for Continuing Education Krems (UWK), together with the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), organized a panel discussion on the old-new phenomenon of antisemitism, especially concerning the upcoming European Parliament elections. The participants of the discussion at the House “Experience Europe” in Vienna’s city centre talked […]

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Workshop “Status of the Three Seas Initiative from the Perspective of International Law, Political Science, and International Relations”

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Warsaw, 24 January 2024 The Three Seas Initiative was launched in 2015 by Andrzej Duda, the Polish President, and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, the then Croatian President. Thirteen countries from Northeast to Southeast Europe are participating in the initiative, with Greece recently joining. While the initiative aims to foster political cooperation in areas such as infrastructure, transportation, […]

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Movie recommendations

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What does the IDM team recommend you to watch during the holidays?  Comedy or crime? Heartless gangsters or mischievous angels? And have you ever seen a fully painted animated film? With long evenings and chilly temperatures outside, the holiday season offers a perfect opportunity to watch movies, be it at home or in cinemas. How […]