The International Institute for Peace, in collaboration with Wien Museum and Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (Institute for Human Sciences - IWM), warmly invites you to join us for the guest lecture,
Timothy Snyder — Belarus: Ancient and Modern. A reconsideration of a central European history
Date: Friday, 27 June 2025
Time: 18:30
Venue: Wien Museum, 1040 Wien, Karlsplatz 8
Photo: Timothy Snyder 2025. Photo: Francesca Mantovani © éditions Gallimard
LECTURE
· TIMOTHY SNYDER, the Chair of Modern European History at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto and Lesya Ukrainka Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna
The renowned historian and public intellectual is the author and editor of over twenty books and the recipient of numerous prizes and honorary doctorates. His award-winning publications include Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (2010); Thinking the Twentieth Century (with Tony Judt, 2012); Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning (2015); On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017); The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America (2018); and his recently published book On Freedom (2024).
MODERATOR
· STEPHANIE FENKART, director of the International Institute for Peace (IIP)
CONTENT
A feature of modern authoritarianism is to suppress the particularity of the nation, which is reduced to a generic, nostalgic construct meant to encourage repetitive obedience. The current Belarusian regime, supported by its imperial Russian neighbor, is an extreme example of this.
But the history of the Belarusian nation is full of color, unpredictability, and potential. In considering the deeper Belarusian past, we will also be imagining possible futures.
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The lecture will be held in English and will be followed by a Q&A. Timothy Snyder's books will be available for purchase at the venue. A book signing will follow the event.
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