The alliance Gedenken gegen den Krieg – Память против войны – Пам’ять проти війни – Remembrance against War aims to rethink the culture of remembering World War II in light of the war against Ukraine.
When: check full schedule of the events on the alliance's website Location: Treptower Ehrenmal, Berlin Language: Українська, English, Deutsch, Русский Admission: free
Interactive lecture-game by anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipova (France) that focuses on the language of power and propaganda and on how it can be properly decoded.
Location: Dialogbüro Vienna, Eßlinggasse 9/6, 1010 Vienna, Austria (only offline) Language: Russian | Русский Admission: free, please register here
11.05.26 / 18:00
Elections to Coordination council of Belarus (Каардынацыйная Рада): Information Station
On May 11, elections to the Coordination Council of Belarus (Каардынацыйная Рада) begin. Representatives of European Choice and the Coordination Council explain what this democratic institution of Belarusians in exile is, how it works, and why it matters — along with who can vote and how to take part.
Location: Dialogbüro Vienna Esslinggasse 9 / 6, 1010 Language: Belarusian | English Admission: Free of charge, please register here
13.05.26 / 18:30
WWII Photography: Past / Present / Future
Arthur Bondar, a prominent photographer from Ukraine and a Dialogbüro Vienna Fellow-2024, presents his long-term archival project based on his private collection of over thirty thousand unknown negatives of World War II.
Location: Dialogbüro Vienna Esslinggasse 9 / 6, 1010 Language: English Admission: Free of charge, please register here
26.05.26 / 18:00
Behind Closed Borders: The Domestic Consequences of Russia’s War
The event explores how four years of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine & propaganda transforms the everyday life inside Russia. With Kirill Rogov, Political analyst; Vasily Astrov, Economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW); Angelina Davydova, environmental and climate journalist, essayist and author; Nuria Fatykhova, head of international democracy and gender equality at Dialogbüro Vienna. A collaboration event with the International Institute for Peace.
Location: International Institute for Peace (IIP) Möllwaldplatz 5 / Top 7 Wien 1040 Language: English Admission: Free of charge, register here please
28.05.26 / 18:30
Co-opt, coerce, corrupt: How Russian empire ruled its vassals
Photographer Max Sher, who has been working on his research-based photo project Empire since 2021, will present photographs from his visits to three key geographies — the former Duchy of Courland (Latvia), the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (Georgia), and the Bökei Horde (Kazakhstan) — while discussing the persistent Russian policy of ‘co-optation of elites’, adapted to local contexts but consistently aimed at domination.
Location: Dialogbüro Vienna Esslinggasse 9 / 6, 1010 Language: English Admission: Free of charge, please register here