25th of March, 6 pm
Diplomatische Akademie
Human Rights Space
Favoritenstraße 15A
1040 Wien
OKSANA SABUSCHKO
Not to spill German Blood: Austria 1938. – Nation, military resistance and freedom: Ukraine 2022.
Lectures and podium discussion with Ukrainian writer and philosopher Oksana Sabuschko, political scientist Martin Malek and writer and philosopher Konstantin Kaiser.
Kindly note that registration is required! Registration via the online form at the homepage of the Vienna School of International Studies, 25th of March
Organizer:
Verein zur Förderung und Erforschung der antifaschistischen Literatur
in cooperation with Ukraine Office Austria, Vienna School of International Studies and OeAD-Kooperationsbüros Lemberg. With the support of Ukrainian-Austrian Association and Disinfo Resilience Network.
In very short, our event aims to enhance the understanding of resistance and to raise the question of the connection of resistance with the national question.
TOTALITARIANISM IN THE 21st CENTURY: HOW IS RESISTANCE POSSIBLE?
Not to spill German Blood: Austria 1938. – Nation, military resistance and freedom: Ukraine 2022.
Welcome by Wolfgang Mueller, Deputy Head, Institute of East European History, University of Vienna; Co-Chairman, Austrian-Ukrainian Historical Commission
Oksana Sabuschko:
Totalitarianism in the 21st Century: How Is Resistance Possible?
Martin Malek:
The Jansa-Plan and lessons to draw from
Konstantin Kaiser:
About antinationalism: Pan-Slavism and Pan-Germanism
OKSANA SABUSCHKO speaks about the reality of the “post-information society” using Russian hybrid war against Ukraine as a case study, and share Ukrainian experience of building up a resilient society.
Oksana Sabuschko also knows “how much Austria is intoxicated with the Russian money” and has some stories to drop on that occasion.
Duration: 35 minutes.
MARTIN MALEK, Austrian independent political scientist and author of the book “Das Bundesheer steht bereit” on the Jansa-Plan, New Academic Press 2025. He will speak about the Plan and the lectures we could draw from it today.
Alfed Jansa, born in Iwano-Frankiwsk, was the chief of general staff who had developped a plan to defend Austria many years before the invasion. He was convinced that Nazi-Germany would attack due to his personal experiences with the aggressive attitude of German officers.
Duration: 10 minutes.
KONSTANTIN KAISER, poet, researcher on exile, man of the Enlightenment, founder of the Association for the promotion and research of anti-fascist literature speaks about Pan-Slawism, Pan-Germanism and antinationalism.
Duration: 8 minutes.
Followed by a discussion at the podium for about 25 minutes.
Facilitator: Sonja Pleßl, translator and publicist, Zwischenwelt international
Duration: about 1,5 hours.
Event in English.
Booktable by Baruch Pomper, Buchhandlung analog
