Vienna Humanities Festival at Vienna City Hall Focusing on Threats to Democracy and War in Ukraine

More+More+ ♦ Published: August 28, 2022; 21:45 ♦ (Vindobona)

In this year's Vienna Humanities Festival, the theme is "The Age of Uncertainty – Zeitenwende" which focuses on the war in Ukraine and the crisis of democracy. The 25 lectures and talks will take place from 27.9.- 2.10. at Vienna City Hall.

The Vienna City Hall will host again the Vienna Humanities Festival. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Thomas Ledl / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

Today the world seems out of joint. In February, Russia invaded Ukraine, bringing the war to Europe again. Atrocities, terror bombings, and mass deportations seemed to be a thing of the past. The war plunged an already unsteady world into deeper uncertainty. Not only struggling with the economic and public health consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world faces spiraling…