Rauriser Literaturtage, 18-22 March 2015 Not only readers of this report, but also several of the writers invited to the Rauris literature festival are to be forgiven for not knowing what, where or who Rauris is – the winner of the 2015 Rauris prize, Hamburg playwright and short story author Karen Koehler was […]
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Last September, I began an MPhil on the subject of Austro-Hungarian art and poetry of WWI, analysing the ways in which the landscapes of the Italian front were represented by soldiers. Although the Austro-Hungarian response to WWI was unique, little attention has been paid to the ways in which the art and poetry of the Dual […]
Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature, London at the Institute of Modern Languages Research CALL FOR PAPERS: ‚ES GEHT UNS GUT‘ – Recent Trends in (Re)writing the Past in Austrian Literature since 2000 A one-day conference at the Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London Thursday, 27 November, 2014 Organizer: Heide Kunzelmann (Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for […]
Call for Papers: Annual Conference of the Austrian Studies Association (2015) Crossing Borders—Blurring Borders Grenzen überqueren—Grenzen verwischen University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan March 26-29, 2015 In her novel Engel des Vergessens Maja Haderlap writes of crossing the border from Carinthia into Slovenia,“Das Überschreiten der Grenze ist hier kein natürlicher Vorgang, es ist […]
A Storybook Homecoming? Remigration in Context Symposium at the University of Vienna, Department of German Studies, and the Vienna City Library 19–21 February 2015 Call for papers The Austrian critic and author Hans Weigel called his return to Austria after his exile in Switzerland in autumn of 1945 a „storybook-homecoming“. He quickly gained […]
INGEBORG BACHMANN CENTRE FOR AUSTRIAN LITERATURE at the INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH (IMLR), UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 2ND CALL FOR PAPERS WITH NEW DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 20 MARCH 2014 11th IBC International Postgraduate Conference on Current Research in Austrian Literature and Culture Studies WEDNESDAY, 3 AND THURSDAY, 4 JULY 2014 Venue: IMLR, Senate House, Malet […]
This is the transcript of a lecture held at the Austrian Cultural Forum, London, on 29th October, 2013. Austrianresearchuk would like to thank Professor Andrew Barker for his permission to publish his lecture. His most recent book, “Fictions from an Orphan State” (Camden House, 2012) can be ordered here. RECENT NEWS on 15 Jan 2014: […]
2014 LEO BAECK YEAR BOOK ESSAY PRIZE The Leo Baeck Institute for the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry is delighted to announce its 2014 Year Book Essay Prize. The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book is a fully refereed Oxford journal. The Leo Baeck Essay Prize was established to: • Stimulate […]
INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC & ROMANCE STUDIES University of London School of Advanced Study The Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies offers opportunities for visiting scholars, with or without funding, to conduct research into any field relevant to the work of the Institute, and now invites applications for the period 1 September 2013 to 30 June […]
INGEBORG BACHMANN CENTRE FOR AUSTRIAN LITERATURE at the INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC & ROMANCE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON CALL FOR PAPERS Conference: “Translating Gender in Modern Austrian Literature” 8 May 2013 Venue: University of London, Senate House, G35 Co-organised by Heide Kunzelmann (IBC London) & Birgit Friedrich (Centre of Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies, Nottingham) Keynote […]
In 2012, the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature London celebrated its 10th Anniversary as a Centre that not only promotes and facilitates the research of Modern Austrian Literature but also Austrian literature itself, always in close co-operation with the Austrian Cultural Forum London. In connection with this joyful event, I am delighted to announce the publication of our book “Zwei Wochen […]
On 29 November 2012, at 7 pm the Austrian Cultural Forum London celebrates Austrian-Bohemian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, arguably one of the most prominent Modernists ever, with a synaesthetic event devoted to Rilke’s “Duino Elegies”. Here’s the Austrian Cultural Forum London‘s flyer: Duino Elegies Thursday 29 November 2012, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London This […]
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