Fellowship Application Guidelines 2015 The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (BIAAS) is accepting applications for the Botstiber Fellowship in Austrian-American Studies. The fellowship will be awarded to a scholar or professional who seeks funds for a project that promotes an understanding of the historic relationship between Austria and the United States. A grant of up […]
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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 […]
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 […]
The novel under review unfolds as an elderly Austrian Jew, Nathan Menzel, narrates the memories of his early adulthood in the Vienna, London, and New York of the 1930’s and 40’s to a young music journalist. In my commentary, I wish to highlight some of the ways in which the book, which was translated from […]
Call for Papers Annual Conference of the Austrian Studies Association 1914: Preludes and Echoes / Auftakt und Widerhall 6-9 February 2014 Austin, Texas AT&T Conference Center U of Texas at Austin Abstracts due: 15 September 2013 Acceptances by: 1 October 2013 2014asaconference@gmail.com Organizer: Katherine Arens, U of Texas at Austin Conference website […]
German Studies PGs UK and Ireland https://www.facebook.com/groups/174063792774169/ A facebook group for postgraduate students in the UK and Ireland working within and across the borders of German Studies The founders: “We hope that this will be a useful space to ask questions, ‘network’, share information and publicise events such as research seminars, film screenings, theatre productions, […]
INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC & ROMANCE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies CALL FOR PAPERS Everyday Life in Emigration Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies Volume 16 Proposals for contributions are requested on the subject of everyday life in emigration, for volume 16 of the […]
For everybody interested in New Austrian Literature: this week, the English translation of Sabine Gruber’s “Roman Elegy” was launched at the Austrian Cultural Forum London: Tuesday 16 April, 7pm 2013 A compelling tale of lost love, hatred, and reconciliation, during some of the darkest periods of European history. From Rome in the fascist 1940s, to the […]
CLICK HERE FOR THE REVIEW BY HELEN FINCH! When Josef Fritzl was charged with incestuous rape, among several other offences against universal humane – ethical standards, in 2009, the global press took notice and over a period of many months, the question whether this was a ‘typically Austrian’ crime, given Austria’s Nazi past and its difficulties with […]
DEAR COLLEAGUE & (FUTURE) AUSTRIANRESEARCHUK-USER: This is a suggestion for a short research profile on austrianresearchuk. There’s no need to write long paragraphs about your research, neither do you have to add lists of publications or of titles of your contributions to conferences and lectures. Remember: This initiative is meant to give others an idea of who you are, […]
(Quoted from University of Sussex’ Website:) “University of Sussex academic Professor Ladislaus Löb has been presented with the annual Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award. The award was made at a special ceremony at the Austrian Embassy this week (Monday 10 December 2012) for Professor Löb’s book recounting the life of the man who saved him from […]
On behalf of Dr Katia Pizzi (IGRS, School of Advanced Studies, University of London) I would lke to draw your attention to the following talk by the inspiring young American researcher, Dr Sabrina Rahman, who has spent a few weeks with us in London as SAS Leverhulme Research Fellow. Her Seminar talk for the Centre […]
Last Monday, on 19 November 2012, Professor Konstanze Fliedl (Vienna) gave a greatly recieved lecture entitled “A Farewell to Words. Zu den Uebersetzungen von Ingeborg Bachmanns Abschied von England“ at the University of London. The lecture was the 4th Biennial IBC Lecture and formed part of the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre’s 10th Anniversary Celebrations. Konstanze Fliedl’s excellent semantic and metric analysis of […]
For all our followers who read German – have a look at this enlightening article by Thomas Anz , Professor of German at Marburg University and General Editor of literaturkritik.de on the problems and chances of literary criticism on the internet: Literaturkritik in Zeiten des Internets – Thesen zu ihrer Verteidigung und einige Bedenken : literaturkritik.de Although this post […]
A commentary by Florian Krobb (National University of Ireland Maynooth), Editor of Austrian Studies I don’t even know what a blog is, I have never read one nor contributed to one. Wikipedia defines it as ‘a discussion or information site published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries (“posts”) typically displayed in reverse […]
The time has come – a new season of lectures, conferences, seminars and readings at the University of London has started! With free film screenings, seminars and readings, that are open to everyone (please refer to details about date and time in the programme). Starting off with a film classic of the Austrian Postwar period, 1. April […]
A few weeks ago, a German colleague asked me in an amicable discussion whether this Austrian research-blog was conceptualized as a form of ‘defence’ reaction towards the integration of Austrian Studies within the ‘German Studies’ area in English speaking countries. My reply was that this blog does not want to alienate researchers of German by emphasizing the […]
This is a post that is not directly related to Austrian Studies but to the context we work in: the promotion foreign language and cultures. A few days ago, Education Secretary Michael Gove commented on his proposed education reform: “In common with high-performing schools in this country and other high-performing jurisdictions, I want to add breadth to the […]
