Lectures, talks and symposia

English and German Nationalist and Anti-Semitic Discourse

10 – 11 September 2010

Organised by the Historical Discourse Working Group and the Leo Baeck Institute, London, with the support of the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, this international conference will discuss pre-1945 nationalist, anti-Semitic and colonialist discourse as ...

How the Brits opened the door to a Wolf

30 September 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

An evening presented by Bernard Keeffe, former BBC presenter and Chairman of the Anglo Austrian Music Society Hugo Wolf was born 150 years ago in Windischgrätz, a small town in what is now Slovenia ...

Österreich-Tag for German Teachers

9 October 2010 | Austrian Cultural Forum London

This special day on Austria presents topical information for German language teachers and others interested in Austrian life and culture. The event is free to members of the Association for Language Learning (ALL) and guests ...

Mahler Study Day: Mahler’s Seventh Symphony

31 October 2010, 11.00am | Austrian Cultural Forum London

The Gustav Mahler Society presents another lecture in their series of Mahler anniversary events. This study day will discuss Mahler's Seventh Symphony and is given by the well-known freelance lecturer, writer, and broadcaster Roderick ...

Schrödinger Lecture

11 November 2010, 5.00pm | Imperial College

The Erwin Schrödinger Lecture is an annual event named after the noted Austrian scientist Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961). Schrödinger was a theoretical physicist and a significant contributor to the wave theory of ...

German Women’s Writing in its European Context, 1700-1900

25 – 26 November 2010 | Institute of German and Romance Studies

Convenors: Dr Caroline Bland (Sheffield) and Dr Hilary Brown (Swansea) How European was German women's writing of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What opportunities did women writers have to participate in cross-cultural interchange? How ...

News

First European Centre for the History of Physics opened in Styria

Under the name “echophysics“ (European Centre for the History of Physics), the first European institution of this kind has opened in the sumptuous baroque Palace of Pöllau near Hartberg (Styria) on 29 May 2010.

1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria

Over the last decade, important new research has been undertaken on Austrian history during the period 1938 - 1945 and the post-war era. Through a series of public lectures, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London, eminent Austrian scholars and experts presented new research and shed some light on the questions raised. These lectures can now be viewed online at www.doew.at/frames.php?/post-war_austria.html