Lectures, talks and symposia

IGRS Seminar Series 2010 Measuring the World: 20th Century Austrian Writers Abroad

21 April 2010, 4.00pm

Wednesday 20 January: Night Work (Die Arbeit der Nacht, 2006) by Thomas Glavinic An ordinary man wakes up on a seemingly ordinary day to find that he is the last man alive. His response and ...

Culture and Location: Fantasies of Belonging in Contemporary Art

17 March 2010, 6.30pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

Part of the Visual Arts Platform Open House The symposium Culture and Location on Wednesday 17th March, provides a critical framework to question the notion of ‘belonging’ and cultural translation in contemporary art, featuring speakers ...

Migration, the media and the message

29 – 30 March 2010 | University of East London

Migrants and the Media European Conference The ‘Migrants and the Media Project’ (MMP) and the ‘Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging’ (CMRB) at the ‘University of East London’ (UEL) are organising a conference ...

Interchat. a dialogue on arts and communities with local and international perspectives

7 – 8 April 2010

Featuring Airan Berg, Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture (Austria); François Matarasso (UK); Fundacja Pogranicze (Poland); Laundry (UK); Nova Kultura (Bulgaria). Wednesday 7th April, 2pm - 8pm Artist-led sessions to explore good practice in community ...

The (Un)Sayable in Public Discourses about the Past

14 May 2010 | University of Reading

The workshop brings toether contributions from researchers in the field of discourses about problematic pasts (Holocaust, colonialism, war) in Germany, France and Italy. More specifically, it looks at discourses about these pasts and at debates ...