Lectures, talks and symposia archive

Traces: An Evening in Memory of Polish Jews

Traces: An Evening in Memory of Polish Jews

15 May 2012, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
This evening, organised by the Polish Cultural Institute and the Austrian Cultural Forum London, chaired by Julia Winckler (University of Brighton) accompanies the exhibition Traces and features two presentations: Dr. Gerhard Wolf’s presentation is ...
LIT.NET Austria - The net as theme, aesthetic paradigm and communicative tool in literary Austria

LIT.NET Austria - The net as theme, aesthetic paradigm and communicative tool in literary Austria

18 – 19 April 2012 | Ingeborg Bachmann Centre
It is the aim of this conference to discuss the various aesthetic facets of the net using exemplary studies from the context of modern Austrian literature. 'Digital literature' is a relatively new area of research ...
Jews, Politics and Austria II

Jews, Politics and Austria II. Hans Kelsen - 20th Century Lawyer: Comeback not desired

29 March 2012, 7.00pm
'The complexity of my condition: an Austrian, a Jew'. This diary entry by Arthur Schnitzler in 1913 serves as epigraph of our lecture series Jews, Politics and Austria organised together with the Leo Baeck Institute ...

51st National Postgraduate Colloquium in German Studies

29 – 30 March 2012 | Institute of German and Romance Studies
The National Postgraduate Colloquium in German Studies is a biannual event organised in association with the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies at the University of London. Launched in 1987, it provides an informal and friendly ...
Kafka’s Betrachtung – 100 Years On

Kafka’s Betrachtung – 100 Years On. An international symposium hosted by the Oxford Kafka Research Centre.

23 March 2012
*Old Seminar Room Programme: 9.00: Carolin Duttlinger (Oxford): Welcome and introduction 9.30-11.00: Elizabeth Boa (Nottingham): Inside-Outside/Outside-Inside: Topographies of Self and World in Betrachtung Roland Reuß (Heidelberg): Handlung und Reflexion in Kafkas ...
New Perspectives on Post War Art in Britain - cross-cultural engagements

New Perspectives on Post War Art in Britain - cross-cultural engagements

16 March 2012, 2.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
This half-day symposium with invited speakers focuses on the artistic interconnections and friendships formed between Austrian artists in exile in Britain during the Second World War and British artists. Foregrounding the cosmopolitan character of post ...

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