Lectures, talks and symposia archive

IBC Seminar with Lydia Mischkulnig

9 June 2010, 5.00pm | Ingeborg Bachmann Centre

Residence in an informal setting and engage in detailed discussion. Mischkulnig’s distinctive and uncompromising voice has earned her several awards including the prestigious Bertelsmann Literaturpreis at the Ingeborg Bachmann Wettbewerb (1996). For more information ...

7th International IBC Postgrad Conference on Current Research in Austrian Literature

3 – 4 June 2010 | Ingeborg Bachmann Centre

Thursday 3 & Friday 4 JuneThis annual conference, which consistently draws participants from both Europe and America, offers postgraduate students working in the field of Austrian literature an opportunity to present their work and discuss ...

Mahler's London Walking Tour

30 May 2010 | various venues

Architect Keith Clarke leads a guided walking tour of key places, spaces, sights and sounds witnessed by Mahler during the summer of 1892.

Polemical Austria

21 May 2010 | Ingeborg Bachmann Centre

This conference will explore how the concept of ‘Austria’ has evolved and been treated by Austrians. Speakers will contrast the way in which the state has presented itself, how it has been perceived by various ...

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 ...

Siegbert Prawer. Types and Stereotypes

13 May 2010, 5.30pm | Ingeborg Bachmann Centre

SPECIAL LECTURE SIEGBERT PRAWER (Oxford) Types and StereotypesSigmund Freud’s Portrayal of Jews in Greater Austria All Welcome

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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