Lectures, talks and symposia archive

The Architecture of Modern Culture.

The Architecture of Modern Culture.. Hermann Broch reads James Joyce

11 December 2012, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
In cooperation with the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature the ACF presents a lecture by Professor Wolfgang Müller-Funk, cultural theorist and essayist. He will speak about his most recent publication, ‘The Architecture of ...

Curatorial Dialogues: Barbara Steiner

6 December 2012, 7.00pm | Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art’s Curating Contemporary Art programme and the Goethe-Institut London have invited Austrian curator Barbara Steiner for the third in their series of ‘Curatorial Dialogues’ lectures. Barbara Steiner (b. Austria, 1964 ...
Gustav Mahler Study Day

Gustav Mahler Study Day. Mahler's Sound-World

2 December 2012, 11.00am | Austrian Cultural Forum London
presented by Gwyn Parry-Jones Coffee and biscuits at 10.30am for 11.00am start All major composers create their own characteristic ‘world of sound’, something we can recognise easily and immediately. That of Gustav Mahler ...
Why Viennese Art Historians do not laugh about Caricature

Why Viennese Art Historians do not laugh about Caricature . A Project on Caricature in the 1930s

27 November 2012, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
By Professor Sybille Moser-Ernst (University of Innsbruck) E.H.Gombrich was the most influential art historian of the twentieth century.  His innocent sounding Story of Art  provided a robust framework which millions throughout the world ...
Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature 10th Anniversary

Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature 10th Anniversary

20 November 2012, 6.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
This special 10th anniversary celebration with members of the IGRS and IBC will feature music by Philipp Tröstl and the launch of the book Zwei Wochen England (Two Weeks England). This publication will bring ...
Ingeborg Bachmann Centre Lecture 2012

Ingeborg Bachmann Centre Lecture 2012

19 November 2012 | Ingeborg Bachmann Centre
Konstanze Fliedl, Professor of Modern German Literature at the Institute of German Studies at the University of Vienna, will give the 2012 IBC Lecture, which honours outstanding scholarly achievement in the field of Austrian literature ...

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