Lectures, talks and symposia archive

Translating Kafka. A Workshop

5 November 2009, 2.00pm | The Bodleian Library

This translation workshop is presented by Oxford University Press, together with the Bodleian Library and the Oxford Kafka Research Centre, to mark the publication of three new volumes of Kafka translation (Metamorphosis and Other Stories ...

Between Paris and Vienna. Donizetti’s Maria Di Rohan

3 November 2009, 6.45pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

A lecture with musical illustrations by Professor Alexander Weatherson. Maria di Rohan was a culminating work by the Italian composer (and Austrian citizen) Gaetano Donizetti which also touches upon the composer’s life and social ...

Österreich Tag: Kultur und Sprache

10 October 2009, 10.00am | Austrian Cultural Forum London

This special day on Austria presents topical information for German language teachers and others interested in Austrian life and culture.

Art History in Vienna 1854-1938. A colloquium

1 – 4 October 2009 | University of Glasgow

Vienna was arguably the most important centre for the development of art historical research until the Second World War. The ideas of its seminal thinkers are currently regaining interest for scholars concerned to investigate the ...

Making A Living. Artistic survival in 2009

26 September 2009, 2.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

As a follow-up to her FUNding FACTORY project in May 2009 in Vienna, Sophie Hope will host an afternoon workshop at the ACF bringing together different approaches to sustaining critical art practices during the recession ...

‘Play up! Play up! And play the game!’. Music and Theatre in the Life of Peter Branscombe (1929–2008)

24 September 2009 | University of London

Friends and colleagues commemorate the life and work of this leading Austrian specialist who past away last year. Their presentations will cover different aspects of his research on the borders between music and literature. Haydn ...

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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