Lectures, talks and symposia archive

The Kindertransport 1938/9: Seventy Years On

17 September 2009 | University of London

Coordinators Andrea Hammel (Sussex) and Bea Lewkowicz (London) have organised a conference to examine the legacy and impact of the Kindertransport in 1938/9. The Kindertransport brought over 10,000 children from Austria, Germany and ...

E. H. Gombrich. A Centenary Colloquium

19 – 20 June 2009 | The Warburg Institue London

The conference is organised by Paul Taylor (Warburg Institute) to mark one hundred years since the birth of Ernst Gombrich, Director of the Institute from 1959–76. It will examine his wide-ranging contributions to the ...

6th International Postgraduate Conference on Current Research in Austrian Literature

4 – 5 June 2009 | University of London

This two-day annual conference offers postgraduate students working in the field of Austrian literature an opportunity to present their work and to discuss aspects of it with colleagues and other specialists within the framework of ...

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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