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Founded in 1977, the Center for Austrian Studies is the Western Hemisphere's largest and oldest research center promoting scholarship on Austria and the regions and cultures in Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe with links to the former Habsburg Empire.

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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 13h
This week, on October 8th, CAS will host its annual Kann Memorial Lecture. This year's speaker is Professor Celia Donert (Cambridge University). More details can be found below:
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...
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Perry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million
"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic...
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ACDH @acdh-oeaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bettina Wirth war im 19. Jahrhundert bemerkenswert sichtbar, hinterließ jedoch keinen eigenen Nachlass. Sandra Mayer @victorianceleb.bsky.social fand einige ihrer Briefe im Nachlass von Benjamin Disraeli und begann zu recherchieren. Mehr dazu im ÖAW-Blog: www.oeaw.ac.at/news/die-ver...
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Die vergessene Pionierin Bettina Wirth
ÖAW-Forscherin Sandra Mayer stieß auf Briefe von Bettina Wirth an Autor und Politiker Benjamin Disraeli – und zeigt, wie sich eine Schriftstellerin und Journalistin des 19. Jahrhunderts um…
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Historische Akademie in Kiew nach Angriff in Flammen #KrieggegendieUkraine #Russland #Ukraine
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Historische Akademie in Kiew nach Angriff in Flammen
Russland hat die Ukraine erneut massiv angegriffen. Präsident Selenskyj wirft Russland Terror vor.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In just over two weeks, on October 8th, CAS will host its annual Kann Memorial Lecture. This year's speaker is Professor Celia Donert (Cambridge University). More details can be found below:
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For those in the Twin Cities: a reminder of a talk organized today (Friday 9/18) by our colleagues at the Czech and Slovak Cultural Center
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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A forum that I contributed to in Central European History was just published Open Access. It focuses on gender in Central Europe: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Gender History: A Necessary Key to Understanding Central Europe | Central European History | Cambridge Core
Gender History: A Necessary Key to Understanding Central Europe
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In the Twin Cities on Friday (9/18): join the Czech & Slovak Cultural Center for Minnesota for a talk with Hana Waisserová & Brenda Flanagan. Details can be found via this link: cs-center.org/events/hana-...
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Hana Waisserová & Brenda Flanagan: Women’s Artistic Dissent. Repelling: Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia | Czech and Slovak Cultural Center of Minnesota
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Reminder: our hybrid event with Professor Cynthia Paces takes place tomorrow (Tuesday 9/15) at 11:15 a.m. CDT. To R.S.V.P, please follow the link below z.umn.edu/Paces
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Welcome to the start of the fall term! Our first event of the semester takes place next week with Professor Cynthia Paces (Professor of History, The College of New Jersey). R.S.V.P and event details are below: cla.umn.edu/austrian/new...
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Next week: Photochemical Film: Materials, Industries, Histories An International Workshop at Národní filmový archiv (Prague). cla.umn.edu/austrian/new...
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Photochemical Film: Materials, Industries, Histories
Please join the Center for Austrian Studies and its co-organizers for an international workshop at the National Film Archive in Prague (Czechia)
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
For those based in and around the Twin Cities metro: this great exhibition at the Science Museum of Minnesota opens on August 21st smm.org/exhibits-exp...
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The Martians
Celebrate the remarkable contributions of Hungarian scientists, inventors, and Nobel laureates whose innovation shaped the world we know today.
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Dominique Reill @dominiquereill.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It's online! Maureen Healy, Howard Louthan, Katya Motyl, Robert Nemes, Jonathan Singerton, and Daniel Unowsky each share their impressions from last year's CEHC in Vienna on @ahy-history.bsky.social. Read it here! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Fügenschuh, the rector of the University of Salzburg, which he said has the means to secure the villa, said Austria had a moral obligation to keep it as a place of commemoration for Zweig. The university would see itself as an interim owner until others were able to raise the funds, he added."
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Wrote a little about the work the U.S. put into helping academics escape fascism during WWII and why we can't rely on that for our future www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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No One Is Coming to Save Us
The realization can either break you or liberate you.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The Austrian-born artist Valie Export passed away earlier this month at the age of 85. Read more about her work and legacy here: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/a...
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Valie Export, Who Made Art With Her Naked Body, Dies at 85
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
During the summer months, the Center will be posting on Bluesky less often. Please contact us directly about the latest news, future events, etc. at the email address found on our website: cla.umn.edu/austrian
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Center for Austrian Studies
The Western Hemisphere's oldest and best-known research center investigating the past, present, and future of Central Europe with a specific focus on Austria and the successor states of the Habsburg E...
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
MPR highlights the extraordinary life and work of Elizabeth ("Lisl") Scheu Close, and architectural historian's Jane King Hession's book (published with the University of Minnesota Press) on Close's prolific career after emigrating to the United States from Austria www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Thoroughly Modern Lisl: A new book tells the story of the woman who was Minnesota's first Modern architect
Architectural historian Jane King Hession has been studying the work of Minnesota’s first Modernist architect Elizabeth “Lisl” Scheu Close for decades, even conducting an oral history with the archite...
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Stadt Wien-Büchereien @buechereienwien.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Der Amerikaner Jason Reynolds schreibt Kinder- und Jugendromane über Gewalt und Rassismus. Trotzdem ist er überzeugt: Menschen sind von Natur aus gut. Ein Gespräch mit @taz.de. taz.de/Autor-Jason-...
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Autor Jason Reynolds im Gespräch: „Du kannst deine Geheimnisse in Bücher flüstern“
Der Amerikaner Jason Reynolds schreibt Kinder- und Jugendromane über Gewalt und Rassismus. Trotzdem ist er überzeugt: Menschen sind von Natur aus gut.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
For those in the Twin Cities: Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota is hosting an event with Dr. Thomas Klvana on May 7th in Saint Paul. Details can be found on the image below and on their website. sokolmn.org/all-events/
Poster for event with Tomas Klvana at the Czech and Slovak Cultural Center of Minnesota on May 7th, 2026.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
@pbsnews.org highlighted the work of Ceija Stojka (1933-2013), the Austrian Romani artist and activist. Stojka was a Holocaust survivor, and her artwork continues to be the subject of major exhibitions around the world www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0Y...
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Art exhibition shines light on Romani persecution during Holocaust
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Tomorrow (4/21) at 12:00 noon CDT!
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
If you are on campus today (April 16th), please join the Center for Jewish Studies for this exciting talk with Hanna Pollin-Galay (UMass-Amherst). The Center for Austrian Studies is a co-sponsor. cla.umn.edu/jewish-studi...
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From Horse Cadavers to Garden Plots: Concepts of Nonhuman Nature in the Łódź Ghetto
What did “Nature” mean for Jews imprisoned in Nazi spaces? To what extent was “nature” a meaningful category for them in their struggles to survive? How did they relate to flora, fauna, landscape and ...
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Please join us next week for this exciting lecture with Professor Amelia Glaser (UC-San Diego)
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We're heading into the final weeks of the spring semester. Our last event for the term will feature Professor Amelia Glaser (UC-San Diego), and will take place on April 21st at 12:00 noon on campus and via Zoom. To register, please click the link here: z.umn.edu/Glaser
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The Composition of Soil: The Holocaust and Holodomor in Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry
Please join the Center for Austrian Studies and its co-sponsors for a lecture with Professor Amelia Glaser (UC-San Diego)
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
While CAS was closed during the University of Minnesota spring break last week, a review of Cynthia Paces' new book (published by Oxford University Press) appeared in the Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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‘Prague’ Review: History Around Every Corner
Now a picturesque destination for tourists, Prague has been an imperial capital, a flashpoint in religious wars and the site of communist crackdowns.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
REMINDER: The lecture with Dr. Rivka Saltiel is one week from today. Please RSVP via the QR code on the poster or through our Linktree.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Next Friday, former CAS director Howard Louthan will be giving the 39th Annual Town and Gown Lecture, hosted by the University of Arizona's Division for Late Medieval & Reformation Studies. The lecture will be held online at 1pm CDT. Register here: events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/...
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Please join us next Monday, March 23 at 2:30pm for an event with Andrea Bohlman, Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina. Further details and a link to RSVP can be found through the QR code on the poster or via our Linktree.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Please join the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch for tomorrow's (March 5th) talk with Professor Nicholas Baer (UC-Berkeley). CAS is a co-sponsor of the event. cla.umn.edu/gnsd/news-ev...
Event poster consisting of event title, date, location; images of woman in a grid format, with the woman making various facial gestures in each image
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Read CAS Director Alice Lovejoy's recent piece in @thenation.com on the similarities between Czechoslovakia in 1968 and Minneapolis in 2026 www.thenation.com/article/arch...
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This Minnesota Winter Is the New Prague Spring
I’ve studied Czechoslovakia in 1968. I live in Minneapolis. The similarities between the historic invasion and the current ICE “surge” are scary.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Please note: next week's lecture with Dr. Rivka Saltiel (Graz Visiting Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Society) has been rescheduled. It will now take place on March 26th. Details below:
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
While high American salaries drive up the cost of living for local populations and make life unaffordable (something this piece glosses over), the data in this article does help contextualize recent waves of emigration from the United States
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Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Reminder: The event with Rudolf Meer will be tomorrow at noon. Please RSVP if you haven't already.
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Journal of Austrian-American History @jaustamerhist.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
From the "steppes of Hungary" "Sheriff James Martin & deputies were tried in 1898 for killing one miner but acquitted after defense attorneys characterized miners as 'invaders from the Steppes of Hungary' who had come to America to destroy peace and liberty" www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
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How a 1897 Massacre of Pennsylvania Coal Miners Morphed From a Galvanizing Crisis to Forgotten History
The death of 19 immigrants may have unified the labor movement, but powerful interests left their fates unrecognized until decades later
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
For students enrolled at Boston College, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and all University of Minnesota campuses—Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester—exciting summer funding opportunities are available through the UMN Center for German and European Studies
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WorkArt Kunstverein
The WorkArt program places students in internships at art organizations in Germany. Learn more about the program and how to apply.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Please join us and our co-sponsors @mcps-philsci.bsky.social and the Institute for Global Studies for an upcoming talk with Rudolf Meer, the University of Minnesota's 2026 Austrian Fulbright Visiting Professor. RSVP for the event via the QR code on the poster or the linktree in our pinned post.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
For UMN graduate students: CAS has posted calls for 2026 summer fellowships, and for a semester-long dissertation completion/research fellowship to be used during the 2026-27 academic year.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A reminder for those interested: Applications for the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies' 2026 intensive summer school are due this Sunday.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
A timely and important piece (in German) in @derstandard.at by Maximilian Brockhaus (the 2025 Marietta Blau Fellow at CAS; Ph.D. Candidate in the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna) and Dr. Martin Tschiggerl (2025 UMN Austrian Fulbright Visiting Professor)
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 15/01/2026
Immigrant-owned businesses across the state are closing or reducing their hours because staff members — even those who are in the U.S. legally — are worried about being profiled and detained by federal agents since immigration enforcement operations in the state have ramped up.
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Minnesota business owners feeling the effects of ICE enforcement actions
Immigrant-owned businesses across the state are closing or reducing their hours because staff members, even those who are in the U.S. legally, are worried about being profiled and detained by federal ...
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
CAS Director Alice Lovejoy's recent book has been named one of the "Top Reads of 2025" by Science News Magazine! www.sciencenews.org/article/favo...
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These are Science News’ favorite books of 2025
Books about AI, Mars and infectious disease were among our top reads this year.
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Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies @botstiberinstitute.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
"Nearly one in ten Austrian consuls served in the United States during long 19th century, and expansion of the consular service and their activities in the U.S. accompanied the emergence of American midwestern metropoles..." Call for papers, Deadline 16 January. botstiberbiaas.org/call-for-pap...
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Call for Papers: “Habsburg International: Austrian Consuls and Consulates in the United States and Around the World” | The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
Consuls have long occupied an ambiguous place in the historiography of international relations. Ubiquitous in imperial infrastructures, yet largely
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Since 2023, the Center has issued subventions for scholars publishing their first book who are in need of additional funds. The project must be related to regions of the former Habsburg Empire. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with subventions issued in the fall and spring each year.
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies is operating its fourth intensive summer school July 6-17th, 2026. The deadline to apply is February 1st, 2026. More details can be found here: www.oeaw.ac.at/ihb/detail/e...
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Comparative Habsburg-Ottoman Paleography – IV
Intensive Summer School
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Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies @botstiberinstitute.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
UC Berkeley’s Austrian Studies Program seeks a Visiting Professor to teach the 5-week Botstiber Compact Seminar in Spring 2027. Topics on Austrian lit, history, or culture welcome. For More Information, see the Link Below: ies.berkeley.edu/austrian/bot...
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Proposals for the 2026 ASA Conference are due soon, on December 12. Participants may submit paper and panel proposals related to Austrian/Habsburg literature, culture, and history from the 18th century to the present day, or related to this year's theme: 'Austria as Stage – Austria on Stage'.
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Dominique Reill @dominiquereill.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Austrian professors in the Humanities + Social Sciences: Want to come to the @wirthinstitute.bsky.social + @ualberta.bsky.social a as a Visiting Professor? Apply! Here's more information: oead.at/en/news/arti... Application materials here: grants.at/en/ Please share!
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Gastprofessur an der University of Alberta
Zur Unterstützung der Forschungstätigkeit des Österreich-Zentrums in Alberta/Edmonton wird für hervorragende Postdocs einer österreichischen Universität eine Gastprofessur ausgeschrieben. Einreichfris...
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Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota @cas-umn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The playwright Tom Stoppard passed away this past weekend at 88. The New York Times coverage is below: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
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Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
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