To celebrate 70 years of American studies in Salzburg, the Austrian American Association for American Studies and the University of Salzburg will host the conference "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? The Changing Nature of American Studies", 3 - 5 November, in Salzburg’s Schloss Leopoldskron.
At the site of Europe’s first American Studies Seminar (1947, now the Salzburg Global Seminar), 50 speakers and 4 invited lecturers will meet to discuss: new discoveries and directions in American studies, the spoils and merits of multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research, transatlantic/pacific mobility, human or digital, America’s image in European culture, past, present, and/or future, writing about the Americas, scholarship and activism, the history of American studies and teaching-related activities in the field.
Keynote speakers:
Julia Leyda, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Philip McGowan, President of the European Association for American Studies Ralph J. Poole, Professor of American Studies, University of Salzburg Mark Reinhardt, Professor of American Civilization, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Special guests:
Daniel S. Mattern, U.S. Embassy, Vienna Lonnie R. Johnson, Fulbright Austria Marty Gecek, Salzburg Global Seminar
Organizers:
Hanna Wallinger, Joshua Parker, Elisabeth Krieber, Karin Wolhgemuth and Christoph Straub
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To celebrate 70 years of American studies in Salzburg, the Austrian American Association for American Studies and the University of Salzburg will host the conference "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? The Changing Nature of American Studies", 3 - 5 November, in Salzburg’s Schloss Leopoldskron.Mehr erfahren
Workshop includes lectures and readings with Tomer Gardi and Barbi Markovic: Friday, 10 November, 14-20h / Kunstquartier, Wissenschaft & Kunst, Bergstr. 12a. www.w-k.sbg.ac.at/kunstpolemik-polemikkunst/veranstaltungen.Mehr erfahren
Rudolf Mosler, Labor and Social Law expert at the University of Salzburg, talks about the topic "Schöne neue Arbeitswelt. Wie reagiert das Arbeitsrecht auf die Arbeit 4.0?"Mehr erfahren
Graduates provide tips for the successful implementation of their business ideas for students in the Salzburger Nachrichten career forum. A linguist who is the founder of the publishing house and a DJ, as well as two computer scientists whose startups have become successful companies, tell what is important in the realization of a good idea.Mehr erfahren
Archaeologists discovered the ancient bronze figure from the second century after Christ in the late summer during excavations in the industrial area of Neumarkt-Pfongau.Mehr erfahren
On Friday, 27 October, 2017, two identical workshops on the prevention of religious radicalization ("Religiöse Radikalisierungsprävention") will take place in HS 103 of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Salzburg (Universitätsplatz 1, Salzburg, 3rd floor). The Workshop I will take place from 10:00 - 12:30; Workshop II from 13:30 - 16:00.Mehr erfahren
The reception will take place on Wednesday, 8 November, 2017, at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, Universitätsplatz 1 (Salzburg). 18:15 in the Kollegienkirche (Religionsverbundende Gebet - designed by the Afro-Asian Institute Salzburg). The Reception will be at 19:00 in HS 101 of the Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät (Universitätsplatz 1, EG).Mehr erfahren
In July 2017, the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies awarded an annual grant to Assistant Professor Joshua Parker (American Studies) for the project "Flowers in the Snow: Austrian Refugees in Manhattan".Mehr erfahren
The university course, "Kuratieren in den szenischen Künsten" is being offered for the second time in 2018 at the University of Salzburg. The course introduces the foundations of curating in theater, dance and music theater.Mehr erfahren
In 2017, the eruption of the Russian Revolution marks the 100th anniversary. On this occasion, the Russia Center of the University of Salzburg, together with the Department of Slavic Studies, is organizing the "Russia 1917" series of events.Mehr erfahren
The Center for Ethics and Poverty Research at the University of Salzburg, together with the IFZ (Internatioal Research Center for Social and Ethical Issues) and the KHG (Katholische Hochschulgemeinde Salzburg) will be hosting for the fifth time the Lehrgang für Soziales Engagement during the winter semester 2017/18.Mehr erfahren
Nationalpark Austria (nationalparksaustria.at) and Nationalpark Hohe Tauern (hohetauern.at) will be hosting the "6th International Symposium for Research in Protected Areas" from 2 to 3 November, 2017, in Salzburg.Mehr erfahren
Prof. Erich Müller, Vice Rector of Educational Affairs of the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, opens the festival in the lecture hall E.001 in the Unipark Nonntal together with Dr. Elfriede Windischbauer, Rector of the Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg Stefan Zweig, and Dr. Mario Kostal, Vice-President of the University of Mozarteum Salzburg, on Tuesday, 7 November, at 17:30.Mehr erfahren
24 October: The Balfour Declaration and the Russian Revolution: Towards the Simultaneity of Contradictory Jewish Emancipation Perspectives in Central / Eastern Europe
Jan Rybak, MA (European University Institute, Florence) Tuesday, 24 October, 2017, 18:00, HS 380 (GesWi, Rudolfskai 42)Mehr erfahren
In the minimum time of four semesters, six students of the University of Salzburg successfully completed the course of studies Bewegtes Lernen.Mehr erfahren
Since 1979, a congress of the European Society for Herpetology (Societas Europaea Herpetologica) has been held every two years. This year, for the second time in Austria and for the first time in Salzburg, the Congress took place 18 - 23 September, 2017.Mehr erfahren
Christina von Braun, cultural theorist, author and filmmaker, will be holding a guest lecture at the Unipark Nonntal (Erzabt-Klotz-Str. 1, HS E.004 Anna Bahr-Mildenburg) on 25 October. www.w-k.sbg.ac.at/kunstpolemik-polemikkunst/aktuellesMehr erfahren
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