By Orel Beilinson, Bar-Ilan University. In 1897, the American writer Frank Norris published a story drawn from his own student days at the Académie Julian in Paris. Its hero, Buldy Jones, used to be Yale’s star varsity pitcher. Now an American art student abroad, he dominates the struggle over the…
By Nathan Marcus, Ben-Gurion University. On 29 August 1945, Eleanor Lansing Dulles drove into Vienna on the backseat of Adolf Hitler’s requisitioned touring car and as part of a US convoy that further included a bullet-proof limousine formerly owned by Benito Mussolini. Eleanor, the younger sister of Allen Welsh Dulles,…
This new series, in collaboration with the Central European University, is devoted to the study of the historical relationship between the United States and Austria, broadly conceived to include the Habsburg Monarchy and its successor states from the early modern period to the present day. The series brings together scholarship…
Former Austrian Minister of Defense Thomas Starlinger joins political scientist Reinhard Heinisch at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. for a timely conversation on “The Austrian and European Security Landscape: The Eye of the Storm.” Recorded on May 29, 2026, this discussion explores Austria’s role in European security, the future of defense policy, transatlantic relations,…
The Austrian Association for American Studies is an academic non-profit organization that sets out to support American Studies in Austria at academic institutions and to promote transatlantic understanding. Currently, the Austrian Association for American Studies has more than 110 active members. They represent the Association at practically all Austrian universities and academic institutions with departments…
Exchanges between Austria and the United States didn’t always happen under happy circumstances. During the…
Historian, author, soldier, spy – Nick Reynolds has done it all. In this episode, the…
What does an Austria jurist have to do with the FBI? In the second episode…
The Journal of Austrian-American History is devoted to the study of the historic relationship between the United States and Austria, including the historical Habsburg Empire, with a focus on the transatlantic exchange between the two countries across the disciplines of history, political science, economics, law, and cultural studies. A current complete list of published articles is available here.
The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies seeks grant proposals for research or projects aimed at promoting an understanding of the historic relationships between the United States and Austria including Habsburg Austria.
The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (BIAAS) seeks grant proposals for events aimed at promoting an understanding of the historic relationships between the United States and Austria including Habsburg Austria.
