WHO WE ARE
The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (BIAAS) promotes an understanding of the historic relationship between the United States and Austria, including the lands of the former Habsburg empire, by awarding grants and fellowships, organizing lectures and conferences, and publishing the Journal of Austrian-American History. We engage with a broader public audience through digital programming, including videos, podcasts and blog posts.
LATEST NEWS
2025 Annual Botstiber Lecture
Hannelore Veit will deliver the 2025 Annual Botstiber Lecture on Austrian-American Affairs. Among her many accomplishments, Ms. Veit anchored the top-rated Austrian news program Zeit im Bild (1993-2012) and later served, from 2013 to 2020, as the Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief for Austrian Public Broadcasting (ORF). Ms. Veit is a graduate of both Notre Dame University and the University of Vienna. She currently works as a journalist, media consultant, and author. Ms. Veit will speak on “Fake News – Hard Facts – True Lies? How News Media Influence Public Opinion in Austria and the United States.”
The 2025 Botstiber Lecture will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 6:30 pm, at the Embassy of the Austrian Republic, 3524 International Court, NW, Washington, DC.
“Renewed Discrimination Against Mahler”? An Episode in Postwar Austrian Musical Politics
By Benjamin M. Korstvedt
“The postwar fate of Mahler’s legacy in Vienna, long his musical home, was both significant and revealing. His works experienced a brief revival there in the immediate aftermath of the war. Within weeks of the defeat of the Nazi regime, the occupying authorities organized a few performances of his symphonies under the direction of two conductors who had been silenced by the Nazis, Robert Fanta and Joseph Krips. These concerts were charged with political significance as symbols of a new beginning after the defeat of Nazism.“
BIAAS supports grant and fellowship proposals for projects that promote an understanding of the historic relationship between the United States and Austria in the fields of history, politics, economics, law, cultural studies, and public history.
Each year BIAAS organizes and supports conferences, lectures, and events in the United States and Europe that support scholarship on the historic relationship between Austria and the United States.
The Journal of Austrian-American History is an open-access, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal sponsored by BIAAS and published by Penn State University Press.
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