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“Renewed Discrimination Against Mahler”? An Episode in Postwar Austrian Musical Politics

"Renewed Discrimination Against Mahler"? An Episode in Postwar Austrian Musical Politics

By Benjamin M. Korstvedt

The tremendous growth in popularity of the music of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in performance and especially on record during the 1960s and 1970s has achieved almost mythical status. Not only did performances and recordings of Mahler’s symphonies begin to flourish as never before, but his image was radically transformed. He went from being widely regarded as a composer of sprawling, idiosyncratic, often self-indulgent symphonies that belonged only on the fringes of the repertoire, to being seen as a composer of urgent importance who brought the long tradition of the Germanic symphony to its great and tragic climax...

“Renewed Discrimination Against Mahler”? An Episode in Postwar Austrian Musical Politics2025-02-07T19:08:07+00:00

New Perspectives on the Spy Story behind “The Third Man”

New Perspectives on the Spy Story behind "The Third Man"

By Thomas Riegler

In 1951 and 1955 Philby was investigated as ‘the third man’ after the defection of the first two members of the Cambridge Five. As journalist Gordon Corera puts it: ‘By a strange quirk of fate, the title of Graham Greene’s screenplay was now applied to the man, unbeknown to anyone, may have helped inspire it...

New Perspectives on the Spy Story behind “The Third Man”2025-02-04T16:24:42+00:00

Cybernetic Emigres: Wartime Machines and the Problem of Life between Vienna and the United States

Cybernetic Emigres: Wartime Machines and the Problem of Life between Vienna and the United States

By Elizabeth O'Neil

During the 1930s and 1940s, thousands of scientists and intellectuals fled Austria. Some, especially those with Jewish heritage, left in the early 1930s when the threat of Nazi antisemitism became apparent. Others remained in Austria through the war years and left afterwards in search of financial security. This “intellectual migration,” as scholars often call it, had profound impacts both on Austria and the United States...

Cybernetic Emigres: Wartime Machines and the Problem of Life between Vienna and the United States2024-11-11T19:58:52+00:00

Austria’s Role in Shaping American Catholicism

Austria's Role in Shaping American Catholicism

By Jonathan Singerton

Over the duration of its existence between 1829 and 1917, the Society donated around 4.2 million Austrian Gulden to the American cause. Unlike the other missionary societies, the Leopoldine Society restricted its alms to causes solely for use in North America, meaning the United States and Dominion of Canada...

Austria’s Role in Shaping American Catholicism2024-10-24T19:08:16+00:00

2024 Botstiber Grant Recipients

2024 Botstiber Grant Recipients

Our sincerest congratulations to the 12 individuals and their affiliated institutions who will be supported by the Botstiber Foundation for their upcoming research and projects. We are excited to see what they accomplish, and we are happy to present some information about their work!

2024 Botstiber Grant Recipients2024-08-19T12:59:57+00:00

2024 Annual Botstiber Lecture

2024 Annual Botstiber Lecture

A dedicated scholar and author of many books, Dr. Boyer is the recipient of numerous accolades from the Austrian government, including the Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class (2004), in recognition of his work on the history of the Habsburg Empire, and the Austrian State Prize for Modern History (2006). In addition, his leadership at the University of Chicago has shaped a generation of historians who focus on Austria...

2024 Annual Botstiber Lecture2024-04-26T14:15:18+00:00

Researching US Intelligence Organizations in Austria at the End of the Second World War

Researching US Intelligence Organizations in Austria at the End of the Second World War

By Duncan Bare

While much is already known about what US intelligence did in Austria between 1945 and 1955, relatively little has been written to date about their structure(s) or personnel, except to add ‘flavor’ and depth to stories of their operational exploits or specific projects. In some way, the task I set myself was to write organizational ‘biographies’ of OSS, SSU, and CIG in Austria. To accomplish this as accurately and comprehensively as possible, I would also need to reconstruct their organizational ‘family trees’, with branches stretching back to Washington...

Researching US Intelligence Organizations in Austria at the End of the Second World War2024-03-11T16:37:36+00:00

American Agents in Austria – After 1918, After 1945

American Agents in Austria – After 1918, After 1945

“American Agents in Austria – After 1918, After 1945” is a two-day conference devoted to an exploration of the strategies of Austria and the successor states to develop their state capacities and to provide basic public goods with the support of American experts on different levels of administration....

American Agents in Austria – After 1918, After 19452024-07-12T17:49:55+00:00

Benedikt C. Harzl | Austria’s Permanent Neutrality in European and Transatlantic Context(s)

Benedikt C. Harzl | Austria’s Permanent Neutrality in European and Transatlantic Context(s)

This lecture will engage with the theory and practice of the Austrian neutrality concept in light of the contemporary international setting. Since its inception in 1955, the concept of neutrality appears to exist in a challenging realm, positioned ambiguously between serving as a model and transitioning into a phase-out model...

Benedikt C. Harzl | Austria’s Permanent Neutrality in European and Transatlantic Context(s)2024-01-24T17:11:31+00:00

The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Bring Us Home (2024 Film Trailer)

The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Brings Us Home (2024 Film Trailer)

Two mountain rescue organizations—one near Seattle, Washington, the other in Tyrol, Austria—are linked by a surprising historic connection. Take a journey with historian Mark S. Weiner from America to Austria as he considers the origins and meaning of their work. Both groups have grown from a strong sense of place—because before you can save a stranger, you first must love your home.

The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Bring Us Home (2024 Film Trailer)2024-01-22T14:35:24+00:00
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