Information on how to apply for Fulbright-Botstiber Visiting Professors of Austrian-American Studies to the United States and Austria, with applications due in September and October, 2023...
The conference presents leading scholarship on the legacies of Habsburg Austria in its encounters with the indigenous peoples of North America...
The Board of Advisors and staff of the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies held their annual meeting in Washington, DC, on Friday, May 19, evaluating more than two dozen proposals for grant support during a day-long meeting. That evening...
The iconic Bruno Kreisky was arguably the most important Austrian post-World War II statesman. He served in many different political functions. This workshop was aimed at reassessing Kreisky's leadership and his place in postwar Austrian History.
A Paramount Story tells the century-long life story of film pioneer Adolph Zukor, father of the American feature-film and the founder of Paramount Studios. This feature-length documentary, it is not only an intimate look at the golden age of the movie industry, but also an in-depth examination of Hollywood’s complicated relationship with immigrants, racism, minorities and societal intolerance.
The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies and the Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University in Budapest are pleased to invite applications for the fellowship in Transatlantic Austrian and Central European Relations for junior researchers for the academic year 2023/24.
Details about the upcoming BIAAS event, "Music of War and Victory: How Beethoven helped to save and rebuild the Habsburg Empire." The event takes place in late-January 2023, at the University of California, Berkeley.
Our sincerest congratulations to the 13 individuals, and their affiliated institutions, who will be supported by BIAAS funding for their upcoming projects and events. We are excited to see what they accomplish, and we are happy to present the titles of their diverse projects, below.
By Jonathan Singerton
In 1783, the Peace of Paris treaties famously concluded the American Revolution. However, the Revolution could have come to an end two years earlier had diplomats from the Habsburg realms—the largest continental European power—succeeded in their attempts to convene a Congress of Vienna in 1781.
By Mark S. Weiner
Why does the honor guard of the Mountain Rescue Association (MRA), the umbrella organization for all mountain rescue in America, carry Austrian ice axes when it stands in respect at memorials for fallen search-and-rescue personnel? For the past two years, I have been making a documentary film about the Austrian mountain rescue service, the Bergrettung, supported by seed funding from BIAAS.
