Database of Funded Projects
The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies has generously funded academic research and public history projects that promote an understanding of the historic relationship between the United States and Austria. The following search tools make it possible to explore these projects and to learn more about the scholars and organizations who have received BIAAS grants and fellowships.
Thomas Antonic
The aim of this project is to study the sojourns of the U.S. poet Allen Ginsberg in Austria in 1957, 1980, and 1993, and to examine the impact of these visits on the poet's work as well as the influence of his time in Austria on the country’s literary and cultural landscape. The focus is thus on the cultural exchange(s) between the USA and Austria. The research results are to be published in book form in English. In addition, two audio CDs with previously unpublished recordings of a performance by Allen Ginsberg in Graz in 1980 will be included with the book.