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.
James Morrow
Jim Morrow received a $5,000 BIAAS grant for the project “Designing the American Salzburg: Habsburg Austrian Culture in Colorado Mountain Communities,” which will examine how Habsburg Austrians who settled in Colorado used architecture and design to create a sense of togetherness. The proposed research has two objectives. The first will document how Habsburg Austrian emigres in two Colorado towns, Crested Butte and Aspen, influenced the development of American alpine culture. The second will give detail [...]
Sina Hoche – VALIE EXPORT in Context: Transatlantic Affinities between Performance Art and the Women’s Liberation Movement in Austria and the U.S.
Sina Hoche received a BIAAS grant for her project “VALIE EXPORT in Context: Transatlantic Affinities between Performance Art and the Women’s Liberation Movement in Austria and the U.S.” in which she will be examining sketches, drafts, recordings, and other works stored at the VALIE EXPORT Research Center in Linz, Austria and the MoMA in New York City. […]
Lonnie R. Johnson and Fulbright Austria
Dr. Lonnie R. Johnson has been awarded a grant for a bilateral case study of two interlocking concerns: […]
Steven Samols – Global Visions: Austrian Émigrés and Photojournalism, 1905-1965
Steven Samols received a 2019 BIAAS grant to further his dissertation research into transatlantic flows of visual communication between Austria and the United States in the twentieth century. […]
Austrian Cultural Forum New York
BIAAS granted $10,000 in order to publish a magazine highlighting the role of Austrian cultural institutions in New York. […]