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.
Ohad Reiss-Sorokin – The Rise of the New Mandarins: The Story of the “Geistkreis” from Vienna to the New World
Ohad Reiss-Sorokin’s Ph.D. dissertation “The Rise of the New Mandarins: The Story of the ‘Geistkreis’ from Vienna to the New world”, follows the story of the ‘Geistkreis,’ an interdisciplinary intellectual circle that took place in Vienna in the Interwar period. […]
Christiane Tewinkel – American Pianists Studying with Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna, 1878-1913
Christiane Tewinkel received a 2019 BIAAS grant for her project “American Students Studying with Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna, 1878-1913”. […]
Roman Hutter
Roman Hutter received a BIAAS fellowship to examine ways Western and Eastern European cultural institutions exerted influence on the Romanian-German writer Oskar Pastior during the Cold War. […]
Silvia Rief
Silvia Rief received a 2018 fellowship from BIAAS for work on her project, “Political philosophy, economy theory and society: Karl Polanyi’s ‘real utopia’ reconsidered.” […]
Günther Sandner
Günther Sandner received a 2018 fellowship from BIAAS for his project, “Rudolf Modley (1906-1976) – Viennese Picture Language in the USA.” […]
Regina Range
Regina Range received a 2018 BIAAS grant for her project, “From Vienna to Hollywood: Uncovering the Forgotten Lives and Careers of Three Female Austrian-Jewish Exile Scriptwriters.” […]
Edward Muston
BIAAS gave a grant to Edward Muston to conduct research in support of his book project “American Ghosts: Das Amerikabild in Contemporary Austrian Literature.” […]
João Fábio Bertonha
João Fabio Bertonha received a BIAAS grant to research Emperor Maximilian of Mexico and his dream of building a Euro-American Empire during the 1860s. […]
Jeremy Eichler
Jeremy Eichler received a BIAAS grant to study the musical memorialization of the Second World War and the Holocaust. […]
Joanna Curtis
Joanna Curtis received a BIAAS grant to examine Austrian musical life and cultural diplomacy during the Cold War. […]