The Trans-Atlantic Journeyman
The TransAtlantic Journeyman” looks back at the people, places, and ideas that shaped Siegfried Beer’s remarkable life and career. From a small town in Lower…
What the American Duel Teaches Us About the Austrian Empire—and the Modern Newspaper
By Orel Beilinson, Bar-Ilan University. In 1897, the American writer Frank Norris published a story drawn from his own student days at the Académie Julian…
Eleanor Lansing Dulles and the Vienna Black Market
By Nathan Marcus, Ben-Gurion University. On 29 August 1945, Eleanor Lansing Dulles drove into Vienna on the backseat of Adolf Hitler’s requisitioned touring car and…
A is for Austria, Ep. 4 — Taking the Fight to the Third Reich: The American and Austrian OSS Operation Greenup
Exchanges between Austria and the United States didn’t always happen under happy circumstances. During the darkest days of the Second World War, the U.S. Office…
The Austrian and European Security Landscape: The Eye of the Storm
Former Austrian Minister of Defense Thomas Starlinger joins political scientist Reinhard Heinisch at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. for a timely conversation on “The…
Transatlantic Perspectives on Central Europe: The Botstiber Institute Series in Austrian-American Studies
This new series, in collaboration with the Central European University, is devoted to the study of the historical relationship between the United States and Austria,…
Hugo Bettauer Imagines America
by Tres Lambert, Gettysburg College. Born in 1872 in Baden bei Wien, author, editor, and journalist Hugo Bettauer was no stranger to controversy. His knack…
Latest Issue of Journal of Austrian-American History Now Available
With articles on the Vienna 1952 performance of “Porgy and Bess,” early Czech sound recordings in New York, Allied denazification in Austria, Otto Habsburg and…
Conference Workshop: Habsburg International. Austrian Consuls and Consulates in the United States and Around the World.
Consuls have long occupied an ambiguous place in the historiography of international relations. Ubiquitous in imperial infrastructures, yet largely overshadowed by ambassadors and high diplomacy,…
Pez: The Candy that Crossed the Atlantic
The story of PEZ begins in Austria. In this video, we explore the full history of PEZ candy, from its origins in Vienna with Eduard…
Yoichi Okamoto | A Revolutionary Photographer’s Career from Vienna to the White House
Yoichi Okamoto was born in 1915, in the city of Yonkers, New York. He played a major role in the post-World War II photography of…
Allen Ginsberg in Austria
By Thomas Antonic The European Tours Between 1979 and 1983, Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), undoubtedly the most influential and famous American poet of the second half…
A is for Austria, Ep. 3 — A Very Habsburg Family History with Nick Reynolds
Historian, author, soldier, spy – Nick Reynolds has done it all. In this episode, the New York Times best-selling author discusses the role Austria has…
Habsburg Railroad Engineers in America
by Henry Blood. In studying the development of railroads in the Habsburg Empire, I initially had no idea there would be any link between Europe…
Christmas in Vienna: Karlsplatz Christmas Market in Vienna, Austria
Beneath the glowing dome of Karlskirche, Christmas at Karlsplatz feels wide open and wonderfully human. ✨ This film takes you into one of Vienna’s most…
Vienna Christmas: Schönbrunn Christmas Market in Vienna Austria
Under the golden façade of Schönbrunn Palace, Christmas takes on a royal glow. ✨🏰 This film invites you into the Schönbrunn Christmas Market, where imperial…
Christmas in Vienna: Christmas market at Stephansplatz in Vienna, Austria
In the very heart of Vienna, under the watchful towers of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Christmas feels quieter—slower—more sacred. ✨ This film takes you into the…
Christmas in Vienna: Wiener Christkindlmarkt at Rathausplatz—Vienna’s legendary Christmas Market
Step into a real-life Christmas story in the heart of Vienna. ✨ This film takes you to the Wiener Christkindlmarkt at Rathausplatz—Vienna’s legendary Christmas market,…
From Lienz to Jackson Hole and Back Again: the Austrian Ski Champion Josef “Pepi” Stiegler by Martin Kofler
Within the field of the Tyrolean Photo Archive‘s activities, one recent focus is Sports History. Few individuals loom larger for these activities than the Austrian…
New Survey Reveals Changing Perspectives of U.S. /Austria Relationship
“Global Politics, Technology and Social Media Combine to Erode Trust and Interest” Results from a new survey focusing on Austria and the United States show…
A is for Austria, Ep. 2 — Austria’s Sherlock Holmes: Hans Gross and the Graz School of Criminalistics
What does an Austria jurist have to do with the FBI? In the second episode of the A is for Austria podcast, Priv. Doz. Christian…
If Passports Could Talk: A Life Between Worlds with Lonnie Johnson
In this episode of If Passports Could Talk, we journey through five decades of cultural exchange and international education with Lonnie R. Johnson. Lonnie R….
A is for Austria, Ep. 1 — Habsburg Vampires? Folklore, Fear & the Enlightenment
Vampires? In Austria? For the first episode of the A is for Austria podcast, Dr. Peter Kreuter of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast…
Call for Papers: “Habsburg International: Austrian Consuls and Consulates in the United States and Around the World”
Consuls have long occupied an ambiguous place in the historiography of international relations. Ubiquitous in imperial infrastructures, yet largely overshadowed by ambassadors and high diplomacy,…