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2019 Cultural Politics and Propaganda Conference March 28-30, 2019 “Cultural Politics and Propaganda: Mediated Narratives and Images in Austrian-American Relations (1900-2000)” Conference took place from March 28 – 30, 2019 at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Austria. “Culture Politics and Propaganda” was hosted by the North Atlantic Triangle Commission and sponsored by the…

Dr. Leon Botstein presented the 2018 Botstiber Lecture at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, a division of Johns Hopkins University, located in Washington, D.C. Dr. Botstein is President of Bard College and Chairman of the Board of Central European University. His lecture, “The Cunning of History: The Politics of Today and…

2018 Florida State University Conference February 16, 2018 “Letters in Troubled Times: Evaluating Epistolary Sources” Conference at Florida State University. Scholars from across the United States and Europe participated in panel sessions focused on new approaches to collecting, preserving, and disseminating letters of migrants and immigrants. The conference was hosted by Florida State University’s Institute…

2017 Botstiber Lecture with Dr. Heinz Fischer June 2, 2017 Former President of Austria, Dr. Heinz Fischer presented the 2017 Botstiber Lecture at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Click below to hear Dr. Fischer’s talk titled, “Austria 1918-2018,” and learn about the political history of Austrian throughout the 20th century.

2016 Botstiber Lecture – Panel Discussion May 20, 2016The 2016 Botstiber Lecture featured a panel discussion on “The Politics of Migration in America and Austria.” Hosted at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C., the panel featured presentations by Farid Hafez of the University of Salzburg and James “Jim” Hollifield of Southern Methodist University. Tara Zahra,…