Center Austria is busy planning for the next semester. Here is a preliminary preview of scheduled events during the spring semester 2010. More to Come...

Professor Matthis sendsNew Year's Greeting from Innsbruck.

The Tyrol as Historical Landscape: Dynamics of a Multicultural Region

Dr. Christina Antenhofer & Dr. Andreas Oberhofer
University of Innsbruck 

When: January 13, 2010, 12.30 pm
Where: Liberal Arts Lounge, UNO Campus

Center Austria Director Dr. Günter Bischof receives recognition for his work from the Austrian Minister for Science and Research, Dr. Johannes Hahn.

Center Austria is chiming in with the entire city of New Orleans about the incredible Saints victory on Sunday night and the winning of the NFC Championship. We are all believers now and look forward to one more victory. 

Dr. Lonnie Johnson
Fulbright - Austrian-American Educational Commission:

Looking back on Central Europe: Twenty Years after 1989

When: February 11, 2010, 12.30pm
Where: Liberal Arts Lounge, UNO Campus

University of New Orleans / University of Innsbruck Workshop
International Student Mobility in the Global Age: Best Practices in Europe and the United States

When:  February 12, 2010
Where: Renaissance Arts Hotel New Orleans, 700 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 USA

First Down Austrian Saints Fanclub in New Orleans for the 44th Superbowl

Dr. Erhard Busek
Former Vice Chancellor, Federal Minister for Science and Research, and Federal Minister for Education, Republic of Austria

European Identity - How to combine Unity and Variety?

When: March 1, 2010, 3.00 pm
Where: TRAC, Room 101

UNO history professor Dr. Molly Mitchell is awarded a Fulbright Grant at the University of Innsbruck for the spring semester 2011. Center Austria congratulates!

Dr. Peter Moser
Marshall Plan Chair and Diplomat in Residence
The University of New Orleans

E Pluribus Unum – A Road Map for a New Global Order?

When: March 10, 2010, 4:00 pm
Where: Earl K. Long LIbrary, Room 407 | UNO Lakefront Campus, New Orleans.

Center Austria and the World Affairs Council of New Orleans presented a lecture by 

Gillian Sorensen
Facing the Crises of Our Times: The US and the UN in 21st Century

When: Tuesday, March 16th, 12:30-1:30pm
Where: Kirschman Hall, Room 210 on UNO campus

The Austrian Student Program (ASP) returns to the UNO Campus for a month of interdisciplinary studies

Dr. Eduard Fuehr
Professor, Brandenburg Technical University at Cottbus:
THE WALL - A Battle Cry Against Communism

When: April 6, 2010, 12.30pm
Where: Liberal Arts Lounge

When: April 14, 2010, 12.30pm
Where: UNO Lakefront Campus, Liberal Arts Lounge

Alexander Smith
Austrian Ministry of Science Fellow at the University of New Orleans, and doctoral student in international relations and economic history at the University of Innsbruck

Values and Imperatives: EU's Foreign Energy Policies between Ethics and Interests

Manfred Kohler
Doctoral Candidate at the University of Innsbruck's Department of Political Science, and Nick Mueller Fellow at Center Austria at the University of New Orleans.

The Historic Battle for Civic Ideals in the United States? Which Ideals Prevail in Today's America?

We are happy to announce that a member of our Center Austria family recently got married. Our heart-felt congratulations go to Andrea Grisold and Wolfgang Maderthaner.

Students from the University of Innsbruck and their friends participated in the spring Swamp Ball Tournament - and won! Congratulations.

We congratulate David Biernath to the Center Austria Outstanding Student and Leadership award for his work as the Center Austria Fellow. Marlies Vitzthum received a Leadership Award from the Executive Education Office.

Dr. Hans Petschar
Director, Picture Archives, Austrian National Library

History and Photography. Historical Sources at the Picture Archives of the Austrian National Library

When: May 6, 2010, 12.30pm
Where: Liberal Arts Lounge, UNO Lakefront Campus

Dr. Monika De Frantz is the 2010-2011 Marshall Plan Anniversary Chair