October 13th, 2020 - 12PM New Orleans / 7PM Innsbruck
Pre-Election Expectations
November 10th, 2020 - 12PM New Orleans / 7PM Innsbruck
Post-Election Analysis
The Center at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the German Studies Association
2020 Radomir Luza Prize Awarded
Now: Joint Lecture Series
The U.S. - Austria Friendship Tram in Vienna
Congratulations are in Order!
Marc Landry Receives Research Grant
Photo: UNO Office of Public Relations
Center Austria Associate Director Marc Landry received the Creative Opportunity Grant from the University of New Orleans’ Office of Research to work on his forthcoming book “White Coal: Alpine Water and Power in Europe, 1850-1970.”
Call for Submissions: 2020 Radomir Luza Prize
Castle Trautson Joint Project
Center Austria and the Department of Anthropology (professor of archeology Rya Gray) at the University of New Orleans (UNO) are involved in a joint project with the Department of Archeology of the partner university in Innsbruck under the leadership of Professor Harald Stadler, who served as a guest professor at UNO in the fall of 2019.
UNO Center Austria Prize in Transatlantic History 2020
UNO at the University of Innsbruck
The University of Innsbruck recently celebrated its 350th anniversary with a “tree" of markers recognizing all partner universities, including The University of New Orleans at a distance of 7798 km from Innsbruck.
Election Event
Book Presentation and Talk
Team Center Austria Visits the National WWII Museum
The Center at the Krewe of Krampus
According to the Krewe, In keeping with a true European Krampuslauf, known as a Krampus run, the Krewe will maintain many of the traditions found in Alpine villages. Our evening parade or Krampuslauf will be lead by Krampus, complete with switches, and Saint Nicholas accompanied by a host of other creatures and folklore legends like Frau Perchta (The Frau), Yule Cat, Knecht Ruprecht, Belsnickel, and others (Y’ules).
Alps-Adriatic Alliance Group Visits the Center
Thomas Pseiner, the Secretary-General of the Alps-Adriatic Alliance visited Center Austria on December 9, 2019.
The Alps-Adriatic Alliance was founded on November 22nd 2013 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. It represents a dynamic, flexible and low-threshold network-structure for project-oriented cooperation in the Alps-Adriatic area.
New Orleans Mayor Honors Innsbruck Student
Mayor Latoya Cantrell (left) and Valerie Wittig
New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell honors University of Innsbruck student Valerie Wittig in a ceremony welcoming and celebrating international scholars and students to New Orleans. Ms. Wittig will graduate this December with an MBA from UNO's College of Business Administration.
Professor Bischof Honored in Austria
Upcoming: Lunch Talk - Prof. Marylin Miller
Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Association for Teachers of German.
Brigitta Malm and Center Austria Associate Director Marc Landry
Center Austria hosted the Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Association for Teachers of German (LAATG). This year's guest speaker was Mrs. Brigitta Malm who gave a lecture about "100 Years Bauhaus".