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The Western Hemisphere's oldest and best-known research center investigating the past, present, and future of Central Europe with a specific focus on Austria and the successor states of the Habsburg Empire.

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Authoritarian Atlanticism?

Political Scientist Bernhard Weidinger discusses far-right interactions between Austria and America

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Austria's 2024 Federal Election: Turning Point for the Far Right

Guest contributor, Ander Kierig (UMN Libraries), comments on Austria's recent federal elections, in which the far-right won the largest number of votes in any election since…

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History and Jewish Studies Major Ryken Farr Attends Seven-Week Yiddish Language Intensive

Ryken Farr, who is also minoring in German and Museum & Curatorial Studies, traveled to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts in Summer 2024

Call for Papers: Central European History Convention

The University of Vienna and the Institute of Austrian Historical Research will
host the first Central European History Convention (CEH-C) in July 2025.

CAS welcomes Maximilian Brockhaus as the 2024-25 Doctoral Research Fellow from Austria

Brockhaus is a Ph.D. student at the University of Vienna's Institute for Contemporary History