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Center for Austrian Studies

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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Upcoming Events

September 21, 2021

Kann Memorial Lecture

This year's Kann Memorial Lecture will be presented by Presidential Research Professor of History Nancy M. Wingfield of Northern Illinois University.

October 06, 2021

Contemporary Developments in the Environmental Humanities

Public forum by Prof. Daniel J. Philippon, University of Minnesota, and Prof. Alexa Weik von Mossner, University of Klagenfurt

October 14, 2021

Austrian Actresses in Modern Theater and Thought: Adele Sandrock and Tilla Durieux

Public lecture by Sara Jackson, associate professor of German studies, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

October 18, 2021

Bulgarian Cultural Diplomacy in the West: Between Ideology and Universal Values

Public lecture by Theodora Dragostinova, Department of History, The Ohio State University

November 04, 2021

Four Towns that Moved: Mass Mining and the Transformations of Lives and Landscapes in the 20th Century

Public lecture by Eagle Glassheim, Department of History, University of British Columbia

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Recent News

Two Exciting Summer Events

Julian Gillilan Receives the CAS Summer Research Grant

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