CAS seeking students to nominate from UMN who are interested in doing academic research abroad in the technical sciences.

$4,000 in funding to support studies in Austria or Central Europe to an undergraduate senior, or a graduate student in the humanities or social sciences.

Founded in Vienna in 1909, the “Hakoah Sports Club” (Hakoah in Hebrew means strength) was the largest and best-known Jewish all-round sports club of the interwar period. Its foundation signalled the rise of a growing national Jewish assertiveness, a Zionist politicization of sporting activities, and a reaction to the socially accepted antisemitism of the early 20th century. In its heyday after the First World War, Hakoah had several thousand members and the original range of sports—the founding statutes initially mentioned the “physical elevation of the Jewish people [...] through the pursuit of football, track and field as well as heavy athletics, and winter and water sports”—was broadened significantly during that period; tourism, skiing, handball, chess, a Hakoah orchestra, and a dancing section were added.

Book review of Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundation of Science, by Karl Sigmund. The Economist (January 13th 2018)

Minneapolis, November 13, 2017 — The Minnesota Design Center is pleased to host Victor Gruen: Visionary Urban Designer, an evening dedicated to the life and work of the Austrian architect, Victor Gruen, on Monday, November 20, 2017. The event will celebrate Gruen (1903-1980), who designed Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, with a film screening, a panel discussion, a book signing, an exhibition, and a reception. The event is co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota Press and the Center for Austrian Studies, at the U of M. The event is free and open to the public.

500th Anniversary of the Reformation Celebrated with a 2017-2018 Lectures Series on REMEMBERING THE REFORMATION

Fifth annual Radomir Luža Prize for an outstanding work in the field of Austrian and/or Czechoslovak World War II studies.

Luther worked in an apocalyptic age, and his efforts to transform the religious culture of the day reflected these intellectual currents.

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, this workshop will create a library exhibit, two lecture series, and a one-day conference.