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New Fall 98 Final AUSTRIANCENTER STUDIES FOR AUSTRIAN STUDIESNEWSLETTER Vol. 10, No. 3 Fall 1998 New Austrian center opens in Canada The Center for Austrian tral European theme. It Studies gained a sister will work with the Uni- institution on this con- versity of Alberta librar- tinent when the Cana- ies and the Embassies of dian Center for Austrian Austria, the Czech Re- and Central European public, Hungary, Po- Studies (CCAuCES) land, and Slovenia to es- formally opened at the tablish a resource center University of Alberta in for Austrian and Central Edmonton, Canada, on European Studies for 8 September 1998. scholars throughout As reported in ASN Canada and the United [see p.16, Winter 1998], States. Szabo is particu- the University of Al- larly eager to cooperate berta reached an agree- with CAS, and he and ment in March 1998 Richard Rudolph have with the Austrian gov- been discussing ideas ernment and the Aus- for cooperation; pre- trian Conference of liminary suggestions in- University Presidents to clude joint research establish a new Cana- His Excellency Dr. Walther Lichem, Austrian ambassador to Canada, and Dr. Patricia Clements, projects, jointly spon- dian Center for Austrian dean of arts, University of Alberta, at the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the sored conferences, and and Central European Austrian Government and the University of Alberta, 2 March 1998.(courtesy Franz Szabo) sharing the cost of Studies in order to en- bringing Central and courage further area study and research on this part of the world. Since East European speakers to North America. In addition, Szabo has pro- then the enterprise also gained the cooperation and support of the gov- posed contributing a CCAuCES column to ASN. ernments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia. The opening ceremony was attended by some 300 guests, including The Center was formally opened by the Austrian Federal Minister of Canadian government and education officials; government, consular, and Science and Transportation, Dr. Casper Einem, and President and Vice- trade officials from Austria, the Czech Republic, and Hungary; officials Chancellor of the University of Alberta, Dr. Roderick D. Fraser. Dr. from the European Union (EU) Delegation in Canada, the Austrian Con- Franz A. J. Szabo, currently a professor of History at Carleton Univer- ference of University Presidents, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and sity in Ottawa and winner of the 1996 ACI prize for his monographs on Canadian national funding and research agencies; members of the local Count Kaunitz, was named director of the CCAuCES. The Austrian gov- continued on page 9 ernment is funding an ongoing visiting faculty member under the “Insti- IN THIS ISSUE tutslektor” program of the Ministry of the Sciences. Visiting Instituts- lektoren will come on three-year terms and also serve as Associate Di- rectors to the Center. The first Institutslektor selected was Dr. Markus LetterfromtheDirector 2 Reisenleitner, a scholar of Early Modern and Biedermeier cultural his- MinnesotaCalendar 3 tory who has taught at the University of Vienna since 1993. NewsfromtheCenter:CenterforHolocaustStudies 3 The new Center will be both the resource center and the focal point of ASNInterview:MichaelLandesmann 4 a national expertise network on central Europe, not only for scholars and The“LesserTraumatized”:ExiledAustrianJews 6 academics but also for business, government, and nongovernment orga- nizations. Its task is to coordinate Austrian and Central European stud- TheSalzburgerSettlementatEbenezer,Georgia 10 ies at the University of Alberta, provide a leadership role for Austrian Publications:NewsandReviews 12 Studies within Canada, and create a network of cooperation with other NewsfromtheField:1848/49Conference 16 Canadian universities. CCAuCES will sponsor conferences, artistic fes- SAHHNews 16 tivals, symposia, and other scholarly events with an Austrian and Cen- HABSBURGHappenings 17 THE CENTER HAS A NEW FAX NUMBER: ASNInterview:GerdaNeyer 18 612-626-9004 SalburgFestival1998:Heavenly! 20 PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF IT! Announcements 22 AUSTRIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR Springing ahead As I write this letter it is still summer, but we are moving along at full putting some outstanding international scholars in the history of the re- speed on our annual symposium, which will be held next spring. We feel gion together with political scientists, journalists, psychologists, anthro- we have an extremely significant and exciting set of themes. The sym- pologists, sociologists, and specialists in literature to provide a venue posium, “Creating the Other: The Causes and Dynamics of Nationalism, for interdisciplinary and comparative discourse. I am anxious to hear Ethnic Enmity, and Racism in Central and Eastern Europe,” will be held complete versions of many intriguing proposals: Glen Bowman, an an- May 6-8 1999 at the University of Minnesota. It is the first stage in a thropologist and sociologist from England, will speak on his theoretical long-term interdisciplinary and international research project on ethnic and field work on comparison of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and national enmity. with the Israeli-Arab conflict; there will be a joint presentation by a Turk- We were gratified and a bit overwhelmed by the fact that over 150 ish and a Greek scholar, Bulent Gokay and Lily Hamourtzi, on Greco- people sent us proposals. The selection process was therefore difficult, Turkish ethnic enmity and images; and a German colleague, Björn because there were so many excellent proposals, and our selection com- Krondorfer, who has done work on the concept of “the other” with refer- mittee had to make painful choices, rejecting around a hundred appli- ence to inmates of a concentration camp, will incorporate discussions cants. As we continue with the research project, the proposals sent to us with his father (a camp guard) into his presentation; Anton Pelinka, a should serve as a reservoir for future workshops and publications. leading Austrian political scientist, and Annaliese Rohrer, political edi- Conference participants will come from a variety of disciplines and tor of Die Presse, will join with others to discuss the workings of racism countries, ranging from England in the West to Russia and Japan in the and xenophobia on modern Austrian political life. There will be discus- East. Scholars from Austria—Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck— sions of Austrian and Habsburg conceptions of “the other,” as well as will be there in full force, as will colleagues from the so-called succes- ethnic and national questions among Hungarians, Romanians, Czechs, sor states of the Habsburg monarchy. Of course many scholars from the Poles, Ukrainians, Roma, Jews, Muslims, African-Americans, Latinos, United States will also participate. and the former Yugoslavians, all in comparative perspective. I am personally very much looking forward to this opportunity to ex- Also, in keeping with my long-held idea that conferences should make plore the nuances of the problems from the perspectives of various dis- use of the minds of assembled scholars rather than reduce them to pas- ciplines in different parts of the world. I am fascinated by the idea of sive listeners, we will try to have as much discussion as possible and will try for the first time to publish most, if not all, of the papers on our web page in advance of the conference in order to increase the time for EDITOR’S NOTE discussion. You will be receiving the brochure for the conference and will be seeing more in the Austrian Studies Newsletter on the details. Since we employ a lot of students, we have a bit more staff turn- We wholeheartedly invite all who are interested to attend and join the over than some institutions. This doesn’t necessarily make it easier discussions. to say goodbyes; in fact, bidding farewell to AHY assistant editor and Richard L. Rudolph ASN editorial assistant Carol Duling is particularly difficult. Carol has worked at CAS for seven years—since September AUSTRIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 1991—and has been the AHY assistant editor since the 1994 issue • (Vol. XXV). More importantly, Carol was very good at what she did. Volume 10, No. 3 Fall 1998 She coordinated production of the AHY from the submission of Editor: Daniel Pinkerton manuscripts through the final proofing of galleys. It was her job to Editorial Assistants: Carol Duling, Michael Seward condense and combine footnotes, query (and mollify) authors, and Austrian Correspondent: Barbara Lawatsch-Boomgaarden urge typesetters and printers on to higher plateaus of speed and Secretaries: Trina VandenLangenberg, Melissa Guggisberg efficiency. To this job she brought an English graduate student’s mas- ASN is published three times annually (January, April, and September) and distributed tery of the language, tremendous mediation skills, the gift of gab, free of charge to interested subscribers as a public service of the Center for Austrian and a sunny disposition. As editorial assistant at ASN, she was the Studies, an international resource center for the study of Austria and Central Europe, and the University of Minnesota. finest copyeditor I have ever worked with—her sharp eye for detail, Director: Richard L. Rudolph her encyclopedic knowledge of the Chicago Manual, and her nu- Executive Secretary: Barbara Krauß-Christensen Editor: Daniel Pinkerton anced and helpful suggestions for word and phrasing choices have Contributions for publication or subscription requests should be addressed to: improved every item published in these pages. She is as respon- sible for ASN’s success as anyone. Carol has already started work at a Center for Austrian Studies Attn: Austrian Studies Newsletter publishing firm; we wish her well in her chosen career. 314 Social Sciences Bldg., 267 19th Avenue S., Minneapolis MN 55455 Ken Marks, editorial assistant for the last three CAS monographs, Phone: (612) 624-9811 Fax: (612) 626-9004 website: http://www.socsci.umn.edu/cas will become the assistant editor for AHY. Our newest team member, Editor's e-mail: [email protected] Michael Seward, will be ASN’s copyeditor.
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