the center for austrian studies cas 2015-16 annual report cas the 2015-16 cas staff

2015-16 CAS staff, left to right: Jan Volek, Martin Baresch, Jennifer Hammer, Christopher Flynn, Daniel Pinkerton, Howard Louthan. Not pictured: Michaela Bunke. Photo: Lisa Miller. Director Editor Howard Louthan specializes in the intellectual Daniel Pinkerton has been the editor and art Student Employees and cultural history of early modern Central director of the Austrian Studies Newsmagazine Christopher Flynn is a fifth year graduate with special attention to religion. His (ASN) since 1992 and the CAS Annual Re- student in the Department of History. He stud- books include The Quest for Compromise, an port since 1991. He assisted with the website ies early medieval history and is working on a examination of toleration in late 16th century redesign, performed other design and editorial dissertation on late Carolingian warfare. He was , and Converting Bohemia, an explora- duties, and assisted the director on special proj- assistant editor of the AHY and chief copyeditor tion of the recatholization of the Czech lands in ects, such as administering the CAS Book and of the ASN. the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. His Dissertation Prize competition. Pinkerton holds current work examines the religious cultures of an MFA in playwriting and an MA in European Jan Volek is a doctoral student in history who 16th century . Louthan has previously history. Outside of the university, he is an award- works on the religious history of central Europe taught at the , Warsaw winning playwright and lyricist. in the late medieval and early modern periods. University, and the University of Florida. He assumed various editorial duties with the Program Coordinator book series and the ASN. Jennifer Hammer joined CAS in January 2015, with primary responsibilities for supporting pro- Michaela Bunke, a junior majoring in history contents gramming in the Center for Austrian Studies, as and minoring in religious studies, with interests well as the Center for Holocaust and Genocide in the Czech lands and early modern history, The Director’s View 3 Studies. She led our web redesign team. Jennifer was an undergraduate administrative worker for Publications 4 earned a BA at the in spring semester. Anthropology and Japanese and has done gradu- Events 7 ate work at Parsons the New School of Design. Faculty 10 Jennifer studied in Nagoya, Japan, and has lived CAS-BMWFW Fellow Student Support 12 in and New York. She has previously worked Martin Baresch was the 2015-16 CAS-BMWFW for the non-profit organizations JSTOR, Artstor, Fellow. Please see back cover for details about Partnerships 13 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and others. the fellowship and about Martin. Support & Collaboration 14 FRONT COVER: TOP: Participants in the CAS Graduate Student Workshop on Early Modern Making a Gift 15 Central Europe. Left to right: Jan Volek, Vojtěch Bažant, Lisa Scott, Pavel Soukup, Sara Ludin, Věra 2015-16 BMWFW Fellow 16 Vejrychová, Amy Nelson, Suzanna Ivanič, Agnieszka Rec, Aaron Moldenhauer, Michael Van Dussen, Christina Traxler. BOTTOM: 1950s bumper car from the exhibit In den Prater! Wiener Vergnügen seit 1766 at the Wien Museum. (Photos: Daniel Pinkerton.)

2015 2 2016 the director’s view cas Past, present, and future at CAS I write my first annual report from Lebanon, on the Habsburgs from Vienna, to create a series and as I reflect back on a week spent in busy Bei- of public lectures that was one of the most suc- rut, I marvel at the remarkable diversity of this cessful programs the Center has ever run. Middle Eastern capital. The ethnic and religious CAS seeks to build upon this solid founda- vibrancy of this city is singular, and though this tion and continue to offer coverage on a range Levantine and Middle Eastern culture is unique of themes and topics, but at this important mo- to this bustling port on the Mediterranean, it ment of transition we do face a series of challeng- does remind me of what I have found so attrac- es that may impact the scope of our activities. tive and engaging in the study of Central Europe. We construct our programming around faculty Central Europe, too, has boasted a dynamic and interests, and with the retirement of Gary Co- cosmopolitan culture that has been a product of hen at the end of 2016, the university will be left constant churning and change, a mixing of peo- without a faculty member who regularly teaches ple and the ways of life they brought with them. the history of modern Central Europe. Though Photo: Lisa Miller During my first year as director of the Cen- we at CAS will continue to advocate for a new ter for Austrian Studies, we have attempted position in this area, we have undertaken a series Minneapolis from universities in Vienna, Prague, to reflect this rich cultural legacy through our of initiatives to strengthen and reinforce a Cen- New Haven, Berkeley, and Chicago. Please see the programming. A quick scan of our calendar will tral European presence at Minnesota. This year profiles of these emerging scholars who have par- show a wide range of activities in many differ- for the first time we established a graduate stu- ticipated in our CAS Seminar program (https:// ent fields. We opened and closed our academic dent advisory council to bring together students cla.umn.edu/austrian/research/projects/semi- year with theatrical productions—in September at the university from all colleges who share an nar-fellows). We are already making preparations a cabaret show from the Jewish ghetto of Terezín/ interest in Central Europe. It provides a way for for future workshops as we reach out to and Theresienstadt and in May a children’s musical us to work with future scholars and a platform to bring together promising young scholars from from the very same place. The academic lectures help launch their young careers. This past fall we both sides of the Atlantic. we sponsored also spanned a wide range, both in took two of these students to the Czech Repub- In conclusion, I would like to recognize the terms of chronology and discipline. lic, where they presented portions of their dis- contributions of many at CAS who have made As we look forward to the future, we also re- sertation research at an international convention what we do possible. Jennifer Hammer, after 18 flect back on the past and recognize the leader- of Austrian centers. We have also created an un- months as program coordinator, has become ship of Gary Cohen, who shaped the direction dergraduate advisory board, and we are working an indispensable fixture at CAS. Our graduate of CAS in such a critical fashion. Gary arrived towards an undergraduate internship program at student editors, Chris Flynn, Sharon Park, and at the University of Minnesota in July 2001 and the Center. We hope this will bolster interest in Jan Volek, made important contributions to our led the Center until July 2010 before moving on Central Europe among undergraduates. publications, particularly the Austrian History and serving as chair of the history department. A final initiative to note concerns our wider Yearbook. Martin Baresch, the BMWFW Fellow He returned as acting director in 2014-15. If I mission supporting research and scholarship from , enriched our intellectual and so- could sum up Gary’s achievement at the Cen- nationally and internationally. It is no secret that cial life. Joshkin Sezer and Michaela Bunke were ter, I would emphasize the energy he invested the footprint of Central European Studies in the our undergraduate fellows this year and helped broadening the reach and scope of our activities Anglophone world is slowly shrinking. We con- us rethink our undergraduate program. Finally, I in terms of geography, chronology, and subject tinue to see declining enrollments in German would like to single out our longtime editor of matter. This was reflected in the wide array of and other languages of the region, which in turn the Austrian Studies Newsmagazine, Dan Pinker- conferences, workshops, and programs he led at affects a broad range of disciplines in the arts, hu- ton. Dan began work at CAS in 1990 as an RA, the Center—from climate change to Baroque cit- manities, and social sciences. Graduate students became a civil servant in 1994, and will be retiring ies, contemporary social policy and patterns of working on Central European topics now more at the end of 2016. As directors have come and Austrian-American migration. Just last year, he than ever need support and encouragement. gone, Dan has been a consistent presence at the collaborated with the Minneapolis Institute of To help accomplish that, we ran a workshop for Center and has represented the Center so well for Art, which was sponsoring a visiting exhibition advanced level graduate students who came to so many years. Thank you, Dan! v OUR MISSION THE CENTER FOR AUSTRIAN STUDIES • SERVES as an international leader in promoting new scholarship about Austria and Central Europe across disciplines in the humanities, the social sciences, international business management, and the fine arts; • CONNECTS scholars, students, and an international community to resources in Minnesota, Austria, Central Europe, and the EU; • REACHES OUT to students, scholars, and an international community of educated nonacademics, bringing an awareness of Austria and the new Europe and its relevance to American life; • ENRICHES THE TEACHING MISSION of the university and the College of Liberal Arts by connecting its research and outreach programs with classroom opportunities for students. The Center pursues its mission through a variety of activities, including research projects, publications, international interdisciplinary symposia, student and faculty exchanges, scholarships, and outreach events for both students and the Twin Cities community.

2015 3 2016 cas publications Austrian History Yearbook vol. XLVII • 2016 Published by Cambridge University Press Journals

Executive Editor Howard Louthan, University of Minnesota Editor Pieter M. Judson, European University Institute, Florence Book Review Editor Maureen Healy, Lewis and Clark College Associate Editor Margarete Grandner, University of Vienna Assistant Editor Sharon Park (to September 2015) Christopher Flynn (from September 2015) Center for Austrian Studies CONTENTS

KANN MEMORIAL LECTURE Austria, the Writing of History, and the Search for European Identity by Patrick J. Geary

ARTICLES The Austrian Empire, German Nationalism and the Rhine Crisis of 1840 by Miroslav Šedivý A Noblewoman’s Changing Perspective on the World: The Habsburg Patriotism of Rosa Neipperg-Lobkowicz (1832-1905) by William D. Godsey OBITUARY Administration, Science, and the State: The 1869 Population Census In Memoriam: Alice Teichova (1920-2015) in Austria-Hungary by Antonie Doležalová by Wolfgang Göderle Liberalism at High Latitudes: The Politics of Polar Exploration in the Plus 36 book reviews Habsburg Monarchy by Stephen A. Walsh Floreas into Virágs: State regulation of first names in Dualist Hungary 2015 R. John Rath Prize by Ágoston Berecz The R. John Rath prize is given annually for the best article published Cooperative empires: Provincial initiatives in Imperial Austria in the AHY. It is funded by the estate of the longtime Habsburg scholar by Jana Osterkamp and founding editor of the AHY, R. John Rath (1910-2001), and by contributions in his memory. Austrian Festival Missions after 1918: The Vienna Music Festival and This year’s winner is Bálint Varga, a research fellow at the Institute the Long Shadow of Salzburg of History, Center for Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences by Michael Burri (Budapest) and a visiting scholar at the University of Vienna. His article is entitled, “Rise and Fall of an Austrian Identity in the Provincial From Potemkin Village to the Estrangement of Vision: Baroque Historiography of Bukovina.” Culture and Modernity in Austria before and after 1918 The jury was composed of Paula Sutter Fichtner (chair), Matthew by Matthew Rampley Paul Berg, and Cynthia Paces.

2015 2016 4 cas THE CENTER for AUSTRIAN STUDIES AUSTRIAN STUDIES NEWSMAGAZINE ASN 2015-16

The cover of our spring 2016 issue: Syrian refugees waiting for a train in Vienna. Photo © flickr/ Josh Zakary. Used by permission of Creative Commons.

TheAustrian Studies Newsmagazine, an English-language publication staff at the Austrian Cultural Forum-New York to publish a comprehensive founded in 1989 and edited by Daniel Pinkerton since 1992, is published view of scholarly and cultural events in North America in the field of semiannually and mailed free of charge to nearly 3,000 subscribers around Austrian and Central European studies. We thank each of these individuals the world. It includes lively, thought-provoking interviews, feature articles, and organizations for their cooperation and support. and reviews of books and cultural events. Its readership consists of: In 2015-16, feature articles included Farid Haifez’s analysis of Austria’s • students who are introduced to inter­disci­plinary study of the region new Islamic law, Verena Stern’s article on the European refugee crisis, by receiving information about scholars, activities, and opportunities for Christopher Flynn’s article on 15 years of the Vienna Executive MBA funding and study abroad; program, and Ingeborg Fiala-Fürst’s article on the Austrian Center • scholars who learn about international conferences, postdoctoral at Olomuc, . We published interviews with Geza von fellowships, archival holdings, and the work of colleagues in other Habsburg, Christian Karner, Patrick Geary, and others. Our reviews of new countries and disciplines; scholarly books included volumes by Katherine Arens, Ulinka Rublack, • an educated public that learns about current developments in William M. Johnston, and more. Last but not least, veteran ASN arts scholarship, current events in the region, and the relationship between the journalist Barbara Lawatsch-Melton turned in her twentieth in-depth two. review of the Salzburg Festival. The Newsmagazine also partners with Joseph Patrouch at the Christopher Flynn copyedited every page with skill and precision. Wirth Institute at the University of Alberta, Canada; Günter Bischof at Jennifer Hammer and Jan Volek proofread with care. They formed an CenterAustria, University of New Orleans; and Christine Moser and the outstanding and indispensable team.

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2015 5 2016 cas publications NEW FROM THE CAS/BERGHAHN BOOK SERIES Sacrifice and Rebirth: The Legacy of the Last Habsburg War

Edited by Mark Cornwall and John

Volume 18 of Austrian and Habsburg Studies

306 pages, 20 illus. Cloth, ISBN 978-1-78238-848-7 $120.00/£75.00. Also available as an e-book.

When Austria-Hungary broke up at the end of the First World War, the sacrifice of one million men who had died fighting for the Habsburg monarchy now seemed to be in vain. This book is the first of its kind to analyze how the Great War was interpreted, commemorated, or forgotten across all the ex-Habsburg territories. Each of the book’s twelve chapters focuses on a separate region, studying how the transition to peacetime was managed either by the state, by war veterans, or by national minorities. This “splintered war memory,” where some posed as victors and some as losers, does much to explain the fractious character of interwar Eastern Europe.

Includes articles by Catherine Edgecombe, Maureen Healy, Robert Gerwarth, Mark Cornwall, Franz Sz. Horváth, Melissa Bokovoy, Nancy M. Wingfield, Katya Kocourek, Rebecca Haynes, John Paul Newman, Petra Svoljšak, Christoph Mick, and Laurence Cole. Introduction by Mark Cornwall. CENTER COMPLETES MAJOR WEBSITE REDESIGN After over two years of research, inventory, writing, and design work, March 2016. It even has a new URL, though the old URL will automatically the completely redesigned Center for Austrian Studies website went live in reroute people to the new one. The new site is the first redesign since 2009. It’s a result of our longtime desire to make the website more easily navigable and attractive, and a desire on the part of the College of Liberal Arts to have a uniform look for all sites. We think the result is one that students, scholars, and community members will welcome. One change that users will note is that PDFs of past issues of the ASN (and Annual Report) are housed in the University of Minnesota Libraries’ Digital Conservancy. However, they will be easily accessible from the new website. Jennifer Hammer led a team that also included Michaela Bunke and Daniel Pinkerton. We would like to thank Kelly O’Brien and the CLA Web Design Team for their assistance.

The new URL is http://cla.umn.edu/ austrian.

2015 2016 6 events cas Religious Culture and Social Change in Central Europe ca. 1400-1600 a workshop FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS The 15th and 16th centuries in Europe witnessed a complex, large scale sociocultural transformation that traditional historiography has characterized as the transi- tion from the Late Middle Ages to Early Modern era. Latin Christendom underwent a series of changes that led it from crisis through reform through confessionalization, while social and political organization developed from universalist claims of medieval monarchy to early modern princely states and oligarchic republics. Although no one today would advocate any sharp line dividing the Middle Ages from modernity, the social and religious change remains a phenomenon that calls for explanation. A workshop/symposium on this theme was held on April 1-3 at CAS and the Hill Monastic Museum and Library at St. John’s University. Sponsored by both institu- tions, it brought together European and North American graduate students from several disciplines who are work- ing on dissertations related to this theme. James Van Horn Melton gave the keynote address, “Germans in 18th Century British America: A Reas- sessment.” It was cosponsored by the Center for Early Modern History and the Consortium for the Study of the Premodern World. The conference was organized by Pavel Soukup and Michel Van Dassen. Participants were Jan Volek, Vojtěch Bažant, Lisa Scott, Sara Ludin, Věra Vejrychová, Amy Nelson, Suzanna Ivanič, Agnieszka Rec, Aaron Molden- hauer, and Christina Traxler. (See photo of organizers and participants on the front cover.) Above left, James Van Horn Melton. Below left, participants discussing work around the table. Rethinking the Adriatic: a one-day workshop On May 6, 2016, the Consortium for the Study of the Premodern World held a wide-ranging work- shop on the history of the Adriatic from medieval to twentieth-century times. A group of renowned experts were brought together to give presentations. Domi- nique Reill, a historian at the University of Miami and the winner of the 2014 CAS Book Prize, gave a keynote speech, “An Adriatic Community: A Legacy or a Lie?” The general public was invited to attend all sessions, and Reill’s talk in particular was well attended. The Center was a proud cosponsor of this event, along with the Mediterrenean Collaborative, the Cen- ter for Early Modern Studies, the Center for Medieval Studies, the James Ford Bell Library, the Department of History, Deinard Chair, and the College of Liberal Arts.

Pictured at left: left to right, Pam Ballinger, Jesse Howell, Rowan Dorin, Lois Dubin, Igor Tchoukarine, Dominique Reill, and Allison Frank Johnson. Photo: Jennifer Hammer.

2015 7 2016 cas 2015-16 CAS Lecture Series Center for Early Modern History and the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Monica Brinzei Science.

Tuesday, April 19. Lecture. Edith Sheffer, history, . “‘No Soul’: Hans Asperger and the Nazi Origins of Autism.” Cosponsored by the Center for German and European Studies and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

Wednesday, April 20. Lecture. Martin Baresch, economics, University of Linz. “Fighting Climate Change: Environmental Economics and the Green Paradox.”

Tuesday, April 26. Lecture. Friedrich Schneider, economics, University of Linz. “Environmental Policies in Representative Democracies: What Are the Obstacles?”

Friday, May 6. Lecture. Dominique Reill. See p. 7. Other sponsored/cosponsored events Sunday, September 13. Community event. Lisa Peschel, theatre history, Wednesday, September 16. Lecture. Benjamin Frommer, history, University of York, . “Translating Terezín.” Following matinee Northwestern University. “The Last Jews: Intermarried Families in the Nazi performance of Why We Laugh, Fortune’s Fool Theatre.Cosponsored by the Protectorate of Bohemia and .” Cosponsored by the Center for Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Center for Jewish Studies. Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Center for Jewish Studies. Thursday, September 24. Film screening and discussion. If That’s True, Then Friday, Oct. 23. Lecture. Dean N. Krouk, Germanistik, St. Olaf College. “Sex I’m a Murderer! (2012) Postscreening discussion led by filmmaker Walter and Patriarchy in Sigurd Hoel’s Psychoanalytic Anti-Fascism.” Sponsored Manoschek, University of Vienna. Organized by the Center for Holocaust by the Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch; cosponsored by the and Genocide Studies, cosponsored by the Center for Austrian Studies. Center for Austrian Studies. Monday, September 28. Lecture. Peter Krečič, architectural history, Thursday, November 5. Kann Memorial Lecture. See p. 9. University of Primorska (Koper, Slovenia). “Jože Plečnik, Slovenian Seccesionist Architect.” Presented by the College of Design, University Thursday, November 19. Lecture. Judith Eiblmayr, architecture, Vienna of St. Thomas’ Art History Department, and The Twin Cities Slovenians. Technical University, Fulbright Visiting Professor, geography. “Is there a Cosponsored by the Center for Austrian Studies. ‘Perfect’ Town? The Rational Grid and the Medieval Maze: Two Systems of Urbanization.” Cosponsored by the Departments of Geography, History, Tuesday, October 13. Artist talk and scholarly roundtable discussion. School of Architecture, and Program in Urban Studies. Daniel Blaufuks, -based German-Jewish media artist/photographer. Featuring UMN faculty members Gary Cohen (History, former CAS Thursday, December 3. Lecture. Monica Brinzei, history, Institut d’Histoire Director), Paula Rabinowitz (English), Alice Lovejoy (Cultural Studies et Recherche des Textes, Paris. “Professors and Scholars: Networks and and Comparative Literature), and Leslie Morris (German, Scandinavian Knowledge at the University of Vienna, 1365-1450.” Cosponsored by the and Dutch). Organized by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Center for Medieval Studies and the Center for Modern Greek Studies. cosponsored by the Center for Austrian Studies and others.

Thursday, February 4. Lecture. Jeanne Grant, history, Metropolitan State Thursday, October 15. Film installation. Als Ob / As if (2015), about the Univesity. “The Many Lives of Jan Hus and Hussitism in Biographies and Czech city Terezín (formerly the Jewish ghetto of Theresienstadt). Center Appropriations.” Coponsored by the Center for Medieval Studies. for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, CAS, College of Liberal Arts, and others.

Wednesday, March 23. Lecture. Christopher R. Friedrichs, history, Thursday, November 12. Guided tour and talk. Judith Eiblmayr, University of British Columbia. “House-Destruction as a Ritual of architecture, Vienna Technical University, Fulbright Visiting Professor, Punishment: Central Europe and Beyond, 1520-1760.” Cosponsored by the urban studies. “Tour of the Frankfurt Kitchen of Margarete Schütte- Center for Early Modern History. Lihotzky (1897-2000)” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Friday, April 1. Lecture. James Van Horn Melton. See p. 7. Monday, February 29. Lecture. Hildegard Kernmayer, Germanistik, . “Sprachspiel nach besonderen Regeln. Zur Wednesday, April 6. Discussion and Screening. Roberta Meierhofer and Gattungspoetik des Feuilletons.” (Language game according to special Patrick McNamara discuss Shifting Perspectives, the project and film. rules: the genus poetics of feuilletons) Presented by the Department of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch as part of the GSD Roundtable, Friday, April 15. Lecture. Aviva Rothman, social sciences, the University cosponsored by the Center for Austrian Studies. of Chicago. “Johannes Kepler and the Harmonic Ideal.” Cosponsored by the continued on page 15

2015 2016 8 cas 31st Annual Kann Memorial Lecture On November 5, 2015, historian Patrick Geary delivered the 31st Annual Kann Memorial Lecture. Geary is a member of Princeton, New Jersey’s Insti- Patrick Geary tute for Advanced Study. He was awarded a PhD from Yale and is a prolific author whose books include The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey Medieval Origins of Europe and Writing History: Iden- tity, Conflict, and Memory in the Middle Ages. Geary spoke on “Austria, the Writing of History, and the Search for European Identity.” The large crowd was treated to a lively presentation as Geary talked about the various ways historians described European migrations and the origins of nations. In 1982, the University of Minnesota Library ac- quired Robert A. Kann’s personal library. Consisting of roughly 5,000 monographs, it is noted for its rich- ness and integrity as the product of a single collector. Located in the Elmer L. Andersen Library, it serves as a valuable resource for scholars in Austrian history. The first Robert A. Kann Memorial Lecture dedicated the collection in April 1984. A printed version of each lecture now appears in the Austrian History Yearbook. The Center has launched a funding drive to ensure that the Kann Lecture will continue to add to the intellectual life of the discipline and keep Robert A. Kann’s spirit alive. Gloria Biles, John Boyer, Gary Cohen, Rex Levang, and Howard Segal supported the 2015 Kann lecture. To donate, contact Colleen Donahue at 612-626-7642 or [email protected]. Patrick Geary delivering the 2015 Kann Memorial Lecture. CAS goes to ASA (again) Gathering at the brewery

Left to right: Roberta Maierhofer, Ann Hill Duin, Joel Quie, Lonnie Johnson, and Daniel Pinkerton. Photo courtesy University of Vienna. Sarah Quie. Photo: Jennifer Hammer. For the third year in a row, the Center sent a representative to the On May 23, the University of Graz and Fulbright Austria, with assistance annual conference of the Austrian Studies Association. This year, the from CAS, held a gathering at a popular Minneapolis brewpub, Surly. The international, interdisciplinary group of scholars met in Vienna. Panels purpose was to bring together aiumni of the University of Graz and the were held at the University of Vienna, but important events were also Graz-University of Minnesota Exchange, as well as alumni of the Fulbright hosted by the Wien Museum, the Film Muesum, the Rathaus (City Hall), Austria program, for socializing and enjoying outstanding food and and Amerika-Haus. Daniel Pinkerton called for increased cooperation excellent beer. Other students (of drinking age) and faculty with an interest between the ASA and CAS, and reminded attendees of the impending in Central Europe were also invited. The gathering was relaxed, informal, deadlines for the CAS Book and Dissertation Prizes. The conference was and a good deal of fun for all. We thank Roberta Maierhofer and Lonnie organized by Pia Janke, Teresa Kovacs, and Maria-Regina Kecht. Johnson for coming up with the idea!

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research & teaching “‘Everything Lies Open to View,’ Though Perhaps Many members of the University of Minnesota Leslie Morris, German studies, published three Only from ‘Elsewhere’: Wittgensteinian Therapy faculty have a scholarly and/or teaching focus articles: “Folg mir nicht nach, mein Bruder: Rose and the ‘Others’ to European Modernity,” on topics related to the Center’s mission. Some Ausländers Übertragungen von Gedichten Itsik Madrid, May 2015. of these scholars, along with recent projects and Mangers,” in Rose Ausländer: Sprachmächtige activities connected with Austria, Central Europe, Zeugin des 20. Jahrhunderts (2015); “Ler W.G. JB Shank, history, co-director, Consortium for and the Center, are listed below. Sebald e Daniel Blaufuks (tangentemente),” the Study of the Premodern World, has started in Toda a Memória do Mundo, parte I/All researching the early modern practice of turning Michael Cherlin, School of Music, taught a the Memory of the World, part I (2015); and ivory on the lathe, especially at the Central course on the Second Viennese School in fall “Reading H.G. Adler (tangentially),” in H.G. European courts of Dresden, Munich, Prague, 2015. He taught MUS 5597: Music and Text in Adler: Life, Literature, Legacy, ed. Julia Creet, and Vienna. He gave two papers derived from the fall and spring, which included studies of Sara Horowitz, and Amira Dan (forthcoming this work, “Artisan Geometry in Baroque Italy both Mozart and Schoenberg. 2016). Morris gave lectures in Frankfurt and and : Ivory Turning and the Imagined Lisbon, and served on a CAS/CHGS roundtable Divide between Italian Science and Northern Gary Cohen, history, published the article discussing the work of media artist and Craft,” in Berlin in 2015, and “Mathematics in the “Expansion and the Limits of Inclusion: The photographer Daniel Blaufuks in October 2015. Mind, on Paper, and at the Lathe: Ivory Turning Students of the Vienna University, 1860-1914,” as Geometry,” in Chicago in October 2015. in Universität - Politik - Gesellschaft - Wirtschaft, Karen Painter, School of Music, continued edited by Mitchell G. Ash and Josef Ehmer. with her work on music and culture in Jani Skandura, English & American Studies, He also published a book review in Central Germanophone Europe during the 20th taught at the University of Graz as part of the European History. He was on sabbatical for Century. She continued to work on a book, Minnesota-Graz exchange for fall semester 2015. fall 2015 but served on a CAS/CHGS panel Music and Loss in German Politics and Culture discussing media artist and photographer Daniel from World War I to 1945. Before going on leave Igor Tchoukarine, history, taught HIST 3244: Blaufuks in October. In spring 2016, he taught in the spring, she gave a talk, “Unsung Requiems: History of Eastern Europe and HIST 3721: HIST/JWST 3729: Nazi Germany and Hitler’s Music and Mourning in Germany at War (1939- Studies in 20th-C. Europe From the Turn of the Europe, and participated in the CAS graduate 1945)” in November 2015 in Louisville. She also Century to the End of World War II: 1900-45. student workshop/symposium in April 2016. served on the jury for the 2016 CAS Book Prize. He published “A Place of Your Own on Tito’s Adriatic: Club Med and Czechoslovak Trade Howard Louthan, history and director, CAS, Naomi Scheman, philosophy, gender, sexuality, Union Holiday Resorts in the 1960s,” Tourist coedited A Companion to the Reformation and women’s studies, delivered a number of Studies (published online in Dec. 2015, hard in Central Europe with Graeme Murdock. He lectures, including a series of six invited lectures copy forthcoming). He also presented at the cowrote two articles in it, “Catholic Reformers: on Wittgenstein and Contemporary Philosophy workshop “Rethinking the Adriatic” (see p. 7). Stanislas Hosius, Melchior Khlesl and Péter at Beijing Normal University, March 2015, and continued on opposite page Pázmány,” with Rona Johnston and Tadhg O’Hannrachain, and “Bibles and Books: Bohemia and Hungary,” with Pál Ács. He published a Visiting Researchers at CAS, 2015-16 number of book reviews and gave conference In addition to the Fulbright Visiting Roberta papers in North America and Europe. He taught Professor (see opposite page), other scholars Maierhofer the history course Game of Thrones: History of came to the Center in 2015-16. Central Europe from the 13th to 17th centuries. In fall 2015, former BMWFW Fellows and political scientists Matthias Falter and Verena Stern came to do research and Alice Lovejoy, cultural studies and comparative consult with Howrd Louthan about the literature, film studies, was a Martin Miller BMWFW program. and Hannah Norbert-Miller Visiting Fellow at In spring 2016, we had four visiting the Research Centre for German and Austrian scholars. Roberta Maierhofer came for three Exile Studies, University of London, in May months on a research visit relating to the and June 2016. She worked on a book on “Shifting Perspectives” project that CAS has Pranay Sanklecha also came as a part of exile government filmmaking (including the supported. She gave a presentation on April the Graz-Minnesota faculty exchange and Czechoslovak and Polish governments in exile) 6 in which she talked about the project and taught Philosophy 3311W: Introduction to in WWII London. Lovejoy gave talks related showed a short film about it. Ethical Theory. to this project at conventions in November Hildegard Kernmayer taught in German, Igor Tchoukarine taught for the 2015-16 2015 and March and May 2016. She gave Scandinavian & Dutch as part of the Graz- academic year in the Department of History Minnesota faculty exchange. Hildegard (see “Research & Teaching”) and participated other presentations in Chicago, Germany, and taught German 3104 and German 5410, and in the “Rethinking the Adriatic” workshop Minneapolis, and participated in the CAS/ she also gave a public lecture. (see p. 7). CHGS-sponsored Daniel Blaufuks roundtable. 2015 2016 10 cas classes German, Scandinavian, & Dutch 3511W: German 3104: Reading and Analysis of Texts The courses below represent some of the offerings German & European Culture to 1700 German 5410: Feuilleton: Where Literature that contained a major component dealing with History 1000W/3000W: World War I: A Global Meets Journalism Austria, the Habsburg Empire, or the Central History German 5610: Green Culture, German Literature, European successor states in a wider European History 1032W: Europe and the World, II and Global Culture context; were taught by visiting Austrian faculty; History 3244: Eastern Europe German, Scandinavian, & Dutch 3512: German or both. The university also offered online classes History 3721: Studies in 20th Century Europe & European Culture, 1700 to Present in Central European topics and language classes 1900-45 History 1000W/3000W: European Nationalism in Polish and all levels of German. History 3727/Jewish Studies 3520: History of the History 1031W: Europe and the World, I Holocaust History 3547: The Ottoman Empire FALL 2015 History 5900/8900: Nationalism, Unity & History 3704W: Daily Life in Europe, 1300-1800 Anthropology 3027W/5027W: Archaeology of Diversity in Recent Europe History 3729: Nazi Germany/Hitler’s Europe Prehistoric Europe Music 1908W: Freshman Seminar: Music in Nazi History 3746: Game of Thrones: History of Comp Lit/CSDS 8910: Propaganda Germany Central Europe from the 13th to 17th Cultural Studies/Comp Lit 3412W: Music 3602: History of Western Music II centuries Psychoanalysis and Literature, I Music 5597: Music and Text Music 3601: History of Western Music I Geography 3161/Global Studies 3921: Europe Music 8590: 20th Century Topics: Second Music 3603: History of Western Music III German 1905: Remediating the Holocaust Viennese School Music 4504: Intensive Theory and Analysis of Philosophy 3601W: Scientific Thought 20th-Century Music research & teaching from p. 10 Philosophy 4231: Philosophy of Language Music 5597: Music and Text James Tracy, history (emeritus), published Philosophy 8600: Workshop in the Philosophy Music 5950: Harmony and Form in Schubert “The Habsburg Monarchy in Conflict with of Science Philosophy 1905: Amadeus: In Search of Mozart the Ottoman Empire, 1527 - 1593: a Clash of Philosophy 8670: Seminar: Philosophy of Science Philosophy 3311W: Introduction to Ethical Civilizations,” in the AHY (2015), and “Foreign Urban Studies 3201: Urban Studies Colloquium Thought Correspondence: European Accounts of Sultan Philosophy 3601: Scientific Thought Sueleyman’s Campaigns in Persia, 1548 and SPRING 2016 Philosophy 3607: Philosophy of Psychology 1554,” in Turkish Historical Review 6 (2015). Anthropology 4344: Europe and its Margins Philosophy 4085/5085: Wittgenstein He also gave a paper, “The Logic of Kleinkrieg: Art History 3309: Renaissance Art in Europe Political Science 4461: European Government The ‘Book of Halil Beg’ in Habsburg-Ottoman Early Modern Studies 5500: Enlightenment, and Policies Diplomacy, 1550–1576” at the University of Revolution, and the Rise of Modern Science Sociology 4315: Never Again! Memory & Politics Vienna in October 2015. after Genocide 2015-16 Visiting Fulbright Professor On August 10, 2001, the College of Liberal Arts presentation in the CAS Lecture series, “Is there (CLA) and the Austrian Fulbright Commission a ‘Perfect’ Town? The Rational Grid and the signed an agreement creating the Fulbright Medieval Maze: Two Systems of Urbanization.” Visiting Professorship (FVP) at the University of Minnesota. The FVP, which is funded by PAST FULBRIGHT VISITING PROFESSORS: CLA, CAS, the Austrian Fulbright Commission, 2002-03: Hubert Lengauer, German studies and individual departments, “floats” from 2003-04: Gabriele Mras, philosophy department to department, year to year. CLA 2004-05: Walter Matznetter, geography students and colleagues benefit, as the FVP 2005-06: Gilg Seeber, political science creates expanded course offerings with fresh 2006-07: Monika Oebelsberger, music education points of view and fosters new transatlantic 2007-08: Christian Fleck, sociology research collaborations. 2008-09: Anselm Wagner, art history 2009-10: Franz Kernic, political science This year’s FVP was Judith Eiblmayr, an architect 2010-11: Annemarie Steidl, history and architectural critic on the faculty of 2011-12: Gundela Ludwig, political science & Vienna Technical University. She taught Urban gender studies Studies 3201: Urban Studies Colloquium 2013-14: Reiner Köppl, theatre, film, and media in the Department of Geography’s Urban studies Studies Program. She also led a group on a 2014-15: Irmgard Wetzstein, journalism and personalized tour of the kitchen designed by mass media Viennese architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and gave a Right: Judith Eiblmayr. Photo: Lisa Miller.

2015 11 2016 cas student support 2016 CAS Summer Research Grant Graduate Student Once again, the Center for Austrian Studies Advisory Board held a competition for Summer Research Grants. In 2015, the Center formed an The grants provide financial support to currently interdisciplinary Graduate Student Advisory enrolled University of Minnesota graduate stu- Board to to assist future scholars in dents in order to further their progress toward the networking with mentors and peers across degree. disciplines. For 2015-16, the members were: This year’s grant went to Jan Volek, a gradu- ate student in history. Jan will travel to the Adam Blacker, history State Regional Archives in Karlovy Vary and in Adam Borrego, history of science & Jindřichův Hradec in the Czech Republic. He will technology consult the catalogues and manuscripts housed in Chelsea Cervantes De Bois, geography these repositories, make contact with local archi- Anna Errore, Carlson School of vists, and draw on their expertise to identify mate- Management rials that will further his research. The examination Christopher Flynn, history of extant documents will enable him to start writ- Alexander Greff, history of science & ing the first chapter of his dissertation, “Imitatio technology Christi: Late Medieval Context of the Early Refor- Kiley Kost, German studies mation, 1490–1547.” He will begin writing a draft Dylan Mohr, cultural studies & comp lit upon his return to Minnesota in the fall semester. Amy Onstot, School of Music Meagan Tripp, German studies Left: Jan Volek. Jan Volek, history Meyer Weinshel, German studies 2016 Voices of Vienna Scholarship Undergraduate This award was created and funded by Kathryn and Wilbur C. Keefer in Student Advisory honor of William E. Wright, found- ing director of CAS. The fellowship is Board awarded to graduate students from In 2015, the Center formed a cross- the College of Liberal Arts and the disciplinary group of undergraduate School of Music in alternating years. students from all colleges of the University The 2016 Voices of Vienna Scholar- of Minnesota to help them network and ship was awarded to Kia Atsales, a to help increase an awareness of Austrian graduate student in the archaeology Studies as an area to pursue as a student. program of the University of Min- For 2015-16, they were: nesota’s Department of Anthropol- Ellie Anderson, history ogy. Kia studies the Middle Danube Michaela Bunke, history Gravettian civilization of the Palaeo- Eric Dahlman, Carlson School of lithic Era, which flourished between Management 30,000 and 20,000 years ago. She will Allison Eaton, Carlson School of conduct field research in Brno, Czech Management Republic, then go to the University Joshkin Sezer, history of Vienna for intensive German lan- Alexandra Steinhaus, Global Studies guage study. Claire Welch, CLA undeclared Left: Kia Atsales. Minor in Austrian & Central Minnesota History Day 2016 European studies CAS also supports the college students of tomorrow. Every year, An undergraduate minor in Austrian & Central European Studies, a National History Day holds a nationwide competition for students in program of the Deptartment of German, Scandinavian & Dutch (GSD), middle school and high school to research and complete historical gives students a window not only onto Austria but also onto the changing projects: papers, posters, films, or dramatic presentations. At the world of Central and Southeastern Europe. It draws on the resources of the state level, CAS supports their efforts by awarding two $100 prizes to CLA faculty and CAS, including the faculty and courses listed on page 11. outstanding projects with a Central European topic. Students must pass a German language proficiency exam, complete junior- This year CAS awarded prizes to Sara Abbas and Samiksha Kanukunta level German Conversation & Composition, and complete at least one for “Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press” (Salk Middle School), and Topics in Austrian/Central European Culture course in the Department of Anna Thickens for “Sigmund Freud: Exploration into the Mind” (Marshall GSD (German 3520). School, Duluth). 2015 2016 12 partnerships cas CAS Partners at the University of Minnesota

The Carlson School of Management is one of America’s most respected management schools. Carlson and the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) jointly administer several pro- grams. The Global Business Practicum in Central and Eastern Europe, a transatlantic project-based experiential learning course, included 13 Carlson MBA students among the 2015-16 participants.

The Vienna Executive MBA Program, established in March 2000, is codirected by Carlson’s Michael Houston and WU’s Bodo Schlegelmilch. In 2015- 16, it celebrated 15 years of program excellence with faculty, staff, and alumni around the world. The program has graduated close to 500 students from about 50 countries. This year, 89 students (in two cohorts) from 29 countries were enrolled in the program. The students are middle- to upper-level business executives in industries such as aerospace & defense, banking & capital markets, energy, industry/manufacturing, IT/ telecommunications, etc.

Finally, during the 2015-16 academic year, three The University of Minnesota was a stop on the Literaturlenz book tour. German writer Christopher Almost Everything Very Fast Carlson students spent a semester at WU, and Kloeble, left, read from his novel . Austrian writer Vea Kaiser, center, read Blasmusikpop oder Wie die Wissenschaft in die Berge kam five WU students spent a semester at Carlson. Six from her novel . Rüdiger Singer, left, a Carlson students participated in the 2016 WU In- visiting professor of German, moderated the discussion that followed. The event was presented by the ternational Summer University. In addition, one Goethe-Institut Chicago and cosponsored by the Center for Austrian Studies, the Center for German and Warsaw School of Economics student spent a se- European Studies, and the Department of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch. Photo: Jennifer Hammer. mester at Carlson. The Institute for Global Studies (IGS), Evelyn The Minnesota Population Center (MPC), Ste- The Center for German & European Studies Davidheiser, director, creates an environment ven Ruggles, director, was established in March (CGES) is a DAAD-funded Center of Excellence. for students and scholars at the University of 2000. It is a University-wide interdisciplinary Its mission is to promote new knowledge about Minnesota to investigate the sets of interrelated cooperative for demographic research housed in Europe, foster transatlantic relations, and edu- processes forming today’s increasingly interde- the Office of the Vice President for Research. As cate the next generation of American experts on pendent world. IGS provides a vibrant curricu- a leading developer and disseminator of demo- Germany and Europe. CGES works closely with lum for students, brings together scholars from graphic data, MPC serves a broader audience of CAS on both a formal and an informal basis. diverse disciplines, and works with the com- some 25,000 demographic researchers world- In 2015-16, CGES, under the directorship of munity to create partnerships examining global wide. In 2004, the National Institutes of Health James Parente, Jr., partnered with CAS on several issues. In 2012, CAS became an official member (NIH) awarded MPC a major grant to create events and lectures (see p. 8 and picture on this of the IGS hub, consisting of ten centers with an integrated, fully documented digital samples of page for details). international agenda. The hub provides account- European censuses and micro-censuses from the ing, administrative support, and assistance with 1960s to the present: the Integrated Public Use The Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies events planning and staging. Emily Janisch and Microdata Sample (IPUMS) International Proj- (CHGS), Alejandro Baer, director, is a resource Rachel Hanson, in particular, are heavily involved ect. The NIH has continued to renew the grant, for information and teaching about the Holo- in organizing our lectures and symposia. most recently in 2014. MPC’s partners in the caust and contemporary aspects of genocide European statistical agencies have contributed and human rights abuse. CHGS maintains a full Founded in 1965, the Immigration History more than fifty censuses and micro-censuses calendar of events and outreach efforts. It is Research Center (IHRC), Erika Lee, director, is an from 1960 to the present. Each census sample particularly active in organizing art exhibits and interdisciplinary center that promotes research from Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, helping K-12 teachers incorporate lessons about on migration with an emphasis on immigration and other post-Habsburg countries has been the Holocaust, world genocides, and human to the US. The IHRC has built one of the largest downloaded thousands of times by researchers. rights issues into their curricula. CHGS and CAS and most important collections of materials on Additional samples are being integrated into the share program coordinator Jennifer Hammer, US. immigration and refugee life to be found database as they become available. In addition, and they frequently cosponsor lectures and anywhere in the world. The IHRC and CAS have many scholars connected with the Center have events. This year, CAS and CHGS collaborated frequently collaborated on projects concern- come to the University of Minnesota to avail on several major events, including three arts ing both migration within Central Europe and themselves of MPC’s expertise, including visiting events (see picture above, p. 8 for details). migration from Central Europe to the US. researchers and BMWFW Research Fellows.

2015 13 2016 cas support & collaboration Support Collaboration Austrian Government Minnesota Many individuals and departments in the Austrian federal government assist CAS In 2015-16, the Center collaborated with and/or was with financial support, advocacy, or expertise. The Center deeply appreciates the supported by a wide range of organizations at the University of assistance of Sektionschefin Barbara Weitgruber, Abteilungsleiter Christoph Ramoser, Minnesota, in the Twin Cities, and in the state of Minnesota. Florian Gerhardus, and Felix Wilcek of the Federal Ministry for Science, Research, and Units within CLA included the Consortium for the Study Economy. of the Premodern World; the Mediterranean Collaborative; the Center for Early Modern History; the Center for German We also extend heartfelt thanks to Martin Eichtinger, Genral Director, Cultural & European Studies; the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Policy Section of the Foreign Ministry; Hans Peter Manz, outgoing Austrian Ambas- Studies; the Center for Jewish Studies; the Center for Medieval sador to the ; Christine Moser, director of the Austrian Cultural Forum Studies; the Center for Modern Greek Studies; the Minnesota (ACF) in New York; Christian Ebner, ACF deputy director; and Franz Roessler, Austrian Center for the Philosophy of Science; the Institute for Trade Commissioner, Chicago. They all gave invaluable assistance. Global Studies; the School of Music; and the Departments of Art History; Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature; Geography; German, Scandinavian, and Dutch; History; and Other Sources of Support Philosophy. The Center is grateful to its many institutional and individual supporters. Individual Outside of CLA, the Center collaborated with the Carlson donors are gratefully acknowledged on page 15. School of Management, the James Ford Bell Library; the College of Design and its School of Architecture. We also University collaborators, who often contribute financial resources when they collaborated with the Global Programs and Strategy Alliance cosponsor our events, are listed in the column to the right. The Center also appreciates to facilitate student & faculty exchanges. the ongoing support of the College of Liberal Arts and its dean, John Coleman. CLA Off-campus collaborators included St. John’s University; St. development officers Mary Hicks, Peter Rozga, and Colleen Donahue also provide Thomas University Department of Art History; Minneapoils assistance to the Center. Institute of Arts; the Schubert Trio; Fortune’s Fool Theatre; Czech Slovak Sokol Minnesota, the Twin Cities Czech and The Institute for Global Studies (IGS) now oversees a hub of ten CLA research Slovak School, the Czech and Slovak Cultural Center of centers, of which CAS is one. We thank Evelyn Davidheiser, IGS director, for her Minnesota, the Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic invaluable support and advocacy, and her work in facilitating the Fulbright Visiting in Minneapolis; Twin Cities Slovenians; and the Minnesota Fellowship; Barbara London, administrative director of the IGS hub; and Emily Janisch Historical Society and its Minnesota History Day program. and Rachel Hanson, IGS events coordinators, for support on behalf of CAS. Kathryn Keefer once again funded the Voices of Vienna scholarship and was a valued community liaison on our advisory board. North America Institutions. The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta, Joseph Patrouch, director, continued to be a valued partner, as did Center­Austria, the Center for Austrian Culture and Commerce 2015-16 CAS Advisory Board at the University of New Orleans, Günter Bischof, director. We also collaborated with the Goethe-Institut Chicago. Gordon B. Anderson, University Howard Louthan, director, CAS Professional Organizations. The Center continued to work Libraries Kathryn Keefer, community liaison closely with the Society for Austrian and Habsburg History and Jane Blocker, art history Ruth Karras, chair, history executive secretary Paul Hanebrink. CAS also worked with the Gary Cohen, history Lyndel King, director, Weisman Art American Historical Association, the American Association Jeanne Grant, history, Metropolitan Museum for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, the German Studies State University Charlotte Melin, chair, GSD Association, the Austrian Studies Association, the HABSBURG Discussion Network. Michael Houston, CSOM Christine Moser, director, ACF New Alison Link, liberal arts technologies York Alice Lovejoy, cultural studies & James Parente, director, CGES International comparative literature Klaas van der Sanden, program In Austria, the Center’s partners included the Austrian Leslie Morris, GSD director, IGS Academic Exchange Service (ÖAD) and the Austrian- American Educational Commission (Fulbright Austria), Lonnie Karen Painter, School of Music Johnson, executive secretary. The University of Graz is our Gerhard Weiss, GSD (emeritus) CAS STAFF: partner in both a faculty exhange and a student exchange. We Jennifer Hammer, program partnered with the University of Graz by funding an ongoing EX OFFICIO: coordinator joint project between the Center for Inter-American Studies, Evelyn Davidheiser, director, IGS Daniel Pinkerton, editor Roberta Meierhofer, director, and the University of Minnesota. We partnered informally with both the University of Vienna and the Institut Wiener Kreis. Finally, CSOM and CAS partner with Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien. 2015 2016 14 making a gift cas CAS sponsored events Mary Hicks. from page 8 Dear Friends, Photo: CLA Friday, March 4. Community event. Literaturlenz book tour, featuring Vea As you’ve read in this issue of our annual re- Kaiser reading excerpts from her novel port, we’ve had a remarkable year in the Center Blasmusikpop oder Wie die Wissenschaft for Austrian Studies. We sponsored a wide se- in die Berge kam and Christopher Kloeble lection of conferences, lectures, and events that reading excerpts from his novel Almost highlight the great interdisciplinary and outreach Everything Very Fast. Presented by the work that is a cornerstone of our mission. We Goethe-Institut Chicago. Cosponsored by supported graduate students in their research on the Center for Austrian Studies, the Center the Habsburg Empire and post-Habsburg Central for German and European Studies, and the Europe, continued our strong focus on publica- Department of German, Scandinavian, and tions, and collaborated with partners at the Uni- Dutch. versity of Minnesota and beyond. The bedrock of our support remained solid. Sunday, May 11. Community event. A We saw strong endowment performance thanks Schubertiade, featuring music of Franz to wise investment of our funds. The Austrian Schubert and Johannes Brahms. Performed government continued to give generous sup- try new initiatives with outreach, research, and by the Schubert Trio and Friends: Clara port, for which we are grateful. Thanks to you, teaching. In addition, foundations and other Osowski (mezzo-soprano), Helen Chang the work we do day in and day out can go on large donors are attracted to organizations that Haertzen (violin), Laura Sewell (cello), and does go on. For our part, we are especially can demonstrate a broad base of support. It Daniel Rieppel (pianist and host). pleased to have managed our finances to allow a sends a message to them that you believe in the pool of money for our new permanent director, work we are doing to preserve and tell the stories Sunday, May 15. Community event. Howard Louthan, to tap into as he began imple- of the Habsburg Empire from its medieval past Performance of the musical drama Broučci menting new ideas for programming. up to and including its present-day successor (Fireflies), originally written and performed Yet we couldn’t support a permanent direc- states. at the WWII Jewish ghetto (prison camp) tor or continue to expand our programs and We would love to see you become a part of of Terezín/Theresienstadt.Presented by outreach without a broad community of sup- the woldwide community network that is the the Czech Slovak Sokol Minnesota, the Twin porters, donors who show their belief in our mis- Center’s heart. Will you consider becoming a Cities Czech and Slovak School, the Czech sion by giving annually. We cannot reflect on our supporter this year? If you would like to make a and Slovak Cultural Center of Minnesota, the successes of 2015-16 and prepare for the com- tax-deductible donation of any amount—$20, Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic ing year without saying a loud and enthusiastic $50, or $100—to support the work of the Center in Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota THANK YOU for your contributions! for Austrian Studies, please visit www.cas.umn. Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Having a community of supporters is a valu- edu or contact the CLA External Relations Offi- and the Center for Austrian Studies. able asset. Donations from many individuals cer listed below. add up to significant amounts; this allows us to Mary Hicks, CLA External Relations Want to learn more about supporting the Center? cas Contact Colleen Donahue at 612-626-7642 or [email protected]. 2015-16 Individual Donors

The CAS 2015-16 AUSTRIAN FEDERAL MINISTRY OF R. JOHN RATH AWARD FUND Annual Report SCIENCE AND RESEARCH FUND Isabel F. Stensland David F. and Rosemary Good ©2016, Center for Austrian Studies. ROBERT A. KANN Designed & edited by Daniel Pinkerton. MEMORIAL LECTURE FUND Photos by Daniel Pinkerton except where CAS AUSTRIAN noted. STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP Gloria C. Biles Editorial assistants: Christopher Flynn Anonymous John W. Boyer and Jennifer Hammer. Barbara Krauß-Christensen & Gary B. Cohen The Center for Austrian Studies is a unit Russell Christensen Rex H. Levang of the College of Liberal Arts, University Howard P. Segal of Minnesota.

The University of Minnesota is an equal CAS GENERAL FUND VOICES OF VIENNA opportunity employer and educator. Gary B. Cohen Kathryn E. Keefer

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2015-16 CAS/BMWFW Research Fellow Since the 1992-93 academic ment of Economics at the Univer- anticipate resource extraction year, Austria’s Federal Ministry for sity of Linz and works as researcher and hence accelerate global Science, Research, and Economy at the Energy Institute at the Uni- warming. Martin empiri- (BMWFW) has awarded a fellow- versity of Linz. cally analyses the question: ship to a doctoral student from an His thesis concerns environmental “Is there a threat of a Green Austrian university to come to the economics with a strong focus on Paradox due to the Euro- University of Minnesota for nine climate change and Hans-Werner pean environmental policy?” months of research and/or classes. Sinn’s “Green Paradox,” a theory Martin gave a CAS lecture this During this time, the fellow works that states that environmental poli- spring, assisted the Center part-time on Center programs. cies which become more restrictive in recruiting candidates for Martin Baresch was this year’s as time elapses, like an announced the BMWFW Fellowship, and CAS/BMWFW Fellow. Martin is a expropriation for the owners of fos- facilitated closer ties between doctoral candidate in the Depart- sil fuel resources, induces them to CAS and the University of Linz.

PAST BMWFW 99-00: Stefan Riegler, 08-09: Thomas König, FELLOWS University of Graz University of Vienna 92-93: Sonja Kröll, 01-02: Stephan Hametner, 09-10: Jan Surman, University of Salzburg University of Vienna University of Vienna 93-94: Manfred Blümel, 02-03: Harald Stelzer, 10-11: Thomas Schmidinger, University of Vienna University of Graz University of Vienna 94-95: Thomas Burg, 03-04: Manuela Steinberger, 11-12: Thomas Hörzer, University of Vienna University of Graz University of Graz 95-96: Thomas Winderl, 04-05: Mirjam Marits, 12-13: Matthias Falter, University of Vienna University of Graz University of Vienna 96-97: Rudy Weissenbacher, 05-06: Silke Stern, 13-14: Verena Stern, University of Vienna University of Graz University of Vienna 97-98: Anita Eichinger, 06-07: Barbara Reiterer, 14-15: Carl Neumayr, University of Vienna University of Vienna University of Graz 98-99: Johanna Ortler, 07-08: Simon Loidl, Martin Baresch University of Vienna University of Vienna