Founded in 1977, the Center for Austrian Studies is the Western Hemisphere's largest and oldest research center promoting scholarship on Austria and the regions and cultures in Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe with links to the former Habsburg Empire.
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The Austrian-born artist Valie Export passed away earlier this month at the age of 85. Read more about her work and legacy here: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/a...
Tomorrow (4/21) at 12:00 noon CDT!
For those in the Twin Cities: Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota is hosting an event with Dr. Thomas Klvana on May 7th in Saint Paul. Details can be found on the image below and on their website. sokolmn.org/all-events/
Wrote a little about the work the U.S. put into helping academics escape fascism during WWII and why we can't rely on that for our future
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
MPR highlights the extraordinary life and work of Elizabeth ("Lisl") Scheu Close, and architectural historian's Jane King Hession's book (published with the University of Minnesota Press) on Close's prolific career after emigrating to the United States from Austria www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
During the summer months, the Center will be posting on Bluesky less often. Please contact us directly about the latest news, future events, etc. at the email address found on our website: cla.umn.edu/austrian
There is still time to see the exhibit at the U of M's Andersen Library! The panel exhibition closes on May 22nd. libnews.umn.edu/2026/02/eliz...
@pbsnews.org highlighted the work of Ceija Stojka (1933-2013), the Austrian Romani artist and activist. Stojka was a Holocaust survivor, and her artwork continues to be the subject of major exhibitions around the world www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0Y...
If you are on campus today (April 16th), please join the Center for Jewish Studies for this exciting talk with Hanna Pollin-Galay (UMass-Amherst). The Center for Austrian Studies is a co-sponsor.
cla.umn.edu/jewish-studi...
Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota
Der Amerikaner Jason Reynolds schreibt Kinder- und Jugendromane über Gewalt und Rassismus. Trotzdem ist er überzeugt: Menschen sind von Natur aus gut. Ein Gespräch mit @taz.de. taz.de/Autor-Jason-...
Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota
Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota
The realization can either break you or liberate you.
Please join us next week for this exciting lecture with Professor Amelia Glaser (UC-San Diego)
Center for Austrian Studies - University of Minnesota
Elizabeth “Lisl” Scheu Close, FAIA (1912–2011) was Minnesota’s first modern architect. Born in Vienna, Austria, and educated at MIT, Lisl was in the forefront of practicing women architects nationally...
libnews.umn.edu
Architectural historian Jane King Hession has been studying the work of Minnesota’s first Modernist architect Elizabeth “Lisl” Scheu Close for decades, even conducting an oral history with the archite...
What did “Nature” mean for Jews imprisoned in Nazi spaces? To what extent was “nature” a meaningful category for them in their struggles to survive? How did they relate to flora, fauna, landscape and ...
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 E...
