Austrian Cultural Forum

UPCOMING EVENTS | December 2016

 


Panel Discussion | Austrian Studies Today
December 12, 2016 | 7:30 pm 

The 25th volume of the annual publication series Contemporary Austrian Studies (CAS), entitled Austrian Studies Today, was published recently by UNO Press/innsbruck university press, reflecting a unique transatlantic university partnership. This anniversary edition contains “updates” of articles by authors who had contributed essays to the main topics covered in the previous 24 volumes (such as “The Kreisky Era”/1994 or “Religion in Austria”/2005). The essays of this volume in toto therefore provide an excellent survey of Austrian Studies in the social sciences to this day and age. Co-edited by Günter Bischof (UNO) and Anton Pelinka, Fritz Plasser and Ferdinand Karlhofer (Innsbruck), CAS is published jointly by the Center Austria at the University of New Orleans and the Department of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck.

Panelists: 
Günter Bischof, Austrian Marshall Plan Center for European Studies, The University of New Orleans
Steven Beller, Independent Scholar
James Shedel, Department of History, Georgetown University

When: Monday, December 12, 2016 | 7:30 pm
Where: Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court NW, Washington, DC, 20008
Tickets: General admission is free and opened to the public. Please reserve your tickets here http://bit.ly/2gF8476
A reception with wine and cheese takes place after the Panel Discussion.

For more information, please visit http://bit.ly/2gfRw7P

© UNO Press/innsbruck university press

 

Featured & Recommended Events

 



AFI European Union Film Showcase 2016 | December 1 – 18, 2016

The American Film Institute European Union Film Showcase will be held at the American Film Institute Silver Theater and Cultural Center and is one of the Washington, DC area’s most eagerly anticipated cultural events. Now in its 29th year, the EU Showcase features a first-class selection of 47 films from EU member states, including international film festival award winners, European box-office hits and debut works by promising new talents, plus nine U.S. premieres and 14 countries’ official Oscar® submissions for Best Foreign Language Film. The EU showcase is organized by AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union and the Cultural Counselors of the member states of the European Union in Washington, DC.

Austria’s Contribution | Film Screening: Stefan Zweig – Farewell to Europe
December 11, 2016 | 9:05 pm & December 14, 2016 | 7:15 pm

Stefan Zweig, one of the most read German-speaking authors of the 1920s left Austria in the 1930s following Hitler’s rise to power, travelling to England, the U.S. and finally Brazil, where he and his second wife Lotte committed suicide in 1942. Actress turned-director Maria Schrader tells Zweig’s story of exile and despair in five discrete vignettes ranging from the Brazilian countryside to Buenos Aires to New York City.

When: Sunday, December 11 | 9:05 pm & Wednesday, December 14, 2016 | 7:15 pm
Where: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased here http://bit.ly/1GvGNfj
Passports: Passports can be purchased here http://bit.ly/2eBkhqY

For more information, please visit http://bit.ly/2eJHv1y

© Films Distribution 




Concert | Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna
December 18, 2016 | 4:00 pm

The Center for the Arts is the spotlight of performing arts on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University and brings the world famous Austrian Vienna Boys’ Choir in the Washington, DC area. The Vienna Boys Choir are performing since 1498 continually for the Sunday Mass in Vienna’s Imperial Chapel. In addition, the choir has been associated with the world’s greatest composers from Mozart to Bruckner and Schubert. Celebrate the holiday season with these talented young Austrians and get into the Christmas spirit while they perform Christmas carols.  

When: Sunday, December 18, 2016 | 4:00 pm
Where: Concert Hall, 4373 Mason Pond Dr, Fairfax, VA, 22030
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased here http://bit.ly/2fwKDN2

For more information, please visit http://bit.ly/2fQDGKf

© Lukas Beck
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