The Austrian Marshall Plan Center for European Studies at The University of New Orleans. A premier transatlantic research center in the Gulf South.
New Orleans, Louisiana
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20 students from @UofNO are once again preparing to represent Austria in the 2025 National Model UN simulation and conference in NYC this April. Here, Center Director Dr. Marc Landry is discussing environmental issues in Austria.
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How did hydropower shape Austria’s modern history? In our latest episode, we dive into "Mountain Battery: The Alps, Water, and Power in the Fossil Fuel Age" (2025) with its author, Marc Landry.
youtu.be/SYVkQS0Gf7k
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Outgoing Stipendienprogramme des @OeAD_worldwide 2025/26 u.a Marietta Blau-Stipendien an den Österreich-Zentren
@centeraustria @CAS_Minnesota @HebrewU @WirthInstitute
& CEEPUS
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Sorry - we have to postpone this event due to inclement weather and related travel issues. It will be rescheduled.
Upcoming: “Automotive Empire: How Cars and Roads Made European Colonialism in Africa.”
When: February 12, 2025, 5:00 PM
Where: Earl K. Long Library, Room 407
Dr. Andrew Denning
Associate Professor of History & Director, Museum Studies Program, University of Kansas
Tonight at 7:00 pm - screening of the documentary "The Volunteers" - showing the unique connection between the mountain rescues of Tirol and Seattle:
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Two esteemed visitors came to the Center yesterday - the Austrian Consul General in Los Angeles, Michael Postl, and the Austrian Consul in New Orleans, Jean Paul Lagarde. They spoke to the UNO Model-UN group which will represent Austria this year in NYC.
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Join us MONDAY for a discussion with Antonio Calcara, Andrew Reddie, and Leah Walker on the future of the Transatlantic relationship under the new US administration: events.berkeley.edu/ies/even…
Cosponsors:
BENELUX Program
Dutch Studies
@GoldmanSchool
@BerkeleyIIS
Political Science
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Join us THURSDAY at 4pm for our annual Botstiber Lecture by Florian Wenninger (Institute for Historical Social Research in Vienna). Register now to attend in-person or virtually: events.berkeley.edu/ies/even…
Cosponsors:
Austrian Studies
@BotstiberBIAAS
@openaustriasf
@UCJewishStudies
Upcoming on Feb. 6:
Film screening of "The Volunteers: Mountain Rescue Brings Us Home," followed by a panel discussion moderated by the director of the documentary, Mark S. Weiner:
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Jeopardy. Category: #snow
Where was this photo taken?
- in Vermont?
- in New Orleans?
- in Austria?
The correct answer is: New Orleans, January 2025. Center Austria director Marc Landry showing his cross-country skiing skills on a levee in #NewOrleans .
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Join us NEXT THURSDAY for our annual Botstiber Lecture by Florian Wenninger (Institute for Historical Social Research in Vienna). Register now to attend in-person or virtually: events.berkeley.edu/ies/even…
Cosponsors:
Austrian Studies
@BotstiberBIAAS
@openaustriasf
@UCJewishStudies
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Vienna turns into a winter wonderland! ❄️ #WinterInVienna #ViennaNow
ALT © Vienna Tourist Board/Sebastian Burziwal
Tomorrow at the Center:
"Creating a Human Economy: Challenging Capitalism and Economics in Fin-de-Siècle Europe" with Janek Wasserman:
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Congrats to our director Dr. Marc Landry - "Mountain Battery - The Alps, Water, and Power in the Fossil Fuel Age" is now out with @stanfordpress -
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Join us JANUARY 30 for our annual Botstiber Lecture by Florian Wenninger (Institute for Historical Social Research in Vienna). Register now to attend in-person or virtually: events.berkeley.edu/ies/even…
Cosponsors:
Austrian Studies
@BotstiberBIAAS
@openaustriasf
@UCJewishStudies
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🎉 Dr. Günter Bischof, former director of Center Austria at UNO, was awarded the Grand Silver Honorary Cross by the Austrian Federal President for his outstanding contributions to trans-Atlantic Austrian-American relations. 🌟 What an incredible legacy!
"From Vienna to White House: Yoichi Okamoto and the American Century" is now on display at the @UofNO Fine Arts Gallery. Thanks to all who have been supporting this project - @AT_MarshallPlan @BotstiberBIAAS @AustriainUSA @LBJLibrary and the Austrian National Library.
Join us today at Deutsches Haus in New Orleans at 7:00 PM: Bernadette Conrad reads from her novel "What divides you" (Transit 2023).
More information:
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