THE EMPIRE OF THE FUN:
US-POP CULTURE & GEOPOLITICAL AESTHETICS

Professor Reinhold Wagnleitner
Department of History, University of Salzburg

When: October 9, 2008, 12:30 – 1:30
Where: Center Austria Conference Room, ED 128

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The 2008 Presidential Election Online: A First Assessment
Hannes R. Richter
John F. Kennedy Institute, FU Berlin

When: September 24, 2008, 12:00
Where: Center Austria Conference Room

FORUM ALPBACH – Politische Gespräche 8/24/2008

(c) Markus Prantl, EFA 2008
Gűnter Bischof, University of New Orleans

Euro – Atlantic Relations

The Georgian Crisis has raised 3 important questions

1.    Has the Russian intervention unleashed a new Cold War?
2.    Do we need to FEAR the Ruskis again?
3.    Has this crisis caused ruptures in the Atlantic community?

Let me try to answer this question by way of a historical comparison – by looking at Western decision making and crisis response: The Western response to the Warsaw Pact invasion crushing the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia in 1968 vs. the Russian invasion on Georgia a fortnight ago.

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Hello, everybody; here is a preview of upcoming events for the 2008 Fall semester:

Welcome Luncheon for Austrian students at UNO

When: Wednesday, September 3rd 2008, 12:30,
Where: Center Austria

"The 2008 Presidential Campaign Online: A First Assessment"

Center Austria Lunch Lecture; Hannes Richter, Phd, FU Berlin

When: Wednesday, September 24th, 12:30, 2008, C
Where: Center Austria

Meeting of the LAATG (Louisiana Teachers of German) at Center Austria

with lecture:

"Das Österreichische an der Oesterreichischen. Literatur" (The Austrian element in Austrian Literature)"
Martin Rauchbauer, Deputy Director, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York

When: Saturday, October 11, 2008,
Where: Center Austria

Opening of the Annual UNO-City of Innsbruck Art Exhibit

Thomas Riess and Alexandra Maria Heinz exhibit current works

When: Wednesday, October 22,
Where: UNO Fine Arts Gallery

Center Austria Director  Guenter Bischof chairs a panel at the European Forum, Alpbach, Austria on Euro-Atlantic relations:
European Forum Alpbach

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