Bruno Kreisky Workshop in Minneapolis

The Austrian Centers of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and New Orleans, together with the Botstiber Foundation and the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, organized a workshop in Minneapolis from April 19 - 20, 2023, entitled “Reassessing Bruno Kreisky’s Contributions to Postwar History.” With the leading scholars in attendance, including Oliver Rahtkolb and Wolfgang Petritsch, as well as the next generation of young scholars contributing (Aschheim, Grad-Steiner, Beitl), the meeting was a great success.

The above group photo has everyone in attendance:

Front: Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch, Prof. Oliver, Rahkolb, Günter Bischof (Director, Center Austria, UNO), Anna Graf-Steiner (Graz), Howard Louthan (Direktor, Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities), Gary Cohen (Former Director, Center for Austrian Studies);

Back: Saskia Jasoltowski (Visiting Professor from Unit., of Graz), Matthew pul Berg (John Carroll Univ,, Cleveland), Michael Burri (Botstiber Foundation), Lonnie Johnson (Former Director  of Austrian Fulbright Program), Kevin McNamara (Botstiber Foundation), Daniel Aschheim (Israeli Consulate, Chicago)